Forum:Rules page

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Here's some ideas for a rules page that would go alongside the Manual of Style and NPOV pages, to give new users a better idea of the rules around here. Please add your suggestions or input. Once it's in good shape, we'll create it as an official page and link it up to the main page and to the new user message. --Cornprone 07:24, August 26, 2011 (UTC)

This is a work in progress:

Fan fiction and fan art
Do not post fan fiction or fan art on main namespace pages. (The "main namespace" means the regular wiki pages, not including user pages, blogs, etc.) This wiki is meant to be a resource of official information about the show, and fan-made information would confuse matters. You are allowed to post whatever you like on your user profile page.

There are many better websites for posting your fan creations, such as Tumblr, where you can submit fan art to Frederator's fan art blog.

Speculation
Generally, speculation is not allowed on the main pages of this wiki. There are a few places where we've made exceptions, but only for cases where the show has clearly set up a mystery and provided clues from which logical conclusions can be drawn. For the most part though, speculation is not appropriate, so don't add it.

User pages
Please do not edit other people's user profile pages. You may leave messages on user talk pages, but do not alter or delete messages from other people's user talk pages.

You may delete things from your own user talk page, although you should only do so to archive your talk page if it's too big, or to remove things that are pointless. Be aware that if you have warning messages on your talk page, deleting them doesn't really hide them, because anyone can see the past history of the page. So don't bother.

As always, remember to sign your messages on talk pages with four tildes ( ~ ) or by pressing the signature button.

Dealing with vandalism and bad edits
When fixing vandalism or bad edits, the best thing to do is look at the page's history by clicking the "History" link on your toolbar. If only the last edit was bad, click the "Undo" link next to it. If there are several bad edits, find the last good version of the page, go to the old version by clicking the date, then edit that version of the page to revert it.

If you can't figure out how to do that, then leave a message with an admin, telling them about the problem.

After fixing vandalism, leave a (polite) message on the user's talk page. If they are acting in bad faith (purposefully trying to vandalize or harm the wiki), then add the template to their talk page along with the message describing what they did. If is already on their page, add  instead, and so on. Remember, the vandal templates are only for users acting in bad faith; if the user was trying to help but just didn't understand the right way to do things, then leave a polite message instead, without the vandal template.

What happens if I break the rules?
Only admins can block users. Usually, users are only blocked for vandalism. If an account is used only for vandalism, or the vandalism is particularly bad, they might get blocked immediately.

Users who are not vandals but who break the rules repeatedly and refuse to listen to warnings will get several chances. If they continue to break the rules, they may be blocked for a short time. If they return after being blocked and continue to break the rules, they will be banned for successively longer periods or (eventually) permanently.