Hope this won't be taken the wrong way, I really am wanting to just civilly discuss this and don't mean any sort of offense toward the decisions made. I'm just wondering, but...
Wouldn't it be easier to just give a list of categories of mod-types, and state which categories are allowed? I feel like there will be a flood of requests to approve certain mods.
What I mean is, couldn't there be a defined set of attributes for which, if present in a mod, make it a "not allowed" mod? And if none of those attributes exist in the mod, the mod is allowed?
For example, the /math command that I have, which allows me to type /math <some equation> will simply display, in my own chat, the solution to that math problem. Should I now uninstall this mod because it isn't in the approved list? And contacting staff about adding it to the "approved" list when I am the only one to have this specific mod (seeing as I made it and am not currently planning to put it up for download anywhere) seems like a misuse of everyone's time.
I'm open to your thoughts and debate on this, staff.