User blog:SamwiseFilmore/Some Temporary Update Rules

Hello everyone on the wiki! This is for everyone, including, but not limited to those of you who live, those who frequent here, those who come most days, those who come some days, those who come monthly, those of you who come just at update time, and those who just come here to eat their meals, this is for you! For those of you who have not heard, the Beta 25 version of the LOTR mod is coming out in just a few hours. This means that there will be a LOT of hype from all wiki users, including admins. I am going to lay down a few rules, regulations, and don'ts for the next 24 hours. I repeat, everything listed below is for the next 24 hours only. Those things that have to do with posting about the new update, it is assumed that it won't happen outside the 24 hour limit.


 * 1) Please do not post asking when the update will be released. Even Mevans doesn't entirely know. There have already been a few threads and message wall posts asking this. Please don't.
 * 2) Please do not post blog posts or threads saying: THE UPDATE IS NOT OUT!!!. This will be considered useless spam, and will result in a four hour ban from the wiki. I will make an announcement blog post and forum thread when the update is released, so no one else needs to.
 * 3) The Feedback and Suggestions forums will be considered closed the second the update post on the FB page for the mod is released, and will reopen 24 hours later. Please use the tech support and bugtracker boards to get info. There will be lots of people on to help, I can pretty much guarantee.
 * 4) In regards the editing pages: Please don't make small edits that are only one or two bytes, especially on pages that might undergo heavy editing this evening. If someone is editing that page, and you make a quick spelling fix, they will have to merge their changes with yours. It is a huge pain. If you are reported too many times for this, it may result in a short ban.
 * 5) DO NOT CREATE ALMOST EMPTY PAGES They are a waste of space and are considered spam. Please flesh out your page before publishing. Doing this twice will result in a short ban.

Let me know if I missed anything, I or another admin can add it. I will try to be on as much as I can today, my meeting this evening got canceled.

Thanks for reading!

SamwiseFilmore (Admin)  (Fill My Mailbox) 17:14, November 7, 2015 (UTC)