Forum:CT Archive/Word count limit on fanon

OK, Forum:CT Archive/Disallowing Fanon - Yes or no. Period. has failed to tighten the policy on putting fanon/fan fiction/imaginary Star Wars bios on user pages. I personally don't like elaborate user page fanfic very much at all: this is not what we're here for.

Problem is, we continually get new users come by calling themselves "Darth Something" or "Mandalorian Supertrooper" or something, who immediately begin by talking about their Star Wars persona. Some of them actually contribute meaningfully to articles, and need only be reminded that this isn't the place for elaborate fanfic. Others don't contribute to articles: these users will eventually be blocked or have their userpages locked according to the existing policies, or will simply wander off after getting little or no feedback on their awesome character.

As I see it,

So, here's my proposal to vote on: Fan fiction on user pages must be limited to 250 words or less.  250 words is more than enough to establish that you like to pretend to be the most awesome Sith Lord who was ever awesome (or whatever), provide a link to the fanon wiki or some other site, and make an end to it.

This proposal would not affect the existing user page policies, so you'd still be allowed to put your fanfic on your main user page or on a subpage, write more than 250 words about your actual real-world life and opinions, (over-)illustrate your fanon with three user images, etc. In particular, User page policy's section on "Excessive user page edits" would apply, possibly as amended by Forum:Editcount Percentage Policy Proposal, so you can't polish your 250 word fanfic endlessly.

Votes and comments below. This discussion will be restricted to registered users, who are the only ones with user pages anyway. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 01:58, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, restrict to 250 words of fanon

 * 1) &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 01:58, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Comments
Go ahead and hash out alternative proposals here, if you must, but keep in mind the total ban (a zero-word limit) has been rejected, and unlimited fanon should be somewhere else entirely. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 01:58, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

What to do with offenders if this passes?
I propose we just lock the user's userpage, and point him at WP:NOT. Further offenses or disruptive behaviour can be treated according to existing Blocking policy. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 01:58, 18 October 2007 (UTC)