Policy

The following are policies which are expected to be read, understood and obeyed by all users of this Wiki. The goal of these policies is to ensure thorough, accurate information about *Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen* is available to all and to maintain harmony among the editors and users of the site.

Please note that NO section of this wiki is exempt from these policies, not even the edit summary or your own profile talk page.

**If you want to add, remove or change a policy**  you must first propose the change on the Talk Page of this article and open it for discussion and vote. Do NOT simply add, remove or change a policy without first proposing it, receiving feedback or reaching consensus.

## Conduct

Anything that is against Pantheon's TOS, ratings or guidelines is not allowed on the wiki. Period. Until an official rating is given, keep it within Teen.

1. Accounts with inappropriate, offensive, or misleading usernames are subject to an indefinite block.
2. Assume good faith.
3. Be professional. Avoid name-calling. Avoid condescension. Avoid ridiculing or appearing to ridicule another editor's comments.
4. Explain yourself. It's important to provide sufficient explanations for your edits to avoid coming across as uncivil. Use edit summaries and turn to the talk page if you need more room to explain or anticipate a more in-depth discussion.
5. Do not harass, stalk, personally attack or insult anyone.
6. Absolutely no impersonation. This includes Visionary Realms, Inc. staff, wiki staff, other editors or any other person.
7. Avoid profanity. While curses have their place in everyday speech, this wiki is meant to provide clear, accurate information - it is not a forum. Curses disrupt the flow of articles and get in the way of the wiki's goal.

## Editing

These are editing **policies**. For editing and styling guidelines, please see Manual of Style.

1. Do not vandalize, spam or edit disruptively.
2. Avoid excessive deletions. Some content may be retooled and integrated in the wiki rather than completely scrapped.
3. Avoid misleading readers and other editors. Your contributions to articles must be verifiable. Do not add speculation, parody content, or hoaxes to articles.
4. Do not copy content from other sources, including those that discuss the game as these are not necessarily free use. If you believe there is a legitimate need to use some copyrighted image as a fair use file, mark it as such when performing the upload.
5. Users may not embed any media which is not official media released by Visionary Realms, Inc. Non-official media may be linked to on the wiki, but should only be linked within the appropriate sections. Appropriate sections include: any that are titled "Fan\_\_\_\_", Resources or within references which cannot reasonably be sourced from official media. Please see the Manual of Style for formatting information. You may NOT move sections appropriate for fan content to other parts of the article or in any way manipulate these sections to bring greater attention to them. Please see the "Linking to external websites" section below for further rules.
6. Sockpuppetry - the use of multiple accounts - for block evasion or other circumvention of policy may result in each of the sockpuppetry accounts being indefinitely blocked.

### Editing Summary Dos and Don'ts

Review your edit summaries before saving your edits. Remember you cannot go back and change them. A proper edit summary is important, as it keeps things clear for other editors and avoids conflict.

1. Always use the edit summary.
2. Be clear about what you did, so that other editors can assess your changes accurately.
3. Use neutral language.
4. Remain calm.
5. Don't make snide comments.
6. Don't make personal remarks about editors.
7. Don't be aggressive.

## Linking

### Linking to External Websites

1. The wiki is not a place to promote yourself or anyone else. Fan content must relate to the article that is hosting the link in a meaningful way.
2. Links to external sources should be properly cited by including the destination platform and crediting any author(s)/creator(s) with either the name given in the linked material or the author(s)/creator(s) handle of choice.
3. Links to websites behind any sort of paywall - for example, a subscription - are not permitted.

## Media Policies

The wiki is not a file-hosting service. If an uploaded file is not integrated into a useful page soon after the upload, it may be deleted without notice. Uploading images for your profile/userspace is allowed.

### Image Policies

Please see the Fan Media section for additional policies and/or exceptions to existing policies.

1. Images MUST be related to Pantheon in some way, such as in-game screenshots, images created to help illustrate a guide and fan art. Exceptions are made for images for a user's profile or guild logos.

## Fan Media

This section is purely for additional policies or exceptions. You must know and understand the policies outlined in previous sections.

1. Fan Content must be tagged with the proper Category. Please see Category:Fan creations for a list of categories.
2. Fan Content Must be labeled in such a way that it is clear that it is not an official product. Do NOT use categories which contain official media to categorize fan content. For example, A fan video may NOT be categorized "fan video" and "video", only "fan video" since it was not authored by Visionary Realms.
3. Fan Content must be primarily centered on Pantheon to be considered "Fan Content". Any fan content that is found to not be primarily centered on Pantheon will be removed without warning.
4. Fan Content within a user's profile are exempt from Rules 3 and 5 of the Editing section.

## See Also

1. List of Policies (Wikipedia)
2. Assume Good Faith (Wikipedia)
3. Copyright Violations (Wikipedia)
4. Editing Disruptively (Wikipedia)
5. Vandalism (Wikipedia)
6. Spam (Wikipedia)