Talk:Main Page/Rules reform discussion

A growing number of users have expressed a desire to rewrite the wiki's rules, which have been in place since the wiki's Wikifoundry era. Some of the concerns that have been brought up include, but are not limited to, an aggressive and in-your-face tone with how the rules are written that may also be seen as unwelcoming to editors, rules pertaining to issues that are not as relevant to or entirely no longer reflect the current state and direction of the wiki along with its experience with our host Miraheze, and mentions of former users from the Wikifoundry era who have not rejoined the Miraheze wiki that additionally appear to vaguely shame said users. Additionally, a proposal to merge both the Site Rules and Policy page due to being too similar in function has also recently passed, meaning that any content unique to the Policy page will need to be transferred over to the Rules page.

To allow the community to have a say in how the rules will be rewritten, a discussion has been opened to allow users to propose their ideas on how to rewrite the wiki's rules. After one week has passed since the opening of this phase, the discussion will be moved to a voting phase where users may then vote for which proposed changes to be implemented additionally for another week before voting closes and the suggested changes that pass will be implemented into the revamped rules.

In order to easily sort each suggestion, three categories have been provided below for each type of suggestion, and we would like to ask editors to make sure to list their suggestions in a bullet-point format (type "*" before your suggestion in the Source editor) to keep the lists organized and neat. To suggest a rule to be added, make your suggestion under the Additions section. To suggest a rule to be removed, make your suggestion under Removals. To suggest any modifications to existing rules, make your suggestion under Modifications. Remember to sign any suggestions made with "~" and to be civil to others and their suggestions.