Board Thread:Wiki Management/@comment-27150398-20180813112226

Hello everyone, ever since I became an Admin I have had users message me about Rule 21 of the Rules and Guidelines (aka. The Fight Adoption Rule so that I could explain to them what the rule is saying and since the rule has confused lots of people over the years (including myself at times) I thought it would be a good idea for me to make a thread about simplifying said rule.

21. When considering to work on a What-If? Death Battle already owned, consider these:
 * If a fight is owned by an active user, and it is incomplete, you would have to ask for permission to create an alternate version
 * If a fight is owned by an active user, and it is complete, Free Access would be implemented. HOWEVER, it is required to give a notice to the user (via Message Wall) before doing anything to the page
 * The fight must be completed for seven days in order to implement Free Access. Otherwise, ask for permission
 * If a fight is owned by an INACTIVE (Has not logged onto DBF Wiki for at least 6 months) user, and it is incomplete, Free Access would be implemented. If the inactive user has been absent for over 12 months, then you are eligible to remove their category if you so desire.

Currently, this is what the rule states regarding the adopting of What-If? Death Battles. Below is a simplified version of the rule that I would like the community to vote on in the following poll at the bottom of this thread.

21. When considering to work on a What-If? Death Battle already owned, consider these:
 * If a fight is owned by an active user, and it is incomplete, you would have to ask for permission to create an alternate version using a tabber
 * If a fight is owned by an active user, and it is complete, you can freely create your own version of the battle without having to ask the owner for permission, HOWEVER, it is required to give a notice to the user (via Message Wall) before doing anything to the page
 * The fight must be completed for two days in order for you to freely create your own version, Otherwise, ask for permission
 * If a fight is owned by an INACTIVE (Has not logged onto DBF Wiki for at least 6 months) user, then you are eligible to remove their category if you so desire.
 * Lastly, it is NOT acceptable for users to create their own version of another user’s battle just so that they can prove them wrong and openly mock them for making a particular character win/lose a fight in order to try to convince said user to change the outcome of their battle. If any evidence is found of users trying to do this their battle will either be deleted on sight (if they have already completed their own version of the battle or are in the process of completing it) and they will be given a Warning OR the user will be sent a message by a member of staff telling them that they cannot create their own version of said battle (if said user hasn’t gotten round to asking/notifying the owner if they can create/will be creating their own version of the battle).

This revised version of the rule explains the ‘Free Access’ term in a simplier way whilst also making it easier for them to adopt inactive user’s battles. Additionally, it prevents users from creating their own versions of writer’s battles just to prove the current owner/owners wrong, but instead of just changing said rule straight away I thought it would be best if a poll was created for said revision as this would be quite a big change to the current version of the fight adoption rule.

Do you think that Rule 21/the fight adoption should be updated to the previously mentioned version? Yes No

Voting on this rule will be end on Monday 20th August.

Big out. 