Board Thread:Administration/@comment-11333115-20131214165745

In order to propose a new rule or propose an existing rule for abolishment your request must adhere to the following guidelines.

Guidelines

 * You must consider if the situation has reached a point where it needs to be outlawed. This means that it's a serious issue, it's repeated, and it is not covered under any other rule.
 * You must consider the affected audiences. Which means that you need to consider where the majority of the users stand on the subject. You must never take the side of the minority in situations where proposing a rule is being considered although finding out why they feel the way they do is necessary and needs to be taken into consideration when outlining a rule for proposal.
 * You must consider the repercussions of proposing the rule. How will the community respond to the proposal?
 * You must also consider how you will enforce the proposed rule. This is an important part in creating and outlining a rule. How is it you plan to enforce the rule created? Will users be confused by how you enforce it? Another thing is to never let your personal emotions influence how you plan to enforce a rule as it must be fair to everyone.
 * You must remember that mods are not above users in any way, shape, or form. They only have the power to enforce rules made by the site administration (bureaucrats and sysops). This also means that when it comes to rule proposals their word is not more important than anyone else's and as such only site administrators can create rule proposals. 