Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-1738746-20170406080551

Discussion will be left open for 3 weeks to gain as much feedback as possible.

So most experienced editors will know that all wikis need policies as well as a Manual of Style, things that our wiki has gone without for too long.

Policies help to detail the guidelines by which the wiki operates, things like specifying concequences to vandalism as well as how to handle new information from releases and events. A Manual of Style helps detail a consistent styling that the community has come to form, so that newcomers aren't so lost with how articles are usually laid out, and anyone can use the Manual to make sure articles remain in a consistent layout.

With all of this said, I've collated as much as I can think of from what the community already does and has established to form us a Policy page and a Manual of Style. You can find the draft policies here, and the draft Manual of Style here.

For the most part, nothing in them is new. Instead, I've just aimed to get everything we usually do in writing so that we have a place to go to that has this information rather than having to pass it on informally through word of mouth. Please give feedback on whether you're happy with what's included in them both, how it's written and whether you think it's missing anything.

There is one major change that is being added in through the Policies section, and this was something one of the admins was already doing without community consensus, and is something I was advised to continue by a senior editor, and that is removing the admin rights to admins who are no longer active in the community. Inactive admins would have a discussion started for whether their rights should be removed or not, but this overall process of removing rights from those inactive needs to be voted on by the community. Do you agree with this process or disagree? Please leave your feedback!  