User:SciWhiz12/sandbox/policy

Wiki Policy

The Forge Community Wiki maintains this Wiki Policy, which is the set of rules and principles which govern the operation, moderation, and community of the wiki.

All wiki editors are required to follow this policy, as a requirement for their contributions to this wiki. Editors which violate this policy will be sanctioned.

Principles

The wiki operates on three main principles, which form the foundations of the this policy. Any rules and policies of the wiki will be consistent with these principles, and any interpretations of any such rule or policy should be done in the light of these three principles.

If there is no relevant rule or policy that is applicable in a situation, wiki staff will use these three principles to guide their actions and decisions.

Be respectful

All editors are expected to show and maintain a decent amount of respect to other editors.

As with any online collaboration, there may be situations where editors will strongly disagree on some decision, topic, or other. In such situations, while both sides may be in disagreement with the other, they must remain civility in both their words and actions. Insults and derogatory remarks should always be avoided, and discussions must remain civil, especially in topics which may provoke animosity or heated debate.

Assume good faith

Unless there is evidence to the contrary, actions taken by an editor should be seen as being done in good faith or non-maliciously.

There are cases where actions made by a well-intentioned editor could be perceived to be malicious or harmful to the wiki. Editors are not expected to be perfect, and they will make mistakes from time to time. In such situations, other editors should not immediately go on the offensive against that editor. Wiki editors make contributions to the wiki to help it, not to harm it. A civil discussion should be held to allow the editor to defend their actions.

Keep on topic

As a wiki centered around the Minecraft Forge modding API, topics within the wiki should be related and kept on topic.

Topics, articles, discussions, and the like should be related to the wiki, whether to the community or governance of the wiki or to the central topic. This is to keep this wiki directed towards its central topic and to avoid having articles which do not hold any meaningful value or relevancy to this wiki.

Wiki Staff

The wiki staff is composed of all active Administrators and Moderators, which determine the policies of this wiki, enforce any binding decisions, keep the peace within the wiki's community, and moderate and curate the wiki's contents.

Members of wiki staff may be contacted through their emails, their talk page, their Discord account, or through the staff noticeboard.

Moderation

Moderators and Administrators may apply sanctions to editors which violate the rules and policies of this wiki. They may use their discretion on what sanction to apply, depending on the severity of the violation and any other factors which may affect their decision.

The following is a list of applicable sanctions, in increasing order of severity. This does not define a rigid list of possible sanctions, as the wiki staff may apply harsher or milder sanctions upon their discretion. Wiki staff may also apply multiple sanctions.

Type of Sanction	Description
Warning	A verbal warning is given to the violating editor, which will be logged by staff to be referenced for any future violations by the editor.
Specific block	The violating editor is temporarily or permanently blocked from editing specific pages or namespaces within the wiki.
Revocation of rights	Any special user rights granted previously to the violating editor are revoked, either temporarily or permanently.
Sitewide block	The violating editor is temporarily or permanently blocked from any contributions to any page in the wiki.

Appeals

If an editor wishes to appeal a sanction made by a member of the wiki staff, they may appeal to an uninvolved Administrator. The appealing Administrator may uphold the current decision, overturn and revert the decision and action, or if necessary deliberate with the other wiki staff to make a final binding decision. Repeated attempts to appeal to Administrators without any merit shall be sanctioned appropriately.