YumeWiki:Wiki rules: Difference between revisions

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Below is a set of rules to follow when editing this wiki. Editors should be aware of these rules. Administrators are expected to enforce them.

Keep it civil: Do not make personal attacks on other people. If you need to criticize another user’s argument, do so without attacking them as a person. Do not use any rude or bigoted language. Do not post material unrelated to editing to a user's talk page if they request such from you.
Be a productive member of the wiki: This means contributing to the wiki in line with the established processes and conventions. Disrupting the wiki with “edit warring” over differing opinions is not productive. Neither is making large or important edits, moves, or reverts before a consenus in the community is reached. Vandalism and spam will result in either a warning or ban depending on the severity.
Do not self-promote: The wiki is a collaborative community resource for the topic at hand. Social links should only be included in articles where relevant, e.g. for author info, and not presented as an advertisement. Keep self-promotion on your user page at a minimum to avoid being accused of abusing the site for advertising.
Follow basic guidelines for formatting: There is usually a very good reason why most pages share a common format (for example, location pages using Locationbox). Repeatedly making low-quality edits that ignore these guidelines will result in varying punishment. On all pages, be sure to hide sensitive content, such as spoilers, flashing animated media, and topics that are possibly NSFW.

The Style Guide has detailed instructions on how to properly format wiki content, including naming and displaying media files, using common templates, hiding sensitive content, and more. Following it is highly appreciated, and although it is not a rule to follow it, failing to do so after being directly told to by an editor may be interpreted as vandalism.

Editing Rules

Character Pages

Character Images

All character art must have their original source linked in the caption. Reposts or archives are not permitted.
- Official art of the character is always preferred to fanart, if possible.
- Make sure to always include the sprite using image2.
- In rare cases, the artist may permit their art to be used in the wiki without a source. In these cases, the art can stay without a source linked, but you might want to mention this somewhere (such as an editor comment or in the talk page).
If the artist requests their picture be removed, the request must be followed.

Soundtrack Pages

Soundtrack pages must only be created for games with a mostly original soundtrack, not those mostly using free-to-use music.
If the developer has officially stated somewhere (such as in the readme file of their game) that the assets in it are not to be redistributed, do not make a soundtrack page.
If the composer of any of the music tracks uploaded to the wiki requests for removal, the request must be followed.

General Image Rules

Images must not contain any content not originally present. The only edits allowed to images should be for the purposes of the wiki, e.g. annotating maps.
- When playing using an emulator such as EasyRPG, there should not be any major difference to the original game, such as emulation errors. Minor differences such as in color presentation is allowed.
- Games made available in multiplayer through third-party services like YNOproject can only be used for showcasing the game if no third-party features (such as other players) are present. An exception to this rule has been made for Collective Unconscious due to it being purposefully and exclusively multiplayer.

