Project:Policy

The goal

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 American provider 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.

Assume good faith

Assume that others are acting in good faith unless demonstrated otherwise.

Consider consequences of your edits

Once you post something, it may stay in the history forever.

Before doing anything, think about 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.

Consensus

Decisions should be made by consensus. A consensus is what 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.

No page ownership

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.

Use common sense

Use common sense. However remember that common sense is not common. It is possible to disagree what is common sense.

Don't game the system

Don't bend or try to work around the rules.

Ignore all rules

If a rule harms working towards the goal ignore it. Unless the rule is problematic, then change it.

Civility and respect

Respect others. Do not engage in personal attacks. Be welcome to newcomers.

Not an encyclopedia

This is not an encyclopedia. Content is writing to be in line with youth rights. This means the content doesn't maintain the neutral point of view.

No content ownership

The creator of an article doesn't have any right to decide what should be in it. This is to be determined via consensus. They however are likely to have some insight.

No causing disruption

Do not disrupt this wiki to prove a point.

Bans

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.

Plagiarism

Do not include sources licensed incompatibly. This does not include fair use. Make sure al the work is attributed in accordance to the license.

Privacy

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 permisson.

Infrastructure misuse

Do not post content completely off-topic. This includes userspace.

Articles

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.

Works of fiction amd 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 simmilar circumstances.

Personal accounts of editors should generally be kept in userspace.

Multiple account misuse

Using multiple accounts to pretend to be multiple people to affect discussions or hide disruptions if prohibited.

References

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