User blog comment:Gideoncrawle/ADMIN BLOG POST: Revisiting Rules, and The Future of Featured Quote/@comment-1153194-20120626143638

Character Pages: I think there needs to be more than a one sentence minimum. I feel like an image, bio could easily fit on a story page, but a lot of users just seem to want names to have the page, not to upkeep it, or provide much information.

I think friendship, conflict, relationship pages should be allowed as one solid page, if a user wants to make one. I can't imagine that becoming something that is done too much, anyway.

With multiple pages for one character, I honestly don't really see the point. I don't see the harm in having a subheading with the information about the second story. However, I feel like dra might be one of the only users to make use of this idea, so it probably wouldn't do a ton of harm. If we did allow this, I think it should be required that both/each page have the story's initials (or whatever) in the character page's name, as well as a link to the character's other page(s).

I've made use of standalone character pages, before, so I feel like they do have a purpose. However, a lot of users seem to want to make their own characters, so these kinds of things are under-utilized. If someone wanted someone to make a character for them, in the case of a character library, I suppose they should be made to order, or requested, in other words. If the story is deleted, obviously the character page should be deleted, too. What I'm suggesting is that we do away with traditional character libraries, but allow character pages for ones that are regularly auditioned, and allow character pages to be created if an author plans to use it. Of course, if the story it was going to be in is deleted, the character page should hold to the same rules as a regular story's character. The creator should be contacted, though, and it should be determined if they plan to audition the character, or the character will be used by someone else.

Story Pages: I would go as far as only having two stories going at a time, with one needing to have already been started/under way. Having written two stories at once, I can't imagine someone being able to write more than two and giving them equal attention. In the case of Sunshine, though, I think her preexisting stories have all a good enough amount of progress to constitute their existence. My issue is mainly with multiple stories that have little to no progress.

And for content that constitutes a page as not being a placeholder... I feel like they really need more content than the current rules allow. For story pages, I suggest that a chapter be posted, but to prevent a shoddily, hastily posted chapter being posted just to find a loophole in the rules, the quality and length of the chapter should be examined by the admins (taking into account the writer's level of writing, of course), and a follow up chapter should be posted in a reasonable amount of time, maybe within six months, or so? Character pages should fit the above posted rules, having more content than would be fine on a story page.

To determine if a page is allowed, a page in question should be discussed among the admins, and the user should be alerted if it is not deemed a story.

I don't think we should have a restriction on only having English stories. However, they should be required to be categorized as 'foreign' language stories, though. Or at least non-English stories. They should comply under the required story length rules, too, of course.

For categories, they should be allowed to have a team category, user that created them, and what story or stories they appeared in.

Banning: A reason should be given, but not necessarily a warning. A warning should be given if it's a debatable thing, or may seem to be lacking knowledge of the wiki rules. Like, if they do something like post a pornographic image, or remove content from multiple pages that are not their own, that would require a reason on the blocking thingy, but no warning.

I agree on the offense statement. Things can easily be blown out of proportion, and motives can be handed out.

Featured Quote: Keep it, make it once a month. I do suggest having no theme every two or three months, and themes that are easier to incorporate more options. I've gone to FQ before with the intention to nominate something, without being able to think of any quotes that fit the theme guidelines.