BIONICLEsector01:Protection Policy
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Policies
- Main Page - Our general policy.
- Relevance Policy - Policy for article relevance.
- Respect Policy - How you are to act toward the Wiki staff and other members.
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- Privacy Policy - To also ensure your identity and wellbeing.
- User Page Policy - What users need to know before they edit their user page.
- Redirect Policy - What everyone must follow to prevent a cluttered database.
- Spoiler Policy - What piece of information is a spoiler, and what to do with them.
- Page Setup Policy - How pages should be organized.
- Template Use Policy - Instructions on certain templates.
- Image Use Policy - What images are permitted, and what to do with them.
- Video Policy - What you need to know before posting any videos.
- Protection Policy - Mainly for Sysop users, but some rules also apply to members.
- Award and Achievement Policy - Policy for awards and achievements.
Our Guarantee
The protection policy gives the terms of use, rules, and anything adhering to the protection of pages and/or protected pages.
- Pages that should be protected: Include the following: Pages that have been repetitively vandalized in the past of present, Pages which attract unwanted spoilers, Pages of the utmost importance, and Other Pages.
- Pages that have been repetitively vandalized in the past of present: Some pages that are the target of vandalism may be protected until further notice. Sysops will usually quickly protect a page that is or has been the target of vandalism, and will usually unprotect them when the vandalism stops. If you notice a page that is the center of vandalism, please contact a Wiki staff member and they will see to it best.
- Pages which attract unwanted spoilers: These pages attract spoilers which break our spoiler guidelines. For example, pages such as upcoming books or sets that have not been widely released yet should not be edited, as seen under our Spoiler Policy. Unfortunately, often time people will not heed to the rules and post spoilers. Thus the staff must protect the targeted page until spoilers are allowed.
- Pages of the utmost importance: These sorts of pages are very important. The Main Page for example. The Community Portal is another good one. Policies, such as this one. Just very important pages that shouldn't be edited that often, and those that are important to this Wiki.
- Other Pages: All other pages would go here. This pertains to pages members want to be protected, etc.
- Requests for page protection: Users which see a chronicle they think should be protected, can do so by simply contacting a staff member on their talkpage or using the chronicle's corresponding talkpage. The staff will then decide if he should or should not protect the page, then state his reason if he is to not protect it.
- Requests for page un-protection: Same principle for rule 3 applies here. Just use the talkpage and state your reason. The staff member will then decide.
- Arguments about protected pages: Please don't argue with a staff member for their actions concerning protection. The Wiki staff is fully aware of what they are doing, and have good reasons for doing so. If you still doubt their reasoning, comment on their talkpage in an orderly manner.
- Selfish protections: This is one thing mainly for the Wiki mods to remember, but something for the members as well -- if nothing else, this'll give all the members assurance. Basically this rules states that the Wiki moderators won't abuse their powers (they shouldn't anywhere). Just because you like a certain page, you can't just protect it for your own means. Tough. All the other members have to suffer too -- it's a Wiki.
