Forum:Looky looky, community discussion afoot

Guidelines. That's what we need. There has been lots of things that I've been seeing. It's getting annoying...
 * 1) On List of clans, there are many clans listed that are listed as being many different types. For example, one clan may be listed as "Combat". The members know each other so well it's like they're a family. They do Castle Wars, so they get listed as "Combat". Another clan does Clan Wars and Pest Control. Like the first clan, they also know each other practically like a family. They get listed as "Combat/Social/Community/Takeover/Skilling". Now, rather obviously, the second clan does not fall under being a social, community, takeover, or skilling clan. For those who don't know:
 * 2) *A combat clan is a clan that does any sort of combat-based activity.
 * 3) *A social clan is a clan that's only purpose is to create a group of friends. Bonding between clan members is perfectly normal. Social clans usually don't have ranks, combat events, or anything that combat clans would have. Instead, they would have birthday parties, 99 parties, and other meet-ups.
 * 4) *A community clan is a clan made to support a community. RuneHQ's clan is a community clan. If they're a community clan, they can't be anything else but a social clan.
 * 5) *A takeover clan is similar to a Player-owned city, but they're more bellicose and jobs aren't assigned to people. A combat clan also being a takeover clan is perfectly believable, but not that common.
 * 6) *A skilling clan is a clan that trains non-combat skills together. Combat clans are rarely also skilling clans. A clan that trains combat skills with each other is not a skilling clan.
 * 7) The second thing needing to be addressed is how clan pages are made. I made Clan:Da-Chia Clan from the perspective of it being an encyclopedic article. I never once hinted or flat out asked for recruitment, never talked in the first person (though I do mention myself), never exaggerated, etc.. For many other articles, I have seen:
 * 8) *Flat out requests for enlistment.
 * 9) *Articles made in the style of an advertisement.
 * 10) *First-person writing ("you can contact me", "I started this clan on", etc.)
 * 11) *Pages being used like a OF thread.
 * 12) *Articles obviously made into being glamor pages.

Shall we be a host for clan recruitment, or be a database for clans? Standards and guidelines really need to be decided. 02:00, 27 January 2009 (UTC)