Userpedia:Guidelines
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Please follow all the rules, or you get a banhammer in the face.
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General Rules
- Articles, images, and other pages and/or content deemed as low-quality by a majority of the Userpedia Administrators may be deleted at will, and without warning. Furthermore, adding content to articles that is deemed idiotic, unnecessary, or the like will be removed.
- Articles must not refer to the reader directly or be conversational with the reader. Only one section of each article is exempt from this rule — that is the 'What do you think of this user' section.
- Don't add yourself to an allies or enemies list of another user without that user's permission.
- Do not alter another user's Fan Creation (i.e.: comic, story, game, etc.), create a sequel, prequel, spin-off, or anything similar in nature, unless the creator of the original Fan Creation has given you permission.
- Don't flame, don't be discriminatory, and don't be offensive. If you have a problem with something, handle it in a tasteful manner. If a flame war is engaged, all participants are liable for a ban. The following contents are not considered to be flames:
- Noob
- Dork
- Moron
- Idiot
- Retard
- Doofus
- Nincompoop
- Troll
- Comics that contain strong language, gore, drug use, or other content that is considered 'mature' are allowed on this wiki; however, a warning must be placed on said comic's page advising user discretion. (Note: You do not have to put a warning in the actual comic, just on the page it is displayed on.) Furthermore, nothing pornographic is allowed in comics. If your story contains vulgar language, please use the showhide feature on the page, stating that the page contains 'mature language'.
- Don't request promotion. If you wish to be promoted, contribute a lot and be trustworthy and the admins may select you for promotion.
- Don't advertise other sites.
- Do not use sprites or artwork without the owner's permission, unless explicitly stated otherwise in a sprite sheet or elsewhere. Furthermore a user must be asked before being used in a fanfic and cannot be used if they disagree.
- No severe swearing in mainspace articles or talk pages, unless it is in compliance with rule 6. Allowed swear words are:
- Damn
- Hell
- Ass
- Piss
- No creating category, template, or MediaWiki redirects.
- Users have the right on what content can be included on their article except in the case of a highly controversial/debated matter or if the content in question is being removed to cover up events or is being rewritten to swing the article into a biased position.
Humor in Articles
All articles are allowed to contain humor in them, but it must follow these guidelines in order to keep clean. While our goal is to allow fun in our wiki, we must keep as much of a professional appearance as possible.
- Humor that uses constant spelling or grammatical errors is not acceptable, as it makes an article appear unprofessional, and is not in compliance with rule #2.
- Humor must not be offensive or derogatory; as such, it must be in compliance with rule #6.
- Humor must not be conversational. Referring to the reader directly by using "you", "I", "we" or "me" is not acceptable. However, writing in the context of "him", "her", "they", "them", "he", or "she" is perfectly fine.
- Furthermore, in order for an article to keep its humorous content, it still must be written professionally, and not contain contain random gibberish.
Edit Wars
- Do not get into Edit Wars, take it to the talk page.
- If an edit war happens over an user-made character, the character creator has full rights unless the creator is the one breaking any rule.
- In any misc. Edit Wars, the creator has the rights to the article unless the creator is the one breaking any rule.
- Comics, Stories, Movies, & Games: The Creator always has full-rights to the article, unless a user (or a user-made character) who is added in doesn't want to be in (or the user-made character's owner doesn't want it in). If that is the case, remove the user from the article.
- If an edit wars occurs all participants are liable to a low-level ban.
- If you are "Godmodding", a common term used to mean you are making yourself too powerful, any person will be able to fix said godmodding on your article.
Sig Rules
- Signatures must have your name or a well known nickname.
- They can only have two images in them (Gifs count as images).
- If a Sysop informs you a sig is too long please shorten it.
- They can only have 5 Links in them.
- There must always be a link to your userpage (the only exception is if you do not have a userpage).
- Your sig must remain on a page's text body. Having text above the 'edit' tab, over the sidebar, or anywhere but where your sig should be is not permitted.
Policies
Coverage Policy
Requirements
First Class Wiki
- Full coverage on pages such as Patroller, Sysop, Bureaucrat, Steward, Rename, forum, etc.
- Get templates for list of current and former administrators and chatroom operators.
- Full coverage on user articles.
- Get their own articles.
Second Class Wiki
- Spin-off project of first-class wikis that aren't major enough for first-class status, major unrelated wikis.
- Get templates for list of current and former administrators and chatroom operators.
- Full coverage on user articles.
- Get their own articles.
Third Class Wiki
- Wiki that is not directly related to first-class wikis or spin-offs of second class wikis.
- Limited coverage on user articles (no administrative templates or anything like that, but information in the article is allowed).
- Get their own articles, but content can only relate to users of first and second class wikis.
Fourth Class Wiki
- Minor wikis
- Do not get independent articles; merged into a list of minor wikis with administrator and chatroom templates on that page (not on user articles).
List of Wikis by Coverage
List of First Class
- Super Mario Wiki
- Userpedia
- Fantendo
- UnMario Wiki
- Xephyr/Authors Anonymous
List of Second Class
- Usertendo
- Animal Crossing Wiki
List of Third Class
- Banjo-Kazooie Wiki/Jorge Wiki
- Sports Wiki
List of Fourth Class
- Wikipedia
- Minor Wikia wikis
Non-User Policy
- You may have no more than 4 non-users or species with articles that do not have a significant role in a comic or story.
- Making a comic or story and putting a non-user in with a significant role does not count.
- Any non-user over the limit of 4 will be deleted immediately.
- If you feel you need to create more non-users, store them someplace like your userpage until one of your non-users is exempted from the limit.
mp3 Policy
- Do not upload copyrighted mp3s (i.e. songs from CDs, iTunes, etc.), as this is a form of piracy, which is illegal. Any illegally uploaded files will be deleted IMMEDIATELY.
- Although loopholes to piracy laws exist, this site is hosted in New Zealand, and may be taken offline if "illegal" mp3s are found.
- The only mp3s that may be uploaded are those that are not protected by copyright, such as homemade ones.
- If the mp3 upload feature is abused for illegal uploads, it will be disabled permanently.
