Policy revisions

Proposal
120d made several proposed changes to several policies. As many of them are categorized differently and some may be more controversial than others, parts of the proposal have been split. I will include each proposal in its own section, and each section will have a voting section. Please vote on each proposal. This voting stage will end on Sunday, May 21, 2017 at 12:15 p.m., eastern time. 16:17, May 14, 2017 (UTC)

Revisions Part A
These revisions cover the following sections, which includes mostly rewording and cleanup of the policies.


 * I. Definitions
 * II. User conduct
 * III. Communication (part)

I. Definitions
 * B. Definitions
 * 13. Demotion - a removal of a user from a user right, either through discussion user rights review, self-demotion resignation, or removal by a user of higher power.
 * 15. Edit war - a dispute in which two or more editors revert changes to an article back and forth between opposing revisions.
 * 19. Impersonator - a user who pretends to be someone who they aren't are not.
 * 21. Page header - individual headers within the article are designated by equals signs (i.e. ===Header===) the top of the page, which features the name of the page.
 * 22. Page title - the title of the article that appears at the top of the page in the page header and the URL
 * 37. Transcript - an article composed of a written version of an episode, short, or special, movie, ride, or video game cutscenes.
 * 38. Trolling - a deliberate, provocative, online posting that is intended to cause an angry response.
 * 39. User - any member of the wiki's community including contributors, administrators, and bureaucrats.

II. User conduct
 * A. User interaction
 * 1. Do not a Attacking other users personally is forbidden. This includes but is not limited to: threatening,  or insulting (including, but not limited to idiot, jerk, stupid, and retard) the wiki and/or user(s) , name calling (including, but not limited to idiot, jerk, stupid, retard, etc.), and derogatory statements.
 * 2. Do not d Discriminat e ing against other users based on their religion, political affiliation, sexual preference, or anything else is forbidden. It is strongly recommended that users do not discuss these things as these may cause distress.
 * 3. Do not u Us e ing profanity is forbidden. You can say "damn" as it was used in the first movie, possibly and "hell" if in the context. This also means no use of the words such as "f***," includes even when the profanity is used as an expletive.
 * a. Any use of profanity in general will result in consequences.
 * b. Any use of profanity directly toward other users will result in a more severe consequence.
 * 4. Do not a Adding or linking to content that is inappropriate for younger readers /contributors (someone that is under 8 13-years-old . ).
 * 5. It is strongly recommended that you D do not correct other people's use of spelling and/or grammar on discussion pages, message walls, or the forums unless it is in regards to spelling and/or grammar use in an article.


 * B. Vandalism
 * 1. Do not v Vandali ze sm is forbidden anything on the wiki . This includes, but is not limited to: spam, nonsense edits, removal of good quality content, and the unnecessary blanking of pages.

III. Communication
 * E. Personal stuff Information
 * A. General
 * 4. Do not discuss another wiki's issues on this wiki, it is not the right place for them.

Revisions Part B
Part B concerns off topic discussions.

III. Communication
 * A. General
 * 2. Off-topic discussions are allowed on the wiki and , but must be kept on the off-topic forum. The administration discussion moderators reserves the right to remove off-topic discussions they deem unnecessary if they are not on the off-topic forum.

Revisions Part C
Part C concerns necroposting.

III. Communication
 * A. General
 * 5. Do not necropost. Do not reply to forums threads, messages on other user's walls, or blog posts that haven't been replied to in three months or more without an administrator's permission.

Revisions Part D
Part D concerns cleanup in the content policy.

IV. Content
 * A. General
 * 4. Do not use the words, "We", "I", "you", etc. " This creates confusion between users and the articles. Refer to everything in the third person. The only exception to this is if those words are used in quotes.


 * B. Article relevance
 * 1. Do not create articles that have nothing to do with SpongeBob SquarePants.
 * 2. 1. Do not create articles that are not relevant to SpongeBob SquarePants. This is not Wikipedia.
 * 3. Definitive content includes all content that is defined as having relevance to merit their own articles. This includes, but is not limited to:
 * d. All games, including console video games, PC games, and online games, and their respective galleries and transcripts.

Revisions Part E
Part E concerns article relevance in the content policy.

IV. Content


 * B. Article relevance


 * 4. Definitive content which is not relevant to have their own articles includes but is not limited to:
 * a. Some very minor characters/characters with little information, such as only a single line or two.
 * b. Certain objects, especially those with little information, such as only a single line or two.
 * c. Insignificant products that do not have a sufficient amount of information.
 * d. Any implied content that does not have a sufficient amount of information. That can be included here: List of implied content.


 * C. Crossover content
 * 2. All crossover characters, locations, and objects that are not native to the SpongeBob SquarePants universe do not merit their own articles. Instead, they belong on a list.
 * a. In the Biography (characters)/History (locations and objects) section, only important information to the page is allowed. Any information from the show, which the content appears, should be limited.
 * i. For content that is featured in the Jimmy Timmy Power Hour trilogy, this information should be reserved to one subsection of the Biography/History sections and only feature information that is related to the crossovers.


 * b. History (characters)/Role in SpongeBob SquarePants (locations and objects) is reserved for crossover information only. Any content about the show that the content appears in should be put in the Biography (characters)/History (locations and objects) section.