Board Thread:Officer's Pub (Staff Only, idiots)/@comment-422690-20140722140708

Yeah, I'm splitting this up into two forums, because having it all in one would be too massive and having it in four separate ones would just be excessive. As per last time, the changes are in red. Strikethroughs mean it's getting removed, otherwise it's being added. Reasoning is in the footnotes, if that shows up.

=Article policy=

Titling

 * Articles must have grammatically correct titles. Articles with titles that lack capitalization in proper places will be moved/renamed. Bad title example: john Smith.
 * The title for a Warrior Article is what they are best known as in real life, not in-universe. So, Thomas Anderson would be Neo, not Thomas Anderson or Mr. Anderson. If they are real-life warriors, then the title should be their formal name.
 * In cases where there are multiple well-known real life names, the title should be the most formal one. So, Captain America would be Captain America, not Cap.
 * When Romanizing names from languages with different naming conventions, such as Japanese, their wikis and/or Wikipedia are good guidelines for the format to use. Himura Kenshin is known as such on his own wiki, using the Japanese conventions of the last name first. Ichigo Kurosaki is mentioned as such on his own wiki, following the English conventions. These are both right - however, Kenshin Himura and Kurosaki Ichigo are both wrong as titles.

Grammar/Writing Mechanics
All articles must have are allowed to have limited amounts of grammar errors. Pages with these mistakes will be edited, but pages with a large amount of mistakes must be fixed within 75 days a few weeks of its creation date. After that period, the article will be deleted if it still has a large amount of mistakes.

Mistake Limits
Small amount of mistakes: 3-7 mistakes

Large amount: 10+

Coding Mistakes
Wiki coding is hard but if you do have a hard time, please consult an admin or a long time wiki editor. Like grammar and spelling error above, small amounts of coding mistakes are tolerable and will be edited out, while large amounts of coding errors are grounds for deletion.

Requests for Deletion
If a user wishes to delete their an article they must use the Delete template, code:.

Automatic Deletion
Articles will be deleted if they meet this criteria:


 * A large amount of mistakes (see Mistake Limits, including not meeting the criteria, below )
 * A battle that is written on an article, not a blog post
 * A spam page (page with unrelated subjects/images)

Page Criteria
All warrior-related articles must meet the Warrior Page Criteria. Mandatory criteria includes the history, infobox, and the battles the warrior has taken part in. See Creating an Infobox for help creating and using the right infobox. A battle written there is not mandatory, but the status of the warrior must be included, ex. Defeated by So-and-so or Victorious over So-and-so. Any reserved battles listed on battle status put up by users inactive for over three months can be removed at the discretion of the editor.

Expert's Opinions
A brief explanation no longer than a paragraph on the outcome of said match-up should be placed after the simulation of every written battle on a page. If the author provided an explanation, then it may not be edited without their consent. However, if none was given by the author, any user editing the page may type one up themselves. The author of the battle reserves the right to revise this explanation to their contentment.

Plagiarism
Note that plagiarism is not allowed on this wiki. Copying and pasting or using text word for word from any media source is illegal. Articles that have plagiarism will be labeled with the template. The author of the article has the responsibility to delete and reword the content. If the article is not fixed after a long period of time, it will be deleted. If given proper attribution, the Plagiarize template will not be used. Instead, the page will be placed under the Pages in need of Biography Rewrites category.

Illegal Source
Articles with content from a source that was not supposed to release information to the public may be deleted, if the author does not rid of the illegal content. An example is publishing plot information from a game that has not been released yet and the plot was not planned to be released by the game developer.

Sockpuppeting
Sock-Puppeting is not tolerated. Sock-Puppeting is creating another wikia account and using it while using your current account or to attempt to circumvent a ban. If any admins find you Sock-Puppeting, you will get a temporary or permanent ban at their discretion. Use of sockpuppets may result in reporting to Wikia Staff, at the discretion of any user who hears about it.

Blog Rezzing
Any blog that has not had any comments for over 30 days is considered dead. Users and anons are not to comment on it, nor are they to try and disable the javascript that has been put in place to stop this. Commenting on a dead blog, or Rezzing (sometimes called Necroing on other sites), results in a permanent ban. Non-vote comments should go on the article for one or both of the warriors in question.

=Chat policy=

Wikia policies

 * The Wikia Terms of Use forbid harassment and vandalism. Specifically, you agree not to use the Service to:
 * Harass members of the Service;
 * Use the Service in any unlawful manner or in any other manner which could damage, impair, or overburden the site;
 * Post, upload, transmit, share, or store content which is unlawful, defamatory, infringing, obscene, or invasive of another's right to privacy or publicity;
 * Impersonate another entity or person;
 * Post, upload, transmit, share, or store unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, solicitations, "spam", or any other type of unauthorized solicitation;
 * Solicit personal information from any user under the age of 18;
 * Access or attempt to access any information on the Service through an interface other than the Service or otherwise approved by the Company;
 * Solicit passwords or other information for unlawful purposes.
 * You must be 13 years of age or older.

