Forum:"Cool Story Bro" Policy

Hello there wikians! I'm here to propose a new policy, or an amendment to an existing one. Currently on the wiki, while there is not large amounts of it, there are cases of users attempting to use their own personal situation as an excuse for their behaviour. While I do wish these people well (If they're even telling the truth), I believe we should have a policy that covers this topic. It would not have to be long or very much in depth but could simply state that anyone trying to recieve support or sympathy, or evade a block using personal circumstances will not be granted any leniency and will still have to face the consequences of their actions.

Your opinions are welcome. 12:09, October 29, 2011 (UTC)

Discussion
I think this could probably work, and I have seen a couple people who have attempted this. I'd agree with it. 12:30, October 29, 2011 (UTC)

Or administrators could just ignore their attempts to gain support for themselves? 12:31, October 29, 2011 (UTC)

Per Sactage. 12:35, October 29, 2011 (UTC)

Users like Painincarnate just absolutely bothered the heck out of other users over his apparent "phobia" of ponies. This policy would prevent anyone else like him from being on this wikia and taking attention away from what this wikia is for. We all know that.

Plus we currently have The Power Is Mine doing the same thing. Not saying anyone is lying or has bad intentions, but it takes the attention away from the task at hand, on some occasions.

Guitar t-bone Talk! 12:44, October 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * We banned Painincarnate shortly after his fiasco. No need for this policy. It's not like it'll stop people like him from making an account. They'll still do it. 13:02, October 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * It could mean we wouldn't have to ban these people. They make an account, they break this policy, we warn them, and in the best outcome they stop. If they don't you guys ban them, citing this policy. 13:04, October 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * We already warn them and tell them what they're doing wrong, and when they don't stop, they get banned. Simple. 13:10, October 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * But at least we can tell them a specific rule they are breaking. They are going to be all like "I see no rule for that! UNFAIR TREATMENT! ADMIN BRUTALITY (troll) Then we can just say, that you violated a rule COD:CSB (or whatever we want to call it), and then they will have nothing for their defense. They could also say they are exercising their first ammendment rights and this would make their argument invalid. -- ThunderGun.png  Guitar t-bone Talk! Waffe.png  13:14, October 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * We don't need a specific rule, we can just say "Intimidating behaviour/harassment" 13:20, October 29, 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree with Sactage, that's what we did with Brad.h. 15:05, October 29, 2011 (UTC)~

In what aspect do you mean? Do you mean like stopping the blogs they make? - Crazy Sam10 Talk Poll 13:16, October 29, 2011 (UTC)

I kind of agree. Circumstances are always the first thing that pop up when I tell a user they've broken the rules. Shotrocket6 15:43, October 29, 2011 (UTC)

Personal behavior on the Wiki or Chat or IRC is the sole responsibility of the user. Irregardless of personal problems at home or elsewhere. These people who are usually young users need to learn that their behavior will have consequences, good or bad. True "its only the internet" but their actions affect other users and if they act out of line then they will need to act responsibly and accept the punishment handed out and not whine about it. A blocked user will not get any sympathy from the admins unless they were unfairly blocked at which time several admins will take a look at whats going on. So there really is no need for an additional policy. we already have rules against trolling, UTP, vandalism,harassment, etc. etc.etc.  Talk 20:19, October 29, 2011 (UTC)

Per Whiskey. CoaZ Talk  20:23, October 29, 2011 (UTC)

Per above reasoning. 20:36, October 29, 2011 (UTC)

"I'm here to propose a new policy, or an amendment to an existing one." While the general idea seems to be there is no need for a new policy, an alteration to an existing one to make to make this point more clear. 20:47, October 29, 2011 (UTC)

Can someone give an example of "own personal situation as an excuse for their behaviour." Not to disagree, just didn't understand the point.   AK47 lover   Talk 06:57, October 30, 2011 (UTC)

Painincarnate is a notable example of a user who used this strategy. 13:22, October 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * He is also a example of a user who was Perma-banned for it. :3 17:58, October 30, 2011 (UTC)

I agree with the proposal, wikians must follow the rules no matter what, this is an encyclopedia, all users must work at making it more informative, not to do whatever they want. SiPlus 14:14, October 30, 2011 (UTC)

I back this idea up immensely. I'm tired of seeing comments like "FUCK YOU FAGGOT" then the same person is like "huur sorry lol I have anger issues/my little silbling said that" Slowrider7 18:02, October 30, 2011 (UTC)

This is self-mocking, but this is a perfect example of what I've done and knew it was wrong, which is the opposite of this. You might want to check it out it has some valid points to support this (Cool story YR) So yeah, I agree fully. 19:41, October 30, 2011 (UTC)