Criteria Update: Optional Proposal System

Hello, hello. Parts of this are going be copied from the Base Breaking Character Wiki and Ensemble Dark Horse Wiki blogs but I AM the one who wrote it. Since most users agreed to it in Discord and some on-site I am gonna follow suit what I’ve on the Base Breaking Wiki and allow proposals here.

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?

Like with the Base Breaking and Ensemble Dark Horse Wiki, 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 Scrappy 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 Scrappy Proposal in the name. Or Scrappy Removal/Scrappy 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 and ideally talk about who the target audience is, so it's not just a bunch of adults hating on a kids show or such.
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. Use at MINIMUM 3 links or screenshots that show the characters reception (e.g. a trustworthy critic, YouTube video or maybe even a non-biased Reddit thread) to back up your points. We can’t just trust your word alone.
   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. Explain if there is anything people might potentially like about the character or why they might not potentially be universally hated and explain why you don’t think it’s valid.
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.

Ideal formatting for a proposal

Doesn't need to be exactly this but something similar, at least.

1. Introduction (optional)
2. What's the work/who are they?
3. What do people dislike about them?
4. Is there anything that could possibly keep them from counting? (optional)
   1. Intentional Hate?
   2. Receives some praise?
   3. Large enough hatebase?
   4. An extension of something/something else's poor writing?
5. A list of evidence (optional)

Here is an example of a proposal I made for reference: User blog:Kodikos/Scrappy Proposal: Jeffery Fecalman

Additional Info

1. Get permission to do removals or re-discussions from a mod or admin. However straight up proposals don’t need permission.
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. Users should have 10 edits and 3 days of activity minimum, in order to make proposals.

Conclusion

You get the drill. This is an optional proposal system following suit of announcements I've already made on the other two reception Wikis, so just ask questions here or on my message wall if something is unclear.