Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-24325144-20150106201659/@comment-5632187-20150107001133

I know I'm not really a contributor here, but I will still drop my two cents on the issue.

The Block Policy doesn't clarify this, so I thought I'd point it out. Are users allowed to post to their own talk page, even when they're blocked? Because, in my opinion, all users should be able to post to their own talk page so that they can give their side of the story about their block, regardless of offense. Unless this user is just spamming messages to their own talk page, I don't see a reason to disallow the ability of using their talk page while blocked. The entire Block Policy also contradicts itself because some rules state the length blocks should be, and then guidelines for blocking are posted below, basically stating that that's how most, if not all, blocking instances should go. If you're going to have specific block times for every offense, they should be clearly posted, not just generally stated that they will be "short term" or "long term" blocks, since each of those can mean something different to every user.

The listed bans for the Chat Policy seem rather extreme to me. Chat bans, in my opinion, should always be case-by-case basis. Having the third ban automatically be indefinite seems rather drastic, since an indefinite ban should only be issued if that person is deemed incapable of following rules and will just be detrimental to the chat if they continue to join.

The Etiquette policy may be something you guys should look over too. It looks less like guidelines to follow and more like a list of random moral points to follow. If it's a legitimate guide for how to act, should it not be written as such? As it sits, the entire thing seems rather randomly compiled.

There are a lot more policies I see on the Wiki, but that's a lot of reading to do. Perhaps it should be considered to revise all of the policy pages so that the information and such is written much more concisely and with more brevity, since it's easy to lose people when too much is written. Hope this helps!