GreedFall Wiki General Guidelines

## User Guidelines

These guidelines apply to all users of the community, but mainly deal with the Discussions branch of the wiki.

1. Do not insult others or make personal attacks. Acting abusively towards other users will not be tolerated.
2. Users may not violate another's personal privacy. This includes but is not limited to revealing personal information such as their real name, age, gender, location, etc. unless consent by that user is given.
3. Posts should be posted in the most relevant category. For example, a discussion on lore would best fit in "Lore Discussion" and one on how to more easily complete a quest in "Gameplay and Strategy".
4. We all have bad days. If for whatever reason you're just not feeling right and think you might be acting brash in how you interact with the rest of the community, perhaps think about taking a break before doing anything you might regret.
5. Spam is not allowed, and is defined as any post not meant to incite discussion or share information in a coherent manner. Including but not limited to: repetitive/meaningless posts, posts in a language other than English (as this is the English GreedFall Wiki), and posts violating guideline #6 (see below). Advertisements and looking for group/multiplayer posts are also not allowed due to Fandom's Terms of Use policies, but you may place your console username in your bio or user page for others to see.
6. Off-topic conversations (ones not related to GreedFall or the wiki) are not allowed unless placed in the proper channels.
7. Posts may be deleted if the original poster (OP) makes no attempt to incite a discussion. Fanwork is exempt from this rule, as its primary purpose is to share interesting or humorous content with other fans.
8. Users should refrain from forcing posts off-topic, or "hijacking".
9. Don't be a dick. Going out of your way to irritate other users is against our guidelines. This includes purposefully skirting rules and abusing the report feature.
10. Multiple accounts are allowed but must be listed under each's bio or user page. However, using alternate accounts to evade a ban will be met with an immediate ban on the alt account and a ban on the main account may be extended.
11. Trolling/vandalizing other users or the wiki is not allowed. This includes attempts to come to the wiki and plan to/successfully harass users from other communities or other communities themselves. These communities exist to sponsor discussion, knowledge sharing, and camaraderie, and the last thing wanted is seeing a community become a "black sheep" amongst others like some other wikis unfortunately become.
12. Being ignorant of rules is not an excuse to break them. Users will be held accountable for their actions regardless if they have chosen to read the guidelines or not.

## Special Rights Holders Guidelines

These additional guidelines apply to staff members of the community.

1. First and foremost, staff are the users charged with keeping the community safe and orderly. The three tenets of being a staff member are 1. Listening to users' concerns, 2. Dealing with incidents of rule-breaking, 3. Watching out for problems. Any incapable of these may have their rights removed after a discussion amongst the community members and then staff.
2. Staff are not allowed to use their powers to further their own beliefs over others' or escape punishment from rule-breaking. All users are equal in how justice is served.
3. Staff members locking posts or deleting replies should leave a reply in the post explaining their actions. If a user questions the decision, please refer them to your's or another staff member's talk page in order to discuss its validity and keep an off-topic argument from flowing out into Discussions.
4. Staff should refrain from deleting posts unless they break rules or the original poster has requested that it be taken down. Even then, a deletion request may be better settled by locking the post so as to save the information discussed.
5. No user is to be banned for any amount of time before receiving a warning for their behavior. The exception to this is when a user presents a clear and present danger to the community (ie- threatening to disclose the private information of another user or explicitly planning to cause harm). Company or product advertisers will also be banned instantly.
6. Staff must assume good faith when users appear to break rules. Unless a user has a known history of issues or makes it obvious that they are intending to cause harm, perhaps give them a reminder of the guidelines before a warning is necessary. Additionally, if a user shows genuine remorse for their action (assuming it was a fairly harmless rule-break) before a judgement is given, a staff member should consider lessening what might have been a ban to a warning.
7. Staff should avoid taking any actions in an issue they are directly involved with. Instead, please notify another staff member to take a look at it.
8. If two or more staff members disagree to delete or lock a discussion, a third impartial party will be brought in to decide if the post warrants an end.
9. Staff members are people too, issues come up. If there are any personal matters that arise to prevent you from doing your duties, please inform a bureaucrat or admin. No details are needed of course, that's your business, but if the team is down one member either just temporarily or permanently then that must be known.

## Bans

Bans on any branch of this community extend to all of it. For example, if you were banned for a few days for edit-warring with another editor, do not expect to spend your ban time chatting on Discussions.

Please remember that staff have the right to block any users who do not follow the guidelines and continue not to after being warned. And if you have any further questions on the community's guidelines, staff can be contacted directly via their talk page.

The length of bans are at the discretion of the staff member who places it. However, the length should generally be dependent on the severity of the issue and if the user has a history of causing problems.

If you believe that a ban you face has been placed wrongly, please contact one of this wiki's bureacrats or admins. They will set up an investigation to see if the ban was correct or not and all policies were followed. A permanent ban may also be asked to be appealed one year after it began, after which staff will review the request for approval or denial. Please note that bans will not be discussed on Discussions, so send a message to a staff member's talk page to ask for information on one or to have it appealed.