User blog:Chrono Nexus/Dojoutsu Policy Discussion

Howdy folks. Since Njalm2 is preoccupied travelling right now, I'll go ahead and push for this discussion. I would like to receive the input of the regulars here on the site regarding a potential doujutsu policy.

I'm sure you're all aware, that Sei's doujutsu and wood release ban were lifted. In the time since, a large number of new users have joined our site and immediately set to work creating some of the most heinously OP and simultaneously ignorant tripe I've ever seen.

The problems with these new articles abound... Many were OP, with abilities that even exceeded the lofty limitations of the rinnegan and sharingan. Nearly all were written using incomplete grammar/spelling, or else they were practically stub articles. None of these new doujutsu, that I have seen so far, actually has a purpose or reason for existing outside of just a desire to give a character a cheap power source. Only one or two are somewhat unique and original. The rest are completely derivative, to the point of being redundant. I'm looking at you, blue sharingan. I believe that it is in the interests of the community to curb this trend, and to encourage users to branch into other areas for their characters. I think I speak for everyone when I say, I don't want the site to regress back into a doujutsu arms race.

I would like to see a policy implemented for a doujutsu application process, whereby a set of basic standards are established for creating a doujutsu. I think creativity and originality, good spelling and grammar, a reasonably extensive explanation of the doujutsu's origin and abilities, and a decent excuse for its existence, should be factors for consideration.

I want to hear the input of the community on this manner before any decisions are reached, so please weigh in.