Nookipedia:Proposals

Nookipedia Proposals allow the community to vote on sitewide changes that would affect a large number of pages or users. This process is not a replacement for community-wide input (see:The Roost) or talk page discussion. Rather, it takes the final product of those discussions (in the form of a proposal) and puts them to a vote.

Rules

• Proposals are only necessary for changes that would affect a large number of pages or users. Some examples: rules/policy changes, adding/removing namespaces, making major modifications to/replacing templates that affect 1000+ pages.

• Proposals are for voting on fully worked out ideas. They should be a binary yes/no choice and not have any yet-to-be-determined components: no 'option a, b, or c'. Proposals may be submitted without prior public comment or feedback, but should not receive major edits or changes once voting has started. If a proposal does not follow these rules or is otherwise deemed unfit, it may be vetoed at the discretion of a Bureaucrat.

• Proposals can only be submitted and voted upon by registered users. Comments or votes from unregistered users will be removed immediately. Furthermore, all votes or comments must have a signature attached (~~~~). Users are not allowed to vote on their own proposal, but may respond to comments.

• Proposals will be open for seven days. This voting deadline can be extended upon request, at the discretion of a Bureaucrat.

• At the end of the voting period, if the proposal has at least a 2/3 majority (66%) support and five total votes it will be considered successful. A Bureaucrat will then officially close the proposal, and either enact it themselves, or coordinate with other staff members to make sure the proposal is completed.

• • If the proposal does not have five votes at the end of the voting period, the voting period will be extended for seven days.

• Once a proposal has been enacted, the staff member responsible will make a note here and move the proposal to the Archives.

How to make a proposal

All proposals must be made using the template provided below, posted under the "Current Proposals" heading:

{{proposal
| title       = A short, one-sentence description of the proposal.
| description = Additional proposal details/explanation.
| comments    = User commentary on proposal.
| votes       = User votes on proposal: {{Support}} or {{Oppose}} + signature (~~~~).
}}

Current proposals

Adding more rights to patrollers

Proposal:	Adding more rights to patrollers
I think patrollers should be able to block users and edit protected pages. - unsigned comment from Acnh Player (talk • contribs)
Comments:	I'm not sure if this should be voted on as a proposal, and it might be better for staff to decide. But I'll give my opinion anyway: this change would make Patrollers too similar to Administrators and the second promotion wouldn't feel like a big step up. There also isn't enough vandalism currently to justify needing more users with blocking rights. I do think we should re-assess the role of Patrollers on this wiki (this is nothing against the users who currently hold the position, simply that I think the position itself is flawed), but I'm not sure simply adding more rights is the best way to do that. Drago (talk) 11:47, April 17, 2024 (EDT) I'll add that fully protected pages aren't in the mainspace, mostly consisting of policy and critical templates and modules. We can still view and copy their source codes, which is helpful for illustrating proposed modifications. BladeofEvilsBane (talk) 08:52, April 18, 2024 (EDT)
Votes:	Oppose --Drago (talk) 11:47, April 17, 2024 (EDT)  Oppose per Drago ~ AlexBot2004 (Talk) 00:38, April 18, 2024 (EDT)  Oppose per Drago BladeofEvilsBane (talk) 08:52, April 18, 2024 (EDT)  Oppose per Drago -- Dorsal Axe (talk) 09:17, April 18, 2024 (EDT)  Oppose per Drago ~ Vivian (talk) 15:19, April 18, 2024 (EDT) Why is everyone saying "per drago"? Hm.. Acnh Player (talk) 17:03, April 21, 2024 (EDT)
Result: (??%)	To be determined.

Voting on this proposal has ended. (refresh)