I fucked up. I set a deadline something like five months ago on discussion and voting. I had a lot of military and personal things come up, but that shouldn't be an excuse. I could have told someone else to do it. I could have done a lot of things. Nevertheless, I take responsibility for this. Here is the discussion thread. I feel it's been discussed enough. Please read through to refresh yourself on the different viewpoints. If you would like to add a new viewpoint in the thread, please do so, but I do not want to delay this anymore than it already has been.
The issue, again, is whether or not to allow donation links to sites like Patreon or Paypal on the site. For the sake of this discussion, these will only be in non-fictional pages (author pages, some project pages like artwork hubs). They will be clearly marked as such. If a Patreon, it must be related to the author's SCP-related work (an art Patreon that sometimes produces SCP-related art, a podcast that sometimes features content related to the wiki), though it does not need to be exclusively related to SCP works.
Of necessity, the links will also state that they are not endorsed by the Wiki, and are not officially affiliated with the Wiki staff. Even if the person with the link is a member of staff, they will be required to include a disclaimer.
Further details can be worked out afterwards. Expansion beyond this (other commerce links, less stringent rules) can be voted on at a later date.
Voting will take place over the next 48 hours week. If we have difficulty reaching enough staff on short notice, I may increase the deadline. I would prefer not to.
Please also let other members of staff know.
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|| X || X ||EDIT: I have extended the time on the vote. I am still going to keep the thread up and the timer going, but I am going to allow more time for people to add new input. You can change your vote so long as you do so before the deadline is up. However, I want to make sure we have a solid deadline now so we do not drop the ball again. The users deserve better than that. The people waiting to know if they can have donation links deserve better than that.