This page lists policies that all users contributing to Ghosts Wiki and engaging with its community are expected to follow, in addition to the general policies that apply across all of Fandom.
General guidelines[]
- Do not make personal attacks on other people. If you need to criticize another user's argument, do so without attacking them as a person. Do not use bigoted language, including slurs which degrade another person or group of people based on gender, race, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, etc.
- Contribute to the wiki in line with the established processes and conventions. Need help? Ask an administrator or fellow community member!
- Be a productive member of the wiki. Disrupting the wiki with "edit warring" over differing opinions of a topic with another user or group of users is not productive.
- Do not engage in excessive self-promotion. The wiki is a collaborative community resource for the topic at hand. It is not a free place to advertise your related website, YouTube channel, blog, social media account, etc.
- Do not post inappropriate or disturbing content. Only episode stills, promotional images, screenshots, and behind the scenes photos taken directly from the Ghosts franchise and non-graphic text describing or transcribing scenes are an exception.
- Do not harass other users. If somebody asks you to stop posting certain content on their wall or stop contacting them, respect their wishes.
- Do not hound, bait, or troll. Friendly debate and conversation can be useful tools in creating a resourceful wiki, but deliberately pushing others to the point of breaching civility is not allowed.
- Do not threaten harm or spam/vandalism to other users and wikis. If you see anyone threatening another person or wiki, report it to the administrator.
Fan-created content[]
Fan-created content is not allowed in the article or project namespaces of Ghosts Wiki and should not be written in a way that suggests it is canon and part of the Ghosts franchise. Users are encouraged to instead post on the fan wiki, which is specifically dedicated to fanon content.
Page protection[]
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:
- Preventing repeatedly created vandal or spam pages from creation.
- Protecting the proper display of the wiki (i.e., wiki logo, frequently used templates, the main page, policy pages, etc.).
- Maintaining the integrity of key copyright and license pages.
A temporary protection is used for:
- Enforcing a "cool down" period to stop an "edit war," upon request.
- Protecting a page or image that has been a recent target of persistent vandalism or persistent edits by a banned user.
Unacceptable reasons for protecting reasons 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, as language can always be improved upon.
To request an article be protected or to have the protection level be reviewed, please contact an active administrator or content moderator on their wall.
Blocking users[]
Users may be blocked on this wiki for the following reasons:
- Recurring vandalism or spamming.
- Deliberately misgendering (i.e., using the wrong pronouns) and otherwise disrespecting people's stated facts about their person and identity.
- Recurring harassment, including hounding, personal or legal threats, posting of personal information, repeated messaging and ignoring their request to be left alone.
- Continual edit warring.
- Making a personal attack on another user.
- Sockpuppetry.
- Asking other users personal information, such as age, location, etc.
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 message wall here or at Community Central.
See also[]
- Fandom Community Guidelines on Community Central