Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-5264386-20141113101121/@comment-5632187-20141113233833

Well, assuming we're using the chat rules as a base to start with, rule 11 covers the problem of being rude to others "due to their nationality, gender, sexual orientation, religion, interests, sociological factors (spelling, grammar, intellect, etc), psychological state (mental illnesses) or physical appearance." It wouldn't really be too hard to enforce a Code of Conduct. The only places that problems can occur are in forums, on blogs, and in the comments. As it is, the only issues that really occur are on Forums where personalities tend to collide, and the Forums are rather easy to moderate. Though, to take a page out of TES Wikis book, perhaps we can establish Forum Moderators? Just food for thought while on the topic of enforcing any possible CoC.

If a CoC is established, it should be clear to everyone that following it is required, and failing to will get you blocked. Meaning that we Admins will need to take it as seriously as the Chat Mods take the rules in chat. No cutting a break to your friends, be unbiased, be fair, etc. Rules that I personally believe we need include the following: An "undefined rules" rule, only suited for the mainspace and not chat(see rule 1 in chat rules for explanation), no sockpuppeting, no bullying(posted above), no derogatory language, no spam, no illegal or otherwise inappropriate links, adherence to all policies of the Wiki, never start a flame war, never participate in a flame war, and many many more. I have experience with putting together rules (all the chat rules were created by myself), so you can expect to see me very active in this discussion. All that stuff I listed above, though, should wait until we get the very basic rules down. So, throwing out some more food for thought, what are the absolute essential rules that are needed in any CoC? I suggest we start with a list of those, then move on to the more complex rules. I think the absolute essential are: Opinions/Thoughts? I'm definitely looking forward to what this thread will create.
 * No bullying
 * Adherence to all policies
 * Undefined rules