Code of Conduct

There are a few policies which apply across all of the Great Library of Greyhawk wiki. These can all be found at Category:Policies.

Code of conduct

This is a list of behaviour expected of editors and users of this wiki.

By using this wiki, you agree to follow these guidelines.

1. Wheaton's Law: Don't Be A Dick.
   • Be civil to other users at all times. Disagree without being disagreeable. No personal attacks. Don't write that user so-and-so is an idiot, or insult them (even if they are an idiot). Instead, explain what they did wrong, why it is wrong, and how to fix it. If possible, fix it yourself (but see "Don't revert good faith edits", below).
   • This wiki supports diversity and inclusiveness, and will not tolerate comments or content contrary to that.
   • The Great Library of Greyhawk wiki will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on a User's place of origin, ethnicity, citizenship, gender, age, political or religious affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, family relationship, economic or medical status, or any similar harassment of any kind. Do not disparage any of these or lack thereof.
   • No racist, homophobic/transphobic, misogynist, or sexist commentary and/or imagery.
2. Do not disparage creators—Refrain from posting "outrage content", ranting about, denigrating, or trash-talking creators, designers, publishers who create games, or their employees. Do not use derogatory nicknames to refer to any of those, either.
3. Respect confidentiality. No doxxing!
   Users must respect and maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information. This may include personal information about community members or members of the general public, and/or information about the internal workings of GreyhawkOnline, the Great Library of Greyhawk wiki or its partners or suppliers, or any other creators, designers, publishers who create games, or their employees.
4. When in doubt, take it to the Discuss area—We have all the time in the world. Mutual respect is the guiding behavioral principle of Wikia and, although everyone knows that their writing may be edited mercilessly, it is easier to accept changes if the reasons for them are understood. If you discuss changes on the article's talk (or discussion) page before you make them, you should reach consensus faster and happier.
5. Be graceful: Be liberal in what you accept, be conservative in what you do. Try to accommodate other people's quirks the best you can, but try to be as polite, solid, and straightforward as possible yourself.

Editing conduct

1. EDIT BOLDLY! in updating pages. Go ahead, edit boldly—it's a wiki! That's how they work! Encourage others, including those who disagree with you, likewise to BE BOLD!
2. Respect copyright. This wiki uses Commons-Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 (CC-BY-NC-SA). Everything you contribute must be compatible with that license.
3. Assume good faith—in other words, try to consider that the person on the other end of the discussion is a thinking, rational being who is trying to positively contribute to the project — unless, and only unless, you have firm, solid, and objective proof to the contrary. Merely disagreeing with you is no such proof.
4. Don't revert good faith edits. Always try to correct errors before reverting. Or, at the very least, note the errors in the Discuss tab, or by using the {{citation needed}} template, and suggest how to fix it. Reverting is too powerful sometimes. Don't succumb to the temptation of immediately reverting, unless you're reverting very obvious vandalism (like "LALALALAL*&*@#@THIS_SUX0RZ", or someone changing "1+2=3" to "1+2=17"). If you really cannot stand something, revert once, with an edit summary something like "(rv) I disagree strongly, I'll explain why in Discuss." and immediately take it to the Discuss area.
5. Use neutral language
   Articles should always be written in an encyclopedic style, and not use phrasing or words which convey an unnecessarily negative (or positive) opinion of the topic.
6. Use edit summaries—at the bottom of the "Save Page" screen, there is a "Summary" blank. Using clear and transparent explanations is universally appreciated. Other editors need to understand your process, and it also helps you yourself to understand what you did after a long leave of absence from an article. Please state what you changed and why. If the explanation is too long, add more on the discussion page.
7. Use the preview button; it helps prevents edit conflicts and mistakes.

Discussion

Discussion pages

When there is a question about the content on a page, use the page's "Discussion" subpage (at the top of the page). This allows a conversation about errors, possible changes or improvements, corrections, WIP edits, or even simply making notes about things to remember that need to be done to work on a page.

Discord #wiki-chat discussion

For further discussion of the wiki, or to contact Admin and Sysops of the wiki, you can join other editors in discussion about the wiki in #wiki-chat on the GreyhawkOnline Discord server. It's important to have fun... but try to make sure those around you have fun too!