User:Ricken/SandboxPG/List of policies

AmtWiki policies and guidelines
Policies List · Guidelines List Edit

This page includes a summary of official policies on AmtWiki which are set out in detail elsewhere. Policies have wide acceptance among editors and are considered standards that all editors should follow. When editing this page, please ensure that your revision is consistent with the underlying policies. When in doubt, discuss it on the talk page.

Where a discrepancy exists, the policy page itself overrides. Changing this page does not change policy. Likewise, adding a page to this summary does not elevate it to policy status. Policies are promoted through consensus. See AmtWiki:Policies and guidelines for more.

Content

Image use policy

Generally avoid uploading non-free images; fully describe images' sources and copyright details on their description pages, and try to make images as useful and reusable as possible.

What AmtWiki is not

AmtWiki is an online encyclopedia and historical record. Please avoid the temptation to use AmtWiki for other purposes.

Conduct

Consensus

Consensus among equals is our only tool for resolving content disputes, and our main tool for resolving all other disputes.

Editing policy

Improve pages wherever you can, and don't worry about leaving them imperfect. It is advisable to explain major changes.

Harrassment

Do not stop other editors from enjoying AmtWiki by making threats, nitpicking good-faith edits to different articles, repeated annoying and unwanted contacts, repeated personal attacks or posting personal information.

No personal attacks

Do not make personal attacks anywhere in AmtWiki. Comment on the content, not on the contributor. Personal attacks damage the community and deter editors.

Ownership of content

Although you retain some rights under AmtWiki's copyright provisions, pages that you create and edit belong to the community. Others can and often do mercilessly edit "your" material.

Sock puppetry

Do not use multiple accounts to create the illusion of greater support for an issue, to mislead others, or to circumvent a block. Do not ask your friends to create accounts to support you or anyone.

Vandalism

Vandalism is any addition, deletion, or change to content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. It is inappropriate behavior for an online encyclopedia.

Deletion

Criteria for speedy deletion

Articles, images, categories etc. may be "speedily deleted" if they clearly fall within certain categories, which generally boil down to pages lacking content, or disruptive pages. Anything potentially controversial should go through the deletion process instead.

Deletion policy

Deleting articles requires an administrator and generally follows a consensus-forming process. Most potentially controversial deletions require a three-step process and a waiting period of a week.

Oversight

Page revisions can be deleted for legal reasons.

Proposed deletion

As a shortcut around the Articles for Deletion ("AfD") process, for uncontroversial deletions an article can be proposed for deletion, but only once. If no one contests the proposed deletion within seven days, an administrator may delete the article.

Enforcement

Administrators

Administrators, like all editors, are not perfect beings. However, in general, they are expected to act as role models within the community, and a good general standard of civility, fairness, and general conduct both to editors and in content matters, is expected. When acting as administrators, they are also expected to be fair, exercise good judgment, and give explanations and be communicative as necessary.

Blocking policy

Disruptive editors can be blocked from editing for short or long periods of time.

Page protection policy

Pages can be protected against vandals or during fierce content disputes. Protected pages can, but in general should not, be edited by administrators. In addition, pages undergoing frequent vandalism can be semi-protected to block edits by very new or unregistered editors.

Legal

Copyright violations

Relates to material copied from sources that are either not public domain, or are not compatibly licensed without the permission of the copyright holder. AmtWiki has no tolerance for copyright violations in our encyclopedia, and we actively strive to find and remove any violations.

Copyrights

Relates to the copyrighted AmtWiki text being licensed to the public under one or several liberal licenses.

Non discrimination

Do not discriminate against current or prospective users on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristics.

Procedural

Bot policy

Programs that update pages automatically in a useful and harmless way may be welcome, as long as their owners seek approval first and are careful to keep them from running amok or being a drain on resources.

Bureaucrats

Bureaucrats are AmtWiki users with the technical ability to add the administrator, bureaucrat, or bot user group to an account; or remove the administrator or bot user group from an account.

Policies and guidelines

Understanding and changing policies and guidelines

Requests for adminship

Rules for how the admin team decides Requests for adminship.