Changes: GTA Wiki:Policy

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This page documents the Official Policy of the GTA Wiki.

It concerns standards that all users should follow.

The following is a list of Policies applied on the GTA Wiki.

All users, regardless of status and position, are expected to follow them. None of these policies are ever set in stone, however. Anyone who disagrees with a policy is welcome to suggest changes on an admin's talk page or on the Community Noticeboard. Bureaucrats and Administrators may issue blocks in the case of repeated violation of Policies. If you're unsure and you have any questions regarding any policy, then please contact a Staff member, as we do our best to help editors.

The GTA Wiki:
- Has certain steps on what to do during a dispute.
- Is not censored. Profanity in articles should be done only in an encyclopedic manner.

GTA Wiki Policies


Fandom Terms of Use Users must be at least 13 (16 in the EEA (excluding the UK)) years old or over to have an account and use Fandom.	Assume Good Faith Assume that the other editors on the Wiki mean well.	Civility Be civil in your dealings with others. No personal attacks, unnecessarily abusive language, patronizing behavior, baiting, etc.

Disruptive Editing Considered closely related to incivility.	Vandalism Is not tolerated (edits designed to harass other editors or degrade an article's quality).	NSfV States that vandals and spammers should not have monuments to their "success".

Edit Wars Will result in the warred-over article being locked temporarily.	Media Policy Must be followed by all users and is non-negotiable.	Usernames Deliberately offensive, misleading or otherwise problematic usernames may be blocked at the discretion of any administrator.

Ownership The GTA Wiki is a public domain, and no editor owns anything. If you post anything here, expect it to be edited mercilessly.	Sockpuppetry and Meatpuppetry Are strictly prohibited and will get you blocked.	Wikilawyering Is forbidden.

Manual of Style Editors are expected to follow Manual of Style while editing.	No Copying or Importing from Grand Theft Wiki Content of any sort (texts, images) from the website grandtheftwiki.com to the GTA Wikia, by their request.	No one operating the GTA Wiki Has either Checkuser or Oversight rights. If you need those rights, please visit Wikia Central and follow the instructions there.

No Fan fiction: If you wish to add Fan fiction articles, do so on the GTA Fanon Wiki.	No Myth-related content	No Mod-related content: GTA Wiki only accepts official content. Any information relating to mods, trainers or save editors may not be posted on this Wiki.

No Leaked Information If information about an unreleased game or DLC content was obtained through illegal means, it may not be posted on the wiki.	Patroller Probation For new or slightly inexperienced users applying for promotion to patroller. This puts the user on a three month probation to determine whether or not they can hold the position.	Oddjob-ing & Jobsworth-ing Is not tolerated for Staff members.

Appreciation Is expected from all users.	Talk Page Guidelines Are to be followed for civilized discussion.	What Didn't Happen What does not exist in the GTA series may not be documented.

