Forum:CT:Adopting a chat policy and abolishing IRC policy

With chat having seen more use in recent months, and with the expectation that we will continue to grow and the chat room will see more use, it is important that we have a chat policy. I have written a draft of that, which you can see here.

We also currently have IRC policies, which I think we can get rid of. My reasoning for this is that IRC has never, ever been a place where rules have been followed, and those rules have really only been there for show. It has always been a self-maintained and self-regulated free-for-all, and, since it’s not actually a part of the wiki (unlike the built-in chat room), I don’t think we really need to have wiki-based policies for it. Those of us who go into IRC know what the basic decorum and behavior should be, without needing policies to tell us that.

My proposal, therefore, is such: I propose that we adopt the chat policies draft as an official policy, and that it replace Star Wars Fanon:IRC policies&mdash;which would be moved to Star Wars Fanon:Chat policy (with the shortcut SWF:CHAT).

I will, however, post other voting options in case people want to adopt chat policies and keep the IRC policies.

Voting will last for one week, until Saturday, October 20, unless more or less time is required. All matters of the voting policy apply. Please be civil.

Adopt chat policy, get rid of IRC policy

 * 1) As the proposer. - Brandon Rhea (talk)  00:23, October 14, 2012 (UTC)