User blog:Blupo/October 2018 Updates

Hello everyone! It's been a while. There are some new things to tell you about.

New Rules We have working on re-writing the rules to be more clear and less strictly categorised, which made it difficult to change/add certain rules.
 * Policies and guidelines are merged together again
 * Vandalism and spam are better defined
 * The "no out-of-game currency trading" rule is now the "SB2 currency only trades" rule
 * Controversial topics and mature content are no longer allowed
 * The explanation regarding filtered edits is less verbose (and confusing)
 * Stricter rules on the use of external links
 * Mini-modding is not allowed (this isn't new, but I feel like people don't know this rule exists)
 * The Content Policy is much more expanded
 * Non-factual information is explicitly unallowed
 * Loosen restrictions on unreleased content
 * Actually defined unreleased content
 * Explicitly defined the rules for the Market Editors
 * Added a section on rule enforcement
 * You cannot be blocked for breaking a rule the first time unless you vandalised
 * If you break a different rule after being warned, that doesn't count as a first-time offence
 * If you can reply to your block message you can appeal your block

You can read the new rules at SB2:DRAFT.

Market Editors In addition to new rules, several changes are coming to the Market Editors.
 * Several Market Editors are being removed from their positions today.
 * They may immediately re-apply, but they must go through the new process.
 * The requirements for Market Editor have been changed.
 * Trading experience is required.
 * You must have a Discord account.
 * If you are blocked for vandalism, spam, raiding, impersonation, and/or violating the User Conduct section of the FANDOM Terms of Use or you are banned from the Wiki Discord, you will not be allowed to re-apply for the role. (the underlined part is new)
 * There can only be 14 Market Editors at a time.
 * Any current Market Editor who isn't getting purged will be required to re-affirm their role according to the new policies, or they will be removed.

Dates
 * The new policies will go into effect on 1 November 2018.
 * Any Market Editors who aren't purged are also required to re-affirm their role by this date.
 * The new requirements for Market Editor are going into effect as soon as this announcement is posted.
 * Any Market Editors slated for purging will be removed by the end of 31 October 2018, PDT.