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Around here, we call our version of this the RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment. Some articles call for Administrivia/{{no real life examples|Please}} for this reason.

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Around here, we call our version of this the RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment. Some articles such as CompleteMonster call for Administrivia/{{no real life examples|Please}} for this reason.

A slight variation on the Ban On Politics often exists in environments with some degree of internal politics, for similar reasons of stopping incipent fighting. For example, a forum may ban some or all discussions of moderation or administrative actions if these discussions have previously led to FlameWar, a venue/bar might ban a band if its presence leads to a BarBrawl, or a group of any sort may bar an individual whose presence fractures the unity of the group for some reason or another.

-->-- '''Mrs. Higgins''', ''MyFairLady''

Around here, we call our version of this the RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment. Some articles such as CompleteMonster call for {{no real life examples|Please}} for this reason.

Around here, we call our version of this the RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement. Some articles such as CompleteMonster call for {{no real life examples|Please}} for this reason.

The reasoning is quite simple: Any discussion of current politics is [[FlameBait likely to lead to a]] {{Flamewar}}. [[AndThatsTerrible Unnecessary flamewars are bad]]. Thus, any discussion of politics is likely to be {{troll}}ing, although you will get the occassional NaiveNewcomer who genuinely doesn't know any better. Thus, the BanOnPolitics.

A worldwide BanOnPolitics has been adopted by a large number of Freemason lodges (which frequently extends to a ban on religious talk as well, to discourage arguments between members of different sects or religions). Their dinner parties are said to be the most pleasant and friendly ones on the planet.

A slight variation on the BanOnPolitics often exists in environments with some degree of internal politics, for similar reasons of stopping incipent fighting. For example, a forum may ban some or all discussions of moderation or administrative actions if these discussions have previously led to FlameWar, a venue/bar might ban a band if its presence leads to a BarBrawl, or a group of any sort may bar an individual whose presence fractures the unity of the group for some reason or another.

A worldwide BanOnPolitics has been adopted by a large number of Freemason lodges[[hottip:*:(it frequently extends to a ban on religious talk as well, to discourage arguments between members of different sects or religions)]]. Their dinner parties are said to be the most pleasant and friendly ones on the planet.

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Many forums not dedicated to politics have an official or unofficial ban on [[BerserkButton discussing current politics]]. (Historical politics, as long as it [[GodwinsLaw doesn't involve Nazis]][[hottip:*:some forums even censor the word N*zi, if only to confound fulltext searches]], is usually okay if relevant to the matter at hand; 20 years seems to ''usually'' be the threshold for "current", with a few notable exceptions.)

->''"There are three things I've learned never to discuss: religion, politics, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the Great Pumpkin.]]"''
-->-- '''Linus''', ''{{Peanuts}}''

->''"There are three things I've learned never to discuss: religion, politics, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the Great Pumpkin.]]"'' [[note]][[FridgeLogic Wouldn't that last one fall under the category of religion?]][[/note]]
-->-- '''Linus''', ''{{Peanuts}}''

->''"There are three things I've learned never to discuss: religion, politics, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the Great Pumpkin.]]"'' [[note]][[FridgeLogic Wouldn't that last one fall under the category of religion?]][[/note]]

The reasoning is quite simple: Any discussion of current politics is [[FlameBait likely to lead to a]] {{Flamewar}}. Unnecessary {{Flamewar}}s are bad. Thus, any discussion of politics is likely to be {{troll}}ing, although you will get the occassional NaiveNewcomer who genuinely doesn't know any better. Thus, the BanOnPolitics.

->''"There are three things I've learned never to discuss: religion, politics, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the Great Pumpkin.]]"''[[note]][[FridgeLogic Wouldn't that last one fall under the category of religion?]][[/note]]

->''"There are three things I've learned never to discuss: religion, politics, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the Great Pumpkin.]]"''[[hottip:*: [[FridgeLogic Wouldn't that last one fall under the category of religion?]]]]

A worldwide BanOnPolitics has been adopted by a large number of Freemason lodges. Their dinner parties are said to be the most pleasant and friendly ones on the planet.

Around here, we call our version of this the RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement. Some articles such as CompleteMonster call for no real life examples for this reason.

-->--'''Mrs. Higgins''', ''MyFairLady''

-->--'''Linus''', ''{{Peanuts}}''

->''"There are three things I've learned never to discuss: religion, politics, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the Great Pumpkin.]]"''

A worldwide BanOnPolitics has been adopted by a large number of Freemason lodges. Their dinner parties as said to be the most pleasant and friendly ones on the planet.

-->--'''[[TheLinus Linus]]''', ''{{Peanuts}}''

Many forums not dedicated to politics have an official or unofficial ban on [[BerserkButton discussing current politics]]. (Historical politics, as long as it [[GodwinsLaw doesn't involve Nazis]][[hottip:*:some forums even censor the word N*zi, if only to confound fulltext searches]], is usually [[IncrediblyLamePun kosher]] if relevant to the matter at hand; 20 years seems to ''usually'' be the threshold for "current", with a few notable exceptions.)

->''"There are three things I've learned never to discuss: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin."''
-->--'''Linus''', ''{{Peanuts}}''

The reasoning is quite simple: Any discussion of current politics is [[FlameBait likely to lead to a]] {{Flamewar}}. Unnecessary {{Flamewar}}s are bad. Thus, any discussion of politics is likely to be {{troll}}ing. Thus, the BanOnPolitics.

The only exception is, obviously, articles about politicians, which we try to treat with all the delicacy and care typically reserved for land mines. Keyword being "try", since we usually have chronic edit wars anyway, but hey, we need the articles for completion's sake.

''If a forum is not specifically about political current events, then you are not allowed to talk about political current events there.''

Many forums not dedicated to politics have an official or unofficial ban on discussing current politics. (Historical politics, as long as it [[GodwinsLaw doesn't involve Nazis]][[hottip:*:some forums even censor the word N*zi, if only to confound fulltext searches]], is usually [[IncrediblyLamePun kosher]] if relevant to the matter at hand; 20 years seems to ''usually'' be the threshold for "current", with a few notable exceptions.)

->''"Henry, I suggest you stick to two subjects: the weather and your health."''