Board Thread:Wiki Management/@comment-28501958-20161221223916

Not too long ago, I posted a complaint on the wiki's Blacklist. For the sake of convenience, I'll paste it here:

"There's something that's kind of bugging me about the "No Twilight" rule.  While I will happily acknowledge that many, many people strongly dislike the series, it does have its fans, and the way the rule is written, it doesn't seem to allow people  to use Edward or anyone else even if they like the characters and would give them a fair analysis.  If we ban character simply because a lot of people dislike them, that seems too limiting to me.  Wouldn't that also lead to banning Scrappy Doo, Bubsy the Bobcat, perhaps even Big the Cat?  It's perfectly possible to use a much disliked character in a fair, objective fight. I think this would be better off replaced with a "No Spite Battles" Rule.  While it can be hard to prove what is a Spite Battle and what is accidentally un-matched in power levels, there are some battles that are obviously there for no reason other than to trash a particular character. Like this one.  And this one.  Notice how the characters are referred to as "obnoxious" and "weakling" in the Introductions, respectively?"

On the guidance of our talented and dedicated admin, Arigarmy, I have created this thread to further that discussion.

The rule I currently have issue with reads:

"Characters who are used solely to "prove how much they suck" or "be a buttmonkey" (Essentially made to lose)
 * Any and all Twilight characters"

I would propose we remove that rule and replace it with something like this:

"Spite Battles are forbidden.  A Spite Battle is defined as a battle created specifically out of negative feelings towards the losing combatant."

Thoughts on this? 