User blog comment:ShermanTheMythran/Chat Rules: Yet Another Comment/@comment-5884303-20130413020200

Well put. I agree with just about every reason to reform the rules.

Here are my thoughts:


 * 1.0 - Good rule from thought, but terribly worded.
 * 1.1 - Yeah, that's quite poorly worded. It should say "profain, discriminatory, or any other disrespectful comments are not tolerated" at the very least.
 * 1.2 - Decent enough, but it already fits into 1.1.
 * 1.3 - Pointless rule. It all depends on the intention behind it, and if the intention is negative, this is already covered in 1.1.
 * 1.4 – This is absolutely the worst policy I've ever seen on a website. This isn't the LMBs, so being dependent on their policy isn't the best idea.
 * 1.5 - Not really a necessary rule. It's the user's choice to give out that info, and if a user doesn't want that info given out, then they shouldn't give it out.
 * 1.6 - You can't just restrict something like that. The majority of the internet will have comments with something inappropriate in it. This is where maturity comes into play, and those reading the comments should tolerate and/or ignore inappropriate content on a page.
 * 1.7 - Again, an unnecessary policy as it is now. It only gets out of hand when someone says something discriminatory or disrespectful, which is covered in 1.1.
 * 1.8 - Eh, that's good enough as it is. I could nitpick at it, but I'll let that one go.
 * 1.9 - No. This is the worst rule on here. Moderators have no superiority over other users. All they have is a larger responsibility. To assume more respect and ability for being chat moderator isn't good.
 * 1.10 - What's said is said, and whoever said it is responsible for their actions. This is also poorly worded for being redundant. It says not to be posted in a blog, and then not to be in mainspace pages? So in other words, nowhere.

Now, your rules do seem good. There are a few key points that should be addressed, but it's not really necessary, since they are already covered in Brickimedia's global chat policy, and in Brickimedia's global Code of Conduct.

Finally, I strongly agree with those points you made about moderation. I tried to bring it up to a few people last night and this afternoon as well.