Kirby Wiki:Policy

These are basic guidelines to follow as a user of the Kirby Wiki. Violating them will usually result in a warning, followed by a block.

Administrators and users alike can refer other users to these policies when necessary.

Basic Guidelines

Refer to Kirby Wiki:Simplified Ruleset

What Kirby Wiki is NOT

• Kirby Wiki is not a social networking service - Keep un-related business elsewhere, or use the IRC chatroom (see the link in this section). If someone has engaged in off-topic communication with you, refer this person to the IRC or to this page.

Example of unaccepted communication:

==Hi==

I haven't talked with you in a while. How have you been? ~~~~

I'm fine, <etc etc etc>, how about you? ~~~~

Example of acceptable communication:

==Bo==

I don't know the name of his fiery counterpart found at Neo Star's volcano. Could you tell me what that enemy is called? ~~~~

See Magoo. ~~~~

• Kirby Wiki is not an emotional dumping ground - If you're having emotional problems outside of the internet, keep them there. This is a determining factor in one's conduct and it is likely that a user with troubles will not behave nor will he or she contribute properly.
• Kirby Wiki is not a fanbase nor is it community-driven - We generally try to keep fanon from the Wiki's mainspace. We also keep statements like "some people believe" and the like from the trivia sections of articles, while still considering possibilities; we won't pass on what the community decides true as fact, but we will take note of available evidence (I.e.: "X looks similar in appearance to Y.").

Forums and Blogs

For more information on using forums correctly, see Help:Forums.

Kirby Wiki, like all other Wikia sites, has making forums and blogs enabled.

What you CAN do with forums/blogs

• Fanon ideas - You may use forums and blogs to discuss Kirby-related fanon ideas.
• Wiki-related - You may use forums and blogs to ask questions, discuss problems with codes, or anything Kirby-related (ideas, et cetera).
• Surveying - You may use forums and blogs to survey the community. Examples are asking the community what their favorite or most hated enemy, copy ability, or boss is.
• Petitioning - You may use forums to garner community opinions on a subject. An example would be to propose to the community an idea. The idea is to have consensus.

What you CANNOT do with forums/blogs

• Petitioning for project pages - Do not make a forum or blog asking consensus on the removal or granting of administration rights from/to a or more than one user.
• Discussion not related to Kirby - You get the point there.
• Off-topic conversations - Do not use a blog or forum to engage in a conversation with another user. This floods the recent changes and thus is very disruptive. Again, take the conversation to the IRC.

Images

• Uploading - When uploading an image, try to license it. If you do not know a license, especially if the image is a personal image of yours or a snapshot that you've taken yourself, select "I don't know a license" or do not add a license at all.
• Placement - Do not stack excessive images on top of each other in an article. If there are too many images for the article to contain, place them in a gallery by putting their bare code (this means without [[ and ]]) in between gallery brackets (<gallery>, </gallery>).
• Copyright - Do not save images from another Wiki and upload them here. See Kirby Wiki:Copyrights as well.
• Personal Images - Each user of the Kirby Wiki is allowed three personal images to upload to decorate their user page or signatures. Do not use the image on an article or project page, and make sure that it has appropriate content. Gore, profanity, or nudity will merit the image's immediate deletion by an administrator.

Signatures

The purpose of your signature is to identify yourself as a user to the community. When leaving a comment, be it on a user talk, discussion, or forum page, always sign with four tildes (~~~~). This allows other users to recognize you as part of the community and to know the exact time at which you made your comment. Your signature may be a subpage of yours, but if you want a simple one, go to your preferences and enter a code into the box.

What your signature must have

• A link to your user and user talk pages.

What your signature can have

• Links to your edit count, contributions, and/or one of your subpages.
• A title that is your common nickname or abbreviation of your user name.
• An image no larger than 45 pixels. If the image itself is larger, shrink it using the pixel code. Example: [[File:Kirby.jpg|28px]]

What your signature must NOT have

• A misleading title. If your user name is XYZ, then your signature should not say "ABC".
• Disruptive coding.
• Non-visible colored links.
• Excessive text. All of your signature, excluding separation brackets and the like (I.e. "|", "(" and ")", "[" and "]", etc.) should link to a page of yours (contributions, edit count, etc.)

Administration

Rollback

Refer to Help:Reverting#What is rollback, and how do I use it?.

The rollback feature is a very fast method of undoing blatantly unproductive edits, such as vandalism and nonsense. The name derives from the data management term rollback, meaning an operation that reverses the effect of changes made to a database. Administrators and bureaucrats are already equipped with rollback.

If you are a regular user seeking rollback abilities, see Kirby Wiki:Requests for rollback.

System Operatoration and Bureaucratship

Refer to Help:Administrators' how-to guide and Kirby Wiki:Administrators.

To request adminship, see Kirby Wiki:Requests for adminship.

To request bureaucratship, see Kirby Wiki:Requests for bureaucratship.

Internet Relay Chat

The Kirby Wiki IRC is the allowed method of communicating with other users of the Wiki. This helps in that users won't clog the Recent changes with off-topic conversations that happen on blogs and talk pages alike. When directed off-topic, you may refer the user you are talking with to this link. Here, you can talk about whatever you want to talk about.

• The IRC chatroom is an extension of the Kirby Wiki - Be sure to keep your conduct at best even when chatting. Personal attacks, excessive foul talk, or spam will result in your suspension from the chatroom and, depending on the seriousness of your actions, a block from editing at the Wiki itself.
• If you already have an IRC client (such as Chatzilla for Firefox and SeaMonkey), click this link.

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Thank you for reading and understanding these guidelines. We hope that you enjoy your time at the Kirby Wiki!