The following page is a behaviour vademecum regarding comments and chat on Salem Wikia.
These rules of conduct are common to virtually all Wikia pages and contain the basic behavioural norms of civil conversation between people. Therefore users are invited to take these into account.
Topics of discussion
To discuss generic or broad topics is certainly appropriate to use the forum, namely General Discussion board, since it offers more flexibility in managing questions and answers and cover more topics than face a page on a specific topic. The forum is, therefore, the ideal place to give voice to a wide range of content:
- New on The Salem Wiki: Want to share something that's just been posted on this wiki, or congratulate somebody for an outstanding contribution? This is the place!
- Questions and Answers: Got a question about the wiki or the topic? Ask your questions here!
- Episode Discussion This board is for conversations about Salem episodes. Containing spoilers.
- Theories: share your theories about the series.
- Fun and Games: A place to hang out with your Salem Wiki friends.
Discussion Topics
Wikis are a great way to chat with other users about our passions, but remember to follow these tips to help maintain a pleasant setting. Users starting a conversation on The Salem Wiki are expected to have prior knowledge of all rules.
- Be polite and respect other users' opinions.
- When commenting, it is preferable to be consistent with the topic of the page and the Discussion boards in order to maintain a certain order. This way, specific conversations about a character or episode are easily traceable and accessible at a later time.
- Speculations are allowed in comments, but not in articles.
- The usage of caps lock is frowned upon. Avoid typing in all caps or grossly enlarging script for emphasis, which is considered to be the equivalent of shouting or yelling, and persistent usage of capital letters may lead to a warning, kick or ban depending on severity.
- Flaming is frowned upon. See Grounds for Blocking.
- Off-topics should be kept to a minimum.
- Discussion of real-world issues and events pertaining the series is generally permitted . However, they must maintain a civil tone and may be terminated at the discretion of administrators or moderators should they get out of hand.
Comments and chat Moderators
- Bathsheba113 (admin)
- Johnny Warren (admin)
- ReganX (Content Moderator)
- Obeah Queen (Content Moderator)
Infractions
Repeated counseled violations of guidelines like the The Salem Wiki:Contents Guide. Experienced editors and admins should show others how to do it right, and if they still get it wrong, keep reminding them about the right way. This include beginner mistakes that are considered in good faith, ie. not knowing how to link properly or formatting a page.
Minor Infractions are malicious violation of the guidelines that are easily fixed and for that reason, met with less severity. Usually a rollback or reverting of said edits for first time infractions.
- Minor content: Deliberately inserting false information, vandalism, nonsense, gibberish. Mass deletion with malice or after warning.
- Flouting guidance: Carrying out otherwise non-felonious action which runs counter to what has been directly advised by an admin. When repeated, especially as a sign of defiance, becomes ground for blocking.
Major infractions are egregious offenses, including addition of pornographic or real-life violent content, or content banned by Wikia's policies. Violations which include illegal content or activity in a majority of legal systems. See #Grounds for Blocking.
Consequences
Depending on the severity of the violation, warning, block or ban may be enforced by administrators or moderators. A minor infraction is generally met with a warning, but after the third warning, the user can be blocked for a certain period of time depending on the infraction, generally from three days to a month. Heavy violations of the wiki policy, persistent spammers and flamers are met with a strict policy that can lead from three months to a permanent ban, depending on the severity of the infringement.
Typically, the following hierarchy will apply to infringements on the above regulations (with the exception of specifically implied consequences).
- First offence: Warning
Following this, the block duration is usually:
- Three days for the first offence
- One week for the second offence
- One month for the third offence
- Any additional offences may result in a permanent ban.
These are just guidelines for usual cases. Blocks and their duration are generally up to the discretion of our administrators and chat moderators. Further offences will result in an extended ban, at the discretion of the administrator or chat moderator administering the ban.
Administrators and chat moderators use their discretion when applying these rules, and understanding of the rules depends on the moderator's perception of the rules. Particular exceptions may be granted by a specific administrator or chat moderator approval. These rules and regulations, however, should be followed strictly by users at all other times.
Moderators are reminded that they have the freedom to deal with situations with a less firm hand if required. If someone intends a bit of good humour, realises their mistake, and apologises, there may be no need for a kick or ban if the moderator feels the apology is genuine and the lesson has been learned
The use of blocking for "joke" purposes is not permitted.
When you enter the chat, you are expected to have prior knowledge of all these rules. Ignorance of these rules is not an excuse as they cover common courtesy to others.
Grounds for Blocking
Users who are clearly disruptive to the chat or who fail to behave appropriately towards other contributors will be blocked. The possible reasons for blocking include, but are not limited to:
- Personal attacks, harassment, sexual harassment, insults or bullying.
- Racial bigotry, sexually degrading language, or other hate speech.
- Extreme use of profanity/cursing or directing it towards another user is not permitted.
- Violation of personal privacy. Don't ask or worse share third-parties sensitive information.
- Trolling – general irritation or disruption of discussion boards, especially with the intention to cause fightings.
- Spamming. Be it links to illegal streaming sites, solicitation of sales of any kind, or annoying troll-like messages.
- Sock puppetry - abusing multiple accounts and/or creating new ones to circumvent a block result in further blocking and can extend the block on the first account.
- Deliberately disregarding the guidelines after being made aware of the violation.
External Links
- Etiquette in technology on Wikipedia.org
- Sannse on Fandom Community Central: How to Block Someone in Your Community the Right Way
- Sannse on Fandom Community Central: How to Get Unblocked
See Also
- Policy: contains general rules of Salem Wikia.
- Content Guide: contains directions on how content should be implemented in order to result in a uniform appearance of the various pages.
- Layout Guide: contains directions on how a page should be built in order to result in a uniform appearance of the various pages.