Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-35711173-20180828043308/@comment-5643552-20180906055020

HopelessNightOwl wrote:

There is an unwritten rule that that older stories are treated more leniently under quality standards and should only be hit with an M4R if you have a really good reason. Helel had to warn JDeschene a few months ago because she M4R'd a bunch of stories from years ago without being aware of this custom. As Helel told her, if the story has been edited by a staff member, especially recently, it's probably good to stay. This is definitely a new thing, seeing as in the past crappypastas would be deleted left and right regardless of age or who previously edited them. Then again, the wiki was also younger and the quality standards were constantly evolving.

There should probably at least be a note of this in the rules if this is the case now. Maybe not a hard rule, but just some general guidelines of what to do when you see an old pasta that falls below QS on Creepypasta Wiki:Flagged and Marked Categories.