Thread:Ramsen21/@comment-25014034-20160318100226

Hey there!

I read your comment on the 0.15.0 page- And I think it is a very valid question. However, there's quite some simple reasoning for it.

Just go along with what I'm saying- think of spam as a crime. There are two types of crimes, right? Cognisable and Non-Cognisable. Consider swearing, capitals, harassment and rude language as a cognisable crime, and off topic comments, speculation and introductions as non-cognisable.

The point is, the Internet has an unspoken, unwritten "moral code" where swearing, capitals, etc. are considered spam. We expect users to know that such things are bad, and just as a reminder, we link the Rules to them on their welcome message. If they violate the rules by doing said "Cognisable Offences", we warn them and then block them.

However, in the case of Off topic comments, and the other "Non-Cognisable Offences" are mostly not known by everyone, and such rules are mostly not enforced on other open platforms, and even our wiki did not enforce these until Update 0.12.1. Thus, these rules are relatively new and nothing is stated against them in the rules and regulations. Thus, I have to post the same messages multiple times to make sure users see them. I can only block users under such offences if I am 100% sure that the user has been warned 2-3 times before and actually means to do that action as an intention to spam.

I hope this cleared up any doubts of yours! :)

Your humble admin,

Darth wikia25 My Page 10:02, March 18, 2016 (UTC) 