Forum:Policy for Blogging

It has just recently made good sense to me that we shouldn't be creating rules and regulations regarding blogging without a specific policy for them.

In no regard should any blogs, including "off-topic" ones, be closed or deleted without a policy stating why. This is non-negotiable.

Proposal
My proposal is to start off with a set of ground rules pertaining to the content of the article.
 * No foul language; these should be presentable and professional
 * No more than, say, 2 .gif files, as they can slow down loading times
 * No images/text that takes up more room than the standard screen space allows

Next, some rules regarding the genre of blogs should be established.
 * No speculation blogs
 * No "opinion versus opinion" blogs, as these are not safe around fire
 * News blogs:
 * We have already discussed having a specific news team. If this were the case, then no other users would be permitted to post news blogs

Of course, these proposals are to be discussed and improved upon. Thoughts, wiki? Shotrocket6 (T/C/E) 22:04, August 5, 2011 (UTC)