WOLF Rating Adjustment: 3-1-3

I wasn't aware anyone was raising concerns; I'm glad to know it! In all honesty I can't say any of this much changes anything I've ever written or done with characters in the past, but it is a good thing to be mindful of and does potentially mean some significant tweaks going forward (which is possibly mildly disappointing but not the end of the world or even all that meaningful character-development-wise, tbh). I'd always found the "just label it, yo!" ruling to be sufficient but I am pleased if this lets others be more comfortable in this community. <3 Like most here I started RPing at a young age, before the internet or most any community on it had anysuch rules, and even now I appreciate not running across explicit anything (sex or violence) with no warning. I'm glad if younger people also can enjoy what was a big part of our childhoods, too!

Not to mention I don't want CMs to be losing any sleep over managing this community, eesh! Most of us are adults; ALL of us are of an age to pretty reasonably be expected to exhibit some self-control and maturity. This is a pretty sane ruling to be making and I'm glad it also reduces legal liability pretty significantly; the awesome volunteers who keep this place afloat should not be having to suffer (or worry about potentially ending up suffering) problems IRL because of our collective wolf-writing funsies.

I don't think it's actually possible to have much more concrete lines drawn around this, either; it's always going to br at least somewhat subjective of a call. "Would a PG-13 movie have this" or "would I be okay with a 13yo reading this" is a pretty good guideline. (And remember, once upon a time sexual/explicit content included things like talking about tables having "legs" or allowing female elbows to be on display—things which in some super-conservative cultural pockets of the world might still be considered too vulgar even now. And we do have and want a diverse community at Wolf! In general I'd rather exercise a little judicious self-censorship within reason than chase people away.)

One additional, somewhat tangential suggestion, though: while this too isn't likely to be able to be implemented perfectly, it would be nice if there was official encouragement of people labeling their older more explicit threads too if possible— in practice, probably just a nudge to have anyone who happens to have older threads falling outside these bounds to please bring it to CM (or PM??) attention to have it updated with an appropriate warning label, as well as if anyone happens to run across others' threads in need in the archives. Not that it's hugely urgent or going to catch everything, but it would be helpful and appreciated by me (and I think others) as players, and particularly in light of the presence of minors in the community. Just a thought!