Moviepedia:Rules

The following are the general rules and policies of Moviepedia.

Policies

Editing

• Add appropriate content. Add content that is relevant to the article. Do not post or link to mature or explicit content.
• Create relevant articles. Articles are for content relevant to movies. Do not create articles for irrelevant topics.
  • If you would like to express your opinions, start a conversation, or introduce yourself, please do so on comments, messages, discussions or blogs.
• Edit constructively. Unconstructive edits create the impression that you are editing for the sake of gaining badges or increasing your edit count.
• Do not vandalize. This includes removing content without a valid reason, deliberately adding false information, renaming a page to an irrelevant/inappropriate name, and spamming.
  • Removing blatant vandalism is fine. If you are removing a large amount of content that is not blatant vandalism, it's best to include an edit summary to avoid misunderstandings.
• Do not plagiarize. If your content comes from elsewhere, you should add references, and it's best to paraphrase.
  • To reference external links, you may add <ref>[www.website.com TITLE]</ref>.
  • To reference content from other wikis, you may add {{Credit|<Wiki url>|<Wiki Name>|<Article>}} to the bottom of the article to credit the authors.
  • To reference content from Wikipedia, you may add {{CreditWP|<Article Name>|<Article/Alternative Name>}} to the bottom of the article to credit the authors.
• Do not make mass automated edits without permission.
• Add appropriate sources and use correct formatting. It is a good idea to use the preloaded templates and look at how other established pages are formatted.
  • IMDb and Wikipedia are not reliable sources. Studios' official websites and reputable news outlets can be considered reliable.

Discussion

• Be kind and respectful.
• Do not insult or belittle other users.
• Do not discriminate against others for any reason.
• Do not intimidate or harass users.
• Do not impersonate others.
• Do not post or link to mature or explicit content.
• Do not use sexually suggestive language that is directed towards another person or obscene language.
• Do not spam in comments, messages, discussions or on chat. Spam includes:
  • posting specific words, images, or links excessively
  • posting nonsense
  • the promotion of scams
• Do not send provoking messages to anger or offend other users.
• Do not engage in disruptive behavior or heated arguments. Do not troll.
• Do not solicit or spread the personal information of users.
  • Personal information that may arise in a friendly discussion is fine. Directly asking someone, especially a user that you are not familiar with, for their personal information in not allowed.

Other

• Do not edit the wiki with an inappropriate username, profile picture or profile header.

Use common sense. Not every situation may be covered by these rules. The spirit of this policy will be followed. Atypical situations will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Attempting to circumvent these policies with loopholes will not be tolerated.

Breaching the policies above may result in a warning and/or block.

Recommendations

1. Preview before publishing. This allows you to pick up on minor errors such as red links and spelling mistakes that you can fix before publishing.
2. Include references. When adding information about facts and events in the real world, you should include references.
3. Use a neutral point of view when editing.
4. Include an edit summary, especially if you are making an edit where the intent may not be clear (e.g. removing large amounts of information).
5. Follow the layout guide to make sure the articles are consistent.
6. Use {{cite}} templates to indicate information that needs citation. Note that this template should only be used if it is probable that the information is accurate. If not, it should be removed.

If anyone has any concerns or suggestions regarding this layout guide, please leave a message on an active admin's wall.

Blocking policy

• Good faith edits are always welcome! Nobody's perfect, so editors may make mistakes. If your skills aren't suited to a particular area of editing, such as grammar, there will always be someone to help correct those mistakes, so feel free to do what you can to contribute to the wiki. You will not be banned for making mistakes.
• Breaking the wiki rules listed above will result in a warning. If you have to be warned multiple times, you may be banned from the wiki.
• Obvious vandalism, such as page blanking, may result in an immediate ban.
• Posting threats or excessive vulgarity may result in an immediate ban.
• Sockpuppetry is not permitted and may result in an immediate ban.

Blocks will begin at 24 hours and will increase depending on the number of offenses and type of offense. If you feel you have been blocked unfairly, you can reach out to an administrator on their Community Central message wall.

Page protection rules

The majority of pages on this wiki will remain unprotected to encourage all users to edit. Pages will only be protected if there is a specific need, such as:

• Vandalism has persisted over a long period of time
• Stopping an edit war
• To protect the proper display of the wiki (i.e. wiki logo, frequently used templates, the main page, policy pages, etc.)

Unacceptable reasons for protecting pages can include:

• Disagreeing with an administrator or moderator; this is conflict of interest.
• Reserving the page to be edited later.
• Marking a page as done -- wiki pages are never done.

To request an article be protected or to have the protection level be reviewed, please contact an administrator or content moderator on their wall. They can be found on Special:Community.