OreGairu Wiki:Conduct Guidelines

This page is considered an official policy on OreGairu Wiki.
Please read through the policy below to familiarize yourself with our common practices and rules.

Dealing with vandalism[]

Dealing with vandalism is simple – if you find a page that had been vandalized, you need to do just one thing:

Revert the page to the last unvandalized version.

This is all that you need to do.

Blocking[]

The administrators have the ability to block vandals, either by username or by IP address.

Community guidelines[]

Our community guidelines are based on Fandom guidelines and listed below.

Jump right in! Don't be afraid to get started. Anyone is free to edit a wiki, so start commenting, creating new forum threads, and writing blog posts.

Practice open-mindedness and assume good faith. Assume that most people who work on a wiki are trying to improve it, not hurt it. If this wasn't true, a wiki project would be doomed from the beginning. If you think there is a problem, it's best to ask the user involved about the issue first, then take additional steps if needed.

Be nice. Being friendly goes a long way, no matter where you are. Say hello to others, welcome new users, provide help when you can, and ask others if you need assistance. Being nice and treating people with respect can greatly impact the growth and success of this wiki community. One of the best ways to do this is to remember that the user you're speaking to is an actual person, not a computer screen, so treat people as you would if you were talking to them face-to-face.

Don't plagiarize content. If you are bringing content to Fandom or taking it from here (or to another site), please remember to cite the authors properly. Don't assume that everything on the Internet is open for the taking. Make sure you have permission to use something before you copy it, and follow the rules for attribution when you do reuse. Everyone likes credit for their hard work!

Don't use the wiki to spam your own links. Wikis are a great place to build content on a specific topic, not a place to spam links to your latest product or to post non-relevant material. Spam will be removed, so please don't add it to begin with.

Don't feed the trolls. This means that every time you respond to those who try to ruin your work, you are giving them what they want - attention. The more you do that, the more they will be back for more. It's best to be calm, and limit contact with vandals. The less attention they get, the more likely they are to move on. Don't play games with the vandals as this makes it more fun for them.

Don't make personal attacks. Don't make it personal, or post personal information. Wikis are meant to be a place to collaborate with others on topics that excite you. Pages meant just as an attack on someone will be removed. This includes content posted in articles and messages to other users.

Always remember online communities still involve real people. Even though you are online, this is still a community made up of real people. Mean comments, aggressive behavior, and vandalism all affect real people. If you wouldn't say it in person, don't say it here. If it breaks the Terms of Use, please don't say it at all.

Ask for help. If you are confused or need help, just ask! You can access Help, contact local admins, or ask your question at Community Central. If you need to contact Fandom staff, you can do it here. No question is too small!

Ban and Block[]

In some cases it may be necessary to block a user from making further contributions to OreGairu Wiki. Bans are only issued to large abuses or breaks from the community rules and policies

Reasons for a ban[]

Ignoring a warning about having broken a rule. If a user ignoes a warning and continues to break rules a 48 hour ban may be issued.
Personal attacks. If user makes repeated personal attacks against other users, such user could be banned up for 48 hours.
Uploading inappropriate files. Users will be banned for 48 hours.
Spam. Spamming pages with links or inane comments will result in a 1 week ban.
Vandalism. If a user has made edits that are considered harmful to OreGairu Wiki, such user should receive a warning. If, after the warning, the user still continues to vandalize pages, a ban up to 2 weeks may be implemented.
Offensive or misleading usernames. Users with offensive usernames or users trying to impersonate other people will be blocked.

An Indefinite ban should only be issued as last resort for users who repeatedly ignore bans or continue to break rules after an initial ban.

Protection[]

Administrators can protect and unprotect pages, including ones that do not exist. Protection of a page or image usually means that a non-admin cannot modify it.

The majority of pages on all Wikia should remain publicly editable, and not protected. Pages may, however, be temporarily or permanently protected for legal reasons (for example, license texts should not be changed) or in cases of extreme vandalism or edit warring or abusive re-creation.

Uses[]

Protecting highly vandalised pages, such as the Main Page on large wikis.
Maintaining the integrity of the site's logo and favicon.
Maintaining the integrity of key copyright and license pages.
Preventing repeatedly created vandal or spam pages from creation. See Special:Protectedtitles
Protecting the interface and system messages in the MediaWiki namespace (these are protected automatically)

A temporary protection is used for:

Enforcing a "cool down" period to stop an "edit war", upon request.
Protecting a page or image that has been a recent target of persistent vandalism or persistent edits by a banned user.

There is no need to protect personal .css and .js pages like user/monobook.css or user/cologneblue.js. Only the accounts associated with these pages (and admins) are able to edit them. (For more information on using these pages, see Help:User style)

Usage[]

Most pages and images are unprotected by default, only the site logo and favicons are automatically protected. You can protect editing, moving, or both by checking or unchecking the Unlock move permissions selection box.

(default) means any user, whether logged in or anonymous, can edit or move the page.
Block unregistered users, or semi-protected, means anonymous users and new accounts less than 4 days old cannot edit and/or move pages.
Sysops only, or fully-protected, means only administrators may edit and/or move the page.

Pages can also be cascade protected, this will cause all images, pages, or templates transcluded onto the page to be fully protected, even if the main article is only semi-protected.

Rules[]

Do not make the common mistake of protecting pages unnecessarily. For example, do not protect a page simply because it is the Main Page.
Do not edit a temporarily protected page except to add a notice explaining the page is protected.
Do not protect a page you are involved in an edit dispute over. Admin powers are not editor privileges - admins should only act as servants to the user community at large.
Avoid favoring one version of the article over another, unless one version is vandalism.
Temporarily protected pages should not be left protected for very long.
Talk pages and user talk pages are not protected except in extreme circumstances.
The protection of a page on any particular version is not meant to express support for that version and requests should therefore not be made that the protected version be reverted to a different one.