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== Policies ==

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The policies laid down by the admins can be found on the [[1d4chan:Policy|Policy]] page, but in brief (as stated on the front page):

* '''No egoboos''' 1d4chan is NOT for pages dedicated to specific browsers of /tg/, [[namefag]] or [[tripfag]], regardless of how well-known or liked/disliked they are. The only exception to this is the [[drawfag]] page, which may list known drawfags and describe their usual subject matter. Please refrain from qualitative analysis of a given drawfag's talents or personality, as drama will inevitably ensue.
* '''No wars in the article''' If you find yourself in an edit war or anything similar with another user, move your argument to the article's discussion page. If you observe a dispute over an article and have an opinion one way or the other about it, comment on the discussion. [[User:Wikifag|Wikifag]] prefers to get input from as many people as possible before he has to make some sort of administrative decision about a given issue.
* '''Campaigns in the Campaign: namespace''' If you intend to use the wiki as storage for pages about your campaign, your main page should be at ''Campaign:Name'' and other related pages should be at ''Campaign:Name/Stuff''. Your pages should also link to each other to avoid them appearing on the orphaned pages list. Wikifag won't punish users for forgetting to do this, but it helps keep the wiki tidy!
** Use the Setting: namespace for articles related to homebrew (as opposed to offical) settings, following the same syntax.
* '''Deleting pages''' If you find a page that needs deleting, put the ''<nowiki>{{deletion}}</nowiki>'' template on it (by including that markup at the top of the page) and it will be added to the deletion category. Pages that should be deleted are pages for campaigns that are no longer running or no longer needed for that campaign, and pages of very low quality or subject matter unrelated to /tg/. Note that the criteria for "related to /tg/" is somewhat lax, and well-written pages that justify even a tangential relation to /tg/ are likely to be allowed to remain.
* '''Block Policy''' See the [[1d4chan:Policy|Policy]] page for a clarification of what behaviors are considered block-worthy.  In short: vandalism and (excessive) edit-warring warrants a block of a few days, and link-spammers get permanently blocked.  Use the talk page instead of the "undo" link.

=== Spam Pages ===

The most common sort of "page that needs deleting" that we encounter on this wiki is the ''spam page''.  These are pages with no /tg/ related content, and one or more links to an external web page or pages.  They are either trying to boost said page's Google rank by making it look like more people are linking to it (which won't work, because this wiki -- like all MediaWiki wikis using the default settings -- specifically tells search engines not to use said links for page ranking purposes) or get people to click on that link, driving traffic (which won't work, because people view pages on this wiki that are interesting, which spam pages usually are not).  If you encounter a spam page, mark it with the "<nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki>" or "<nowiki>{{deletion}}</nowiki>" tags so the admins ([[User:Wikifag|Wikifag]] and [[User:AssistantWikifag|AssistantWikifag]]) know to delete them.

All spam pages are different, but they tend to exhibit most of the following symptoms:
# Containing a link to a dodgy-looking external site, usually one advertising a product or service.
# Being the first (and often only) edit of a new user.
# Being written in broken English or in a non-English language (for some reason, we get a fair amount of Polish and Russian spam).
# Containing a generic, bland greeting ("Happy to be a member of 1d4chan.org, hope I can contribute to this nice site, see my web page: [spam link]").

We admins try to check a page's history before deleting it and blocking the creator, but we're not perfect, especially if there's a lot of spam to be deleted; if you think you have been blocked erroneously, either contact one of the admins by email or their talk pages (obviously as an IP address, if your account got blocked).