Wizardry Wiki:User accounts

This is a proposed policy on Wizardry Wiki. This is not yet fully enforced; nonetheless, its details should not be ignored. Please check the talk page for ongoing discussions on this policy.

A user account is the data used by the wiki software to identify you, your contributions, preferences and settings. This page contains Wizardry Wiki's policies and guidelines on naming accounts, userspace content, and other relevant miscellanies.

Account naming

The vast majority of usernames you may wish to use are perfectly acceptable. When considering your username, remember that this will be the name the community will identify and recognize you as, and so, you should ensure that it is acceptable to both you and the community. This section contains guidelines to consider when choosing a username. If your account's name falls foul of these guidelines, it will be banned indefinitely upon creation. If you feel your account's name is acceptable, please contact an administrator, explaining why you feel your account has been wrongly banned.

Forbidden characters

The following characters are not accepted by the MediaWiki software in account names:

• ASCII character codes 0-31, and 127.
• <, >, [, ], |, {, }, ?, %, /, +, @
• # is not forbidden as such; however, using it when creating an account will cause the # and anything placed after it to be excluded; i.e. "My#Username" will be registered as "My" instead.

Forbidden content

Content that will result in an account being banned indefinitely upon creation. This includes, but is not strictly limited to:

• Names intended to personally insult another person.
• Racial slurs, profanities, etc.
• Names intended to impersonate another user or member of staff.
• Names containing an excessive amount of non-English characters (this causes difficulties in linking to a user's page, URL encoding, etc.).
• Names implying authority, e.g. "admin", "sysop" etc. Account names containing the word "bot" are subject to the bot account policy, and will be banned if they are not intended for use as a bot account.
• Apparently random strings of letters and/or numbers, as these give the impression of the account being intended for use by a spambot or similar automated vandalism program.
• Names intended to promote illegal material.

Renaming an account

If, at some point, you wish to have your account renamed, please contact a bureaucrat, explaining why you would like your account to be renamed. As mentioned above, your username is the name the community knows and recognizes you as; therefore, renaming accounts is discouraged, as it may lead to confusion among the community, and breaking of links to you in archive pages and similar. Requests to have your account renamed will be considered only if you can provide a valid and acceptable reason for doing so; requests will not be entertained if your only reason is "I felt like a change", or similar. In such cases, please use a custom signature instead.

Userspace policy

The "userspace" refers to any pages located in the "User:" namespace that bear your name; i.e. pages with a name beginning in the format "User:My Username". In general, your userpages may contain any content you desire. However, the following content is unacceptable, and will be removed by an administrator:

• Pornographic material, and links thereto.
• Spam content. This does not include a link to a personal blog or website, as long as each site receives only one link, and the sole purpose of your page is not to promote your website.
• Your personal blog itself. Wizardry Wiki is not a blogging site. Please keep blogs to sites such as Blogger and WordPress.
• Links to online gambling sites.
• Links to hacking sites (Romhacking.net is exemption for video game translations and modding).
• Links to blacklisted websites.
• Links to Non-fungible Token, blockchain, cryptocurrency, or similar sites.
• Content specifically designed to insult others, e.g. homophobic, transphobic, racist, or sexist material.
• Copyright violations.
• Pointless duplication of pages existing on the wiki.
• Mainspace notice templates, such as {{stub}} or {{images}}.

Please do not edit your user page(s) excessively, as this may put needless strain on the server. Please make liberal use of the "Show preview" button when editing userpages, and try to make as many changes as you can in single edits. You should focus more on editing the mainspace than the userspace; if you make excessive userspace edits, your user pages may be locked by an administrator (if you are editing a page, such as a sandbox, that you intend to eventually move to the mainspace, more leniency may be given).

You are allowed one image available for use exclusively on your user page. It must be categorized under Category:User images, and should be named "File:User image (your username).ext". As with other content as stated above, pornographic, gory, or offensive images are not allowed. You may use images from the wiki, but you may not set these to fixed position using CSS, as this can cause them to become disruptive for yourself and other users viewing your user page, e.g. they may block the sidebar.

If you are unsure about any aspect of these guidelines with respect to your user page(s), please talk to an administrator.

Subpages

Subpages are pages whose names are of the format "Base page/Subpage". These are generally not used in main content pages, but are more widely used in the userspace. Within the userspace, subpages will have names of the format "User:My Username/Subpage". Subpages are subject to the same policies mentioned above. The most common uses of a user subpage are as a personal sandbox, or for creating custom signatures. However, they may generally be used as one sees fit, as long as they comply to the above guidelines.

Bot accounts

Bot accounts are accounts created to be used by automated wiki editing software for performing various repetitive tasks, usually maintenance-related. A bot account should be clearly designated as such in its username, usually by taking the name of the owner, and appending the word "bot". If you would like to set up a bot account, it must be added to the "bot" usergroup before use. Please contact a bureaucrat to have your bot account added to this group, stating your reasons for requesting a bot. When your bot is approved, please create the bot account's userpage, stating the bot's owner, software, and intended purpose.

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