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# '''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.
# '''Keep it civil''': Follow the [[Guidelines:Code of Conduct|Code of Conduct]]. 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 that degrade another person or group of people based on gender, race, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, etc. Act like you would if you were in public, because you are.
# '''Be a productive member of the wiki''': Contribute to the wiki in line with the established processes and conventions. Need help? Ask an [[Zelda Wiki:Staff#Current Staff|administrator]]! Disrupting the wiki with “edit warring” over differing opinions of a topic with another user or group of users is not productive.
# '''Be a productive member of the wiki''': Contribute to the wiki in line with the [[Guidelines:Main|established processes and conventions]]. Need help? Ask an [[Zelda Wiki:Staff#Current Staff|administrator]]! Disrupting the wiki with “[[Zelda Wiki:Rules#Explanations|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 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 not harass other users''': If somebody asks you to stop posting certain content on their wall, respect their wishes. It is their wall. Do not directly annoy or disrespect another user through their talk page or your own.
# '''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.
# '''Do follow community guidelines for formatting''': All users should format their content in the style listed by the [[Guidelines:Main|Guidelines]]. A full list of guidelines for each individual topic can be found [[Guidelines:Main#List of Guidelines|here]]. New users will be directed to the guidelines and will be given additional help, and will ''not'' be blamed if they are not able to find or understand the guidelines quickly.
 
If you have any questions about these rules, we ask that you please contact us on our [https://discord.gg/eJnnvYb Discord server]! We can respond quicker on Discord, but if you are not able to use Discord, we will still respond to our talk pages. See the [[Zelda Wiki:Staff#Current Staff|staff list]] for who to contact!

Revision as of 16:22, 12 May 2021

  1. Keep it civil: Follow the Code of Conduct. 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 that degrade another person or group of people based on gender, race, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, etc. Act like you would if you were in public, because you are.
  2. Be a productive member of the wiki: Contribute to the wiki in line with the established processes and conventions. Need help? Ask an administrator! Disrupting the wiki with “edit warring” over differing opinions of a topic with another user or group of users is not productive.
  3. 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!
  4. 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 not directly annoy or disrespect another user through their talk page or your own.
  5. Do follow community guidelines for formatting: All users should format their content in the style listed by the Guidelines. A full list of guidelines for each individual topic can be found here. New users will be directed to the guidelines and will be given additional help, and will not be blamed if they are not able to find or understand the guidelines quickly.

If you have any questions about these rules, we ask that you please contact us on our Discord server! We can respond quicker on Discord, but if you are not able to use Discord, we will still respond to our talk pages. See the staff list for who to contact!