Policies And Guidelines

The Original Character Tournament Wiki's policies and guidelines are developed by the community to describe the best practises, resolve conflicts and maintain the goal of providing a useful and up-to-date guide on Original Character Tournaments.

This page was based on	Wikipedia's List of Policies

=Policies= Policies are the standards which all users should follow. Editors must adhere to these to maintain a level of consistancy within the wiki.

Content
Article Titles To maintain consistancy, all tournament articles should have the 'OCT' suffix on the end. (For example 'Endzone' wouldn't be a suitable article title but 'Endzone OCT' would be allowed)

Image Usage Do not upload competitor rounds onto the wikipedia for archival purposes, this isn't this wiki's purpose. All images should be helpful to show off a tournament's premise, judges and competitors. If possible, ask for permission before using a competitor's work in the wikipedia.

Neutral Viewpoint Everything that our readers can see, including articles and templates must be written neutrally and without bias.

What the OCT Wiki is not The OCT Wiki is not designed to act as an archive for all OCT stories. Nor is it a place to document internet drama related to OCTs. The aim is to document tournaments' premises, development and results.

Conduct
Civility Rudeness or insensitivity, whether intentional or not, can distract from and interfere with our work. Resolve your disputes civilly off this site.

Editing policy Improve pages wherever you can, and don't worry about leaving them imperfect. It is advisable to explain major changes.

Harassment Do not stop other editors or community members from enjoying the OCT Wiki by making threats, nitpicking good-faith edits to articles, repeated annoying and unwanted contacts, repeated personal attacks or posting personal information.

No personal attacks Do not make personal attacks anywhere in the OCT Wiki. Comment on the content, not on the editor. Personal attacks damage the community and deter editors.

Sockpuppetry Do not use multiple accounts to mislead/abuse others, or to circumvent a block.

Vandalism Vandalism is any addition, deletion, or change to content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. It is inappropriate behavior for an online encyclopedia.