C.Syde's Wiki:Policy
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The policies on this wiki are more or less similar to those on most official wikis. As this wiki was originally created for testing usergroup permissions, the guidelines may be a bit more flexible in some areas than they would otherwise be. However since the wiki standards have increased significantly overtime, users are still expected to abide by the wiki's policies. Types of PoliciesPolicies have been broken up by type, and can be found on the following pages: These rules govern user conduct and behaviour on C.Syde's Wiki. All users must follow these policies. These rules govern how users may participate in debates, votes and measures to gain consensus. All users wishing to participate in wiki governance must follow these policies. These rules govern the creation of specialty pages or fiction/fanon pages on C.Syde's Wiki. All users wishing to create these pages must follow these policies. These rules apply to files (images, videos, audio files, etc.) uploaded to C.Syde's Wiki, including copyright, file name, and content issues. All users uploading files to C.Syde's Wiki must follow this policy. These rules apply to the ownership and use of alternate accounts or multiple accounts (collectively, AMAs) to edit C.Syde's Wiki. This policy also defines 'sockpuppetry' and prohibits the use of sockpuppet accounts on C.Syde's Wiki. All users must follow this policy. Changes to PoliciesAmendment
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Users will be indefinitely blocked with no chance of making an appeal if they do any of the following:
Users are likely to be temporarily blocked without prior warning if they do any of the following:
Users are likely to be warned or temporarily blocked if they do any of the following:
If users fail to abide by these rules, they may be blocked from editing here. For more information about the things that violate C.Syde's Wiki policy, go here. For information about the policies in chat, go here. Three Strike BlocksThere is a three strike rule at C.Syde's Wiki on the number of chances a registered user will receive before they are blocked indefinitely.
If the user has violated a policy and has seemingly done so by mistake, they will be informed of the policy that they accidentally violated, and receive a link to this page, so that the user can acknowledge the policies to ensure that such a mistake should not happen again. If the user has violated a policy and has seemingly done so by mistake, it will not count against the three strike rule. This rule has taken effect as of the 27th February 2016. Before this date, users who accidentally violated a policy would be blocked for 2 hours to give them time to read the policies to ensure that such a mistake should not happen again.
Generally, if a user openly violates a policy on this wiki and there is no evidence that it was done by accident, they will be blocked for 3 days. They may still be allowed to edit their talk page and request an unblock. If the requests are unconvincing, their talk page access may be revoked. If the violation lacks sensitivity, the user may instead be blocked for 1 day, but if the violation is very sensitive, the user may be given a longer lasting block, than the usual strike 1 block.
If the user has already been given a common strike 1 block for 3 days, and they continue to act in bad faith, they will be blocked again - this time for 1 week. If so, they may still be allowed to edit their talk page and request an unblock. If the requests are unconvincing, their talk page access may be revoked.
If the user has already received a strike 1 and strike 2 block, they will be blocked again - this time they will be blocked indefinitely. They will be given a chance to request an unblock, but if the user makes unblock requests that are clearly pointless, they may have their talk page access revoked. If this happens, there is almost certainly no turning back, so if you are on your last chance, please use it wisely. Other Blocks
If the user has an unacceptable username, they will automatically be placed on an indefinite block. The blocks relating to users with unacceptable usernames, or sockpuppet accounts are NOT open for discussion or community consent. Thus, they will most likely not be given a chance to return to the wiki. Users with sockpuppet accounts may not automatically be placed on an indefinite block, but all of the accounts excluding either the first or last account they created will be placed on an indefinite block for security precaution. Users who have been confirmed to use sockpuppet accounts, will be considered before they are declared to be allowed or forbidden to edit here, depending on their overall past behaviour and good faith. Some users may be allowed to use an already existing sockpuppet account, if they were placed on a global block, and an administrator feels that their global block was unjustified, or can't find any explanations, valid or otherwise as to why that user was globally blocked. If a user on this wiki has been globally blocked, and there is clear evidence, not to mention a good reason as to why they were globally blocked, they probably won't be permitted to use another account to edit here.
If the user declares themselves to be under 13 years old, they will be given a block which will be set to expire the day they turn 13. Publicly Getting Involved in Matters Surrounding User Blocking and SockpuppetryOnly administrators, and bureaucrats are permitted to publicly get involved with matters surrounding user blocking, and sockpuppetry. Because content moderators and assistants aren't in the position to take action in sensitive issues, they aren't technically supposed to directly partake in these issues, but because they are able to edit fully protected pages, and are thus generally held to a higher standard than say, discussion moderators, rollbackers, and chat moderators, they won't be warned or penalised if they participate in them.
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