On W.I.T.C.H.ipedia, there are certain ways that we expect people to act.
- To edit or comment, everyone must be at least 13 years old and have a Fandom account due to Fandom policy.
- Everyone is expected to follow Fandom’s Terms of Use.
- Everyone is expected to be polite and courteous.
- Generally, the editing guidelines should be followed.
Blocking policy
Several behaviours are not acceptable here and if someone does one of the following, they may be immediately blocked:
- Breaking Fandom’s Terms of Use
- Hounding, baiting, or trolling
- Sock puppeting
- Insulting or attacking other people
- Doxxing
- Removing a significant amount of sourced content without replacement
For less serious infractions, an admin will message the user about the issue on their message wall. At this point, a discussion about the rules can begin. In some cases, rules or exceptions can be made or changed.
If no other resolution is made and the user continues the offending behaviour, the admin will issue a warning on the user’s message wall. If the behaviour still continues, then blocks will be issued: initially a week, then a month and then indefinite.
These behaviours include:
- Breaking the editing guidelines
- Curse words and slurs
- Repeatedly using the wrong name or pronouns for someone
- Excessive self promotion
- Recurring vandalism or spam
- Threatening vandalism or spam
- "Edit wars" (conflict over the content of a page should be taken to the talk page or a message wall instead)
- Repeated insertion of incorrect information
- Inserting gibberish or nonsense into pages
- Creating gibberish or nonsense pages
Expected admin behaviour
In addition to following all other rules and guidelines of this wiki, admins are expected to also:
- Be open and responsive. Communication is key. Many users, especially new ones, will look to you for guidance and advice. Being a friendly and approachable face, as well as addressing users in a timely manner, is important to creating an open and welcoming environment on the wiki.
- Do not act as the “owner” of the site. Wikis belong to the community, and admins should not be considered “in charge”. They are experienced users who are trusted to use a few extra tools for the betterment and protection of the community as a whole, not for personal gain.
- Do not protect large numbers of content pages. The majority of pages on a wiki should remain unprotected to encourage all users in the community to edit. Page protection should only be implemented if it serves the betterment of the community for reasons such as preventing persistent vandalism or “edit warring.” Protection should not be used to lock a page on a version you prefer, to reserve the page to be edited later as an admin project, or to mark any page as “complete” - there is always more to be improved.
- Do not revert edits made in good faith without explanation. Rewording should always be considered before resorting to reversion. If the edit is incorrect or cannot be reworded or revised, then a clear explanation should be provided to the user that made the edit as to why it was reverted.
- Do not shut out the opinions of other users. Everyone in the community should feel encouraged and empowered to speak up and engage in reasonable discussions about topics that pertain to the wiki, even if their opinions differ from that of an administrator.
- Do not play favourites. All editors should be given the opportunity to learn and grow in the community.
Page protection rules
Admins and content moderators will only protect pages if it meets one of the following criteria:
- Protecting the proper display of the wiki, including the wiki logo and header images, the main page, frequently used templates and policy pages.
- Stopping an edit war
- Protecting against continual vandalism
Gaining additional user rights
For all user rights except for bureaucrat rights, this is the process that should be followed:
- A majority of currently active admins should agree that another admin, chat moderator, etc is needed.
- A discussions post will be made asking for volunteers to take on the role. This post will have a deadline of two weeks for applications.
- Applicants will be considered based on the following criteria:
- They must have been active on the wiki for at least 6 months including 5 of the last 30 days.
- They must have made several "substantial" edits, which includes adding at least a moderately sized paragraph of text to an article.
- They must have had several friendly, positive interactions on "chatting" parts of the wiki (discussions, message walls, comments, etc) and preferably no aggressive, malicious or unkind ones.
- If a user has previously been blocked on this wiki, they must have demonstrated a positive change from the behaviour for which they were blocked before they will be considered.
- If there are multiple candidates who meet the criteria, another discussions post will be made where they can be voted on.
Bureaucrat rights will only be given to admins who have been admins for at least 6 months and have had no major concerns brought up on how they administrate the wiki. If another bureaucrat is needed, admins will vote privatively on who amongst them should be given bureaucrat rights.