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==Abusive & Discriminatory Behaviour== | ==Abusive & Discriminatory Behaviour== | ||
Abusive behaviour will not be tolerated. This includes (but is not limited to) swearing at users, personal insults, hatred campaigns, and | Abusive behaviour will not be tolerated. This includes (but is not limited to) swearing at users, personal insults, hatred campaigns, harassment and threats. | ||
Discriminatory behaviour or attitudes will not be tolerated. This includes (but is not limited to) discrimination on the grounds of race, nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation and others. Users displaying these attitudes can expect to be banned permanently, without warning. This wiki needs to be a safe environment for our users, not a haven. | Discriminatory behaviour or attitudes will not be tolerated. This includes (but is not limited to) discrimination on the grounds of race, nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation and others. Users displaying these attitudes can expect to be banned permanently, without warning. This wiki needs to be a safe environment for our users, not a haven. | ||
There are examples of being abusive that are not as direct as the above. This includes expressing abusive or overly-negative opinions, such as edit summaries accusing a previous edit/editor of being crap/stupid etc. Whilst these may be tolerated if they are jovial and harmless, you must remember that other users may not find it funny. Action may be taken if there's evidence of harassment, personal attacks or incivility such as this. | |||
==Disruptive Behaviour== | |||
There are many examples of disruptive behaviour that are not specifically abusive. | |||
These include taunting, baiting, lying, misquoting. | |||
(b) harassment, including Wikihounding, personal or legal threats, posting of personal information, repeated email or user space postings; | |||
(c) sexual innuendo; | |||
(d) lying; | |||
(e) quoting another editor out of context to give the impression they hold views they do not hold, or to malign them. | |||
In addition to this, we expect our users to have a basic grasp of the English language. On the English Grand Theft Wiki, we do not support [[Grand Theft Wiki:Languages|other languages]], except where they are direct quotes from a game. Users are also expected not to use colloquial shorthand (text message speak such as "how r u") or distracting formatting (fonts, size, case, colours, backgrounds, borders, images etc). | |||
==Disagreements with Users== | ==Disagreements with Users== | ||
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*If a staff member reverts one of your edits, and you disagree, discuss it with them first. Do not start an edit war. If you can't agree, escalate to a [[staff|Manager]]. | *If a staff member reverts one of your edits, and you disagree, discuss it with them first. Do not start an edit war. If you can't agree, escalate to a [[staff|Manager]]. | ||
*If you have a complaint about the conduct of a staff member, please speak to a [[staff|Manager]]. | *If you have a complaint about the conduct of a staff member, please speak to a [[staff|Manager]]. | ||
==Enforcement of Behaviour== | |||
[[Staff]] of rank Administrators and above have (amongst other [[Grand Theft Wiki:rights|rights]] and responsibilities) the power to: | |||
*Interpret this policy to make a decision as to whether a user's actions are against our primary objective, our rules or our policy | |||
*Warn users that their behaviour is unacceptable | |||
*Instruct users to cease a disruptive activity or to change their editing habits | |||
*Create a temporary set of rules or restrictions for a specific user, to make it absolutely clear what they can or can't do | |||
*Protect any page if it is the target of disruptive activity | |||
*Temporarily block a group of users to quickly stop an argument or edit war (even if not all of them have breached rules) | |||
*Block (or 'ban') users from this site for any length of time, for breaching a rule, policy or for being disruptive | |||
You do not need to breach a specific rule to breach policy, users can be reprimanded for any negative or disruptive action. There is no "three strike rule" or set procedure to follow for warnings or penalties. There are no predetermined lengths for blocks. Staff are trusted to act in the best interests of this wiki, using whatever techniques, tools, rights or responsibilities they have to achieve that. | |||
For example, a user who edits well but has a temper problem is likely to be given a chance to improve, although under strict supervision and a direct order to stop a particular pattern of behaviour. Temporary blocks may be used on larger groups of users to stop arguments or edit wars, which gives the users a chance to cool down and staff time to figure out who was responsible and who breached policy. Conversely, an automated spam bot or any disruptive user who shows no intention to edit constructively will not be given time to improve, and will generally be instantly and permanently banned. | |||