Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-1824169-20160802144812

Alright guys, down the torches and pitchforks for a moment and let me explain. Sorry for everybody getting spammed with highlighted threads every few days, but there's a lot of important stuff that's been going down lately.

Anyways, there are a few changes to the rules we need to go over. Theses changes have already been implemented, this is just a heads-up to let you know about them so you don't accidentally end up breaking any rules.

Blacklist
Nothing too important here, but there have been a couple additions to the blacklist, so make sure to check over that before using something that might be banned.

New Policies
Well, I say "new", but these are really semi-rules that had been floating around for a while that were never properly implemented. These new policies are:

Permabanned Users Policy

 * Permabanned users, in general, will not ever be unbanned. However, if you have been permabanned, but believe the severity of the ban was unwarranted, you may ask the admins to re-review your case. If they decide the punishment was warranted, your request will be rejected, and any future requests will be automatically denied.

Categories Policy
Useless Categories
 * Useless Categories are generally subjective categories that serve no real purpose, such as "Awesome" or "Epic". Do not add Useless Categories to pages, and if you find a page with a Useless Category on it, please remove it from the page.

Incorrect Categories
 * All categories should be properly spelled, pluralized, and capitalized (for example, "Strength Aliens" vs "Strongth alein"). Double check that your categories have proper grammar before using them, and please replace any Incorrect Categories you find with their accurately spelled counterparts.

Cleanup Policy
Cleaning up the wiki is important, and we thank you for any help you can give. However, the idea of "cleanup" is an obvious target for Badge Farming, which is considered a form of spam. To properly clean up a page, you should: This process should be repeated for every page you clean up. If you make multiple cleanup edits without following these guidelines, you may be warned or even temporarily blocked for spam.
 * Remove all Useless Categories.
 * Replace any Incorrect Categories with correct ones.
 * Remove or correct unnecessary formatting (such as code usually left over from the page creation templates).
 * Add a "Stub" template if the page contains little to no information.

That's about it for now. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comments section below. Have a good day! 