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So, I really took notice of this yesterday while browsing the Suggestions for Improvement thread, but we really don’t have much in the way of specific guidelines on making News and Announcements posts.
I talk about it here, but when a post about a fictional character winning a fictional tournament (even if it’s Ash and the event was celebrated even by global news stations), something’s up. This is especially the case since this category is meant for news about the wiki, which is a policy that isn’t really enforced at all.Now I don’t regret making that Ash becoming World Champion post at all but it definitely was a wake up call.
So, I want two things to be accomplished in this thread:
I talk about it here, but when a post about a fictional character winning a fictional tournament (even if it’s Ash and the event was celebrated even by global news stations), something’s up. This is especially the case since this category is meant for news about the wiki, which is a policy that isn’t really enforced at all.
So, I want two things to be accomplished in this thread:
- I want us to establish clear guidelines for what is and isn’t a suitable News and Announcements posts
- If non-wiki related posts (such as, most frequently, the passing of an important figure) aren’t suitable, what should be done with such posts? Should we ban the creation of these posts altogether, or should they be put into some other category or the like?