User blog comment:Bpendragon/Proposed Rules for Special:Chat/@comment-88085-20111204085726

Just to follow up on a few of the comments from earlier. Rule 0 (COPPA) is the law whether you agree to it or not and we must abide by it. We are not actively seeking out or interrogating users about this rule, but if it is discovered to have been broken, then your account will be blocked until your appropriate birthday (if known).

Rule 13 (Spoilers/Speculation) is meant to avoid wild mass guessing and the arguments than ensue from it. In the same way that we have specific topics that we delete from the blogs, we need to control topics that will undoubtedly cause arguments in chat. If you want to discuss this, you can always private message someone.

Rule 17 (Links) is meant to eliminate blind linking. This means that other users should have some idea of what they're clicking on before they do so. Rampant blind links can be rather annoying in chat rooms.

As with all rules, enforcement of these will likely be open to a bit of interpretation and they'll likely evolve once they're put in place. Now is the time to discuss them and see if we can anticipate where the problems could come from.