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Although the title probably says it I am suggesting that the rules that are applied to the conversation in public chatter be revised and updated.

When you take a look at the conversation nowadays there are always going to be the people who still fail to read the page of rules you have to read before chatting - however there is a second group of people. And these are the ones who read the rules, understand the rules provided, but do not know all the other "unspoken" rules of the chatter. Yes, the unspoken rules of the chatter are documented somewhere on the site, but you do have to look for them to find them, they are not in the official chatter agreement which users have to read and agree to before chatting.

The current chatter rules are also left extremely wide open to interpretation based on a users personal opinion and experiences. What we need is a clear, concise set of rules that leaves little-to-no room for interpretation on a personal basis. This would also limit the number of disagreements between the mods/admin and the users based on gags.

Other possible suggestions for a revised version of the current rules would also be general information and suggestions on the chat such as a list of suggestions on some good magick topics, topics to avoid, etc. In addition I would also like to suggest that this general information tells people how to navigate to the site features page and what information the page contains.

All in all I hope this is considered by Petrarca and the community as a valid suggestion. It would be great if the rules were concise, all in one place, and helped towards making public chatter a friendlier, more tolerant and peaceful room to be in.