Thread:Jackboog21/@comment-30033404-20181107030133/@comment-8846246-20181107061314

Eh, well. It's complicated. The rule was created early in the wiki's life. I think I enacted it about a week after I became staff.

The purpose was to combat the high amount of spam and trolls we had at the time. Now, it's just a remnant of the time.

About the only purpose it serves is to prevent insults, but rule 1 also addresses it.

The only reason it remains is because there's a lot more important things to tackle.