Noragami Wiki:Blocking Policy

This is the Noragami Wiki Blocking Policy page. This page describes all forms of behavior not tolerated on the wiki and how it is dealt with.

Overview
The Noragami Wiki primarily follows the assumption of good faith, so users won't get in trouble for minor, isolated mistakes and infractions. An Admin or content moderator is always encouraged to inform an user about what they did wrong and explain why, without issuing an official warning.

However, if users persistently fail to follow the rules and policies of the Noragami Wiki, official warnings should be issued, instructing them to stop their inappropriate behavior. If said users continue to violate the wiki's policies, blocks of increasingly lengthy durations are used in place of more warnings. This is just as general guideline though, and Admins may choose to use longer or shorter blocks at any time depending on the circumstances and their own discretion.

Blocks will be extended if additional offenses are discovered after the user has been punished. At the same time, blocks may be shortened or even removed in case of accidents, misunderstandings or if the user is proven to be innocent or unfairly judged.

Certain offenses are considered more serious than others and may result in direct blocks, with no prior warning.

Vandalism
Vandalism is the act of deliberately adding or changing content within the wiki in order to make it incorrect or unpresenteable for viewers.

Edit Vandalism
This section is for detailing all forms of vandalism related to editing articles. For more information about the Wiki's editing guidelines, check our official Manual of Style page.


 * Adding false or unconfirmed information to articles (This includes incorrect references, categories, etc.)
 * Adding your personal opinions to articles (Avoid using highly subjective expressions like "beautiful" or "hot" when describing anything. If that comes from an official source like another character or the author, make sure to point it out)
 * Adding nonsensical gibberish to articles
 * Edit warring with another user
 * Removing content from a page for no good reason - if making major changes, they should be described in "Describe what you changed"
 * Erasing or messing up all or most of the contents from a page (major offense)
 * Creating pages that don't meet the minimal amount of content to justify it (An infobox, an opening sentence and the appropriate article sections, at least - see our Manual of Style)
 * Adding obscenities, slang terms, and euphemisms in articles, unless it's in context with an element from the work

Image Vandalism
This section is for detailing all forms of vandalism related to uploading images. For more information about the wiki's image uploading guidelines, check our official Image Policy page.


 * Adding false information to image pages
 * Misusing images in articles (Ex: Inserting an image so big that it gets in the way of the article's text)
 * Uploading fanart or anything not related to Noragami (all content must come from official sources)
 * Uploading .jpg images (We only accept the .png and .gif formats)
 * Uploading extremely low-quality images
 * Uploading images with dialogue, English or Japanese. All speech bubbles must be blanked
 * Uploading images with watermarks or subtitles
 * Image warring with another user
 * Uploading duplicate images (It might confuse users)
 * Uploading NSFW content, such as pornography and shock images (major offense)
 * Uploading images and not using them (Image might be deleted if not used after a certain period. If you don't plan on using an uploaded image, then you may request an Admin to delete it for you)
 * Uploading images and not naming them properly (It makes searching inconvenient for users)
 * Uploading images and not licensing them properly (Wiki becomes liable to copyright infringement)

Comment/Discussion/Talk Page Vandalism
This section is for detailing all forms of vandalism related to interactions with other users.
 * Posting offensive or inflammatory messages to other users. This includes racism, sexism, homophobia or any form of hate speech (major offense)
 * Excessive explicit language, acting with hostility, threats, harrassment, and insulting other users (major offense)
 * Spamming and trolling (major offense)
 * Creation of unallowed bot accounts

Inappropriate Usernames

 * Inflammatory (Contains an offensive message)
 * Erotic (Contains lewd, NSFW content)
 * Profane (Contains very foul language)
 * Overly lengthy (Contains an obnoxious amount of characters. Try to keep it below 30 characters)
 * Spammish (Contains confusing or gibberish elements common to spam posts. Ex: "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" or "heafbviqehlbceqilcxqgeuo")
 * Used for impersonation or mockery of another user (If the username is a clear attempt to emulate another)