My Farm Wiki:Rules

Last Updated: January 11th, 2021 by JuztHoney. All of the wiki's guidelines, rules, formatting, and staff permissions can be found on this page.

= Policies = These rules must be followed at all times and will result in moderation action being taken when broken. All users, including staff, are responsible for their actions on the wiki and will receive punishment when they break these rules. The Wiki's staff enforce these rules.

General
 * All users must abide by FANDOM's TOU and Community Guidelines.
 * All users must be over the age of 13 to use our wiki and Discord and will be blocked until they are 13.
 * Using bots to farm edits or cause vandalism is not allowed and will get you reported to FANDOM and the Interwiki
 * Using ALT (Alternate) accounts to evade blocks or warnings is not allowed.
 * Impersonating any user to get on the staff's good side, evade blocks/warnings, spread misinformation, or harm their online character is not allowed. Do not impersonate...
 * Wiki editors or Roblox players
 * Public figures
 * FANDOM staff
 * Wiki staff
 * Roblox staff
 * David, Preston, Ellzd, paraspec, or any game staff
 * These rules apply to all users of the wiki, including public figures and staff
 * While administrators and moderators do have special abilities, they do not own the wiki. A wiki is by the community for the community and can always remove an admin/mod

Behavior
 * Targeted harassment of any user is not allowed
 * Do not spam on another users message wall, discussions, or article comments
 * Do not threaten other users or staff
 * Using the platform to advertise anything, even if you don't own it, is not allowed

Content Policy

 * Any image or other media added onto the wiki must have a clear description and name on what it is
 * Any content published on the wiki must not be obscene, pornographic, abusive, offensive, profane, homophobic, racist, or promote criminal activity
 * Biased information is not allowed as it spread misinformation
 * All article information should relate to My Farm!

Editing
General
 * Vandalism, or the act of removing content from page or adding damaging content, is STRICTLY forbidden
 * All edits must follow the copyright guidelines
 * Editing another user's profile page is disallowed unless to remove harmful content or content that violates the TOU, community guidelines, rules, or copyright guidelines.
 * Editing or posting for the sole purpose of getting points or edits is not allowed as all edits should help contribute to the wiki

Page Creation
 * All pages must have content upon creation, writing "wip", "work in progress", or "new item" is not allowed and will be treated as spam
 * Duplicate pages are not allowed
 * Personal pages other than your profile page are not allowed
 * There is an exception for staff sandbox pages

Page Subjects
 * Articles should typically only cover one subject, which must be one of the following:
 * An object/item in the game
 * A feature in the game
 * An update or Roblox event for the game
 * If the page does not fit the subjects, do not create it
 * Post a message on an administrators message wall if you want to create a page that does not follow these categories

User Rights
Users may receive special rights from a bureaucrat or administrator that allow them to moderate or edit the wiki easier. List of User Rights Here is a complete list of rights that are used on the ''My Farm! Wiki'':
 * Rollback: Allows them to easily undo edits to a page
 * Thread Moderator: Allows them to moderate the discussions, article comments, and message walls
 * Content Moderator: Allows them to moderate wiki pages and article comments
 * Administrator: Administrators have the rights of all previous groups and are allowed to block users, edit the wiki styling, and grant and revoke Thread Moderator rights
 * Bureaucrat: Bureaucrats have all the rights of the below groups (plus more) and can grant and revoke all rights from any user

= Guidelines = Guidelines are basically the formatting and style guidelines of the wiki. These rules don't come with harsh punishments (to an extent) but are still required to be followed.

General
 * American English and correct grammar should be used at all times when creating or editing articles
 * Article name should be written as it appears in game, including punctuation and capitalization
 * Any text directly from the game or description should be directly copied and not be changed (including typos)
 * All content should be in a neutral tone, the wiki is for information and not opinions
 * Opinions should be left for article comments and the discussions page
 * Articles should always be in the third-person, not first-person
 * All information must be correct and verified directly from the game, the developer(s), the game's staff, or the game's social media

Layout guidelines
 * Every page should start with "The (insert page topic) is..."
 * For in-game items, the sentence should be completed with "a[n] (insert category)."
 * Game features should complete the sentence describing what they do or just with "a game feature."
 * If the specific item or feature was added in a topic, the update it was added in should be clearly stated
 * The first instance of the page's topic should be bolded
 * Trivial information should been attempted to be incorporated in the article but if not possible should be under a header named "Other Information"

Infoboxes
Every in-game item should have an infobox. The data for every item is already created and pre-filled by the admins after every update. To add an infobox, just add a little code to the page: If a page needs an infobox but does not fit one of these categories or needs data filled in, please contact an administrator. (preferably JuztHoney)
 * Farmers use the infobox
 * Crops use the infobox
 * Tools use the infobox
 * Decor use the infobox

= Blocks = Blocks are given out to a user when they break a rule that requires a block to be done. Depending on the settings applied, they may not be able to participate on the wiki again. The different block lengths are:
 * 1-7 days: Given out for minor infractions that don't require a long duration of time. Examples would be swearing or not following the wiki style guidelines.
 * 2-4 weeks: Given out for more serious rules broken but not severe rules. Examples would be minor vandalism, block evading, etc.
 * 2-12 months: For when a user breaks a major rule and is required to be blocked for an extended period of time. Examples would include vandalism, harassment, or pornographic content.
 * Permanent/Infinite: When a user breaks many rules or trys to raid the wiki and succeeds, they will be permanently removed from the wiki.

Disputing a Block
To dispute a block, please contact a bureaucrat.