Growtopia Wiki:Rules: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:48, 14 September 2017

Last Change: 2017/09/14
Summary: Reworked the Rules page

Growtopia Wiki has a set of rules in order to maintain everything in a proper manner. In order to prevent mischief, all users are strongly encouraged to read and understand the rules.

General Behavior

Vandalism is strictly prohibited. This include but not limit to emptying any pages, spamming.
Advertising Hack/Phishing Site is strictly prohibited. Do not post any links to such website.
Flaming is strictly prohibited. Be nice to other people, discuss things calmly and appropriately.
Shaming is not allowed. Do not call out a player a scammer or hacker.
Spoiling is not allowed. Do not post anything about unreleased items.
Achievement Farming is not allowed. Do not add just a few words on every articles.
Ban Evade by using another account is not allowed. You may get a harsher punishment.

Articles

Please follow the Editing Guide.
Advertising is not allowed. Do not post link to any social media site, or any In-Game world.
Do not provide false information. This include non-existent item and recipe.
Do not add useless categories to any page.
Do not add the current price of an item, expect store item.

Images

Data-mined images are strictly prohibited without permission from Wikia Admin.
Inventory images of items should not be added into an article. This include seeds as well.
Do not upload other people's image without the consent of the original image's owner.

Comments

Advertising is not allowed. Do not post link to any social media site, or any In-Game world.
Be polite, be nice to other people.

User Page

Do not edit other user's user page.
Advertising is allowed only in your own user page.

Internal Item Data

All Sprites images and item data are made for INTERNAL USE within Growtopia Wiki only.
Disclosing any part of internal data and image publicly anywhere else without permission is prohibited.
Using any part of the internal data and image without permission is also prohibited.
Undiscovered items are not allowed to be included in the internal data and image.

Punishment

The following section display the general punishment if any rules is broken.

Rules	Base Punishment
Advertising Hack/Phishing Site	BAN infinite
Ban Evade	BAN infinite
Vandalism	BAN 1 month per page
Flaming / Shaming	BAN 2 weeks
Spoiling / Upload Data-mined Content	BAN 2 weeks
Advertising Social Media Site	BAN 3 days
Advertising In-game World	BAN 3 days
Excessively useless editing / Achievement farming	BAN 3 days per page

Breaking any other rules that's not listed here doesn't mean you won't get any punishment.

This table is subject to change at any time. And the punishment time may vary depends on what the user did.

