Board Thread:Magister Council/@comment-1824169-20160730162139

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Alright, we need to talk about all our "policies" that are kinda sorta rules but not really set in stone. The three that pop to my mind immediately are regarding Permabanned users, Categories, and Cleanup. Having unclear or undefined rules like this is extremely detrimental to the community, especially new users, and we need to fix it. For the issues I brought up, here are some policy suggestions:

Permabanned Users Policy

 * Permabanned users, in general, will not ever be unbanned. However, if you have been permabanned, but believe the severity of the ban was unwarranted, you may ask the admins to re-review your case. If they decide the punishment was warranted, your request will be rejected, and any future requests will be automatically denied.

Useless Categories

 * Useless Categories are generally subjective categories that serve no real purpose, such as "Awesome" or "Epic". Do not add Useless Categories to pages, and if you find a page with a Useless Category on it, please remove it from the page.

Incorrect Categories

 * All categories should be properly spelled, pluralized, and capitalized (for example, "Strongth alein" vs "Strength Alien"). Double check that your categories have proper grammar before using them, and please replace any Incorrect Categories you find with their accurately spelled counterparts.

Cleanup Policy
Cleaning up the wiki is important, and we thank you for any help you can give. However, the idea of "cleanup" is an obvious target for Badge Farming, which is considered a form of spam. To properly clean up a page, you should: This process should be repeated for every page you clean up. If you make multiple cleanup edits without following these guidelines, you may be warned or even temporarily blocked for spam.
 * Remove all Useless Categories.
 * Replace any Incorrect Categories with correct ones.
 * Add the "A to Z" category if it's not already on the page.
 * Remove or correct unnecessary formatting (such as code usually left over from the page creation templates).
 * Add a "Stub" template if the page contains little to no information.

That's everything I have for now, but I'm open to more suggestions here. 