Board Thread:Internal management/@comment-7091122-20160613004341

I'm thinking we should have a new template for the forums, and the forums exclusively, though maybe blogs might also be able to use them.

What is it? It'd be called, and. as previously mentioned, be made (and used) for forum threads and blogs.

What is it for? Basically, you know how there aren't really any rules about what we can/can't talk about, as long as it's safe for work? You most likely do.

Stuff like T (or in some cases, M, depending on what gained the M-rating) rated games, horror films, that stuff. Stuff that might also contain swears, non-cartoon violence, etc.

So this means we can have threads like this that allow discussion of Binding of Isaac, an M-rated roguelite that deals with heavy themes, contains dark humor on the level of South Park, and, of course. Dark Bum.

In addition, we could post potentially sensitive content if it's necessary to report a user. If they did something vastly inappropriate, then you could screenshot that, and you can get away with using that screenshot to report this.

However, we do have a problem; that is, kids use the wiki. Underage users are part of our community, too. This brings up the issue of how exactly to go about this sort of thing.

My solution to this generally unspoken issue? We should add a disclaimer for this sort of thing in the form of a template.

What'd it look like? I'll make the prototype layout soon, so bear with me, but in the meantime...

Why a template? In addition to me finding them fun to design, we do indeed have templates for the forums already created! An example is at the top of this fine post.

Are we voting? No, surprisingly. Currently this is more an idea being thrown into the air, and proof of concepts being made for it before being submitted as an idea.

In conclusion The forums are able to be used for plenty of things. However, some of these might need some disclaimers about their dubious appropriateness for younger users of the wiki. I think this should be fixed before any confusion or pointless issues pop up regarding any of this. 