Requests for Comment/Endorsement of Meta conventions

Initiator comment: The purpose of this Request for Comment aimed at Meta is to codify certain principles and conventions that have been applied here. The reason why this codification is necessary is because of the disputes that have taken place at different times and in different places about whether these rules are indeed 'convention' or not. To some (including myself) these rules seem logical and as some would say a no-brainer but clearly the necessity for this Request for Comment arises because some others do not think that these rules are obvious or logical and contest their very existence. In addition to these rules I wish to invite all users that are part of the Meta community to add any proposals for existing conventions (or not) that they think should become official codified Meta policies for clarity reasons. I would ask anyone who has any questions to either reply here or to contact me via my talk page. Please do also not hesitate to edit or change the wording proposed above if you think you are able to make it more clear and comprehensible. --DeeM28 (talk) 17:27, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

Proposal 1: Notices and warnings on talkpages

 * A user who is warned or otherwise told that they did something wrong by an administrator or Steward may not remove the thread from their own talk page. The thread may be archived (but not removed), however it should not be removed earlier than two weeks after the last comment on the thread.

Proposal 2.1: Editing other users' messages

 * Threads and replies created by other users should generally generally not be edited by non-administrators or other advanced permission holders (such as experienced patrollers and Stewards), without their prior consent, notwithstanding to make technical corrections (i.e., to fix or update transclusions, retarget wikilinks, fix lint errors, or to make other corrections of a technical nature in the discretion of, principally, Meta administrators, to add unsigned signatures, or to make minor formatting, stylistic, or grammatical corrections. If in doubt as to whether one should another user's message or thread (in other words, in so-called "edge case" situations), one should, ideally, ask the subject user or ask a Meta administrator, usually by opening a new thread at Administrators' noticeboard or adding admin help to a new thread on their own user talk page. This only affects the alteration of messages and does not affect the right to remove, revert or undo posts as currently exists; however, users should be mindful when reverting threads from other users, particularly when using semi-automated tools such as Twinkle to ensure they were not merely reverting a good-faith question when a response is more appropriate.

Proposal 3: Editing other users' userpages

 * Other users' userpages should not generally be edited without prior consent. This may exceptionally be done to correct a misleading statement (i.e. an assertion that one has rights that they do not in fact possess) or to remove content that violates the Code of Conduct or is otherwise generally considered to be offensive or inappropriate for a userpage.

Proposal 4: Edit warring

 * Edit warring is not permitted on Meta (including on one's own talkpage). The 3 revert rule as described on Wikipedia is not applicable on Meta, and the level of sanction for edit warring is to be determined by a Meta administrator depending on the circumstances.

[I don't think it's necessary to directly reference 3RR since it isn't a hard rule and just states that it 'often attract blocks of at least 24 hours', so it's not a hard rule or anything --Reception123]