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*Be welcoming to new users. Often newbies can be difficult to deal with because of their lack of experience or knowledge of wiki markup. Such users should be dealt with patiently and respectfully. If a newcomer seems to have made a mistake, try to correct it yourself: do not slam the newcomer. A gentle note at their userpage explaining the wiki's standard and how to better achieve it in the future may prove helpful, as they may be unfamiliar with the norm or merely how to achieve it. If you use ban new users, have bad manners or curse at them, they may decide not to contribute to the wiki again or may even return as a vandal. Courtesy and professionalism should always be top priority when dealing with rookies. | *Be welcoming to new users. Often newbies can be difficult to deal with because of their lack of experience or knowledge of wiki markup. Such users should be dealt with patiently and respectfully. If a newcomer seems to have made a mistake, try to correct it yourself: do not slam the newcomer. A gentle note at their userpage explaining the wiki's standard and how to better achieve it in the future may prove helpful, as they may be unfamiliar with the norm or merely how to achieve it. If you use ban new users, have bad manners or curse at them, they may decide not to contribute to the wiki again or may even return as a vandal. Courtesy and professionalism should always be top priority when dealing with rookies. | ||
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*When reverting other people's edits, give a rationale for the revert (on the article's talk page, if necessary), and be prepared to enter into an extended discussion over the edits in question. Calmly explaining your thinking to others can often result in their agreeing with you; being dogmatic or uncommunicative evokes the same behavior in others, and gets you embroiled in an edit war. If the edit in question is of no significant consequence and its reversion will cause unnecessary controversy, then the said edit may be left alone. After all, nothing is permanent and can always be changed later. | *When reverting other people's edits, give a rationale for the revert (on the article's talk page, if necessary), and be prepared to enter into an extended discussion over the edits in question. Calmly explaining your thinking to others can often result in their agreeing with you; being dogmatic or uncommunicative evokes the same behavior in others, and gets you embroiled in an edit war. If the edit in question is of no significant consequence and its reversion will cause unnecessary controversy, then the said edit may be left alone. After all, nothing is permanent and can always be changed later. | ||
==Edit Warring and User disputes== | |||
Sometimes potentially controversial changes may be made to find out whether it is opposed and another editor may revert it. This may be the beginning of a revert-discuss cycle. While this is fine, an edit war may arise if the situation develops into a series of back-and-forth reverts. Such back and forthing is considered edit warring and undermines the article's stability. Nevertheless, not every revert or controversial edit is regarded as edit warring: | |||
*Reverting vandalism is not edit warring. However, edits from a slanted point of view, general insertion or removal of material, or other good-faith changes are not considered vandalism. See our Destinypedia article [[Destinypedia:About Vandalism|about Vandalism]] for specifics on what classifies as Vandalism. | |||
*Reverting to enforce certain overriding policies is not considered edit warring. | |||
*Reverting edits by banned or blocked users is not edit warring. | |||
*When reverting, be sure to indicate your reasons. This can be done in the edit summary and/or talk page. Anti-vandalism tools such as rollback should not be used to undo good-faith changes in content disputes or preference contentions without an appropriate edit summary. | |||
*If an edit war develops, participants should try to discuss the issue on the talk page and work things out. Do not discuss through edit summaries and continued reversion. It is better to seek help in addressing the issue than to engage in edit warring. When disagreement becomes apparent, one, both, or all participants should cease warring and discuss the issue on the talk page, or seek the help of a neutral staff member. | |||
*If, despite trying, one or more users fail to cease edit warring, refuse to work collaboratively or heed the information given to them, or do not move on to appropriate dispute resolution, then an administrator may take action such as locking the page in question and/or blocking the party/parties in question. | |||
*Destinypedia staff are the ones who decide whether to issue a warning or block for edit warring; these are intended to prevent, deter and encourage change in disruptive behavior, but not to punish it. Where a block is appropriate, the span of the block is at the discretion of the staff member issuing the ban. Where multiple editors or even staff engage in an edit war, [[Destinypedia:Bureaucrats|Bureaucrats]] should consider all sides before making a decision on who is guilty, since perceived unfairness can fuel issues further. | |||
==User Rights== | ==User Rights== | ||