Forum:Workshop

There is an unwritten, but very sensible rule not to edit other users' user pages, including sandboxes and the like, without their permission. This wiki has a habit of moving both material that is not suitable for the main namespace to user sandboxes as well as material that is theoretically suitable, but not quite there yet in terms of content. I'm proposing Project:Workshop for the latter. Instead of moving currently unsuitable pages to the userspace of the user who created them, they would be moved to a subpage of Project:Workshop where they would automatically be editable by anyone.

The project page would contain an index of such pages. Eligible ones off the top of my head include Fleur de Lis, Chrysalis, Braeburn. Their current main namespace pages would not be deleted, but would redirect to the workshop page to ensure that duplicates aren't created. So the pages aren't lost, but the main namespace stays "clean".

The move would be done at administrator discretion (except for pages which are currently already on the user namespace, where permission has to be asked). The option is not open for pages which aren't just too short, but violate other guidelines (so no OC's, roleplay, and the like). Very short pages which contain nothing usable or only images are also not eligible and may be marked for deletion in the usual manner. If, after a period of time, there is no movement whatsoever on a Workshop page, it may be deleted as well.

The policy can be revisited when/if the wiki has a larger userbase. --Tulipclaymore 16:58, April 25, 2012 (UTC)