Board Thread:Wiki Improvement/@comment-27765057-20141125010329

So I screwed up on some of the wording of the Appeal Policy that was recently voted on, and I feel that it needs to be addressed IMMEDIATELY. Some people are very likely going to be at my throats for doing this during Guy's appeal, but bear with me because I have a very legitimate reason as to why this needs to happen now. Note that I am not putting in all of the intended changes at this time, just the one that needs to be addressed.

Here is the part that needs to be reworded:

During a ban, if a user has been proven to have used a sockpuppet, then one of their appeals will become void for each sockpuppet account. The only exception to this is if an admin did not allow them to edit their talkpage so that they had the chance to request an appeal in the first place. The act of sockpuppetting should not be used as evidence against the user in most circumstances during an appeal process.

This will be changed to:

During a ban, if a user has been proven to have used a sockpuppet, then one of their appeals will become void for each sockpuppet account. The only exception to this is if an admin did not allow them to edit their talkpage so that they had the chance to request an appeal in the first place''', and the sockpuppet was used to immediately request an appeal and not for any other purpose. In this circumstance, that specific instance of''' sockpuppetting should not be used as evidence against the user in most circumstances during an appeal process.

The reason why I find this change to be absolutely necessary is that sockpuppeting is a violation of the main policy. Leaving this policy as it was, I would have basically been saying: "Go ahead and make alternate accounts to avoid punishment. We can't use it as evidence against you so it's a-okay!". I don't know about you, but I prefer not to encourage delinquency. My original intention was exactly as that change suggests, I simply did not word it correctly.

Since everyone was already in agreement with the policy, voting for this change will take place immediately. '''As I earlier promised, me, Kagimizu, Guyviroth (and his alternate accounts), and any administrator is not allowed to vote, as this will affect the currently ongoing appeal process. You have until the 26th as to avoid seriously delaying the appeal process, and only users with at least 50 edits and who have been around for at least one month may vote.''' 