Juno: New Origins Wiki/Policy

**Policy Page**
This page is a **policy page**, a page that dictates the wiki policy/rules. It can only be edited by users with administrator privileges.

*This page was last updated 95 days ago*
The policies on Juno: New Origins Wiki are similar to that of other wikis. As of 4 April 2022, all wikis are required to have a rules/policy page. Most of the policies are equivalent to "don't disrupt the workings of the wiki".

Disclaimer: We do not intend to maintain a strict wiki. These guidelines are here to mainly guide users on how to contribute.

## General Rules

1. This wiki is only intended for use in accordance to Fandom's TOS.
2. Any form or amount of vandalism will not be tolerated. Vandalism includes inserting nonsense, keysmashes, unrelated content, removing content, or spamming on articles.
3. Do not use curse words. One letter of the word (example -> e\*\*\*\*\*\*) is allowed. However, slurs or degrading are not allowed, censored or not.
4. Be civil - try not to get into disputes, and be polite on message, discussion, and comments
5. In articles, write dates in DMY or MDY format with the month named (example: 17 October 2023 or October 17 2023). Any format can be used in user profiles.

## Guidelines

### Editing

* Please keep your edits detailed and clear.
* Your edits should be a reasonable size (not too small, like a few words, unless if fixing a page).
* Don't use emojis, excessive bolding/caps, or insert facial expressions. Also, refrain from adding biased content.

### Creating Pages

* Only create a page is there isn't already one that covers the parent or similar topic.
	+ For example, don't create a page about the Mage Engine, because it is already covered in Rocket Engine.

### Comments

* Comments need to be at least indirectly related to the article.
	+ Also, please don't make comments that basically say "First", "Second", etc. without any context.

## What not to do

### Self-promotion

This wiki is not a place to promote yourself, like posting a link to a wiki of yours, your channel, etc., in a publicly visible place. You can add those things in your bio, but not on the main wiki.

### Edit Warring

Edit Warring is the act of two users reverting each other's edits in a dispute. In this case, both will be sent messages by admins to try to resolve the situation. If that fails, they will be subject to a short-term block on the page they edit war on. At the end of an edit war, the user with the disagreed information will receive a warning.

### Farming

Farming is the act of making unacceptably small or useless edits or posts (mostly edits) to increase edit/post count. This may also be termed "badge hunting', when a user makes useless contributions to progress on badges.

### Editing another user's bio

A user's bio is only intended to be edited by the user, unless to revert other edits/remove inappropriate content

### Swearing

If you want to use curse words, please censor to the point of leaving just one letter. Swearing is allowed on our Subreddit, however.

**The following are STRONGLY PROHIBITED**

### Vandalism

**Vandalism will result in a block without warning**

Vandalism is the act of intentionally disrupting the wiki through editing, which likely means inserting false information, removing necessary page content, or inserting random letters/numbers.

### Trolling

**Trolling will result in a block and promotion limitations on the FIRST OFFENSE**

Trolling is the act of posting with the intent of annoying one or more users, and is therefore strongly prohibited. How long you get blocked depends on how severe and/or persistent the case was.

### NSFW/Offensive Content

**Inserting NSFW Content WILL result in a 90-day block at minimum and potential impossibility of promotion on the FIRST OFFENSE**

Not Safe For Work, or basically, inappropriate content.

### Harassment

**Harassment WILL result in a 180-day block at minimum and impossibility of promotion on the FIRST OFFENSE**

Harassment is generally a more severe form of trolling, meant to not just annoy, but to degrade others. This also includes hate-speech.

### Extreme Cases

**Any actions that fall in this category WILL RESULT IN AN INFINITE BLOCK ON THE FIRST OFFENSE**

Extreme cases include:

* Racism
* Sexism
* Highly NSFW content
* Extreme vandalism
* Hacking
* Vandal Botting
* Doxing/personal info leaks

## General & Warnings

Policies in General apply to all other policies, effectively adding to any other policies. All of the following are required to be satisfied:

All content must:

* follow Fandom's TOS
* be in English
* be family friendly (the game is rated for all ages)
* not offend any user, nor target any group, culture, religion, etc.
* follow all policies in this page (with some exceptions)

Note that the family friendly and no offense requirements also apply to usernames. Having an unacceptable username will result in a block until the username is changed.

Please note that failing to meet the policies may result in a block varying in length, loss of user rights, and if necessary, report to Fandom.

## User Conduct

The user conduct policy involves actions that are based off users.

### Multiple Accounts

The use of multiple accounts is generally allowed, unless used for unwanted purposes, including:

* evading blocks
* vandalism
* creating disruption
* deception purposes
* pretending to be another individual

If we suspect that a user has multiple accounts on this wiki, we may ask them several questions, which should conclude with the knowledge that all accounts are managed by one user, or by different users.

**IMPORTANT:** The rules on having multiple accounts are different across wikis, with many prohibiting it. Please do not assume that these rules apply to other wikis; instead, consult the rules of that wiki for information on rules like this.

### Botting

Botting is the process of using bots for editing. Only administrators are permitted to bot.

