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Although we want this wiki to be as thorough and friendly as possible, we realize that people may have privacy concerns. Here are some things you can do: | Although we want this wiki to be as thorough and friendly as possible, we realize that people may have privacy concerns. Here are some things you can do: | ||
#Contact a [[ | #Contact a [[SysOp]] with your concerns and they will put a privacy banner on the article you are concerned about (such as the article specifically about you). The privacy banner will state a guideline of which kind of information you don't wish people to include in the article or on the wiki. | ||
#If the information is in the infobox, you can write [[PRIVATE]] next to each item you wish to remain blank. | #If the information is in the infobox, you can write [[PRIVATE]] next to each item you wish to remain blank. | ||
#You can make a privacy template yourself by putting "Privacy|A brief decription of what you want private" in double "{" brackets. Click on the edit tab on this page to see an example. Please also make a note on the article's discussion page in more complete detail. | #You can make a privacy template yourself by putting "Privacy|A brief decription of what you want private" in double "{" brackets. Click on the edit tab on this page to see an example. Please also make a note on the article's discussion page in more complete detail. | ||
#Note: If private information has already been put on the page it may still appear in the history. Contact a [[ | #Note: If private information has already been put on the page it may still appear in the history. Contact a [[SysOp]] to erase this information from the history. | ||
#You can try using the <nowiki><NOINDEX></nowiki> tag but I'm not sure of it's effectiveness. | #You can try using the <nowiki><NOINDEX></nowiki> tag but I'm not sure of it's effectiveness. | ||
Revision as of 19:51, 18 April 2007
This article has special guidelines for privacy. Guidelines: An example of the privacy template. Guidelines would go here and on the discussion page - More Info |
Although we want this wiki to be as thorough and friendly as possible, we realize that people may have privacy concerns. Here are some things you can do:
- Contact a SysOp with your concerns and they will put a privacy banner on the article you are concerned about (such as the article specifically about you). The privacy banner will state a guideline of which kind of information you don't wish people to include in the article or on the wiki.
- If the information is in the infobox, you can write PRIVATE next to each item you wish to remain blank.
- You can make a privacy template yourself by putting "Privacy|A brief decription of what you want private" in double "{" brackets. Click on the edit tab on this page to see an example. Please also make a note on the article's discussion page in more complete detail.
- Note: If private information has already been put on the page it may still appear in the history. Contact a SysOp to erase this information from the history.
- You can try using the <NOINDEX> tag but I'm not sure of it's effectiveness.
Some additional guidelines:
- Use common sense. Things like contact information and sexual identity are better left for the person to add themselves unless you ask them permission.
- Articles should be informative or entertaining, but not at the cost of intentionally be malicious or pissing people off.
- If someone is concerned about their privacy but worried that it could impact the wiki to leave out people who are important to the Forum or Forum stories, we can find a creative solution such as only referring to them by nickname, or creating an alias.