User:Charmdozo/Sandbox/Policy

This policy describes the general rules of behavior for users of the Charmed wikia. These rules apply to all users and are established to create a respectful and professional community where users can read, edit and improve the quality of the wikia.

General Code of Conduct

 * All users must be at least 12 years old and have a basic understanding of the English language.
 * All users are asked to communicate in a polite and respectful manner. This applies to talk pages, blogs, chat and message walls.
 * Swearing, harassment and discrimination are not allowed on the wikia.
 * Differences of opinion or perspective are unavoidable, though this is no reason to be disrespectful or rude. Treat other users and their work with respect and start a discussion before deleting their edits.
 * Vandalism is not allowed, therefore these edits can be deleted instantly. If you suspect vandalism but are not sure, please contact an admin.
 * Always remember to sign your posts on talk pages.

Canon
This wikia is based on canon information. Canonicity can be a matter of conflict, therefore the wikia as a general considers the following sources canon;
 * The TV series (excluding the unaired pilot)
 * The comics (as they are the official continuation of the series)
 * The e-books written by Paul Ruditis and Pat Shand
 * Interviews with by people directly involved with the creation of the series, e.a. writers.

The following are not considered canon;
 * The Charmed novels (as they are written independently from the series)
 * Interviews with people involved with the series, but not its creation, e.a. actors and crew.
 * Fanfiction (for obvious reasons)

General

 * Considering that Charmed is an American show, the wikia uses American spelling.
 * Pages must be written from a third person perspective.
 * Page content must always be written in a professional, neutral manner. Personal opinions and views can be shared on talk pages, blogs, chat and message walls.
 * Various pages, such as episode and character pages have a standard layout that must be followed. If you are unsure how to construct a page, use other finished pages as examples.

Tense

 * General sections of pages must be written in the present tense. (for example; the opening paragraph, Powers and Abilities section and the Notes and Trivia)
 * Plot selections must be written in the present sense.
 * History sections on pages must be written in the past tense.

Episode pages

 * Infobox
 * Opening paragraph
 * Summary (with link to plot page)
 * Cast
 * Magical Notes (book of shadows, spells, potion, powers, artifacts)
 * Notes and Trivia (cultural references, glitches)
 * Gallery
 * International titles

General

 * All images must be of good quality and clean of logos, watermarks or texts.
 * All images must be named properly and recognizable.
 * If a name already exists, select another and don’t replace the current image without consent.
 * All images must be placed in a corresponding image category. (for example, images of Piper in the “Images of Piper Halliwell” category. Characters who do not have their own category can be placed in the general “Images by character” category. This also applies to powers, spells, locations, etc.)
 * Images of poor quality or duplicate images will be deleted.
 * Personal images are only allowed on your own user page. We advise you to be careful with spreading personal images for privacy reasons.

Infobox images

 * Images in character and species infoboxes must be 255px. Cropped images or promotional images must be 250px.
 * Images in episode infoboxes must be 255px.
 * Images in location infoboxes must be 255px.
 * Images in spell, potion and artifact infoboxes must be 255px (GIFs can be 320px)
 * Images in power infoboxes must be 320px (if they are GIFs, otherwise it’s 255px)

Galleries

 * Galleries on character, location and power pages must be in “landscape” size and 150px.
 * Gallery pages for actors must be in “portrait” size and 150px.

Performer images
Many actors have their own galleries on the wikia. However, this does not mean that any picture can be added to these galleries. Images that can be added are;
 * Headshots or professional photoshoots
 * Candid appearances (if the images are clear and of good quality)
 * Promotional images

The following images are not allowed;
 * Screen captures or GIFs from other films or television series
 * Inappropriate images
 * Images that impact/violate the privacy of actors