User blog:Riolu777/Caps shouldn't be an offense.

It's getting a tad ridculous now. There are mods warning people for making 7-or-so-word sentences in caps. I myself don't warn for that, but others do. It should be worth a warning if it's used in flooding or flagrant spam, but not in normal, jesting instances.

For example:

"IMMA FIRIN MAH LAZAH."

"Imma firin mah lazah."

Which is funnier? Exactly.

And in instances of emphasis:

"STOP DOING THAT NOW."

"Stop doing that now."

Which gets the point across? I guess you could put in exclamation points for the second example, but caps gets the point across more effectively.

Now, the superfluous argument that all caps make spam is maddeningly false. It's hard to joke around, which is super important for me, when I get warned for a sentence or two in caps. Now, Klint, I love ya, but you warned Alemas and Dwarfy both earlier today for caps. They're both CMs. Little uproarious if you ask me.

If the admins could change this in the new rules, I would be thrilled. Otherwise, we live on a wiki that stuffily limits everything everyone does. I mean, caps are a form of spelling a word. If it was the other way around in this wiki, overuse of lowercase letters would be a punishable crime in chat. It's sheer madness.

So here's a poll. Please vote, whether you're a CM, admin, or normal user. It won't cause instant change, but maybe it could cause some influence.

Should normal caps be worthy of a warning?

Yes

No