SEGA Wiki Policies and Guidelines

Work in progress!

This article defines all rules that must be adhered to during your membership of the SEGA Wiki and its Discord server. The page is deliberately on the main article namespace as to allow users to submit questions or feedback through the comments. DO NOT MOVE THIS TO A SEGA WIKI: PAGE, as that will irreversibly kill the comments.

Policies of which the violation will land you an instant ban with no warning are prefixed with (ZERO TOLERANCE).

= Intro =

Terms of Use statement
'''The SEGA Wiki Policies and Guidelines are presented to you as-is, in the form of Terms of Use. By editing or posting on the SEGA Wiki and / or join the Discord server, you automatically agree to these rules and accept that unknowingness is not a viable excuse to justify clearly inappropriate behaviour. We expect that you read the policies thoroughly before you become active.'''

Membership declaration
In accordance with the Fandom Terms of Use and the COPPA Legal Policies, membership of the wiki and its Discord are not granted to users younger than 13. Anyone found out to be underage will be banned until their 13th birthday. If no exact birthday is available, you will be asked for one; if you decline to answer or ignore the message for over 1 week, the 31st December of the year wherein you turn 13 will be used instead. It's up to you to get your ban to expire earlier, so act wisely and don't sabotage us, as that really just amounts to screwing yourself.

Contesting rules
If you believe that you have been unrightfully reprimanded or penalized, you may challenge said course of action and elaborate to us why you think you should be let off the hook. Contesting staff action will not guarantee change per se — be wary of the real possibility that your appeal may end up dismissed.

When contesting a wiki ban, you are expected to contact an administrator on Community Central or on social media (Be sure that the admin in question permits the latter). If neither option is viable, you will be permitted to create an alt / sock account for the sole purpose of appealing your ban. Any other actions undertaken with an alt count as sockpuppetry and are grounds for an unconditional permaban on the alt and extended ban (Finite or otherwise) on your main account, along with your eligibility to appeal being revoked.

Other
In the event of a heated argument / fight between users that gets out of hand, all involved parties may be finitely banned at the behest of the administrators. This is not to penalize the users in question, but rather to force an end to the discussion and get the users to calm down. A ban prevents the users from yelling or swearing at each other on the wiki.

= Wiki Rules =

Act civil.
Do not engage in cybermobbing / digital bullying, harassment, slander or hate campaigns. Being civil, polite and understanding is key to getting around on the wiki, and rude behaviour will not be tolerated.

Assume good faith.
Assume good faith; in other words, try to consider that the person on the other end of the discussion is a thinking, rational being who is trying to positively contribute to the project — unless, and only unless, you have firm, solid, and objective proof to the contrary. Merely disagreeing with you is no such proof.

(ZERO TOLERANCE) Doxxing
Doxxing and all other intentional violations of privacy on the wiki are NOT PERMITTED. Any breach of this rule will lead to an instant and unconditional permaban that cannot be appealed.