User blog comment:Kagimizu/SFW Improvement/@comment-4722938-20120401094635

Okay, these are some ideas I've had for the past few days that I think should be implemented and brought into consideration into the policys of the wiki, the two different topics should be judged seperatly. Please read them both carefully, as to not skip anything important concerning the two topics. Credit to; OmegaEdge ZX.

I have heard that quite a few users are asking for custom "emotes", or as wikia prefers to call them, "Emoticons." So I've come up with a system so that people can have and submit custom emoticons, and people can decide if they think the emoticon is suitable for the chat, kinda like a election of sorts.

How the System Works

People submit links to emoticons they want on the chat, or just post it on the comment (thanks to the new mini editor), then while the current week's emotes are being voted apon, the next weeks emotes are being submitted, so we have a ongoing cycle.

Posting Rules
 * You MUST be a registered user. There is no point in being a unregistered user, since they can't go on the chat.
 * The pic/ icon/ emote/ emoticon MUST be 19x19px, though you can ask for it to be shrinked to the appropriate size, though the resolution won't be that good.
 * It can't be anything vulgar, your submission will be ignored if it is. I would almost certainly not like to see people spamming with a inappropriate emoticon, would you?
 * Be respectful about other peoples submissions. This is what people will think that it will be a good contribution to the emote vocab that we have here, don't try to make them feel mistreated about putting up a emote that they think is cool.
 * One submission per user per week. It's not fair if you spam this blog with so many that it isn't funny, and that most people don't really have thier emoticon seen. Also, I don't think people would like the massive poll.
 * Submit the emoticons in the comments. I don't really want to see any submissons on mine, nor anyone elses talk pages.

Though I can't edit the page myself, if any admin would be will to do it for me, it's only once a week, and it only takes a few minutes.

And finally, #2, this is the version that would become the direct policy.

The Chat Feature is a program where you can talk to users in that chat room in real time. The chat is mainly used as a place to discuss anything, even if it has nothing to do with Sonic or the wiki in general, talk/ roleplay and let users get to know other better.

Rules

Like the main site, there are rules and policies to attend to and follow, all the policies that are in effect in the main policy are also in effect on the chat, such as;

consistantly use the ALL CAPS' to speak, you may use it, just not in a frequent situation.
 * Be neutral and open-minded to other peoples point of view.
 * Be in general, well behaved members and users .  
 * Don't aggravate/ feed any troll, the Chat Mods and anyone with a posistion will take care of the situation.
 * Don't personally attack people, whether it be with insults or anything under that broad umbrella.
 * Remember, this is a social place, many people could be offended by things that you think are nothing, please be mindful of that, and as a precaution to that, 'please don't

There are some other rules in general that should be enforced on the chat, such as; two users in question. posted in a link if it's appropeite to the situation or to be used as a way to make the chat active again. posting rapidly, or a massive post with no general purpose other than to annoy other users or to clutter the chat.
 * The chat is mainly used by all kinds of members of the wiki, so you should have atleast one edit, so that finding your userpage will be easier for other users to find, though this isn't a requirement, it's just curtosy.                                                                                               *If a roleplay is only between two users, please continue it in a private chat between the
 * Don't use the chat to advertise any sort of program and/ or site, youtube videos may be
 * Do not spam, in any way shape or form, the defintion of spam is; in which the user is repeatly
 * Keep all swearing censor to the maximum amount and keep it to a minimun, though light cussing/ cursing can be uncensored.
 * All these rules should be enforce by any admin on the chat or the chat mods, who in which, have the power to "kick-ban" any user that is disrupting the chat. A kick-ban is indefinate, though it can be reversed, the chat mod who kick banned the user is the one who decides how long the sentance of that user is, if a another admin or chat mod wishes to un-kick-ban a user, they must ask the chat mod for permission to do so, if the chat mod has no memory of the kick-banning in general, you have the permission to undo the kickban.
 * The user will be given 3 warnings per day, if you go over that limit, you are kick-banned and you will take the full penalty, if they some-how evade that (I.e doing the limit and not over per day everyday), it will go to a over-all record, in which the user in question does have to be notified, though they can ignore it, and dispute it, but if they argue about it, they get another warning, and so on and so on, until they get kick-banned.
 * If there is no chat-mod in question, copy and paste all the text related into a notepad file, so that the next mod or admin that becomes present on the chat be notifed in public chat, and the contents of the file be shown to the mod/ admin.

Chat Mods

These users have been appointed as chat mods, admins who also have the chat mod posistion will not be found on this list. This is a list of the current chat mods as of the; 1-4-2012, or as some people have it, 4-1-2012.