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This article documents a number of articles that contain specific material regarding the policies of Arthur Wiki. Here you will find a basic summary of each policy.
==Blocking policy==
{{Main|Arthur Wiki:Blocking policy}}
Blocking is a feature that enables administrators to block a contributor; registered or anonymous; from editing for a certain period of time. Blocking is to prevent an action that is against the policies, and it is not a punishment for users who violate a policy. Blocks should be given for a short time at first, gradually increasing each time the contributor is blocked.
==Blog post policy==
{{Main|Arthur Wiki:Blog post policy}}
Blogs are a feature that allows someone to share Arthur or Arthur Wiki related opinions or views. Blogs that are made to gather opinions or start conversations generally should not be permitted, however, if the writer shares a viable amount of opinion of his/her own, than the blog is considered acceptable. Blogs containing inappropriate material, or any that violate these policies will be deleted promptly.
==Rules and Guidelines==
1. '''Editing/Uploading Pages'''-When editing or uploading pages please use proper grammar, sentences, and cite good sources. There should be no excuse for not doing any of that and please use spellcheck in case you do make mistakes spelling words. Read over them carefully to make sure the sentence or paragraph makes sense. Everyone makes mistakes on pages with misspelled words, incorrect or no punctuations, and not capitalizing words. Please be professional and correct it for them. All pages have to be in English and add redirects if pages have a commonly used name.


2. '''Fanons'''-Fanons or fan-fics whatever you like to call them are one of the fun activities done around this wiki. In order for users to be able to be involved at least twenty positive edits must be done before a user can participate in these activities.
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3. '''Behavior'''-Treat all users like you would with everyone at school or your job with respect and privacy. Be honest to each other as well. If a user secretly tells you something and doesn't want you to reveal it, don't reveal it. Severe curse words are not allowed at all on the wiki even if they are censored and this includes racial slurs. Making threats against any user or extortion will not be allowed at any time on the wiki. Also the administrators of the wiki cannot really help you if you have a personal problems at home, school, other wikis, or jobs. They can give you advice and that is all they can do. Administrators can't keep being the parents to other users on the site either. Don't bring up personal issues you've had on another wiki as the administrators can only do so much. They can only handle problems on this wiki not other wikis.
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4. '''User Rights'''-Users with rights will not abuse their power at any time. They will also not bend the rules for anyone regardless of who it is they are doing it for. On the chat a user can talk about whatever they want on the chat as long as the conversation is friendly and does not involve spamming. They can also write in any language they want as well as we will not discriminate against any language user/users will post.
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5. '''If There Is Trouble On The Wiki'''-Send a message to the message wall to any of the following administrators: {{User|DJ MC CJ}}, {{User|5000 Explosions and a Supernova}}, and {{User|Agency}}. The sooner the message is sent the sooner the administrators can neutralize the problem before it gets any worse, so time is important no matter what. If the message is something that another user on the wiki can take the wrong way, please use the message wall to set up a time when you and the administrator can chat privately on chat, so you do not offend anyone.
*'''[[Arthur Wiki:Manual of Style|<font color="#000">Manual of Style</font>]]''' - Basic instructions for editing the wiki and building pages.
 
*'''[[{{PAGENAME}}#General Policy|<font color="#000">Main Policy</font>]]''' - Our general policy.
==Chat Behavior/Punishment Policy==
*'''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Blocking Policy|<font color="#000">Blocking Policy</font>]]''' - Reasons to be blocked, and the way we handle it.
 
*'''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Blog Post and User Page Policy|<font color="#000">Blog Post and User Page Policy</font>]]''' - Guidelines on the pages that are allowed to be less formal.
The Arthur Wiki chat rules as to what is and isn’t acceptable is mainly based on common sense of what you should and shouldn’t do on the internet. However it is still necessary to record a written list of what is not considered acceptable to do and talk about on chat. Doing any of the following actions may result in a kick or block from an administrator or chat moderator, at their discretion:
*'''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Chat Policy|<font color="#000">Chat Policy</font>]]''' - The chat room feature.
 