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-Below is a suggested set of rules to follow when editing this wiki. Administrators of this wiki should read these rules and adapt them as necessary.
+Below is a set of rules to follow when editing this wiki. Editors should be aware of these rules. [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|Administrators]] are expected to enforce them.
+# '''Keep it civil''': Do not make personal attacks on other people. If you need to criticize another user’s argument, do so without attacking them as a person. Do not use any rude or bigoted language. Do not post material unrelated to editing to a user's talk page if they request such from you.
+# '''Be a productive member of the wiki''': This means contributing to the wiki in line with the established processes and conventions. Disrupting the wiki with “edit warring” over differing opinions is not productive. Neither is making large or important edits, moves, or reverts before a consenus in the community is reached. Vandalism and spam will result in either a warning or ban depending on the severity.
+# '''Do not self-promote''': The wiki is a collaborative community resource for the topic at hand. Social links should only be included in articles where relevant, e.g. for author info, and not presented as an advertisement. Keep self-promotion on your user page at a minimum to avoid being accused of abusing the site for advertising.
+# '''Follow basic guidelines for formatting''': There is usually a very good reason why most pages share a common format (for example, location pages using Locationbox). Repeatedly making low-quality edits that ignore these guidelines will result in varying punishment. On all pages, be sure to hide sensitive content, such as spoilers, flashing animated media, and topics that are possibly NSFW.
-# '''Keep it civil''': Do not make personal attacks on other people. If you need to criticize another user’s argument, do so without attacking them as a person. Do not use bigoted language, including slurs which degrade another person or group of people based on gender, race, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, etc.
+The [[YumeWiki:Style Guide|Style Guide]] has detailed instructions on how to properly format wiki content, including naming and displaying media files, using common templates, hiding sensitive content, and more. Following it is highly appreciated, and although it is not a rule to follow it, failing to do so after being directly told to by an editor may be interpreted as vandalism.
-# '''Be a productive member of the wiki''': Contribute to the wiki in line with the established processes and conventions. Need help? Ask an [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|administrator]]! Disrupting the wiki with “edit warring” over differing opinions of a topic with another user or group of users is not productive.
-# '''Do not engage in excessive self-promotion''': The wiki is a collaborative community resource for the topic at hand. It is NOT a free place to advertise your related website, YouTube channel, blog, social media account, etc. Have a question about whether your link would be welcome? Ask an administrator!
-# '''Do not harass other users''': If somebody asks you to stop posting certain content on their wall, respect their wishes. It is their wall.
-# '''Do follow community guidelines for formatting''': When a community has established formatting, it’s important to adhere to that, especially when spoiler content is involved.
-[[Category:{{SITENAME}}]]
+==Editing Rules==
+<!--
+===Game Pages===
+====What games are allowed here?====
+[[File:Fangame_Flowchart.png]]
+*Games inspired by Yume Nikki that are not fangames are listed on the "[[Games Inspired By Yume Nikki]]" page.
+*Fan-made Yume Nikki [[:Category:Spin-off|spin-off games]] are allowed here.
+*Games with overly NSFW content, such as pornography or pictures of real-life gore, or purposefully offensive content are '''not''' allowed.
+**Games that may be perceived as offensive are still allowed if it can be reasonably assumed that it was not intended to come off as such.
+====Policy on in-development games====
+(Although previously we did not allow games without a release on the wiki, that rule has since been changed, but there are now strict guidelines to follow when creating a page for in-development games.)
+*For games that are in development that have yet to see a first release to be considered eligible for page creation, there should be images such as screenshots, sprites representing the protagonist(s) and their effects, as well as sufficient information to serve as evidence of the games' development.
+** If and when these pages are created, they should have their release dates in the Date parameter of their respective [[Template:Gamebox|gameboxes]] set as TBA, and pages associated with these games should have <nowiki>{{NotReleased}}</nowiki> on top. This will include these pages to the "[[:Category:Work In Progress Fangames|Work in Progress Fangames]]" category.
+* Games that were canceled before their first release should have their release dates in the Date parameter set as Abandoned, and pages associated with these games should have <nowiki>{{NotReleased2}}</nowiki> on top. This will include these pages to the "[[:Category:Abandoned/Unreleased Fangames|Abandoned/Unreleased Fangames]]" category.
+* In either case, no other categories should be added to these pages. This is to isolate these pages to their respective categories based on status.
+====Policy on Ex-Fangames====
+*If a developer announces their game is no longer a fangame, their game page should have the <nowiki>{{ExFangame}}</nowiki> template on top, which includes it in the "[[:Category:Ex-Fangames|Ex-Fangames]]" category, and any future releases of this game should NOT be posted to this wiki.
+*If a developer announces their game is no longer a fangame before the game was ever released, it should be removed from the wiki. If a game was never released as a fangame and never will be released as a fangame, it should not have a page here.
+=====Policy on Download Links=====
+*Do not add links, or links to services, that point to content in an unauthorized manner, such as those linking to quarantined content, or work that should not be redistributed without due permission.
+**Services are defined as archives or sites that host fangames without due consent.
+*Self-hosting/mirroring an older version of a fangame is permissible unless otherwise stated by the developer, usually checked by looking in the readme file.
+====Quarantined Games====
+*If a developer deletes downloads to their fangame and requests for their fangame to not be reuploaded anymore, the game's main page will become quarantined.
+*Sharing a download link to a quarantined game anywhere on the wiki is a bannable offense. (If it is your first time doing so you may just receive a warning.)
+*The game pages should be locked so only mods and admins can edit. This is to prevent future download link wars between users and mods/admins. These pages should have {{t|Quarantined}} at the top and a link to the developer's request must be placed in the overview.
+-->
+===Character Pages===
+<!--
+*Character pages must only be created for playable characters. If a game has a number of noteworthy non-playable characters, a character’s table may be created on the game page. ([[.flow#Characters|Example]])
+-->
+====Character Images====
+*All character art must have their '''original source''' linked in the caption. Reposts or archives are not permitted.
+**Official art of the character is always preferred to fanart, if possible.
+**Make sure to always include the sprite using <code><nowiki>image2</nowiki></code>.
+**In rare cases, the artist may permit their art to be used in the wiki without a source. In these cases, the art can stay without a source linked, but you might want to mention this somewhere (such as an editor comment or in the talk page).
+*If the artist requests their picture be removed, the request must be followed.
+===Soundtrack Pages===
+*Soundtrack pages must only be created for games with a mostly '''original soundtrack''', not those mostly using free-to-use music.
+*If the developer has officially stated somewhere (such as in the readme file of their game) that the assets in it are not to be redistributed, '''do not make a soundtrack page.'''
+*If the composer of any of the music tracks uploaded to the wiki requests for removal, the request must be followed.
+===General Image Rules===
+*Images must not contain any content not originally present. The only edits allowed to images should be for the purposes of the wiki, e.g. annotating maps.
+**When playing using an emulator such as EasyRPG, there should not be any major difference to the original game, such as emulation errors. Minor differences such as in color presentation is allowed.
+**Games made available in multiplayer through third-party services like [[YNOproject:YNOproject Wiki|YNOproject]] can only be used for showcasing the game if no third-party features (such as other players) are present. ''An exception to this rule has been made for [[Collective Unconscious:Collective Unconscious Wiki|Collective Unconscious]] due to it being purposefully and exclusively multiplayer.''
+[[Category:YumeWiki]]