Talk:Rules

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• 2012-10

Rules Discussion

• Custom Tracks articles without download links that have been on the Wiiki for more than 2 months but do not have any sign of progress are not permitted.

I always think, our wiki is a little bit like an encyclopedia. So articles for old tracks, where the download is lost, must be held in the wiki.

Wiimm 20:18, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

I guess your are misinterprenting this rule a bit. There are plenty of (short) pages which don't show any screenshot or a download link. These pages don't provide any relevant information and therefor not true encyclopedia articles.

kHacker35000vr 20:25, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

I have understood your position, but I wanted to make it clear, the old tracks with complete pages but lost downloads are not affected by this rule.

Wiimm 20:43, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

I agree with you here, Wiimm - although I'm not sure if my current CT, which I have still yet to get help with making, would still be a valid article. - Ah2190, the Master of Nitrous, (Talk page) posted at 21:10, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

This modified rule now has the strangest wording I've ever seen for a rule. "Sign of progress" implies that the track is still being worked on which automatically applies to hundreds of tracks that the author has "finished" for the time being. Add in the 2 months and you've filtered to all articles whose progress has no longer changed in 2 months without a download link. You also neglected to change the rule to apply to not just Custom Tracks but all Custom Modifications as well such as Texture Hacks and Custom Characters. If I were to seriously start marking violations using this new rule I would probably find one hundred or so pages. However, I will hold off for the time being because the rule is worded so ridiculously that I can't take the rule seriously. And please, next time you wish to change a rule, at least consult the rest of us before you do so and get a native English speaker to word it so that I don't have to bash my head against the desk every time I read it. --Torran 01:50, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

I have changed it because the previous rule was just nonsense. Tracks that are in progress don't have an in game picture and if there is enough information or a download it can still be deleted for the lack of ingame pictures? I have modified this rule a bit just because many in progress track pages are violating this rule. I am aware that it is incomplete but that previous rule was just horrible an I wonder how it ever got trough.

kHacker35000vr 09:52, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

You could also change it to: Articles about unfinished files that are on the wiiki for more than two months, but show no sign of progress can and will be deleted without warning.

Not updating a page isn't really something you should be banned for, what "not permitted" does imply. But it could get your page deleted. This way all the old articles about finished CT's are not affected either. --Vulcanus2 11:59, 17 October 2012 (UTC)