*'''[[{{PAGENAME}}#Administration Policy|<font color="#000">Administration Policy</font>]]''' - People in charge and what they do.
1. Major foul language. If you have a question as to what words you should and shouldn’t be saying on chat, use this basic rule: If it wouldn’t be acceptable to say around a child, don’t say it at all.
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2. Links to any seriously inappropriate videos, pictures, or content. If you do feel there are some minor inappropriate elements in something you are linking to, please put a user discretion warning.
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3. Talking badly about a user behind their back. It is OK to discuss the reliability of an edit, or report rule-breaking activity, but talking badly about them for no reason is, in addition to being unproductive, no help to anyone on the wiki. It just gives others a worse opinion about the user. If it doesn’t danger the wiki, keep those thoughts to yourself.
==Manual of Style==
 
{{Main|Arthur Wiki:Manual of Style}}
4. Making hateful remarks toward any group, race, person, or religion. It is OK to disagree, and even argue in some cases, but it is not OK to say mean or offensive phrases. Before you say anything, think about how you would feel in the other person’s shoes.
==General Policy==
 
#Edits must be ''constructive''. Intentionally removing true information or adding false information is considered vandalism.
5. Revealing personal information about a user. A user’s actual name, age, location, and other information may only be released by that user.  
##In the case of a destructive edit, the editor responsible will be given a ''reasonable'' amount of time to ''correct'' the mistake before it is ruled to have been intentional.
 
##Persistently making destructive edits and immediately correcting them, for the sake of increasing one's edit count, is not allowed.
6. Continually bugging a user to reveal personal information. While it is OK to ask them something about themselves, it is not productive to continually bug them. If they say no, that should be the end of it.
#Uploaded files must be ''Arthur''-related.
 
##Users are, however, allowed a ''small'' number of non-''Arthur''-related images to decorate ''their own'' user page. These files must be placed in the {{cat|Non-Arthur Images|Non-Arthur Images category}} and must be ''appropriate''.
On Arthur Wiki chat, we have had a few instances in the past where innocent actions were accused of being offensive. To clarify, these instances are just some of the actions NOT WORTHY OF KICKING OR BANNING:
##Fan art is allowed, so long as it is ''appropriate''. These files must be placed in the {{cat|Fanon|Fanon category}}.
 
==Blocking Policy==
1. A user continuing to talk about a perfectly fine topic, despite a chat mod’s warning. Only in times of an offensive conversation may the user be punished.
#Blocking is ''not a punishment''; it is an action for the ''prevention'' of future vandalism.
 
#Users will receive 1-3 warnings, based on the severity of the destructive edit(s), before blocks will be issued.
2. Using non-inappropriate phrases that could be offensive in occasional instances, but are not in the instance at hand. These can include terms such as “get lost,” where the term could be offensive to a user in occasional cases, but is most likely being used as a non-literal line.
##Blocks will begin as short, and gradually increase in length each time the contributor is blocked.
 
#Since Wikia has already blocked unregistered editing on Arthur Wiki due to COPPA regulations, only registered accounts, and not IP addresses, shall be blocked.
3. Staying on chat for an extensive period of time without posting anything. All users have the right to be logged on chat for as long as they choose.
#Sockpuppet accounts are not allowed. If a person has multiple accounts, they may either publicly identify the secondary accounts, or have the secondary accounts be blocked.
These rules are still intact in private messages, however the chat administration team has no control over what happens in private messages. If you are being offended or harassed by another user in a private message, it is your responsibility to block private messages from this user by clicking on their name on the chat sidebar while you are in a private message with them, and clicking the “Block Private Messages” button.
#Inappropriate usernames or profile pictures will result in the account being blocked indefinitely.
 
##If the user changes their profile picture, or has Wikia rename the account, the user may alert the administration team to have their block lifted.
Of course these are only some of the cases where you can and can’t be punished. Please note that each and every one of these instances vary from case to case, at the discretion of the chat administration. Current chat administration is {{User|DJ MC CJ}}, {{User|Jushiro971}}, {{User|Agency}}, and {{User|Anythingspossibleforapossible}}. If one of these users punished you in a way that you do not believe was worth a punishment, please contact someone else from the chat administration team and explain your case. The rest of the team will then determine whether or not the instance was punishment-worthy.
##Creating a second account, one with an appropriate username and/or profile picture, is another acceptable option.
 