### Good faith and Bad faith

These terms describe a user's thinking on all edits, but more importantly, on edits users disagree of. Especially for new editors, it is not uncommon to see occasional poor edits. These poor edits are likely just inexperience, and not because they are trying to vandalize the wiki. Vandalism is a well-known problem on wikis, but most users are here to contribute. Even edits that seem like vandalism can be due to inexperience of editors.

To assume good faith is to assume that a user is trying to contribute, especially for an edit that the user does not like or approve of. On the other hand, assuming bad faith is to assume that a user made a poor edit as an act of vandalism.

In the case of bad edits, users may contact the editor via Message Wall to help them. Even administrators may assume bad faith, since it can be hard to determine weather the poor edit was because of lack of experience or for vandalism. It is a good thing to remember that most vandalism is very obvious, such as removing large amounts of content, inserting nonsense, gibberish, spamming, or other edits that no users would consider a contribution.

## Articles

### Editing

In all edits on articles, these criteria should all be met:

* the edit adds necessary content, fixes it, or replaces/removes lower quality content, at a reasonable amount (for expansions, a few words is too little, but is okay for fixing)
	+ the content is neutral, meaning unbiased, not containing opinions, and also being trusted.
	+ not explaining what a user did or similar
	+ no references to situations or such not mentioned in the game
	+ does not overuse external sources like Wikipedia. This wiki is dedicated solely to Juno: New Origins.
* note that these don't apply to adding in Trivia

Furthermore,

* the page content should not use excessive caps, bolding, or any expressions, emojis, exclamation or question marks (unless when defining an unknown value), or impressions of facial expressions (like :D or :P)
* please don't use idioms, ambiguous speech, or the word "you" or such. Replace "you" with "the player" or such.

### Linking

Linking is the action of allowing a string of text to redirect a user to another page when clicked. Upon meeting all of the criteria below, words should be linked:

* the word(s) are the name of another article page
* it is the first time the word(s) are mentioned in the page
* the link will not take a user to an unrelated page or site. In most cases, linking will not have to be controlled, and the user only has to select the string and press the link button (or Ctrl + K).

Please refrain from:

* linking text that has been previously mentioned in the page before
* linking recurrences of the text (inserting duplicate links)

Red links are links that lead to a page that doesn't exist. Please do not remove red links, as they may signal a demand for a page. Additionally, users may link to non-existent pages to signal a demand for a page.

### Creation

When creating a page, all the above should be satisfied, plus the following:

* if possible, the page should include an infobox
	+ if the article is about a part, use Infobox/Part
	+ if the article is about an engine, use Infobox/Engine
	+ if the article is about a body, use Infobox/Planet
	+ if none of the above apply, an infobox is not suggested
* the page should be in separate detail (pages that are too related to another article will be deleted without notice)

### Moving

An article may only be moved if the new title is better related to the article's subject. Page titles must never include emojis.

## Posts

### Comments

Generally, comments are subject to less regulations. The following are allowed:

* questions
* statements regarding the content in the page, what a user did, etc.
* jokes
* the use of the word "you" or similar.

However, the following are required. These policies also apply to Discussion posts.

* the comment be directly or indirectly related to the article
* the comment is not spam (such as saying "First") or gibberish

### Blogs

Blogs are used for free user content, such as stories, craft information, suggesting things for the game, etc. Blogs should follow all criteria:

* the blog post is at least indirectly related to the wiki
* the post is not in substitute of a deleted or unapproved article is not allowed.

### Messages

Messages are used for user-user communication, and are usually used for voicing concern over a user's actions - in addition:

* the message thoroughly explains the reason why it was posted
* the message does not overly criticize another user
* the message is not bias

### Discussion

The policy for Discussion posts are similar to Category policies, with the following additions:

* posts should be categorized in the available categories

## General Wiki Problems

### Edit Warring

An edit war is described as two (or rarely, more) users reverting each other's edits in a dispute, often by assuming bad faith (assuming that a user's edit was with the intention of harming the wiki). Initially, both users will be advised to talk it out with Messages. If the edit war continues, users involved in the edit-war will be blocked from editing on pages that they edit-war on. They will still have access to other pages, and this block does not count on their records; it is simply to enforce a cool-down. After the user with the right edits have been determined, users that did not commit any violations of the policy will be unblocked.

At the end of the edit-war, the user with the false edits will be given a warning in accordance to a level 1 violation.

### Edit Farming

Edit farming is the act of making useless or unacceptably small edits to increase edit count or retain progress on badges.

### Vandalism

Vandalism is the act of intentionally causing disruption, such as by inserting nonsense/gibberish, spam, or removing necessary page content. Usually, vandalism results in a block varying with the severity of the event, increasing with more severity or occurrences.

## Page Protection

While most wiki pages are unprotected, protection may be necessary if it reduces problems. Here are the levels of protection:

* Allow all users - all registered users can edit and/or move the page.
* Allow only autoconfirmed users (semi-protection) - only users that registered at least 4 days ago and made at least 10 edits can edit and/or move the page
* Allow only administrators (full protection) - only content moderators, administrators, and bureaucrats can edit and/or move the page. There is also an option to cascade protect the page, fully protecting the page and all pages transcluded in it.

