Silent Bay Studios Wiki:Policy

Hello and welcome to the Silent Bay Studios Wiki, an editable encyclopedia anything relating to the Italian game developer where anybody can edit. However, as with any other wiki, we have a rules page. These rules apply to everyone. You must follow the rules or you will face consequences.

Navigation

 * User Conduct
 * Blocking Policy
 * Article
 * Media
 * Comments and Threads
 * User Rights

Failure to comply with policy will generally result in several warnings, a number of temporary blocks, increasing in duration depending with severity, and a permanent block if necessary. Serious infractions will bypass warnings and the user will be blocked.

User Conduct
We want to make sure our wiki has a friendly, welcoming environment for all users and make sure our users follow these rules. We do not welcome users who harass or incite inappropriate behavior.

DO:
 * Welcome other users to the Silent Bay Studios Wiki.
 * Be nice with and help other people.
 * Ask for help if you're confused. If you need help, ask a wiki admin or a contributor. You can also check the article help wikis for creating new articles.
 * Practice open-mindedness.
 * Spread the word with your friends!

DON'T:
 * Harass other users. We do not tolerate harassment and we do not welcome users that incite such behavior. Blocks range from 1 week to indefinite.
 * Discriminate other users. We do not tolerate racist, homophobic, derogatory, or mysoginistic comments or behavior. Blocks range from 2 weeks to indefinite.
 * Vandalize. Nobody wants to see a page being vandalized and so don't we. Vandalism is punished from a 1 day block to an indefinite block.
 * Insert false information. Please make sure the page has reliable information and the information is true. Blocks range from 5 days to indefinite.

Blocking Policy
Here on Silent Bay Studios, as mentioned above, we make sure the wiki has a friendly environment for all users, however, we must make sure our wiki is safe from vandals, trolls, spammers, or harassers. The wiki blocks are the following:
 * Vandalism: 3 warnings, blocks range from 1 day to indefinite
 * Harassment: 1 warning, blocks range from 1 week to indefinite
 * Discrimination: Blocks range from 2 weeks to indefinite
 * False information: 3 warnings, blocks range from 5 days to indefinite
 * Trolling: 2 warnings, blocks range from 3 weeks to indefinite
 * Spamming: 3 warnings, blocks range from 3 weeks 2 weeks to indefinite
 * Disruptive editing: 3 warnings, blocks range from 3 weeks to indefinite.

Articles
We want to make sure our articles are formatted correctly and organized. See Silent Bay Studios Wiki:Article basics for more information.

Media
At Silent Bay Studios Wiki, images and videos are important for a certain subject, if necessary, but also, we want to keep users from uploading spam images or videos, so you must be autoconfirmed to be able to upload pictures. Irrelevant pictures or videos to the Silent Bay Studios Wiki should be placed on user pages only and not on mainspace articles.

We also want to keep a clean environment for the wiki, so please follow these rules:
 * Make sure the picture is of high quality. If no high quality picture of it is found, it should stay as is. If needed, provide the source.
 * Make sure the video is appropriate for all ages. Videos with inappropriate content will be immediately deleted.
 * Do not upload images that contain discriminatory, pornographic, racist, homophobic, mysoginistic, or other inappropriate content. These images will be immediately deleted by the wiki administrators or FANDOM staff.
 * Do not upload irrelevant images into mainspace articles. These type of images must be uploaded on user pages only.

Comments and Threads
We allow opinions on the Silent Bay Studios Wiki based on their favorite subject, such as a car, a game, or a gameplay mechanic, however, we also must be sure the wiki has a friendly environment.
 * Comments containing derogatory or discriminatory speech will be deleted. We do not allow discrimination or harassment.
 * Do not post spam comments. These comments will be deleted.

User Rights
While the Silent Bay Studios Wiki allows anyone to edit, we must make sure there's no spam content on the wiki. Below are user rights:
 * New users will be able to edit pages as long as they're not protected, however, they will not be able to upload images or create blogs.
 * Autoconfirmed users will be able to edit semiprotected pages and are able to upload images and create blogs.
 * Bureaucrats are able to grant admin, bureaucrat or rollback rights to other users.
 * Administrators are able to delete or restore pages, block users, protect or unprotect pages, and grant admin, bureaucrat or rollback rights to other users.