What rules are these? They can't be very robust as we have scientists constantly saying that evolution is not a theory but a proven fact.
If anything is obvious in this debate it is that the science can be highly subjective and the scientific method in practice does not stop wishful thinking, herd mentality and desire for personal fame from masquerading as science.
"...we have scientists constantly saying that evolution is not a theory but a proven fact."
Evolution is both a theory and a fact. It happens in nature, it is observable, it is testible and predictions can be made based on it. That's a fact. Organisms evolve It's also the theory that describes the fact as it appears in nature.
You weren't trying to pass on the tired creationist lie that "theory" means "guess," were you?
It is highly amusing that creationists make statements like this and then, without a trace of irony, accuse evolutionists of equivocating the word 'evolution'.