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+{{Policy}}<br />
-The following is a list of '''GTA Wiki''' '''Rules and Policies'''. All users on GTA Wiki are expected to follow these.
+'''The following is a list of Policies applied on the GTA Wiki.'''
-All users in good standing may enforce the rules. Bureaucrats and Administrators may issue [[GTA Wiki:Blocking Policy|blocks]] in the case of repeated denial of the rules.
+All users, regardless of status and position, are expected to follow them. None of these policies are ever set in stone, however. Anyone who disagrees with a policy is welcome to suggest changes on an admin's talk page or on the [[GTA Wiki:Community Noticeboard|Community Noticeboard]]. Bureaucrats and Administrators may issue [[GTA Wiki:Blocking Policy|blocks]] in the case of repeated violation of '''Policies'''. If you're unsure and you have any questions regarding any policy, then please contact a [[GTA Wiki:Staff|Staff member]], as we do our best to help editors.
-==GTA Wiki Rules==
+*'''The GTA Wiki:'''
+**Has certain steps on what to do during a '''[[GTA Wiki:Disputes|dispute]]'''.
+**Is '''not''' censored. Profanity in articles should be done only in an encyclopedic manner.
+==GTA Wiki Policies==
-*'''[[GTA Wiki:Assume Good Faith|Assume Good Faith]]''' - assume that the other editors on the wiki mean well
+{|
-*'''[[GTA Wiki:Civility|Civility]]''' - be civil in your dealings with others. No personal attacks, unnecessarily abusive language, patronizing behavior, baiting, etc...
+|-
-*'''[[GTA Wiki:Vandalism|Vandalism]]''' (edits designed to harass other editors or degrade article quality) is not tolerated.
+|[[File:FandomTOU-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=w:c:www:Terms_of_Use]]
-*'''[[GTA Wiki:Image Policy|Image Policy]]''' must be followed by all users and is non-negotiable.
+|[[File:AssumeGoodFaith-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=GTA Wiki:Assume Good Faith]]
-*'''[[GTA Wiki:Competence is required|Competence is required]]''' to edit GTA Wiki. Editors who can't understand the rules or whose grasp of the written English language is insufficient enough to require heavy copyediting will be blocked from editing to prevent them from causing unnecessary work for other editors.
+|[[File:Civility-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=GTA Wiki:Civility]]
-*'''[[GTA Wiki:Username policy|Usernames]]''' must meet our username policy. Deliberately offensive, misleading or otherwise problematic usernames may be blocked at the discretion of any sysop.
+|-
-*'''[[GTA Wiki:Ownership of Articles|Ownership]]''': GTA Wiki is in the public domain and no one editor owns anything. If you post anything here, expect it to be edited mercilessly.
+| style="text-align:center;" width="250px;" |'''[[w:c:www:Terms_of_Use|Fandom Terms of Use]]'''<br />Users must be at least 13 (16 in the EEA (excluding the UK)) years old or over to have an account and use Fandom.
-*'''[[GTA Wiki:Edit warring|Edit Wars]]''' will result in the warred-over article being locked temporarily.
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[GTA Wiki:Assume Good Faith|Assume Good Faith]]'''<br />Assume that the other editors on the Wiki mean well.
-*'''GTA Wiki is ''not'' censored'''. Profanity in articles should be done only in an encyclopedic manor. Profanity on talk pages is acceptable so long as it doesn't fall afoul of our civility policy.
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[GTA Wiki:Civility|Civility]]'''<br />Be civil in your dealings with others. No personal attacks, unnecessarily abusive language, patronizing behavior, baiting, etc.
-*'''[[GTA Wiki:Sock puppetry|Sockpuppetry]]''' (operating multiple accounts) and '''[[GTA Wiki:Meatpuppetry|Meatpuppetry]]''' (using other users soley to advance your view in a dispute) is strictly prohibited and will get you banned.
+|-
-*'''[[GTA Wiki:Multiple accounts|Multiple accounts]]''' are forbidden, with a select few exceptions detailed on the policy page.
+|[[File:DisruptiveEdits-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=GTA Wiki:Disruptive Editing]]
-*No '''[[GTA Wiki:Wikilawyering|Wikilawyering]]'''.
+|[[File:Vandalism-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=GTA Wiki:Vandalism]]
-*No one operating this wikia has either [[wikipedia:WP:CHECK|Checkuser]] or [[wikipedia:WP:OVERSIGHT|Oversight]] rights. If you need oversight or a checkuser, please go to Wikia Central and follow the instructions there.
+|[[File:NoShrine-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=GTA Wiki:No Shrines for Vandals]]
-*'''No Fanfiction'''- if you wish to add fanfiction articles then do so on the [[w:c:gtafanon|GTA Fanon Wiki]].
+|-
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[GTA Wiki:Disruptive Editing|Disruptive Editing]]'''<br />Considered closely related to incivility.
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[GTA Wiki:Vandalism|Vandalism]]'''<br />Is not tolerated (edits designed to harass other editors or degrade an article's quality).
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[GTA Wiki:No Shrines for Vandals|NSfV]]'''<br />States that vandals and spammers should not have monuments to their "success".
