Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-25075055-20140228200248/@comment-24472360-20140301205236

With regards to some concerns, I've rewritten a draft of some of the more controversial aspects of the rule set made by CM Speysider. As I, a frequent chat user, find that the current rules as unpolished and rather controlling... Point-in-case, the "moderator's decisions are final" rule.

"Any chat moderator decisions are to be respected. While their decisions are final, each moderator has different limits and will make an executive decision based on whether they feel the discussion is getting out of hand. If you ignore a chat moderator, you will likely be kicked or banned."

A Chat Moderator's decisions and disciplinary actions within the boundaries of Special:Chat are to be respected, in the event that you feel a chat moderator is using their power and/or authority incorrectly, critique is accepted, but preferred if kept at a polite and respectful stance or in extremely drastic cases, (per se,  "she banned me from chat because i told her to calm down")  you may report them to an active administrator.

"Don't backseat moderate. Moderators are there to keep the chat in line: please don't do their job for them as it does not help solve anything. However, this is ok ONLY if there are no chat moderators online to deal with issues."

Avoid backseat moderating. While mediating arguments is alright, do so politely and in a neutral stance, without showcasing higher authority over another user. Remember, we're all the same, the only thing that sets a regular user apart from a staff member is the great responsibilities they carry.

"Sexual references are made in the TES games a lot, so we don't have any issues with people making some sexual references."

(This is going to be tough as I'm working out a compromise, hehe.) Sexual references are permitted in the chatroom, but keep it mature and refrain from preforming sexual innuendos on unwilling participants, doing so will be considered harassment.

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I guess this wraps it up, took me a very long while to revise this, but I hope this would help us reach a compromise that will be good for the sake of the chat community. ^^