Criteria Update: Optional Proposal System

So, little update to the criteria, I had this idea and discussed with other users + Smilelyhermit and decided this would be best. Many users here are seeming to have trouble understanding the criteria for what counts as Base Breaking. Also many discussion posts seem to get ignored, leading to many candidates not getting a proper discussion... so I decided it would be best to implement an optional proposal system.

What is a proposal?

If you want to make a community discussion on whether a character counts or not, there will be a proposal system to decide, where users can upvote or downvote (or just leave thoughts without voting) to determine the character's status. These will be added to the official sitenotice and given usually about 3 days to a week to stay on the board and let the community discuss.

This also can be done in the form of removals and neutral discussion posts.

When to use a proposal?

This system is completely optional and not something you are forced to do for page making. It is more of something just to be done to see if a character counts or not if you feel unsure, similar to making posts asking if a character counts.

If a character obviously meets the base breaking criteria, then a proposal system is most likely completely unneeded, there pages can just be simply made. However, if you are unsure on whether they count, or if the community has debates over it, it is best (though not required) that a proposal is made so it can be more officially decided that they count.

Same case if wanting to make a neutral re-discussion or removal on a character. If the page uses false information or faulty info, it can just be deleted without discussion.

Expectations for a proposal

We are not super strict on proposals like how the moral scaling wikis are but here are some of the expectations of proposals.

1. If making a post/blog of this type, include BBC Proposal in the name. Or BBC Removal/BBC Discussion in the case of a removal/neutral discussion.
2. Explain who the character is and about the work they are from. It doesn't need to be detailed at all, just a basic overview of both in about 2-4 sentences. And definitely avoid doing like an autobiography.
3. Have a section explaining reasons what fans like about the character. Not every single point needs to be covered, just the most important ones.
   1. It is also recommended but not required to use evidence such as links (like a trustworthy critic, trustworthy YouTube video or maybe even a non-biased Reddit thread) to back up your points.
   2. This can be done in paragraph or bullet form, and it can focus on one key reason or multiple reasons. But it should cover about 5 sentences at minumum.
4. Ditto with dislike reasons.
5. Voters must give sufficient reasons for voting if they do. Any vague vote or vote that sounds biased or un-researched will be invalidated.
   1. Also it is strongly encouraged to comment on posts, even if you aren't voting, especially if it's to provide additional insight or even personal opinion. It's also helpful to say "I think this character counts but I'm not completely confident" because it gives other people what to think (even if it shouldn't completely affect their thoughts.) Remember that this wiki is based on people's opinions on characters and your opinion does matter here and plays a mild factor into their reception (but just don't upvote or downvote a character solely because of your own opinion). Generally, the more opinions that are given the better.

Additional Info

1. Removals or re-discussions do not require permission from an admin, they can just be done.
2. No more than two proposals a week.
3. A user who repeatedly makes faulty proposals or votes (bad info, trolling, etc.) will be blacklisted and disallowed from participating.
4. There might be some kind of reward for participating in making proposals and voting regularly. Although we haven't decided what that is yet.
5. If the character obviously has a vocal fandom or is liked for obvious reasons to the point it goes without saying, then you don’t need to go into too much detail or research about why they are liked, just give a brief explanation in maybe 2 sentences or so. And you can just focus on their dislike reasons since the reason for the proposal is to determine if they have enough dislike for the trope. Same if the case is vice versa and the character is obviously disliked enough, but proposer is wanting to know if they have enough like. In general, the main point is to cover the part(s) needing the most discussion to see if they count, not to go into extreme depth about every single point.
6. Users should have 10 edits and 3 days of activity minimum, in order to make proposals.

Conclusion

So, basically, this is an optional experiment allowing any user to make official discussions to see if certain characters count and having discussions added to the sitenotice. We aren't as strict as moral scaling wikis but the proposer should provide at least moderate explanations for the character counting, and commenting on these posts is always encouraged, but it's recommended when doing an official vote, that the vote at least shows research and understaning.

Please ask questions or give comments if you have any. We are more than happy to answer. This is also just an experiment in its beta form and we want to figure out how to make it as effective as possible and user input helps.