Originally Posted by
TyZi
Instead of getting rid of the rule, re-word it so my fellow mods don't misunderstand 
We should make every rule optional.
You're being purposely obtuse. This semantic 'misunderstanding' doesn't matter when the end result (people being scared away from the board due to overmoderation) is the same.
Originally Posted by
Ele
Anyway, clearly nobody likes the current level of enforcement. It's actually scaring people away from posting there, so some action does need to be taken.
That's the issue.
I'm in agreement with Suo that we should let the thread authors determine this - If they want this strict enforcement they can request it.