WoWWiki:Policy/DNP
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This page is an official policy on WoWWiki. This policy has wide acceptance among editors and is considered a standard that all users should follow.
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DNP stands for Do Not Post. Things on this list should not be posted anywhere on the wiki. Some of them are specifically banned and will get you banned if you persist in posting them.
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Exploits
Posting of info or links to any kind of exploits (and other ways of breaking the Blizzard's TUA and EULA), will be deleted and will result in a ban. It is suggested, therefore, that you not do so.
Datamined and unreleased content
- See also: WoWWiki:Image guidelines
Datamined pictures and files of unreleased content are not allowed. Note that any in-game screenshots obtained from the live or test servers and clients are okay.
- Datamined images of live or PTR content are permissible, but "true" in-game screenshots preferred and will always be given preference over datamined content.
Off-topic content
Do not post content that has no connection with World of Warcraft whatsoever. This is considered wikisquatting. Off-topic content can be deleted by any WoWWiki contributor, and whole pages that are off-topic are candidates for speedy deletion. Persisting in posting such content may get you labeled as a vandal and banned.
Examples of off-topic content
- The now-deleted articles on various gaming consoles. They may be gaming machines, but they've never run WoW.
- A guild page containing nothing but an encyclopedia entry on the bird family (the animal).
Examples of tangential but on-topic content
- An article on how to spec your PC/Mac to run WoW well is tangential, but on topic.
Defamatory or false content
Articles and/or talk pages that are nothing but personal defamation not only violates the neutral-point-of-view policy but are also illegal in many countries. Defamatory content can be deleted by any WoWWiki contributor, and whole pages that are nothing but defamation are candidates for speedy deletion.
Note that a modicum of common sense has to be applied to this policy. While isolated cases of "I think you are being a jerk right now, because <well-formulated and objective reasons>..." as a response in a talk page isn't exactly good wikiquette, it isn't defamation, either. A whole barrage of why a person has to be an idiot, is.
- When tagging a defamatory page {{speedydelete}}, you may want to remove pieces of the text pointing to specific people while the page is awaiting deletion. It's a judgement call. This goes especially for real-world contact information like phone numbers, real-world addresses, etc.
- Please add a line below the {{speedydelete}} tag that the page is plain defamation and that that's why it's being deleted. Alternative, use {{speedydelete|<reason for deletion>}}.
Attempting to mislead others by submitting content which is blatantly false and which is not subject to interpretation is also not acceptable. When in doubt, and if you can, you should cite it.
Persisting in posting either defamatory or false content may end up with you labeled as a vandal and banned.
Discrimination
WoWWiki is a wiki for everyone. We do not tolerate discrimination based upon social status, age, sex, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, etc.
Non-English content
WoWWiki is an English wiki. Its infrastructure does not support content in other languages. Doing so would entail something like what wikipedia has - different sub-domains and monitoring routines to track changes between different language versions of pages and alert translators.
Therefore non-English content is against policy and can be tagged {{speedydelete}} when found.
- Visit wikis for a large selection of Warcraft wikis in other languages such as German and French.
Nonsense
Pages which don't make any sense (English or in any other language) may be candidates for deletion. This may include slang terms and forum memes if they do not reach outside the scope of one small group of people who are using it or are aware of it. Terms and memes which only exist on one server are permissible within the server's page and subpages.
- The Alamo meme, for example, is referenced by Blizzard and therefore is not a candidate for deletion.
Exceptions
- One possible exception is quoted material pasted as part of a page where the author simply would not or could not translate it. If this content is on-topic and otherwise not available in the wiki, it is a candidate for translation - or removal as part of the regular editing process.
- Guild pages. As per guild page policy, they are required to have three (3) sentences in English. Other than that, we allow guild pages to continue in whatever language; it makes sense to allow it since some guilds cater only to speakers of a specific language. Pages violating this are tagged {{Stub/Guild}} and given the standard time to correct the problem.
- The template {{silly}} (nor any other template) does not prevent an article from being subject to the DNP policy.
Violations
Content which qualifies as DNP should be edited out, or if the entire page is DNP content, tag the page for speedy deletion. If you cannot edit out the content, you should tag the page with {{Violation}}.
Users which persist in posting DNP content may have action taken against them per the vandalism policy.
See also
- The WoWWiki writing policy outlines what should and should not be posted in different types of articles, e.g. lore, guild pages, etc.