#Inciting a {{W|Flaming (Internet)|flame war}} is treated as vandalism.
==Consequences/Punishment==
==Blog Post and User Page Policy==
When users have done something wrong more then once they are subjected to a warning and then after that a block. Depending on the violation some may not even get warnings. Users keep in mind that the reason these consequences are tough is because kids, parents, and families do frequent this site on top of our contributors and we will not displease them in any way. So please take your time to read these rules.
===Blog Posts===
 
#Blogs are the proper place for news and opinions, instead of in normal articles.
*'''Undoing Edits/Spam/Vandalism'''-The act of removing sentences, pages, pictures, or anything else that is part of a page without no reason at all. Adding profanity or anything disgusting in nature is also considered spam. Deleting a useful page will also be considered as Vandalism and any thing that is considered vandalism will result in an automatic block without warnings anywhere from one month to a full year depending on how many pages are vandalized.
#Blogs may also be used as sandbox pages for normal articles, if they are to be deleted after the article is created.
 
#Blogs aiming to start a conversation, or ask for the opinions of others, must contain a decent amount of material (such as the author's own opinion on the subject).
*'''Unacceptable Language/Conduct'''-Using words that are severe in nature or any word that degrades people of any sex, race, and religion will result in a permanent block. Sexism will also result in the same thing too. Disrespecting/harassing users by humiliating them on the message wall, chat, or blog will result in a ban by the administrators. The act of spreading false information about a user throughout the wiki and chat. This will result in a warning. The second time will result in a block. Also users that use profanity in Spanish or in any other language will also be blocked.
===User Pages===
 
#Users are allowed to decorate their own user page in any way they please, minus any exceptions listed below.
*'''Privacy Violation'''-Violating any user's privacy including revealing personal information about them that is not available to the wiki. Harassing or soliciting private information about any user will also result in a permanent block because no user has the rights to violate any user's privacy regardless of what they have done in the past. This also includes other wikis too. Users that violate the privacy of others will also be reported to the FBI or any law enforcement agency that handles privacy violation laws and regulations at the user's own request.
#Things not allowed on user pages are: gossip, sexual themes, excessive violence, or anything else not "kid-friendly".
 
#Administrators are allowed to edit other users' user pages for the purposes of removing user page policy violations, or other general wiki maintenance tasks.
*'''Unacceptable Pictures'''-Pictures that have nothing do with the wiki, your profile, or are deemed scary in nature will be subjected to immediate deletion by administrators. No pornographic or humiliating pictures of a person will be accepted on the wiki or this will result in a immediate warning/block.
==Chat Policy==
 
#Be respectful of others.
*'''Abusing Power'''-Users with rights who abuse their power will be given a warning and will be demoted for up to a week depending on what they did. If it happens again the user will be blocked and have their rights revoked and will not be able to reapply for rights for up to a year depending on what the user did.
#Though it is encouraged, it is ''not required'' to only talk about ''Arthur'' topics.
 
#Personal information should ''not'' be shared over the chat. It is ''not'' a completely secure conversation medium in terms of privacy.
*'''Sockpuppets'''-Anyone that has been blocked who makes another account or makes multiple accounts will not only be blocked, but will have their blocks extended longer then what they already had. The only exception to that will be if the user has a reason he/she has a second account. Sockpuppets will also be reported to Wikia Staff.
##If a user prefers to be addressed by their real name (e.g. "John", rather than "superman123") that is their own choice to allow others to call them that.
 
##If you discover someone else's personal information elsewhere than on Arthur Wiki, it is still the person's own decision whether to reveal that information.
*'''Flame Wars'''-Anyone that starts a flame war on the wiki, blog, comments, or chat will be blocked along with everyone that was involved in the flame war regardless of who "started it". Flame wars that occur on other wikis will also be reported to the administrators of those wikis as well.
##If a person allows others to ''publicly'' use their real name, they must acknowledge that the name can be ''known to '''everyone'''''.
 
