Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5159692-20131029222826/@comment-3571790-20131029231129

I oppose.

Just like everyone else said, we decide who gains user rights and base our votes over our experience with the user and the information we know about what they do. If we feel they're ready, they're ready. Very few people have biased votes, and from what I've seen, many of those votes have been not counted and/or removed (I also wouldn't call the rights moderators and administrators have "power" because all they are are extra rights given to them. It's a misconception that they have "ultimate power" which makes many users fear administrators).

Roleplaying takes away what this wiki is really about: being the best source of information of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Roleplaying also disrupts the chat if done there. If you wish to roleplay, you can do it on the Sonic Fanon Wiki, where that sort of activity can be done there.

We can speculate all we like about several different things about Sonic, we have the freedom to do that. What we can't do is put that speculation into our mainspace articles, where speculation is not official with the Sonic franchise.

This is a family-friendly wiki about a children's franchise and we have many young readers and visitors to the Sonic News Network. Swearing is inappropriate for their age group. And may I also mention that swearing is against Wikia policy? Some wikis choose to ignore it, but it's true.

Overall, we have these rules for a perfectly fine reasons. I feel they could be expanded upon, honestly, but they still allow not only our readers, but our users to have a safe, peaceful trip through the SNN. If you can't accept our rules, maybe this isn't the place for you. That's for you to decide.

That's all I have to say regarding the matter.