User blog:Blade bane/Site Notice 21/3/11 - Warnings On Articles

Hello there community! It is I, your faithful overload, Blade bane :P

To get straight down to business, I think we'd all agree that after the implementation of the Humor Template (which I have altered some of the wording of recently, if you would like to go see the changes), people began to go a little bit... overboard on their articles. I saw a bunch of comments commenting on how far people were able to push limits with no negative repercussions, and I feel as if this could potentially develop into something breaching the Central Wikia guidelines. From now on, if you have an article with an excess of something that you think would be considered to possibly offend someone, such as a large amount of swearing or curse words, than you are to post at the top of the page, a Warning Template, as done using the code:

This will create something on the top of your article that while is not an eyesore, provides significant enough warning to new viewers to ward them away from pages that they would not wish to view. Remember, you only have to be 13 years old to start using wikia content, and as such some of the content posted could really create a negative image for the wiki.

For those who wish to see what the template looks like, it's this.

In addition, from now on, I'd ask that you refrain from using swear words in the titles of your articles. This is just simply to retain a professional front for the wiki, and help make it seem as appealing to new potential members as possible. That said, you don't need to go on a template spree and tag any article with any negative consequence with a warning template, just those that dive into a fair bit of excess, like some of the humor articles currently do.

Thank you for reading this, happy writing!