User blog:Wazzupguys/Instruction Manual for EX-Members of Ideas Wiki

Since a lot of users have been complaining on Ideas Wiki lately, i realising that there is no other option but to give a clear advice for its former users.

Realising why you were blocked

 * 1) Take a close at your contributions and see what you did that warranted the block.
 * 2) Once you what caused the block, calmly and politely address the admin that blocked you on another wiki he/she is active about the issue.
 * 3) If the admin you contracted answers you
 * 4) He/She could either change their mind and either shorten your block or outright unblock you.
 * 5) Or He/She could stand their ground and either extend your block to a longer length or indefinitely.
 * 6) if Step 3-2 is the case, then don't worry. Because you're still in luck. since you have plenty of alternative wikis to join and contribute to
 * 7) If the admin you contracted ignores you, contract another admin about the issue in the same manner.
 * 8) if the other admin/s answer/s you positively, he might shorten your block or unblock you altogether.
 * 9) If the other admin/s answer/s you negatively, he might extend you block. In that case, follow Step 4.

Once you reach the alternative wikis

 * 1) Assume good faith.
 * 2) Don't be a jerk to the community.
 * 3) Do not edit ideas that you do not own unless the author allows you to do so or you have permission to do so..
 * 4) Do not spam.
 * 5) Do not vandalise.
 * 6) Do not violate the Terms of Use of Wikia. Violating it may result in being banned globally.
 * 7) Comment on this blog once you've read it.

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Vandalism

 * Do not vandalize anything on the wiki. This includes, but is not limited to: spam, nonsense edits, removal of good quality content, and the unnecessary blanking of pages.
 * However, always assume good faith. A user may not know that what they are doing is wrong, and while this is mostly true for anonymous users and new accounts, assume that all contributors are making well-intended contibutions. Instead of blocking a user right away, they will be given a warning by an administrator.
 * If a user ignores the warning and continues to harm the community, the user may be blocked for as long as the administration feels is necessary. A reasonable time frame would be from one week to three months, although the administration can discuss what they find fit.
 * A user, however, may be blocked indefinitely without warning for major vandalism infractions. This includes, but is not limited to: excessive or extremely offensive vandalism on first edits, vandalism that violates FANDOM's Terms of Use, and if the contributor has proven to have no purpose to edit on the community other than to destroy the proper functioning of the site.

Spamming

 * Abusing communication tools, also known as spam, is forbidden. This includes, but is not limited to: abusing capital letters, spamming line breaks in comments or thread replies, inserting gibberish/nonsensical words into articles, blank messages, and overusing links or images.
 * If a user spams, they will be given a warning, which will be followed by a 1 day block the second time. If a user abuses comments or replies, they will be given a warning by an administrator. After two warnings, which will be followed by a block of any time length at the discretion of any administrator.
 * A viable amount of capital letters per message would be about ten. It is fine if this is exceeded as long as it doesn't drastically break the barrier.

Personal Attacks/Rude Comments

 * Personally attacking other users or harassing them based on race, sexuality, religion, disability, or any other offensive subject is strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated.
 * Any form of racial or homophobic harassment will result in an immediate block of at least one month and a report to FANDOM staff.
 * In addition, do not use racial or homophobic slurs. This will result in the above penalties.


 * If you have any criticism about a user or article, keep in constructive. Do not attack other users. Simply just calmly state your opinion.
 * It is also forbidden to gossip about anyone. While it is okay to talk to others about another user (including, but not limited to: discussing a rollback demotion with other administrators, discussing a user's behavior, and discussing proposals), it must not include any attacks.
 * If users are found attacking other users behind their backs, then the user shall be warned. If continued, a block of any length may be given at the discretion of an administrator.
 * If a user is clearly joking about the attack and it doesn't go too far, then they may be excused from any consequences.

Multiple Accounts
Users are allowed to have more than one account as long as it's for testing, a bot account, a backup account, or a joke account that won't harm the wiki. However, if another account is used to disrupt the wiki (such as spam and vandalism) or to evade a chat ban or block, that is not permitted. The other account may be given an infinite block while the main account may be given a one month block.

Discussion creation

 * 1) If a user would like to propose a rule change, add/remove a major feature, promote a user to discussion moderator, content moderator, administrator, or bureaucrat, or demote a user from a discussion moderator, content moderator, administrator, or bureaucrat, one must create a blog post proposing to do so.
 * 2) In a discussion blog, a user must clearly state what they would like to change.

Voting
1. To decide on whether the discussion should be implemented, users must use the Support, Neutral, or Oppose options.
 * Blogs can be exempt from this voting process if said otherwise in the proposal.

2. All users are allowed to vote on the proposal, no matter their edit count, no matter how long they've been on the wiki, no matter if the proposal revolves around them, and no matter if they were declared inactive before the proposal. They are still members of the community, and their vote counts as much as anyone else's.
 * The only exception to this rule is if the user is a sockpuppet of another user that is just being used to rig the vote.
 * In suspicious cases of this, an administrator is allowed to bring this up with FANDOM staff using Special:Contact/general to ask for an IP check.

3. Neutrals do not count during the process. For example, if three users support a proposal and one doesn't, then the vote will be 3/3 instead of 3/4.

Length of proposal

 * 1) Proposals shall be opened for no shorter than three days. This is so all members of the community can cast their opinion.
 * 2) The proposer of the blog may extend the voting time if they want.

Closing

 * 1) After three days, any administrator may review the votes in the discussion, and close the proposal.
 * 2) If the proposal has a support percentage of 51% or over, the proposal may be closed as successful. Again, please note that neutrals don't count.
 * 3) To close a blog post, edit the blog. Add the template to the top of it, and add the date it was closed and the outcome of it. For example, if a proposal was closed on August 23, 2018, and received 60%, it would be formatted like this:  . Then, disable commenting on it so users can't vote on it after it's closed. To do this, go to the side of the blog in editing and untick the commenting box. Then, publish the page.
 * 4) The proposer of the discussion may withdraw the blog post before the three-day mark if they don't want to continue it.

Demotion policy
If a user feels like a discussion moderator, content moderator, administrator, or bureaucrat is not doing well in their position, they may request to demote them by creating a demotion blog. If the blog has 51% or more after three days, then the user may be demoted. Keep in mind that the same voting policies apply here.-->