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-== Articles ==
+'''{{SITENAME}}''' has a set of rules in order to maintain everything in a proper manner. In order to prevent mischief, all users are strongly encouraged to read and understand the rules.
-Articles, or pages, provide the information of a certain subject or topic related to the game. The articles in the {{SITENAME}} should be able to provide the reader with sufficient and relevant information that they seek. Thus, the articles in this wiki need to be appropriately equipped with the information that they need.
-=== '''Sufficiency''' ===
+=='''General Behavior'''==
-'''Sufficiency''' refers to how large the information of the subject or topic is. In order to properly provide the readers with information, there should be sufficient information so that the readers would be able to understand the said subject or topic.
+* '''Vandalism''' is strictly prohibited. This include but not limit to emptying any pages, spamming.
+* '''Advertising Hack/Phishing Site''' is strictly prohibited. Do not post any links to such website.
+* '''Flaming''' is strictly prohibited. Be nice to other people, discuss things calmly and appropriately.
+* '''Shaming''' is not allowed. Do not call out a player a scammer or hacker.
+* '''Spoiling''' is not allowed. Do not post anything about unreleased items.
+* '''Achievement Farming''' is not allowed. Do not add just a few words on every articles.
+* '''Ban Evade''' by using another account is not allowed. You may get a harsher punishment.
-If a page lacks sufficient information, it is classified as a '''stub'''. If you come across an article that you think is a stub, you have the responsibility to add the required information. If you do not have the knowledge of the information, you may add the template <nowiki>'''{{stub}}'''</nowiki> on the page.
+=='''Articles'''==
+* Please follow the [[Growtopia Wiki:Editing Guide|Editing Guide]].
+* '''Advertising''' is not allowed. Do not post link to any social media site, or any In-Game world.
+* Do not provide false information. This include non-existent item and recipe.
+* Do not add useless categories to any page.
+* Do not add the current price of an item, expect store item.
-=== '''Relevance''' ===
+=='''Images'''==
-'''Relevance''' refers to the importance of the stated information in the articles. An article should contain information that is relevant to the subject or topic. Information that are useless or are not related to the subject or topic should be removed.
+* Data-mined images are strictly prohibited without permission from Wikia Admin.
+* Inventory images of items should not be added into an article. This include seeds as well.
+* Do not upload other people's image without the consent of the original image's owner.
-=== '''Neatness''' ===
+=='''Comments'''==
-'''Neatness''' refers to how clean the article is written. The written information should not be scattered around the page. It should be user-friendly and easy to read.
+* '''Advertising''' is not allowed. Do not post link to any social media site, or any In-Game world.
+* Be polite, be nice to other people.
-=== '''Language''' ===
+=='''User Page'''==
-'''Language''' refers to how accurate the article is in terms of English. It should contain minimal amounts of grammar, punctuation and sentence-structuring errors. This is not punishable but it is highly recommended that you practice it.
+* Do not edit other user's user page.
+* '''Advertising''' is allowed only in your own user page.
-Language also refers to the words used. It should not contain any inappropriate words. This, unlike the first point, is punishable. Any user who attempts to pollute the articles with vulgarities will be dealt with accordingly.
+=='''Internal Item Data'''==
+* All Sprites images and item data are made for '''INTERNAL USE''' within '''{{SITENAME}}''' only.
+* Disclosing any part of internal data and image publicly anywhere else without permission is prohibited.
+* Using any part of the internal data and image without permission is also prohibited.
+* Undiscovered items are not allowed to be included in the internal data and image.
-=== '''Vandalism''' ===
+=='''Punishment'''==
-Vandalism, by definition, is the action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to property. In this case, the property refers to the articles in the wiki. Vandalism is taken strictly and it is not tolerated. Any user who vandalises the wiki, regardless of the motive, shall be punished.
+The following section display the general punishment if any rules is broken.
+{| class="article-table" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width=100%
+|-
+! Rules
+! Base Punishment
+|-
+| Advertising Hack/Phishing Site
+| <span style='color:red'>'''BAN'''</span> infinite
+|-
+| Ban Evade
+| <span style='color:red'>'''BAN'''</span> infinite
+|-
+| Vandalism
+| <span style='color:red'>'''BAN'''</span> 1 month per page
+|-
+| Flaming / Shaming
+| <span style='color:red'>'''BAN'''</span> 2 weeks
+|-
+| Spoiling / Upload Data-mined Content
+| <span style='color:red'>'''BAN'''</span> 2 weeks
+|-
+| Advertising Social Media Site
+| <span style='color:red'>'''BAN'''</span> 3 days
+|-
+| Advertising In-game World
+| <span style='color:red'>'''BAN'''</span> 3 days
+|-
+| Excessively useless editing / Achievement farming
+| <span style='color:red'>'''BAN'''</span> 3 days per page
+|}
+Breaking any other rules that's not listed here doesn't mean you won't get any punishment.
-== User Pages ==
+This table is subject to change at any time. And the punishment time may vary depends on what the user did.
-=== '''Editing''' ===
-You are only allowed to edit user pages that are yours. '''Do not edit user pages that do not belong to you.''' This is seen as an act of vandalism and any user who does this will be punished. If the content in a user's user page bothers you in any way, please inform the user ''calmly and in a civil manner'' in his or her '''Message Wall'''.
-=== '''Personal Pages''' ===
-Do not create a personal page by writing a wiki article. Instead, you may either write a blog or create a personal page with the format: '''User:<username&gt;/<page title&gt;'''.
-== Attitude and Behaviour ==
-Users who attack other users inappropriately and in an uncivilised manner shall be punished. You are advised to discuss the matter calmly and appropriately. Immature behaviours are not accepted and should not be displayed in the first place.
-=== '''Player-Shaming''' ===
-'''Player-shaming''' is the act of shaming a player by accusing them of being a scammer, a hacker, etc. They are extremely unsightly in comment chains and message walls and can be an eyesore. In addition, comments that player-shame barely capture the attention of the readers, ruling those types of comments as redundant. Please refrain from doing so. A user who player-shames excessively, even after countless warnings, will be punished.
-== Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) ==
-''See [http://www.wikia.com/Terms_of_Use Wikia's Terms of Use]''
-According to Wikia's Terms of Use, any users found to be '''under the age of 13''' are not to reveal their ages, in respect to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
-== Spoiler and False Information ==
-All kinds of spoiler and false information are strictly prohibited.
-==='''Images'''===
-All data mined images regarding undiscovered items or items from future updates are strictly not allowed. Other data mined images directly or from rttex files are also not allowed without permission. This also apply to re-posting the data mined image from other locations.
-==='''Articles'''===
-All item pages should contain accurate information, any fake items are not allowed, together with unconfirmed or fake recipes.
-==='''SpriteSheets'''===
-ItemSprites, SeedSprites and TreeSprites are made for INTERNAL USE within '''{{SITENAME}}''' only. Disclosing any part of this image publicly anywhere else without permission is prohibited. All spritesheets should not contains any undiscovered items or items from future updates.