A page may be semi protected if at least one of the following apply:

* the page receives high traffic
* the template consists of complex code that may be easily broken
* the page is a target of vandalism from sockpuppet/burner accounts

Furthermore, a page may be fully protected if any of the following arise:

* the targeting of the page for vandalism is severe, by registered users
* the page is a file for an image, such as a favicon or background, that must not be edited

The need to cascade protect pages are very rare, only arising when extreme vandalism has taken place in highly visible pages.

## Page Deletion

A page may be deleted for several reasons, most likely if it doesn't meet the Article policies. If the page does not obviously fail to meet the wiki policy, but appears to, the {{Delete}} tag may be inserted into the page by *any*. If the page obviously fails to meet the policy the page may be deleted instantly. If a user finds this out, they may insert the {{DeleteSpeedy}} tag into the page, proposing immediate deletion.

This talk page is checked before deleting a page. Over there, users may express their opinions about the page deletion, including why the page should be deleted, or why not. A page marked for **deletion** will be deleted when the final agreement of the page is "delete", or if 10 days passed without further discussion. A page marked for **speedy deletion** will be deleted by an administrator who first sees it, or if there is an active discussion, deletion will not follow until the final outcome of the discussion is "delete", or 2 days have passed without further discussion.

## Reporting

Reporting is the action of clicking the "report" button on a Discussion post, message, or comment. Posts by users may only be reported if they are found to violate Wiki Policy. A user reporting their own post is considered a request for deletion.

A user may report another user to an admin via Message Wall if the user is seen to violate Wiki Policy.

## Blocking

Depending on a user's failure to meet the policies, a block may be given, varying in length based on the severity of the offense and the repetition of offenses.

The blocking process is complex, but here is a general guide:

**Message by admin -** In cases where a user does something that doesn't comply with our policies, it is often relatively harmless and not deserving of immediate attention. Everyone can make mistakes, and that is why we may message them to try to help them learn from their mistake and improve their contributions. We assume good faith; that a user wants to contribute, not vandalize, when it comes to these low-quality edits.

**Warning -** In more serious cases that involve an almost obvious intent to violate the policy, but the actual incident was still very minor, we may issue a warning, serving like a three-strike policy. Depending on the case, 1 ~ 3 warnings are issued before blocking.

**Partial Block -** A partial block involves a blocking of editing on specific pages, often due to edit-war cases. It is not considered warning-involved but may result in one. A partial block typically lasts from a few days to 2 weeks.

**Blocking for Activity Reduction (BAR) -** A BAR may associate a warning, signaling a block ranging from 30 minutes to 3 hours, depending on the user's activity. This is issued for users that were very recently active (less than 15 minutes ago), for cooldown and analysis purposes.

**Temporal Block -** A temporal block ranges from 1 ~ 365 days and is issued when a user violates policy and causes an incident that may cause major disruption and needs immediate attention. Unlike partial blocks, these block prevent the user from editing all across the wiki. Repeated offenses may result in a block that is longer than the previous.

**Permanent Block with Ability to Appeal -** If a user is seen to potentially destroy the atmosphere of the wiki and should not be welcomed in the future, an permanent block may be issued with the ability to appeal. This option to appeal roots from the potential for users to redeem themselves.

**Permanent Block with No Appeal -** If a user has made multiple severe offenses, the ability to be appeal can be revoked. If a user has a block message and/or reason with the text "NO APPEAL", that means that they have been permanently blocked from trying to appeal.

**Block from Messaging -** If a user trolls, intimidates, or harasses users via Message Walls, they can be prevented from using Message Walls by selection "Editing their own talk page" when blocking the user.

**Global Blocking -** If a user is found to cause offense on multiple wikis, a report to Fandom can be made. A global block may result, indicating that a user has been blocked on every Fandom wiki for a certain amount of time to infinite. Global blocking can only be executed by Fandom Staff.

Administrators, please read this document for more information.

### Block Appeal

A block appeal is the removal of a user's block and associated points, either because the block was a mistake, unnecessary, unfair, or that the user has appeared to redeem themselves. A block appeal can be made using this form. Please abide by the rules on that form.

## User Promotion

Good faith users may be promoted to higher rights, a process required by Fandom. In general, here are the user ranks:

* **Unregistered -** The user has not logged in or registered. They will always have the name "A Fandom User", and has no access to the wiki, but can read the content without restrictions.
* **Registered -** Users that have logged in or registered may edit all unprotect pages. Users that have registered over 4 days ago will have access to semi-protected (allow only autoconfirmed users) pages.
* **Content Moderator -** Content Moderators gain administrative access to pages, which includes deleting, protecting, and editing through full protection (allow only administrators). This rank is only attained through a bureaucrat's actions.
* **Thread Moderator -** Thread Moderators gain administrative access to Discussion pages, including locking, deleting, and editing. This rank is only attained through a bureaucrat's actions.
* **Administrator -** An Administrator gains has Content and Thread Moderator access, plus the ability to block users. This rank is only attained through a bureaucrat's actions.
* **Bureaucrat -** A Bureaucrat has the ability to promote other users, plus the rights of an Administrator.