The Spy vs Spy Wiki enforces a number of policies applying to behaviour and the use of site features. This extends across all local namespaces as well as the Discussions platform. <tabber> Fandom= The Spy vs Spy Wiki abides by senior Fandom policy requiring full compliance on behalf of its users.
Other policies can be found on Community Central. |-| Blocking= A user who demonstrates unacceptable conduct may be blocked by an administrator in response to their behaviour, preventing them from editing and performing other actions. Respecting common sense is the underlying principle in avoiding being blocked. Everyone, including staff, is subject to comply by the content stated in this section.
Procedure[]
Blocking is an unfavourable practice but should be justified when resorted to.
- Staff have complete authority in determining a block's duration based upon the offence committed.
- Warnings may be issued to inform an offending user of their violation of policy where it is assumed that they were unaware of wrongdoing.
- Block duration will increase with subsequent blocks related to a particular offence up to a maximum of 1 month.
- Active users with a recognisable history of contribution are entitled to a detailed explanation regarding the cause and conditions of their block.
- An appeal may be pursued with the staff member who applied a block to have its details clarified and its duration potentially reduced, until the staff member deems that the matter has been adequately settled, where then no other staff member is required to provide further intervention.
- Blocks may be reduced or lifted at any time without notification.
Unacceptable conduct[]
Committing any of the following actions - including through automated processes - may result in being blocked:
- Transmitting by means of publishing, linking to or uploading: inappropriate material, such that is recognisably obscene, discriminatory, violent, pornographic or illegal.
- Transmitting by means of publishing, linking to or uploading: unrelated, redundant, nonsensical or visually obstructive content. (Simply, spamming.)
- Persistently promoting sites, services, products, individuals, groups, ideologies or behaviours which are not connected with the wiki's subject or are recognisably objectionable.
- Displaying intentionally antisocial behaviour towards other users in the form of abuse, harassment, threats, manipulation, gossiping or subtle degradation, on or off-site where recognised.
- Undermining staff authority, or deliberately disobeying or constantly disregarding staff instructions.
Prohibited account usage[]
Utilising an account(s) for the following is forbidden and may result in reports being made to Fandom staff:
- Improper use of account credentials: including account name, avatar or user page masthead information, for displaying content that qualifies as an action of unacceptable conduct as stated in the above section.
- Sockpuppetry: using an alternate account to give the impression that it is operated by a completely separate user.
- Impersonation: using the name of other users or distinguishable real life people, groups or organisations.
- Personal information handling: including possession and distribution, therefore compromising users' privacy.
|-| Deletion= Deletion may occur suddenly and without warning. Pages may be marked for deletion by having Template:Delete included on them. When reading the Deletion Log, the following reasons are likely mentioned:
- Unnecessary/insignificant: A page either completely unrelated or partially related but of low significance and not requiring a full article.
- Relocation/substitution: A page with content either being directly moved elsewhere or with similar information already so.
- Vandalism/spam: A page created solely out of misconduct.
- Redirect removal: Redirects are not used and are deleted where they occur.
- Other reason: Any other reason a page is deleted at staff's discretion.
Existing pages that are vandalised are not deleted, rather, their edits are reverted to the last proper version. This takes only the click of a button.
If you believe a page has been deleted without good reason, you may make an enquiry to a staff member. |-| Protection= Staff have the ability to protect (lock) pages, preventing specific user groups from editing them. Page titles can also be protected, which means that uncreated pages will not be able to be created under the protected title. Generally, protection is not commonly used so to allow all users to contribute towards the wiki's development. However, there are various circumstances which necessitate page protection. When reading the Protection Log, the following reasons are likely mentioned:
- Complex page stability: Applied to pages containing complex code or important information.
- High traffic page: Applied to pages widely edited by many users who are unintentionally causing mismanagement and inconsistency.
- Excessive vandalism/spamming: Applied to pages repeatedly targeted for vandalism.
- Other reason: Any other reason a page is protected at staff's discretion.
There are three levels of protection, none, autoconfirmed and sysop. Second level protection prevents unregistered and newly registered users (within four days) from editing, while third level protection prevents all but local and Fandom staff from editing.
If you believe a page has been protected without good reason, you may make an enquiry to a staff member. |-| Files= Files include various types of media, including images, videos and audio. All uploads made to the wiki are therefore expected to contribute towards article development. Uploads made for any other purpose will be deleted immediately. Replacing files with versions of lesser relevance or quality is considered a form of vandalism and may be punishable.
When reading the Deletion Log, the following reasons are likely mentioned:
- Unused/insignificant: A file which is related but of low significance and lacking intended placement.
- Duplicated/superseded: A file duplicated or of lower quality to another file which is effectively able to replace it.
- Unrelated/inappropriate: A file either completely unrelated or one which violates policy standards.
- False/unverified: A file implied to be official or relevant but is unable to be verified or determined to be false.
- Corrupted/missing: A file that fails to function or display correctly.
- Illegal/copyright violation: A file that contains decisively illegal material or violates a distinctive copyright.
- Other reason: Any other reason a page is deleted at staff's discretion.
If you believe a file has been deleted without good reason or by mistake, you may make an enquiry to a staff member.