Forum:Proposal to Create a New Policy/Guideline

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 * As you all know, at times, we may have to deal with vandals, or simply users who don't respect the rules. It's normal, that's the way it is with wikis, and we can't prevent that. But….Can we all deal with them properly? It's important to know, as though they may be being disrespectful, do we all know how to treat them with respect, patience, but with strong words?


 * See, I would like to propose that a new policy (or article, possibly) that has tips on how to deal with vandals, rule breakers, and assuming good faith for people who may not be aware of the proper ways with dealing with problematic users. It's important to know this so that we can hurt the user who may be breaking rules, which would be bad for all of us.


 * Also, sometimes, a user will join, not knowing what to do. Maybe s/he can make an uncontributive edit that needs to be reverted. I have seen many scold those new users for making that edit, but the newbie doesn't know much, and just needs to be guided into the right path. With a policy that will help others to understand to deal with this, and basic knowledge of assuming good faith, I believe that it could decrease the amount of drama that can be caused by one not knowing how to deal with that user, and the user may take something personally, and then, possibly, an argument can be created. I made those mistakes before, and I want the chance of other users making those mistakes decreased.


 * Now...For vandals, there are different types of vandals. Most vandals seek for attention, and the more we become agitated from the actions of those types of vandals, it is likely that they will be satisfied that they dragged some attention towards them, and try searching for more of that attention. So, there's a specific way to deal with them, and if you don't become too agitated, there's a strong chance that they will find that they have little attention (though still being kept a close eye on), and forget about vandalizing.


 * This is just the basic idea of creating this policy/guideline. Hopefully, raising the awareness of how to deal with others if you do deal with them, may decrease drama, maybe not. That's my idea. I look forward to conducting more research on this. I hope to discuss this with all of you here. Thanks, 05:14, March 19, 2012 (UTC)