Board Thread:Moderation Desk/@comment-5722194-20150822022153

Hello, Moon Guard. Some of you may know me as the founder of the Moon Guard Wiki, a website where players on Moon Guard can post articles about their characters, organizations, and personal fan-fiction for others to read and draw from. In its relatively short history, the wiki has grown to include over 5,000 articles written by players that cover an incredibly wide range of topics.

In the past few weeks, the controversy surrounding the use of hate speech and racial slurs was brought to the Wiki Administrator's heightened attention and many people on Moon Guard asked that we act. After deliberating for several hours on the issue, we collectively drafted a New Policy for the wiki that would hold us accountable for banning individuals from editing the wiki if they were known to regularly use hateful language.

While this policy was drafted with the intention of protecting our user base and the overall standing of the wiki, the policy was immediately put into question for its broad wording and the ethical question of whether content posted on third party websites should be considered grounds for banning users.

When I founded this wiki I wanted to provide an environment where the players of Moon Guard could post their stories and content without having to worry that their content or ability to edit it would be stripped from them for personal grievances outside of the wiki's scope. I feel that it is not my or any other administrator's right to judge users and take away their right to post content on the wiki based on their conduct on third party websites like these forums or mediums like Ventrillo or Skype.

Despite this view, I do believe that we as administrators have a strong responsibility to protect users from harassment and hate-speech on the wiki itself. If someone vandalizes another person's work or posts racist or sexist comments on the wiki, they will be immediately reviewed to have their editing and posting privileges removed.

The recently enacted "Hate Speech Policy" on the Moon Guard Wiki will immediately be reduced in scope and will now only apply to content, edits, and posts made on the Moon Guard Wiki.

If you have any questions regarding posting your own content on the wiki or any of its policies, do not hesitate to contact me in-game or on the wiki itself. Thank you for your continued support. 