User blog:Lord Andrew Mallace/Community Vote: Ban Obtrusive Music from Pages/Blogs/etc.

Copy-pasted from Nults McKagan's post here: "This might belong on the 1ASA board, but I figured I'd put it here instead. Since music that autoplays can now be put on pages by anybody as opposed to having needed go through an admin, like it used to, I figure we should put some rule in place to prevent obtrusive songs from being put on the wiki. If you want an example of what I mean, go to  The British Empire (TLOPO)  page. The song playing on there (as of the posting of this request) is obviously not intended to enhance the page in a positive way, but rather to intentionally bother those who view it. This wouldn't be an issue if it didn't autoplay upon arriving to the page and there was some kind of warning, but as it stands, people could potentially have to play a guessing game of what pages they can view without destroying their eardrums. Thanks for considering."

Should this pass, staff will create a criterion for what defines obtrusive and what is against the rules.

Thanks and vote away,



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