Forum:Chat Edit Requirement - Re-proposal

Hi guys. I'm here to suggest that we bring back the chat edit limit, as discussed before and voted on previously, although shot down, due to a lack of supporting votes. However, since then, I believe I speak for quite a few users who honestly think that imposing an edit requirement would be a good idea, and would really crack down on the amount of chat invasions, and weed out those users who really only wish to join the wiki for the sake of chatting or the "pretty cat art" and no longer wish to contribute to the wiki. Since the first vote, I've seen many more users join just for the sake of chatting, and that's not the sole purpose of this wiki. There have been other wikis that have managed to use this to their advantage, an example of that being the Sonic News Network. A simple, and very easily accomplished, edit requirement of 100 edits, with 50 being in the mainspace, isn't very high at all, and I think if we need to, we could lower that count if we honestly had to.

I know I'll probably be met with some disagreements and rotten food thrown at me for bringing it up again, but I've seen way too many users who sit idly in the chat, and have zero to maybe like ten edits. All they do is chat, and I believe it's bringing the reputation of the wiki down. It's those same users who wish to become moderators, but shouldn't they have to earn that right to begin with?

Now, of course, there will be obvious exceptions to that rule, like those bearing the sysops, VSTF, Wikia Staff, Helper, and other important global tags, but I think those can be worked out within the MediaWiki. So yeah, comments guys? I really would love to bring this back, if only to give users a break from the constant drama that appears in the chat from those users who just do nothing and don't want to work for their spot; they expect it to be handed to them. .-.