Forum:CT:WP:NPA cleanup and modernization

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The result of the debate was Support the proposal. Imperators II^(Talk) 07:20, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

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Hello! At the end of March, I'd brought up some tweaks to WP:NPA in the Senate Hall. It's mostly a lot of outdated formatting and fixing to American spelling, but also includes (diff here):

• Expansion of "being reasonable" to not just cover article disputes, but also allude that both policy and article disagreements may pop up and can be first reasonably discussed in Discord/SH, then brought up to CT.
• Adding that "Racial, sexist, homophobic, ageist, religious, or ethnic epithets directed against another contributor" are handled pursuant to our host's anti-discrimination policy.
• Addition to specify doxing (revealing personal information) or other harassment of another user to ensure they don't argue with you publicly is clearly stated. Merged the rest of the threat related points into one point.
• Removing that "the practice is almost always controversial" to ban for personal attacks. Small things, of course, receive warnings first, as the blocking policy dictates preventative blocks to protect the community from harm, not usually ones punitive for the sake of it. However, I don't believe that it is controversial to ban for personal attacks—especially in egregious cases, and the wording "almost always" controversial seems out-of-date.
• "Misguided notion"—removal of "foolish and boorish,"; needlessly harsh and goes against the concept of the section.
• "Consequences" tweak to be in line with the Discord policy, as it's not just talk pages we deal with anymore. Additional clause added about "particularly degrading comments," as personal attacks in the modern era occur on Discord too, in current times.
• Added clarification that personal attacks in DMs can be reported to an administrator pursuant to the privacy policy, either onsite or on Discord.

These small modernizations, I feel, will be beneficial going forward. Codifying the Fandom anti-discrimination policy into our own local policies is a great step forward for the community to remain safe and inclusive. Going forward, we can leave a lot of the outdated-ness of some of these older policies behind in favor of a safer community for all!—spookywilloww^talk 16:46, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Support

1. As proposer.—spookywilloww^talk 16:46, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
2. Imperators II^(Talk) 16:55, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
3. JediMasterMacaroni^(Talk) 16:58, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
4. Ayrehead02 (talk) 17:00, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
5. Samonic ^(Talk) 17:03, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
6. OOM 224 (he/him) 17:03, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
7. Fan26 (Talk) 17:05, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
8. Lewisr (talk) 17:20, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
9. Rsand 30 (talk) 17:56, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
10. Cade Calrayn 18:00, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
11. 01miki10 ^{Open comlink} 18:15, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
12. Master Fredcerique(talk) (he/him) 18:44, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
13. NanoLuuke^{Cloning Facility} 19:22, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
14. Jarhead002 (talk) (he/him) 21:10, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
15. Anıl Şerifoğlu (talk) 07:13, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
16. LucaRoR ^(Talk) 09:47, 15 April 2023 (UTC)
17. - Thannus (DFaceG) (he/him) (talk) 17:01, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
18. Commander Code-8 ^{Hello There!} 15:47, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Oppose

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