+|-
+|[[File:EditWar-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=GTA Wiki:Edit Warring]]
+|[[File:MediaPolicy-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=GTA Wiki:Media Policy]]
+|[[File:Usernames-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=GTA Wiki:Username Policy]]
+|-
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[GTA Wiki:Edit Warring|Edit Wars]]'''<br />Will result in the warred-over article being locked temporarily.
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[GTA Wiki:Media Policy|Media Policy]]'''<br />Must be followed by all users and is non-negotiable.
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[GTA Wiki:Username Policy|Usernames]]'''<br />Deliberately offensive, misleading or otherwise problematic usernames may be blocked at the discretion of any administrator.
+|-
+|[[File:Ownership-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=GTA Wiki:Ownership of Articles]]
+|[[File:MutlipleAccounts-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=GTA Wiki:Sock Puppetry]]
+|[[File:Wikilawyering-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=GTA Wiki:Wikilawyering]]
+|-
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[GTA Wiki:Ownership of Articles|Ownership]]'''<br />The GTA Wiki is a public domain, and no editor owns anything. If you post anything here, expect it to be edited mercilessly.
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[GTA Wiki:Sock Puppetry|Sockpuppetry]] and [[GTA Wiki:Meatpuppetry|Meatpuppetry]]'''<br />Are strictly prohibited and will get you blocked.
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[GTA Wiki:Wikilawyering|Wikilawyering]]'''<br />Is forbidden.
+|-
+|[[File:ManualofStyle-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=GTA Wiki:Manual of Style]]
+|[[File:Copying-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=]]
+|[[File:CheckUser-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=]]
+|-
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[GTA Wiki:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]'''<br />Editors are expected to follow Manual of Style while editing.
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''No Copying or Importing from Grand Theft Wiki'''<br />Content of any sort (texts, images) from the website '''<nowiki>grandtheftwiki.com</nowiki>''' to the '''GTA Wikia''', by their request.
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''No one operating the GTA Wiki'''<br />Has either [[wikipedia:WP:CHECK|Checkuser]] or [[wikipedia:WP:OVERSIGHT|Oversight]] rights. If you need those rights, please visit [[community:Main Page|Wikia Central]] and follow the instructions there.
+|-
+|[[File:Fanfiction-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=]]
+|[[File:MythContent-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=]]
+|[[File:ModContent-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=]]
+|-
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''No Fan fiction:'''<br />If you wish to add Fan fiction articles, do so on the [[w:c:gtafanon|GTA Fanon Wiki]].
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''No Myth-related content'''
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''No Mod-related content:''' GTA Wiki only accepts official content. Any information relating to mods, trainers or save editors may not be posted on this Wiki.
+|-
+|[[File:LeakedInfo-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=]]
+|[[File:Probation-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=GTA Wiki: Patroller Probation]]
+|[[File:Oddjob-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=GTA Wiki:Oddjob-ing & Jobsworth-ing]]
+|-
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''No Leaked Information'''<br />If information about an unreleased game or DLC content was obtained through ''illegal'' means, it may not be posted on the wiki.
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[GTA Wiki: Patroller Probation|Patroller Probation]]'''<br />For new or slightly inexperienced users applying for promotion to patroller. This puts the user on a three month probation to determine whether or not they can hold the position.
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[GTA Wiki:Oddjob-ing & Jobsworth-ing|Oddjob-ing &amp; Jobsworth-ing]]'''<br />Is not tolerated for Staff members.
+|-
+|[[File:Appreciation-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=GTA Wiki:Appreciation]]
+|[[File:TalkPageGuidelines-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=GTA Wiki:Talk Page Guidelines]]
+|[[File:Didn'tHappen-Button.png|center|thumb|250px|link=GTA Wiki:What Didn't Happen]]
+|-
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[GTA Wiki:Appreciation|Appreciation]]'''<br />Is expected from all users.
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[GTA Wiki:Talk Page Guidelines|Talk Page Guidelines]]'''<br />Are to be followed for civilized discussion.
+|width="250px;" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[GTA Wiki:What Didn't Happen|What Didn't Happen]]'''<br />What does not exist in the ''GTA'' series may not be documented.
+|}
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