Just Shape And Beats Fan Ideas Wiki:Rules and Guidelines

* At least 5 full sentences.

* A least a section, with at least 2 sentences in each section.
* At least one image, infobox, video, table, or online link.
* Be related to the game of Just Shapes and Beats in any way.
* Be original.
* Be a fan idea. This means that pages for content that is already in the game are unnecessary.

If an article doesn’t meet these requirements, it will be moved to a sub-page of the user that created it or deleted. WIP articles are **not** an excuse for a page to not meet these requirements. If you don’t have enough info for a page, it’s a better idea to wait until you do to make it.

This is to keep the wiki full of good ideas, and not useless 2 sentence pages.

Articles **shouldn’t** have these as well:

* Only 1-2 sentences - the page will be deleted on sight.
* Be only an infobox or table that lists off levels or other things.
* Use of other things without crediting/permission if it is not yours.
* Adding other people’s ideas without their permission (editing without permission).
* Usage of the first person. Remember, you’re writing an article on a topic that describes it, not a post where you say “hey guys, I have a cool idea!”. If you do want to write like this, you’re better suited to make a post on your User Blog (where these pages will be moved to if created).
* Excessive amounts of swearing.
* Update numbers. If making an update page, its highly recommended that you name your page after what makes the update unique (for example, “The Challenger’s Update”).
* Overused, annoying, or lazy jokes in Comedy pages (also everywhere else, really). These include:
	+ Repetition humor.
	+ Unnecessarily large amounts of numbers for release date, update number, rewarded items, etc.
	+ **ALL CAPS BOLD TEXT.** **ITS OBNOXIOUS AND MAKES A PAGE HARD TO READ.** Don’t make a page in all caps, all bold, or both.
	+ Excessive z̶̨̢̛̛̭͔̞̦̪̝̭̈̒̑͛͜a̵̧̧̜̖͇͎̳͎͈͚͆̀̍͑̍̄͛̔̈́́̎̚͘͝ͅl̵̢͇̜̳͖̠͓̰̮͖̣̀̋̃͐̈́̈̐̈͗̆͗̈̈͛͠g̸̻̜̱̳̭̏̉͒̌̾̂͘ǫ̵̩̱̤͉̣̔̍́̔̅̅̈́̾͂͌͘͘͝͠ţ̸̢̛̪͇̦̳̳̟̙̙̭̗̞̀͗̚͜ẹ̸͂̽͌͝͝x̸̫̘͉̯̪̫̺͖̬̜̠͔̺̀̔̎̅̂́͒̾̚͜͜͠t̴̪̄͆̌͜͠͝. This also makes pages hard to read.
	+ Jokes about sensitive topics like suicide, terrorism, etc. These aren’t laughing matters.
	+ Making every sentence incoherent, it only make things harder for someone to read.
* Advertising (This is only acceptable on a user page)
	+ Do note that advertising involves unacceptable, out of place self promotion. Adding related links (such as a gameplay video or level ID for your fan idea of a level) is fine.
* Not Safe for Work, sexual, racist, homophobic, or any other sort of offensive content.
* Vandalism or Spam. Vandalism is defined as deliberately editing a page to make it misleading or take away it’s intended purpose, such as completely removing all content from a page.

This is to keep us from having several repetitive or hard to read pages, to keep the wiki SFW.

### Categorization and Organization

Categorization of pages is important, but luckily it isn’t too hard either. Pick an appropriate category for your page (some commonly used ones are in the Featured tab on the top navigation). If you want to add your own new category to a page, make sure that the category is useful. For example, categorizing pages that are a part of your game idea is a good idea, while simply categorizing several pages as “hfjf” is not.

The Ownership template will automatically add a category for the creator of the page if you input their username into it.

Info on templates can be found in resources.

Joke pages are allowed, but please remember that a ”joke” doesn’t mean “spam” or “low effort”.

Please use proper capitalization in page titles. It’s not a big deal if you don’t, but staff will rename it to be capitalized properly, so it makes it easier for everyone if you capitalize right when making your page.

### Editing

Editing someone else's page to fix grammatical, spelling, or formatting errors is always allowed. Just be sure to mention its what your doing in the edit summary to avoid any confusion.

Compilation Pages are pages with no particular ownership that are editable by anyone. The base rules apply here: don’t vandalize, and don’t edit other people’s ideas.

Ownership templates at the top of each page will indicate who can edit a page. Please don’t edit a page or add to other ideas without proper permissions.

No fluff editing. Fluff editing is repetitively making edits just to increase your edit count.

### Warnings

Do not close/remove message wall threads with warnings from wiki staff without permission.

## Originality

Original creations are important. An unoriginal page would be

## Adoption of Pages

In the event that a page has been left unedited by its owner, one can request adoption of the page.

To be adoptable, the page must meet the following criteria:

* Hasn’t been edited for at least 1 month, or is an extreme stub.
* The owner of the page has the “inactive” tag in their profile. (If they don’t, you must ask them if you can adopt it)

If these requirements are met, you can message a staff member on their message wall and tell them that you want to adopt the page.

Do note that one’s adoption of a page will be revoked if:

* The core idea of the page is changed.
* The entire page is changed from the ground up.
* The page is vandalized by the adopter.

Pages that are marked to permanently have no owner, such as Compilation Pages, aren’t eligible for adoption due to the collaborative nature of them.

## Commenting Policy

Behind every username or a profile picture is a real person. Remember, we’re all people, so don’t be rude to others.

Do not offend bots. It is spam, as bots don't talk.

Comments should be related to the article topic.

Don't try to impersonate or intimidate others.

## Staff Guidelines

* Remember to follow the rules you are enforcing.
* Act as a team, don’t go do something big by yourself.
* Work with the community, not against it.
* Don't abuse your power.
* Don't delete sub-pages, unless necessary. For example: A page has a chart of enemies. There is a subpage with a chart of enemies to go with it.

## Warning System

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