#Using information from the chat (whether used on the chat or not) in any way to threaten, tease, or humiliate another person in any way, shape, or form, is a serious offence. Actions taken include but are not limited to: infinite ban from the chat, having one's account disabled globally by Wikia, and even criminal charges for cyberbullying.
==Deletion policy==
==Administration Policy==
{{Main|Arthur Wiki:Deletion policy}}
:''For information on becoming an administrator, see [[Arthur Wiki:User Rights Requests]].''
#Chat moderators have the ability to "kick" another user from the chat room, in order to maintain order.
##Abusing the kicking ability may result in removal of rights and/or a ban from the chat.
#Users should only be banned from the chat as a last resort, in order to maintain order. Bans begin short and gradually increase for each time the user is banned.
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Policies

Manual of Style

:Main article: Arthur Wiki:Manual of Style

General Policy

  1. Edits must be constructive. Intentionally removing true information or adding false information is considered vandalism.
    1. In the case of a destructive edit, the editor responsible will be given a reasonable amount of time to correct the mistake before it is ruled to have been intentional.
    2. Persistently making destructive edits and immediately correcting them, for the sake of increasing one's edit count, is not allowed.
  2. Uploaded files must be Arthur-related.
    1. Users are, however, allowed a small number of non-Arthur-related images to decorate their own user page. These files must be placed in the Non-Arthur Images category and must be appropriate.
    2. Fan art is allowed, so long as it is appropriate. These files must be placed in the Fanon category .

Blocking Policy

  1. Blocking is not a punishment; it is an action for the prevention of future vandalism.
  2. Users will receive 1-3 warnings, based on the severity of the destructive edit(s), before blocks will be issued.
    1. Blocks will begin as short, and gradually increase in length each time the contributor is blocked.
  3. Since Wikia has already blocked unregistered editing on Arthur Wiki due to COPPA regulations, only registered accounts, and not IP addresses, shall be blocked.
  4. Sockpuppet accounts are not allowed. If a person has multiple accounts, they may either publicly identify the secondary accounts, or have the secondary accounts be blocked.
  5. Inappropriate usernames or profile pictures will result in the account being blocked indefinitely.
    1. If the user changes their profile picture, or has Wikia rename the account, the user may alert the administration team to have their block lifted.
    2. Creating a second account, one with an appropriate username and/or profile picture, is another acceptable option.
  6. Inciting a flame war is treated as vandalism.

Blog Post and User Page Policy

Blog Posts

  1. Blogs are the proper place for news and opinions, instead of in normal articles.
  2. Blogs may also be used as sandbox pages for normal articles, if they are to be deleted after the article is created.
  3. Blogs aiming to start a conversation, or ask for the opinions of others, must contain a decent amount of material (such as the author's own opinion on the subject).

User Pages

  1. Users are allowed to decorate their own user page in any way they please, minus any exceptions listed below.
  2. Things not allowed on user pages are: gossip, sexual themes, excessive violence, or anything else not "kid-friendly".
  3. Administrators are allowed to edit other users' user pages for the purposes of removing user page policy violations, or other general wiki maintenance tasks.

Chat Policy

  1. Be respectful of others.
  2. Though it is encouraged, it is not required to only talk about Arthur topics.
  3. Personal information should not be shared over the chat. It is not a completely secure conversation medium in terms of privacy.
    1. If a user prefers to be addressed by their real name (e.g. "John", rather than "superman123") that is their own choice to allow others to call them that.
    2. If you discover someone else's personal information elsewhere than on Arthur Wiki, it is still the person's own decision whether to reveal that information.
    3. If a person allows others to publicly use their real name, they must acknowledge that the name can be known to everyone.
  4. Using information from the chat (whether used on the chat or not) in any way to threaten, tease, or humiliate another person in any way, shape, or form, is a serious offence. Actions taken include but are not limited to: infinite ban from the chat, having one's account disabled globally by Wikia, and even criminal charges for cyberbullying.

Administration Policy

For information on becoming an administrator, see Arthur Wiki:User Rights Requests.
  1. Chat moderators have the ability to "kick" another user from the chat room, in order to maintain order.
    1. Abusing the kicking ability may result in removal of rights and/or a ban from the chat.
  2. Users should only be banned from the chat as a last resort, in order to maintain order. Bans begin short and gradually increase for each time the user is banned.
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