The following is advice related to disputing policies and/or guidelines.
Policies and Guidelines
A policy is a rule that editors must follow, a guideline is a recommended and explanation to explain how edits are controlled.
Can they change and why should they?
While they are written by staff members of the wiki, they are not set in stone and subject to changes depending on how the community feels. This opinion is subject to change over time, and the current staff may make mistakes or miss out vital or important information that needs to be included in a guideline or policy. In the case of mistakes, we appreciate the error being pointed out and this can be corrected without discussion. In cases bigger then a simple correction, the following procedures noted on this page must occur to engage any changes and updates to policies and guidelines.
How to change a policy/guideline
The following is a guide to changing a policy or guideline. This is either to dispute a element or to add an appendix, amendment or update something based upon new information that has come to light or a new event that had taken place.
- Copy the title of the policy/guideline exactly - so we can refer back to the article you are disputing.
- Copy the URL of the page - same reason as above.
- Go to "Discussions" and create a topic containing the title of the page in dispute. Add the url to the main body of the page.
- Explain all the reasons/concerns on why the policy/guideline needs to be altered.
- Finish with a proposal on how to proceed forward if need be.
The community needs to hear you out, but also needs a recommendation or an argument put forward with as much detail as possible to discuss.
Proposals much be handled maturely, in as professional manner as possible. Opinions, counterarguments, etc must be respected by everyone talking. Topics are also not allowed to drift off topic more so then regular topics, as this can be considered very rude and/or respectful of the original poster, or of those involved in the discussion. Constant acting immature, ignoring replies or disrespect will result in being blocked.
If the evidence, source material, opinions, collective thoughts of the community don't result in a change, then the original poster (or someone else who also agrees or has a counter point) is free to add new evidence. They also may make a topic of their own about the subject - after the original topic has been closed.
A discussion on Policy and Guidelines end when a satisfactory conclusion is met, in which case topics will be closed and locked. Updates to policies and guidelines will be noted on related pages with a link back to the disucussion.
Changes not allowed
There are sometimes elements which cannot be disputed. One such example is found in our Equality Practices Guidelines. In regards to gender, there are Fandom rules and regulations which the wiki are not allowed to disobey and therefore this is not up for discussion as a change would only occur if Fandom itself decided to change that policy. This is an issue not open for debate as a result and any topic opened to attempt to argue against Fandoms own policies that will automatically be closed with a link to the Fandom content that is causing the conflict.
We cannot change policies or guidelines to allow for illegal or unauthorized context. For example, we currently do not allow links to pirated copies of any animation or non-animated content uploaded anywhere then the approved official accounts such as Youtube, social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter, etc. Do not ask policies and guidelines be allowed to access pirated copies of content such as Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, Trolls Band Together or Trolls Remix Rescue.
Persistence and insistence on any changes such as the above, will result in a ban.
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