Changes: Wowpedia:Policies

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Wowpedia:Policies
Policy status and phases
Category Copyright Deletion – Speedy deletion Disallowed content – NDA Editing – Disruptive editing External links Fan fiction Images		Item articles Lore Naming Neutrality Personal articles Player character pages Projects Stubs Three revert rule User naming Vandalism Voting
See also: guidelines, administrators

Policy is a term referring to the processes and rules observed involving the creation, editing, and management of articles on Wowpedia as well as treatment of other users. This is to be distinguished from a guideline which suggests etiquette and practice to make management and presentation of Wowpedia more consistent and streamlined.

Violating a Wowpedia policy will at the very least lead to a page being edited to conform to policy. Edits or new pages that are created that do not conform to a specific policy are subject to change by another user (assuming that change conforms with policy) without expectation of appeal to an admin, as is all content within the site. However, it may also lead to the page being deleted or — for the worst offenses — it may lead to the poster being declared a vandal and become banned or blocked. Treatment of users who engage in destruction of content, harassment, or misuse of content (spam) is also governed by policy.

The following policies have been developed over time; mostly as consensus works between Wowpedia administrators and users. A few are decreed by administrators.

Shortcut to this page: WP:P

Wowpedia policies

For quicker referencing, the policies also have shorthand links, e.g. "WP:DNP". They are denoted in the list below.

Policy status and phases: The policy governing policies – how to create new ones, how to change existing ones, and how to recall bad ones.

Article policies

WP:CAT · The category policy: How to categorize pages, and how to name and categorize new categories.

WP:COPY · The copyright policy: Copyright enforcement and fair use restrictions.

WP:DEL · The deletion policy: Sub-policy: Speedy deletion; How to nominate pages for deletion and when they are eligible for actual termination.

WP:DNP · The do-not-post policy: Sub-policy: Non-disclosure agreement enforcement; Specific items and topics we do not allow on Wowpedia.

WP:EDIT · The editing policy: Sub-policy: Disruptive editing; How to make changes to existing pages – what you actually dare doing without asking everyone first and what you really should ask about first.

WP:EL · The external links policy: What sort of external links are allowed and where to put them.

WP:FANFIC · Fan fiction articles policy: Where to put fan fiction and how to handle it.

WP:IMP · The images policy: What sort of images are allowed and how to use them.

WP:ITEMS · The item articles policy: How to format item pages.

WP:LORE · The lore policy: Appropriate sources of lore on the wiki and how to cite them.

WP:NAME · The article naming policy: How to name articles so that people more easily can guess what to type to get to a particular type of page.

WP:NPOV · The neutral-point-of-view policy: Articles on Wowpedia should approach their subject objectively.

WP:PA/WP:PC The personal article and Player character article policies: Naming and formatting for personal articles and player character pages.

WP:STUB · The stub policy: How to tag pages as stubs and when pages should be tagged as stubs.

Community management policies

WP:3RR · The three revert rule: To avoid edit wars, Wowpedia contributors are not allowed to revert someone else's changes too often.

WP:UN · The user naming policy: Types of user names which are disallowed on Wowpedia.

WP:VANDAL · The vandalism policy: What Wowpedia considers vandalism and what we do to vandals. (Not what we would like to do to vandals, though.)

WP:VOTE · The voting policy: Votes completed according to this policy are considered enforceable on Wowpedia.

