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Here at the Lost Media Wiki, we are pretty laid back about most things, and we don't mind if certain articles are written in different tones or not, but there are a few things we have issues with in terms of article creation.
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Here at the Lost Media Archive, there are a few rules that the user must follow, bellow they are listed.
   
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# Use good grammar. If you're going to be making an article, than at least try to keep the grammar and punctuation looking nice. If the grammar is so bad to the point where the article is simply in-comprehensible and impossible to understand, then the page will most likely be removed.
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# Don't Spam: Spam is actually one of the reasons why I adopted the wiki, please don't make fake/spam articles. If you begin to do this, you will be given a warning, if you do it again, you will be blocked from editing on the site and all the spam pages you made will be quickly removed. Any spamming on comments will not be tolerated either.
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# Do not advertise in pages as it will only annoy the reader. You may advertise in the comments as long as you do not spam, however.
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# Absolutely no vandalism: any destructive or harmful edits to a page will result in a ban.
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# Please be kind to people and don't cause fights.
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# When marking a page for deletion, do not add unnecessary categories like 'DELETE THIS NOW!' as it is immature, spamming and won't help the page get deleted faster. When marking a fake page for deletion only put <nowiki>{{delete|Fake}}</nowiki>. See more about this [[How to Mark a Page for Deletion Maturely| here]].
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#* In addition, please add at least one reason for the page being deleted. A reason for the deletion may be inserted by typing <nowiki> {{delete|(insert reason/reasons here)}}</nowiki>
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# Pages should be well-written and detailed. Pages that do not meet the quality standard may be deleted if they are not re-written within a week.
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# Sources are optional on a page itself, however, you must give sources when asked about where you heard about the topic. Otherwise, we will not believe that the page is about something real.
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# Don't edit someone else's sandbox without their permission.
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# If you receive a banning, '''do not come back on an alternate account.''' Instead, '''message an admin on [[community:Community_Central|Community Central]] to request the ban removed,''' if you think the ban was unfair, and the admin will determine if the ban was fair or not.
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# Do not, and I repeat, '''do not''' copy and paste [https://lostmediaarchive.fandom.com/wiki/File:Plagiarism.png any full paragraph, or paragraphs of our articles for other wikis], as it is plagiarism and stealing.
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# Any promotion of other wikis about Lost Media will be removed, as these wikis tend to spread false information about this wiki and plagiarize pages from here.
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# As of now, any pages about real-life lost suicide or death footage are prohibited, due to many users agreeing that they are too disrespectful to the person who died.
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#* An exception can be made for pages about real-life murder footage as they can be useful to solve crime cases, but the pages must be marked with the NSFL template.
   
-'''Plagiarism:''' Any users found to be plagiarising will either receive a warning to rewrite the article in their own words, or will flat out have the article deleted (depending on their history of plagiarising).
 
   
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Failure to follow these rules will result in a banning.
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-'''Length:''' Length is not necessarily an issue, especially if there is a either lack or abundance of information on a certain subject, but, for example, if you create a one or two sentence article for a subject of which significantly more information is widely-known, expect said article to be either rewritten or removed. The same goes for long articles; some long articles can absolutely be justified, due to the sheer extent of information available on a subject - try not to waffle on too much though.
 
 
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-'''Relevance:''' If you wish to create an article for a piece of lost media, said media must be relevant enough to warrant a mention (eg. if someone's YouTube uploads go missing, and they are not famous or noteworthy, then they don't belong here on the wiki).
 
 
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-'''Bias:''' When writing an article, try to be as non-biased and factual as possible.
 
 
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'''-Article Formatting:''' See [http://lostmedia.wikia.com/wiki/Formatting_Guidelines formatting guidelines].
 
 
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That's about it! Oh, and try to keep the articles tasteful. We don't want this wiki to degenerate into filth ;)
 
 
<p style="text-align: center;">Thanks,</p>
 
<p style="text-align: center;">LMW Staff (ie. [[User:Dycaite|dycaite]], [[User:ThatShoegazer|ThatShoegazer]], [[User:Glbracer|glbracer]], [[User:Shiny Poliwhirl|Shiny Poliwhirl]] and [[User:The Reynard|The Reynard]]).</p>
 
[[Category:Miscellaneous Lost Media]]
 
[[Category:Lost Media Wiki]]
 

Revision as of 21:42, 4 October 2021

Here at the Lost Media Archive, there are a few rules that the user must follow, bellow they are listed.

  1. Use good grammar. If you're going to be making an article, than at least try to keep the grammar and punctuation looking nice. If the grammar is so bad to the point where the article is simply in-comprehensible and impossible to understand, then the page will most likely be removed.
  2. Don't Spam: Spam is actually one of the reasons why I adopted the wiki, please don't make fake/spam articles. If you begin to do this, you will be given a warning, if you do it again, you will be blocked from editing on the site and all the spam pages you made will be quickly removed. Any spamming on comments will not be tolerated either.
  3. Do not advertise in pages as it will only annoy the reader. You may advertise in the comments as long as you do not spam, however.
  4. Absolutely no vandalism: any destructive or harmful edits to a page will result in a ban.
  5. Please be kind to people and don't cause fights.
  6. When marking a page for deletion, do not add unnecessary categories like 'DELETE THIS NOW!' as it is immature, spamming and won't help the page get deleted faster. When marking a fake page for deletion only put {{delete|Fake}}. See more about this here.
    • In addition, please add at least one reason for the page being deleted. A reason for the deletion may be inserted by typing {{delete|(insert reason/reasons here)}}
  7. Pages should be well-written and detailed. Pages that do not meet the quality standard may be deleted if they are not re-written within a week.
  8. Sources are optional on a page itself, however, you must give sources when asked about where you heard about the topic. Otherwise, we will not believe that the page is about something real.
  9. Don't edit someone else's sandbox without their permission.
  10. If you receive a banning, do not come back on an alternate account. Instead, message an admin on Community Central to request the ban removed, if you think the ban was unfair, and the admin will determine if the ban was fair or not.
  11. Do not, and I repeat, do not copy and paste any full paragraph, or paragraphs of our articles for other wikis, as it is plagiarism and stealing.
  12. Any promotion of other wikis about Lost Media will be removed, as these wikis tend to spread false information about this wiki and plagiarize pages from here.
  13. As of now, any pages about real-life lost suicide or death footage are prohibited, due to many users agreeing that they are too disrespectful to the person who died.
    • An exception can be made for pages about real-life murder footage as they can be useful to solve crime cases, but the pages must be marked with the NSFL template.


Failure to follow these rules will result in a banning.