Language
All users have a right to express themselves. However, obscene words/racial remarks are not allowed. Users who use "illegal" language will be given a formal warning.

Kicking and banning

 * Chatters may be kicked or banned without warning only for harassment, spam, flooding, sexual conduct, excessive harsh language, excessively violent content, or violations of the Wikia Terms of Use.
 * Otherwise, chatters must be notified about their specific inappropriate behavior before being kicked or banned.
 * Please don't use threatening language in notifications, simply explain how the chatter's behavior is inappropriate.
 * Please keep ban lengths short.

Obscene Words *

 * Gay (used as a synonym for bad)
 * Faggot (and fag)
 * All racist, derogatory terms

* If you feel your language will offend, refrain from using it

Links/Media
Users may provide links to this wiki or other websites. However, links to malware/virus infected websites, pornographic websites, and/or inappropriate websites is illegal on all sites associated with Wikia. Do not click on a link that you feel uncomfortable about. Users who send links to malware/virus infected websites, pornographic websites, and inappropriate websites through our wiki chat will be permanently banned and may be reported to Wikia and/or local law enforcement agencies.

Insulting/Trolls
Personally attacking a user is considered flaming. The first user to start flaming against another will be warned and if they continue their misbehavior the user will be blocked for a week and will be made to post a message of apology on their victim's talk page.

Avoiding a Conflict
To avoid a conflict just ignore the user who is insulting you. Report this to an admin or chat moderator immediately if you feel you are being attacked.

Sock-Puppeting
Sock-Puppeting to sneak a vote or "spy" on users is not tolerated. Sock-Puppeting is creating another wikia account and using it to get another vote on a battle or "spy" on others on chat. If any officials find you Sock-Puppeting, you will get a 20 to 45 day ban depending on your action, sometimes even a Permaban.

Spam
Spamming is considered posting links, saying the same thing, speaking in all caps, or speaking in disjointed sentences* at least three times in a row or to the annoyance of other users. In a given chat session, the first spamming will be hit with a kicking. Any further spam will result in kicks or bans at the discretion of the chat mod enforcing the policy. For Admins, Bureaucrats, or Chat Mods doing the same, the first offense is a warning on public chat. Subsequent offenses will lead to removal of chat mod status at the discretion of a consensus of Bureaucrats. Afterwards, the demoted user is treated like a normal user who has had their first offense.

* Disjointed sentences are as follows:


 * Hey guys, I


 * found


 * this new


 * battle;


 * it looks


 * intere


 * sting

etc. It could have been written as follows without a rule break:


 * Hey guys, I found this new battle.


 * It looks intere


 * * interesting.

Chat Mods
Users should listen to chat mods. If any user is found breaking the rules, the chat mod has the right to kick or ban as the rule states, or if nothing is stated then it is at their discretion. Kicking may be done as a joke so long as the Chat Mod makes it completely clear to the kicked user that it is meant jokingly. Banning is not allowed as a joke.

Any chat mods accused of abusing their power will be contacted by an admin or a bureaucrat. If the chat mod was found to be abusing their power, they will have their chat mod status revoked. Abuses of power include, but are not limited to:
 * Kicking or Banning for no reason
 * Kicking or banning a user for disagreeing with them
 * Repeatedly kicking a user (joke or not)
 * Banning a user the instant they appear on chat

The one and only time a ban or a non-joke kick is allowed without the recipient having broken any rules is if they literally, in public chat, ask for it. (i.e., they write "Please ban me" or something to that effect)

Kicking
A kick for a rule break should be taken as a warning, and should be the first punishment used unless the user has made an enormous violation. Since kicking can be undone by getting back on chat, kicking may be done as a joke so long as the Chat Mod makes it completely clear to the kicked user that it is meant jokingly.

Banning
A user may be banned at the discretion of a chat moderator for excessively breaking rules. Banning may not be done as a joke. Unfair bans should be protested to an Admin / Bureaucrat directly.

Language
Limited cursing is allowed. Words like shit, damn, hell, bitch, and fuck are fine to use in limited quantities. Excessive use of curse words is grounds for a kick or a ban at the discretion of the chat mod.

Sockpuppeting
Sock-Puppeting is not tolerated. Sock-Puppeting is creating another wikia account and using it while using your current account or to attempt to circumvent a ban. If any admins find you Sock-Puppeting, you will get a temporary or permanent ban at their discretion. Use of sockpuppets may result in reporting to Wikia Staff, at the discretion of any user who hears about it.

Blog Rezzing
Any blog that has not had any comments for over 30 days is considered dead. Users and anons are not to comment on it, nor are they to try and disable the javascript that has been put in place to stop this. Commenting on a dead blog, or Rezzing (sometimes called Necroing on other sites), results in a permanent ban. Non-vote complaints can be voiced in Chat instead.

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