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On the Zelda Wiki, we have rules to ensure that everyone here can feel safe and that work on the wiki can always be productive. This article is about the general rules of the wiki, the consequences of breaking them, and how you can prevent yourself from breaking them. If you wish to read the rules on how to ''edit'' the wiki with proper formatting, see the [[Guidelines:Main|Guideline pages]]. On top of these rules, you must also make sure that you follow Fandom's [https://www.fandom.com/terms-of-use Terms of Use] that you agreed to upon creating your account. (i.e. meeting the age requirement, following user conduct, etc.) | On the Zelda Wiki, we have rules to ensure that everyone here can feel safe and that work on the wiki can always be productive. This article is about the general rules of the wiki, the consequences of breaking them, and how you can prevent yourself from breaking them. If you wish to read the rules on how to ''edit'' the wiki with proper formatting, see the [[Guidelines:Main|Guideline pages]]. On top of these rules, you must also make sure that you follow Fandom's [https://www.fandom.com/terms-of-use Terms of Use] that you agreed to upon creating your account. (i.e. meeting the age requirement, following user conduct, no {{Wp|Sock puppet account|sockpuppetry}}, etc.) | ||
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:{{Section|Impersonating Staff|'''''Impersonating a Staff Member'''''}} — Pretending to be a staff member or pretending to have authority over others when you do not. This includes spreading blatantly false information about the wiki anywhere. | :{{Section|Impersonating Staff|'''''Impersonating a Staff Member'''''}} — Pretending to be a staff member or pretending to have authority over others when you do not. This includes spreading blatantly false information about the wiki anywhere. | ||
:{{Section|Non-Zelda|'''''Posting/Writing About Non-Zelda Content'''''}} — Posting about content that is not relating to Zelda can be counted as an offense. Accidents happen, and warnings are given first before action is taken. If you are unsure if your content is about Zelda, ask another editor! This can be seen as the lightest version of vandalism because of the way that this can be accidental or writing about something that doesn't relate entirely to Zelda, instead of outright spamming and gibberish. | :{{Section|Non-Zelda|'''''Posting/Writing About Non-Zelda Content'''''}} — Posting about content that is not relating to Zelda can be counted as an offense. Accidents happen, and warnings are given first before action is taken. If you are unsure if your content is about Zelda, ask another editor! This can be seen as the lightest version of vandalism because of the way that this can be accidental or writing about something that doesn't relate entirely to Zelda, instead of outright spamming and gibberish. | ||
:{{Section|Ads|'''''Advertising'''''}} — Any links or redirects to other media that are not used for citations or interwiki links. If you are unsure about your link being classified as an advertisement, ask a staff member! Most links relating to news articles or videos relating to Nintendo are usually allowed, as long as it relates to the wiki article. Mass-spamming advertisements across the wiki will instead be counted as [[#Vandalism|vandalism]] and a warning may be skipped. If you would like a place to post a link to your YouTube channel, Twitter, or any other website, you may post it on your [[Special:MyPage|user page]]. The links on your user page ‘’’cannot’’’ be scams, NSFW content, or have illegal products. | :{{Section|Ads|'''''Advertising'''''}} — Any links or redirects to other media that are not used for citations or interwiki links. If you are unsure about your link being classified as an advertisement, ask a staff member! Most links relating to news articles or videos relating to Nintendo are usually allowed, as long as it relates to the wiki article. Mass-spamming advertisements across the wiki will instead be counted as [[#Vandalism|vandalism]] and a warning may be skipped. If you would like a place to post a link to your YouTube channel, Twitter, or any other website, you may post it on your [[Special:MyPage|user page]]. The links on your user page ‘’’cannot’’’ be scams, NSFW content, or have illegal products. | ||
:{{Section|Plagiarism|'''''Plagiarism'''''}} — Any content that you write on the wiki should be your own content or content that is ''based'' on other content. {{Wp|Plagiarizing}} (i.e. copy-pasting) content is where content that another author wrote is directly copied and saved on the wiki. Basing your content on another's writing is accepted, but you must make sure that your own writing doesn't directly copy that author. The most common offense is taking content from other wikis, which is also not accepted under plagiarism. The easiest way to avoid this: write things yourself! If you don't feel confident in your own writing, or if you don't have the time to do all your own writing, feel free to send any info you have to another editor! The same goes for images: all images that you upload must be [[Guidelines:Files#Sourcing|sourced]] correctly. Uploading files as your own work falls under plagiarism, so make sure all of your images are properly sourced. Ask another editor if you need help with sourcing your image! | :{{Section|Plagiarism|'''''Plagiarism'''''}} — Any content that you write on the wiki should be your own content or content that is ''based'' on other content. {{Wp|Plagiarizing}} (i.e. copy-pasting) content is where content that another author wrote is directly copied and saved on the wiki. Basing your content on another's writing is accepted, but you must make sure that your own writing doesn't directly copy that author. The most common offense is taking content from other wikis, which is also not accepted under plagiarism. The easiest way to avoid this: write things yourself! If you don't feel confident in your own writing, or if you don't have the time to do all your own writing, feel free to send any info you have to another editor! The same goes for images: all images that you upload must be [[Guidelines:Files#Sourcing|sourced]] correctly. Uploading files as your own work falls under plagiarism, so make sure all of your images are properly sourced. Ask another editor if you need help with sourcing your image! | ||