Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-4883034-20130416001430/@comment-23893664-20130416203532

Vehement Though my reasoning need not be explained due to the likely fact that everyone here knows my detest for this rule, let me explain again in more thorough detail as some people seemed not to understand. The caps rule, if anything, implies EMPHASIS rather than spam. The "4 words" rule also made no sense, as I do not see the significance of the number four in this situation. Yes, if someone is being an idiot and spamming stuff like "SHITCOCK" or "FUCK FUCKERY" for no apparant reason, then yes, that is a kick at least and a ban at most. If a user emphasizes their statement (I.E. "I REALLY FUCKING HATE HOMEWORK!") then it is not a ban. Caps are FINE, excluding repeatedly spamming the above statements or similar, and do not cause ANY disruption to the chat. It's a word IN CAPITALS. What's so horribly spamming about that? Did the people who invent keyboards say "Let's give people a button for spamming internet chat rooms"? Caps are here for a reason, and it is not spam. You are being far too uptight about this; many of you seem to feel the need to pledge bringing back this ridiculous rule as if it will do anything. It won't, the rule is gone and is unneded to be added again, leave it be.

In addition, caps were also allowed when I first joined this wiki (2011-most of 2012) so the reasoning for a caps restriction in general is trite.