User blog:Bond em7/Ghost Characters

Alright guys, so to make things a bit more exciting, User:LeGruff had the idea to allow users to make ghost characters to haunt Hogwarts. So, thinking about that, I've decided to allow it and see what happens. If it's not fun, or causing problems the characters will be removed, but hopefully we can make this work. So, to balance them out, I've come up with some basic rules that will need to be followed with ghost characters. First, you will only be able to create a ghost once you've been on the wiki a month (and thus know the rules, how to RP etc). This co-insides with the rule about not having more than two characters for a month. Secondly, each user can only have one ghost character. We don't want a massive amount of them. Third, you'll need to get your ghost character approved through the Forum:Adult Sorting like you would with any adult character to ensure yours isn't a duplicate of another character, a ghost of a famous Harry Potter character, another fantasy setting character etc (which are all against the rules). So, you cannot make one of the House ghosts, as they've already been created. These ghosts are your own creations/characters to help flesh out all the ghosts that roam the halls of Hogwarts. If you want them to be sorted into a House, fill out the House section as you would with a normal character. Also, a ghost counts as a character, so you cannot create one if it would cause you to go over the 10 character limit. As always, admins please get someone else to approve and sort your characters, even if you're in the department. Fourth, ghosts must stay at Hogwarts. So, they can move anywhere around the school, but cannot be used outside of the school, including in Hogsmeade. The only exception is that they CAN haunt the Shrieking Shack, most of which in on school grounds. Fifth, and most importantly, ghosts CANNOT affect anything physical. So, they can't affect students, people, classrooms, books, quills, etc. This means that they cannot be used to play pranks on other people. Peeves is a poltergeist which is different than a normal ghost, like the ones that will be allowed. I understand this limits their uses, but I don't want people using their ghosts to get revenge for things happening to their other characters (which is also using OOC knowledge, and frowned upon). This leads me to number six. So, while they can move through the school, see what's going on, spy and let people know, please don't use your ghosts to give out private or secret information. I'm not saying ghosts cannot eavesdrop, gossip, spread rumors etc, but there's no reason to have your ghost know everything that goes on, and sell people's secrets to their enemies. For your ghost to actually hear any conversation, you'll need to post with them in a conversation, at which point people chan choose to leave or move their conversation. If any of the above rules are broken, you will be alerted by an admin, and the second offense will mean your ghost character will be deleted. If this seems to be happening often, we'll scrap this idea, and all ghost characters will be deleted. Please make sure they have the on their page. Hopefully people will be able to create interesting and creative ghosts to use around Hogwarts, and this won't become a problem. If any new rules need to be added at a later date, this blog will be updated, and a notice will be posted on the Community Messages. So, feel free to give this a try! I look forward to seeing what comes of this. If you have any questions, or need further explanation, please post in the comments below and let me know.