Ben 10 Fan Fiction Wiki:Community Guidelines/Editing

THIS POLICY IN A NUTSHELL


 * Only edit the content of your own pages
 * You can edit pages that are not yours to fix spelling, grammar, or a template, or to add categories
 * All pages must contain categories
 * Do not edit pages for the sole purpose of earning achievements
 * Do not create alternate wikis for Ben 10 related fan fiction

In general, if you violate a rule, you will receive


 * A warning, followed by
 * A kick, followed by
 * A ban/block of an appropriate length, based on the offense

When in doubt, use common sense.

Editing Permissions

Do not change the content of a page unless your have permission from the owner of that page; this can drastically change the plot of an episode or series. On the other hand, you are allowed to edit pages in order to fix spelling, grammar, or templates, or to add categories to a page. If a user contacts you for making one of these changes, please contact an administrator.

Cleanup

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.

Categories

All pages are required to contain categories. Categories should be added to a page during or immediately following its creation. Making edits solely to add categories is against the rules and will earn you a warning.

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.

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.

Achievements

Do not edit pages for the sole purpose of earning achievements, also known as badge-farming. Adding frivolous categories to a page in order to have editing that page counts towards the achievement for editing a certain type of page counts as score-editing. If you repeatedly score-edit, you will be warned and then blocked for a brief amount of time.

Alternate Wikis

Though we cannot technically enforce this rule, we highly discourage you from creating an alternate wiki, either for your own series, or in an attempt to replace this wiki.

Archives

Archives are made for all canon pages on the wiki and thus are NOT allowed to be edited by users. Consider making a separate, fanon page for your character.