Project:Policy

The goal of this wiki is to share information about the Youth Rights movement and popularize it. This is to be done in a civil manner, and in accordance to all applicable laws. The server is hosted on an German provider with assistance of two American ones by a Polish person. Everything is shared on a free license unless explicitly mentioned otherwise.

Rules

No rule is set in stone. Rules can be changed or interpreted by consensus. The spirit of the rules is above the letter. If a rule harms working towards the goal ignore it. Except when the rule is problematic, then change it.

Conduct

Assume that others are acting in good faith unless demonstrated otherwise. Use common sense. However remember that common sense is not common. It is possible to disagree what is common sense. Don't bend or try to work around the rules. Respect others. Do not engage in personal attacks. Be welcome to newcomers. Using multiple accounts to pretend to be multiple people to affect discussions or hide disruptions if prohibited. Do not disrupt this wiki to prove a point. Once you post something, it may stay in the history forever. Before doing anything, consider the consequences of your actions. If you are doing something that would take a lot to undo, make sure there is consensus to do it first. Do not share information about others that you reasonably believe they want to be kept private. Unless that is necessary for preventing misuse, with administrator permission. Do not post content completely off-topic. This includes userspace. Bans can be used against a person acting in bad faith or to stop a disruption. Bans should be kept as short as reasonable. People are not to be prevented from reading the wiki, but from contributing to it. All bans are appealable.

Consensus

Decisions should generally be made by consensus. Disagreements should be solved by discussion. Editors should show their point of view. The goal is to choose an outcome that satisfies the most editors, considering the weight of the arguments. If holding a discussion would be counterproductive, the admin makes a decision. In an emergency or other similar circumstances an admin can overrule consensus and any rules. Consensus can change over time.

Content

This is not an encyclopedia. Content is writing to be in line with youth rights. All facts mentioned as facts should be true. Exceptional claims about what happened can be removed until a source is provided. Source synthesis is acceptable. Self-created sources (such as video recordings) are acceptable. However such sources are easier to be considered to biased, not reliable, or falsified. All claims about facts should ideally have sources. This means we don't necessarily aim to maintain a neutral point of view. Users who created or contributed to pages don't have the right to dictate their contents. The decision in case of a difference in opinion is to be made by consensus. However, their insight should be considered as they may have more information about the topic. Do not include contents with an incompatible license except for fair use. Attribute the work properly. Works of fiction and satire can be required to be marked as such if there is high risk of that content to be believed to be true, if the consequences of that would be severe or in similar circumstances. Personal accounts of editors and essays are welcome, but personal accounts should generally be kept in userspace.

References

This rule list is inspired by Wikipedia's and RationalWiki's.