Board Thread:Internal management/@comment-5079138-20160426150256

Well, I found this on the rules page, which doesn't seem to be correct enough (see reasons below).

"Do not link, upload, or suggest versions of Plants vs. Zombies or other games to people. This is pirating, an illegal action in which will result in a block on this wiki, along with probably a global block if needed."

The problem is that PvZ2, PvZH, and all other freeware PvZ versions, including the betas, release candidates and soft releases, are totally free. So they don't count as piracy, unless if the later releases are paid.

Also, betas and release candidates count as abandonware, so even if the final release is paid, which counts as piracy if someone gives a download link to it, its betas and RCs do NOT count as piracy. However, it's better to discuss these on PM only, to prevent users from being falsely reported, therefore making some mess on the forum and probably causing flame wars.

Correction of this would be:

"Do not link, upload, or suggest versions of Plants vs. Zombies or other games to people, unless if it is one of the free editions of Plants vs. Zombies, such as Plants vs. Zombies 2&mdash;including, but not limited to its betas, release candidates, and soft releases&mdash;unless if the later releases of these editions are paid. This is pirating, an illegal action in which will result in a block on this wiki, along with probably a global block if needed."

Something like that should be enough. Shorten it if possible.

I'm not really sure if everyone agrees to slightly relax out this rule, since some of them might also dispute it.

 