Zelda Dungeon Wiki:Policy

This article is about unacceptable behavior and associated consequences. For editing guidelines, see Help:Contents.

Rules

Usernames

Usernames should not contain profanity, cannot contain any hate speech, and cannot direct a personal attack against any existing user. If there is a problem with your username, you will be asked to choose a new one.

Failure to comply (by responding to the talk thread initiated by the patroller) within two days or two edits (whichever comes later) will result in a permanent ban. This ban can be lifted at any time, as soon as you have posted an alternative username on your [[User talk:Template:CURRENTUSER|talk page]].

Rapid Unacceptable Edits

Sometimes a user may endeavor to make similar "fixes" to several pages, without realizing that these "fixes" are not desired and must be reverted. If a patroller catches this in-progress, he or she will request on the user's talk page that he or she stop making more work for the patrollers.

If the user fails to stop, he or she may given a two hour ban to help ensure that the request is not ignored. If, after the ban expires, the user continues, then these edits may be interpreted as one of the more severe infractions listed below and incur appropriate additional correctional measures.

Multiple Accounts

Each user is asked to register no more than one account. If you are found to be using multiple accounts, you will be asked which one should be permanently banned. If you continue to use one of them without responding to this request, the one you are not using will be banned. If you continue to use both of them after the request, then either one will be banned, at the patroller's discretion.

If one of these accounts is already banned (i.e. the second account is subverting the ban), then the second account will be permanently banned, and the currently banned account will have its remaining ban time doubled (rounded down to the nearest ban time denomination).

Spamming Advertisements

If you post an advertisement on the wiki, you will be assumed to be a bot, and will be shown no mercy. Bots contribute nothing except annoyance to patrollers and will be permanently banned on sight, including a ban on their IP.

Appeals

If you feel that you have been wrongfully banned, do not create a new account. You are still allowed to edit your own [[User talk:Template:CURRENTUSER|talk page]] for the sole purpose of communicating this to patrollers. Keeping your argument civil and reasonable may influence the patrollers' decision.

If this privilege is abused, then your talk page will also be blocked, and time may be added to your ban if the abuse breaks one of the rules defined above.