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Below is a suggested set of rules to follow when editing this wiki. Administrators of this wiki should read these rules and adapt them as necessary.
The following '''Policies''' define acceptable and unacceptable behaviour on this Wiki.  


 
Repeated breaches of a given policy, with no apologies given or lesson learned, may result in bans. Visibly meaningless vandalism may also result in instant blocks on the part of new users, although mere mistakes will not, and more established users will be given opportunities to apologise or correct their behaviour even if their misdeeds are akin to the ones that would got an I.P. troll banned on sight.
# '''Keep it civil''': Do not make personal attacks on other people. If you need to criticize another user’s argument, do so without attacking them as a person. Do not use bigoted language, including slurs which degrade another person or group of people based on gender, race, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, etc.
{{Policy|Rule 1: Don't fight on the Wiki|Some debate about how to edit the Wiki is fine, but don't let things get heated or personal. There should be no name-calling here. If you find yourself unable to keep things civil, please take your argument to another website than the Wiki (such as the Jenny Everywhere Discord server)or else request the moderation of an Administrator.}}
# '''Be a productive member of the wiki''': Contribute to the wiki in line with the established processes and conventions. Need help? Ask an [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|administrator]]! Disrupting the wiki with “edit warring” over differing opinions of a topic with another user or group of users is not productive.
{{Policy|Rule 2: Be tolerant|Do not insult or disparage the beliefs of real people on the site or insult them based on origins or romantic orientation. Racist, homophobic or transphobic discourse will not be tolerated on the Wiki, albeit held civilly; [[Jenny Everywhere]] herself is queer and a person of colour; if you hold such beliefs, you are, to put it bluntly, in the wrong fandom.<br>Aside from out-and-out bigotry, though, please don't engage in discourse about other people's political opinions. The Jenny Everywhere Wiki is not the place to bicker about capitalism, abortion, or the latest elections in your home country.}}
# '''Do not engage in excessive self-promotion''': The wiki is a collaborative community resource for the topic at hand. It is NOT a free place to advertise your related website, YouTube channel, blog, social media account, etc. Have a question about whether your link would be welcome? Ask an administrator!
{{Policy|Rule 3: Talk things out if there's a problem|If you feel that another user has acted inappropriately, try to talk things out with them on their message wall. Allow them the chance to explain themselves or apologise. If conflict remains, ''and only then'', notify an Administrator who will review the case.<br>If you've been blocked by an Administrator and believe this was in error, contact them on their message wall on another Wiki.}}
# '''Do not harass other users''': If somebody asks you to stop posting certain content on their wall, respect their wishes. It is their wall.
{{Policy|Rule 4: Be careful about copyright|Jenny Everywhere may be open-source, but this is not true of every work covered on the Wiki. Take care not to label a concept's licensing status incorrectly in its infobox; if you're uncertain, include your best guess with a “(?)”, or else leave the field blank.<br>All image files should have a copyright template in the file description, even if it's just {{tl|Fairuse}} or even {{tl|PD}}, and mention the picture's origin.}}
# '''Do follow community guidelines for formatting''': When a community has established formatting, it’s important to adhere to that, especially when spoiler content is involved.
{{Policy|Rule 5: We're not a fiction hosting site|Some of our story pages include a copy of the story that can be read on-line, either with the author's permission or because the original source has vanished. However, you should not use a page in the main namespace as the ''first publication'' of a new Jenny stories. If you ''really'' want to, you can post a new Jenny story on a sandbox of your own, but really, there are better places on the Internet to release new Jenny stories.}}
 
{{Policy|Rule 6: Stay on-topic for the Wiki|We are not the Web Fiction Wiki or the Public-Domain Characters Wiki. We only cover stories with a material relation to [[Jenny Everywhere]] or another member of her recurring cast (like [[Jenny Nowhere]] or [[Laura Drake]]). And no, it doesn't matter if a webcomic crossed over with Jenny ''once''; we won't cover the whole thing unless Jenny is actually a member of the recurring cast. There are occasional exceptions but if you're in any doubt as to whether a story belongs on this Wiki, ask first.}}
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The following Policies define acceptable and unacceptable behaviour on this Wiki.

Repeated breaches of a given policy, with no apologies given or lesson learned, may result in bans. Visibly meaningless vandalism may also result in instant blocks on the part of new users, although mere mistakes will not, and more established users will be given opportunities to apologise or correct their behaviour even if their misdeeds are akin to the ones that would got an I.P. troll banned on sight.

Rule 1: Don't fight on the Wiki
Some debate about how to edit the Wiki is fine, but don't let things get heated or personal. There should be no name-calling here. If you find yourself unable to keep things civil, please take your argument to another website than the Wiki (such as the Jenny Everywhere Discord server)or else request the moderation of an Administrator.
Rule 2: Be tolerant
Do not insult or disparage the beliefs of real people on the site or insult them based on origins or romantic orientation. Racist, homophobic or transphobic discourse will not be tolerated on the Wiki, albeit held civilly; Jenny Everywhere herself is queer and a person of colour; if you hold such beliefs, you are, to put it bluntly, in the wrong fandom.
Aside from out-and-out bigotry, though, please don't engage in discourse about other people's political opinions. The Jenny Everywhere Wiki is not the place to bicker about capitalism, abortion, or the latest elections in your home country.
Rule 3: Talk things out if there's a problem
If you feel that another user has acted inappropriately, try to talk things out with them on their message wall. Allow them the chance to explain themselves or apologise. If conflict remains, and only then, notify an Administrator who will review the case.
If you've been blocked by an Administrator and believe this was in error, contact them on their message wall on another Wiki.
Rule 4: Be careful about copyright
Jenny Everywhere may be open-source, but this is not true of every work covered on the Wiki. Take care not to label a concept's licensing status incorrectly in its infobox; if you're uncertain, include your best guess with a “(?)”, or else leave the field blank.
All image files should have a copyright template in the file description, even if it's just {{Fairuse}} or even {{PD}}, and mention the picture's origin.
Rule 5: We're not a fiction hosting site
Some of our story pages include a copy of the story that can be read on-line, either with the author's permission or because the original source has vanished. However, you should not use a page in the main namespace as the first publication of a new Jenny stories. If you really want to, you can post a new Jenny story on a sandbox of your own, but really, there are better places on the Internet to release new Jenny stories.
Rule 6: Stay on-topic for the Wiki
We are not the Web Fiction Wiki or the Public-Domain Characters Wiki. We only cover stories with a material relation to Jenny Everywhere or another member of her recurring cast (like Jenny Nowhere or Laura Drake). And no, it doesn't matter if a webcomic crossed over with Jenny once; we won't cover the whole thing unless Jenny is actually a member of the recurring cast. There are occasional exceptions but if you're in any doubt as to whether a story belongs on this Wiki, ask first.