Board Thread:Fanon Wiki Proposals/@comment-26485526-20171210015412

Hi there people of the Survivor Fanon Wiki!

As some of you may have noticed in the Recent Activity Feed, I've been going though the fanons on this site and I have noticed quite a few on hiatus. Now, while putting fanons on hiatus is required if you are going to take an extended break from writing, I've noticed that there are a few of these fanons that have just sat on hiatus and not been touched.

I was just talking with Dan and Tangle (so I ask you two to please respond if I'm misinterpreting anything), but from what I understand, we seem to agree that there should be some sort of check-in process for fanons on hiatus, especially the ones that didn't notify an admin as to how long they need it on hiatus for.

My proposal is that if a user asks for their fanon to be put on hiatus, and did not specify how long they needed it on hiatus for, then a message should go up on that user's wall giving them 48-hours to check in. If they don't check in, then their fanon can be deemed "abandoned" and deleted.

If the user did specify how long they needed their fanon on hiatus for, and a full month past the specified date passes, then the same check-in rule would apply.

ADMINS this part is especially for you. I know that we enjoy the privilege of being exempt from the 30-day rule because we have the ability to delete our fanons. However, I've also noticed that a couple of admins have abused this power in the past, and I don't think it's fair necessarily for non-admins to be held to the 30-day rule, but admins get to go months on end without an edit in some cases.

In the case of admins, I propose that if the admin does not put their fanon on hold either by blog post or by notification on their season page, then the "3-month rule" should apply as though they are a non-admin who put their fanon on hiatus.

If the admin does make a blog post, or a notification on the season page, but does not specify how long they're taking a break for, they get a full six-month window.

If they do specify, same as non-admins, if a month goes past the date they specified and there is no edit, then the notification can go up.

While on this topic of deleting abandoned fanons, I'd like to bring up the topic of punishing users with multiple violations of the 30-day rule. Now, this rule is widespread enough and it has been well established for long enough that I don't think there is a valid excuse for users to violate this rule since it literally takes all of 2 minutes to post on an admin's wall "I need to take a break from fanon writing." With that being said though, from my understanding, the precedent was set that if a user outright violates the 30-day rule twice, then they face a 6-month ban from the wiki for abandoning their work.

I understand that the first time this happens, the user could have simply been unaware. But I do think that if this happens multiple times, then there should be some sort of punishment in place as the user should know better. So I'm wondering if a 6-month ban for a 2nd "30-Day Rule" violation is too much, not enough, whatever.

Thank you guys so much for taking the time to read this. I'm just really curious as to where the wiki stands on this topic, so both admins and non-admins, please post your thoughts in the comments and have yourselves a great day/evening. 