User talk:Scott Gall/Policy for discussions

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The page you came from is a talk page, known from hereon in as "the page," not a canvas for religious or political discussion or pornographic content. I am the moderator, so I make up the ground rules, which are:

  1. You do not talk about fight club. (This rule exists so the page doesn't risk censorship by anti-violence groups.)
  2. You do not talk about fight club.
  3. If someone says "stop," goes limp, or taps out, the thread is closed. (This is a security measure to minimise the chances of religious or political discussion getting out of hand.)
  4. Only two Romanians to a thread. (This rule minimises discussion about vampires.)
  5. One thread at a time. (This stops the page from being flooded from too many angles.)
  6. No languages other than English. (This is so I don't have to translate it.)
  7. Threads are open for as long as they need. (This gives people time to get their bit in, but you can still use "stop" if it gets too religious or political.)
  8. If you want to discuss something on the page, you have to sign your posts. (This is already part of Wikipedia etiquette, and it applies here.)

These are serious rules, and they are not just there to help you memorize the 8 rules of fight club, but you can still use them to jog your memory if you forget. And here are a few pointers as to the layout of the page:

  • Unless you want an urgent translation, I will reply on the page, as I have done with previous discussions.
  • Obvious spam and redirects to pictures of people sucking themselves off will be reverted.
  • Do not write completely in upper case or use fonts that are too small or too big.
  • Post new discussions at the bottom of the page.
  • If you're wondering why I spoofed the "you have new messages" notice, I do that when there's something important to read while you're somewhere in my user space.

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I encourage many different points of view, but there are some views which are extreme and cannot be tolerated on the page:

  1. No racist or hateful comments can be made on the page. All of such comments will be removed on sight.
  2. Religious and political discussion should be kept to a minimum so this page doesn't end up inaccessible to English-speaking folk living in Mainland China. Wikipedia is there for the whole world to see, not just five billion spread out over 192 countries. Discussion of Hong Kong or Taiwan should also be kept to a minimum.
  3. Discussions must not be in leet. I don't hack. And I don't mod Xboxes either.
  4. Do not use words like retard or spastic when talking about disabilities. I have a mild disability myself.
  5. Do not link to pornographic websites. I seriously don't like pornography.
  6. Do not link to this site. Wikipedia rules, even if it is run by a pornographer and they have been in hot water over religious hate crimes.
  7. Nobody is to negatively criticise the Xbox or put the PS2 in a positive light in their posts. The Xbox is better because you don't need to splash out on memory cards (unless you're going to be copying stuff onto someone else's hard disk or you run out of space on yours) and it's a godsend if you're not into stuff like Eye Toy or Singstar. Oh, and you can't get games like Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee or Halo on PS2.
  8. Posts advocating the devil are discouraged. I might not be a Christian, but there are Christians who use Wikipedia.
  9. Under no circumstances is communist or fascist propaganda allowed on the page. Both regimes have caused harm in the past.
  10. Pornography is not allowed on the page. All instances of pornography on the page will be reported to an administrator.
  11. Any discussions not in English will be removed or translated into English to the best of my ability. I am a native speaker of English, just like 95% of New Zealanders.
  12. Discussions about vampires should not flood the page. That's why I have the "only two Romanians to a thread" rule.
  13. Please keep discusion over whether or not smacking is acceptable to a minimum. I agree that smacking should be banned everywhere and not just in the schools, but there's slightly less discipline in schools than there should be.