Board Thread:Community Voting/@comment-5238714-20160916001557

I believe our manual of style could be updated to better suit the wiki.

The MoS currently states that any user with 150+ posts and at least rank 1 on the boards may have an article. This, of course, permits users who made almost all (or all) of their posts on the old MBs and have just checked the new boards maybe once to have an article. In one case, Rexonator11, a user who's made no significant contribution to the MBs or LMBW can have an article with only one visible post (the others were deleted due to how long ago he made them). Shouldn't that mean this guy could have an article too? There's a lack of consistency here, and I propose the MoS be updated to fix that.

I believe the MoS should be reworded so it is based on posts since the 2012 update, not just in total for the users below rank 5. I also think the current requirement for a no rank page to have a rank of Craftsman or higher on the old MBs is pointless.

Should the MoS be updated in order to remove articles for irrelevant older users who have made no significant contributions to either the MBs or LMBW?

A) Yes

B) No

If you voted A), should the MoS be reworded so that "posts made since the update" be added instead of a total posts requirement for users below rank 5 who have made no significant contributions to either the MBs or LMBW, and if so, how many posts since the update should it require?

1) This part of the MoS should remain how it is

2) 100 posts since the update for users below rank 5

3) 150 posts since the update for users below rank 5

4) 200 posts since the update for users below rank 5

5) Other (please specify)

If you voted A), should the requirements for no rank articles for users who have made no significant contributions to either the MBs or LMBW be changed, and if so, to what? This would not affect archive articles.

1) Disallow no rank articles entirely

2) Rank Craftsman (stay the same)

3) Rank Artisan (one rank higher than now)

4) Rank Inventor (two ranks higher than now)

5) Other (please specify) 