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-''The following policies have been developed over time; mostly as consensus works between WoWWiki [[administrators]] and users. A few are decreed by administrators. Please see [[WoWWiki:Policy]] for an explanation of what WoWWiki Policies are.''
+'''Policy''' is a term referring to the processes and rules observed involving the creation, editing, and management of articles on [[Wowpedia]] as well as treatment of other users. This is to be distinguished from a [[Wowpedia:Guidelines|guideline]] which suggests etiquette and practice to make management and presentation of Wowpedia more consistent and streamlined.
-[[WoWWiki:Policy/Violation|Violating]] a WoWWiki [[WoWWiki:Policy|policy]] will at the very least lead to a page being edited to conform to policy. It may however also lead to the page being [[delete|deleted]], or, for the worst offenses, it may lead to the poster being declared a [[vandal]] and banned.''
+Violating a Wowpedia policy will at the very least lead to a page being edited to conform to policy. Edits or new pages that are created that do not conform to a specific policy are subject to change by another user (assuming that change conforms with policy) without expectation of appeal to an admin, as is all content within the site. However, it may  also lead to the page being [[Wowpedia:Deletion policy|deleted]] or — for the worst offenses — it may lead to the poster being declared a [[Wowpedia:Vandalism policy|vandal]] and become banned or blocked. Treatment of users who engage in destruction of content, harassment, or misuse of content ([[spam]]) is also governed by policy.
+The following policies have been developed over time; mostly as consensus works between Wowpedia [[Wowpedia:Administrators|administrators]] and users. A few are decreed by administrators.
-== WoWWiki Policies ==
-<div style="margin-left:3%;">
+Shortcut to this page: '''[[WP:P]]'''
-For quicker referencing, the policies also have shorthand links, e.g. "[[WW:DNP]]". They are denoted in the below list.
+==Wowpedia policies==
+For quicker referencing, the policies also have shorthand links, e.g. "[[WP:DNP]]". They are denoted in the list below.
-;[[WoWWiki:Policy status phases|Policy status and phases]]
+;[[Wowpedia:Policy status phases|Policy status and phases]]
-:The policy governing policies &ndash; how to [[WoWWiki:Policy votes#Proposing a policy|create]] new ones, how to [[WoWWiki:Policy votes#Adding to an existing talk page|change]] existing ones, and how to [[WoWWiki:Policy votes#Starting a policy recall vote|recall]] bad ones.
+:The policy governing policies &ndash; how to [[Wowpedia:Policy votes#Proposing a policy|create]] new ones, how to [[Wowpedia:Policy votes#Adding to an existing talk page|change]] existing ones, and how to [[Wowpedia:Policy votes#Starting a policy recall vote|recall]] bad ones.
+===Article policies===
+;<small>[[WP:CAT]]</small> · [[Wowpedia:Category policy|The category policy]]
+:How to categorize pages, and how to name and categorize new ''categories''.
+;<small>[[WP:COPY]]</small> · [[Wowpedia:Copyright policy|The copyright policy]]
+:Copyright enforcement and fair use restrictions.
-;<small>[[WW:NAME]]</small> &middot; [[WoWWiki:Policy/Naming|The article naming policy]]
+;<small>[[WP:DEL]]</small> · [[Wowpedia:Deletion policy|The deletion policy]]
+:<small>Sub-policy: [[WP:SD|Speedy deletion]]</small>
-:How to name articles so that people more easily can guess what to type to get to a particular type of page.
+: How to nominate pages for deletion and when they are eligible for actual termination.
-;<small>[[WW:WRITE]]</small> &middot; [[WoWWiki:Policy/Writing|The writing policy]]
+;<small>[[WP:DNP]]</small> · [[Wowpedia:DNP policy|The do-not-post policy]]
+:<small>Sub-policy: [[WP:NDA|Non-disclosure agreement enforcement]]</small>
-:How to approach different sorts of content. Separated into several sub policies: guild pages ([[WW:GUILD]]), lore ([[WW:LORE]]), do-not-post ([[WW:DNP]]), fanfic ([[WW:FANFIC]]).
+:Specific items and topics we do not allow on Wowpedia.
-;<small>[[WW:EDIT]]</small> &middot; [[WoWWiki:Policy/Editing|The editing policy]]
+;<small>[[WP:EDIT]]</small> · [[Wowpedia:Editing policy|The editing policy]]
+:<small>Sub-policy: [[WP:DE|Disruptive editing]]</small>
-:How to make changes to existing pages &ndash; what you actually dare doing without asking everyone first, and what you really should ask about first.
+:How to make changes to existing pages &ndash; what you actually dare doing without asking everyone first and what you really should ask about first.
-;<small>[[WW:NPOV]]</small> &middot; [[WoWWiki:Policy/NPOV|The neutral-point-of-view policy]]
+;<small>[[WP:EL]]</small> · [[Wowpedia:External links policy|The external links policy]]
+: What sort of external links are allowed and where to put them.
-:Articles on WoWWiki should approach their subject objectively.
-;<small>[[WW:CAT]]</small> &middot; [[WoWWiki:Policy/Category|The category policy]]
+;<small>[[WP:FANFIC]]</small> · [[Wowpedia:Fan fiction policy|Fan fiction articles policy]]
-:How to categorize pages, and how to name and categorize new ''categories''.
+: Where to put fan fiction and how to handle it.
-;<small>[[WW:VOTE]]</small> &middot; [[WoWWiki:Policy/Voting|The voting policy]]
+;<small>[[WP:IMP]]</small> · [[Wowpedia:Images policy|The images policy]]
+: What sort of images are allowed and how to use them.
-:Votes completed according to this policy are considered ''enforceable'' on WoWWiki.Y
-;<small>[[WW:DEL]]</small> &middot; [[WoWWiki:Policy/Deletion|The deletion policy]]
+;<small>[[WP:ITEMS]]</small> · [[Wowpedia:Item articles policy|The item articles policy]]
+: How to format item pages.
-: How to nominate pages for deletion, and when they are eligible for actual termination.
-;<small>[[WW:STUB]]</small> &middot; [[WoWWiki:Policy/Stub|The stub policy]]
+;<small>[[WP:LORE]]</small> · [[Wowpedia:Lore policy|The lore policy]]
+: Appropriate sources of lore on the wiki and how to cite them.
-:How to tag pages as [[stub]]s, and when pages ''should'' be tagged as stubs.
-;<small>[[WW:VANDAL]]</small> &middot; [[WoWWiki:Policy/Vandalism|The vandalism policy]]
+;<small>[[WP:NAME]]</small> · [[Wowpedia:Naming policy|The article naming policy]]
+:How to name articles so that people more easily can guess what to type to get to a particular type of page.
-:What WoWWiki considers vandalism, and what we do to vandals. (Not what we would ''like'' to do to vandals, though.)
-;<small>[[WW:VIO]]</small> &middot; [[WoWWiki:Policy/Violation|The policy violation policy]]
-:How to handle violations of any of the above policies.
-;<small>[[WW:3RR]]</small> &middot; [[WoWWiki:Policy/Three revert rule|The three revert rule]]
-:To avoid edit wars, WoWWiki contributors are not allowed to revert someone else's changes too often.
-</div>
+;<small>[[WP:NPOV]]</small> · [[Wowpedia:Neutrality policy|The neutral-point-of-view policy]]
-== Short Policies ==
+:Articles on Wowpedia should approach their subject objectively.
+;<small>[[WP:PA]]/[[WP:PC]]</small> [[Wowpedia:Personal article policy|The personal article]] and [[Wowpedia:Player character page policy|Player character article policies]]
-=== Preference for internal links ===
+:Naming and formatting for personal articles and player character pages.
-<div style="margin-left:3%">
-External links shoudl be deprecated in favor of internal links. This would mean that we should have articles on many subjects. On each of these pages, we might want a relevant external link to a database site, but an internal link is preferable up until that point.
+;<small>[[WP:STUB]]</small> · [[Wowpedia:Stub policy|The stub policy]]
+:How to tag pages as [[Wowpedia:Stub|stubs]] and when pages ''should'' be tagged as stubs.
+===Community management policies===
-</div>
+;<small>[[WP:3RR]]</small> · [[Wowpedia:Three revert rule|The three revert rule]]
+:To avoid edit wars, Wowpedia contributors are not allowed to revert someone else's changes too often.
+;<small>[[WP:UN]]</small> · [[Wowpedia:User naming policy|The user naming policy]]
-=== Usernames ===
+:Types of user names which are disallowed on Wowpedia.
-<div style="margin-left:3%">
-Please see the wikipedia policy on usernames: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Username policy]].
+;<small>[[WP:VANDAL]]</small> · [[Wowpedia:Vandalism policy|The vandalism policy]]
+:What Wowpedia considers vandalism and what we do to vandals. (Not what we would ''like'' to do to vandals, though.)
+;<small>[[WP:VOTE]]</small> · [[Wowpedia:Voting policy|The voting policy]]
-</div>
+:Votes completed according to this policy are considered ''enforceable'' on Wowpedia.
+==See also==
-{{AlsoSee|[[WoWWiki:Guidelines|WoWWiki guidelines]]}}
+*[[Wowpedia:Guidelines]] for a listing of all Wowpedia guidelines or information on an individual guideline.
+*[[Wowpedia talk:Policies]] to suggest new policies or discuss existing ones. You may also do so on the specific policy's talk page.
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