Happy Tree Friends Wiki:Policy/Discussion

The Counter-Strike Wiki discussion policy is a set of guidelines for using and maintaining blogs, article comments, talk pages, user talk pages, and Message Walls. This policy helps ensure the stability, consistency, and professionalism of the wiki.

Message Wall/User Talk
Anyone can leave a message on someone's wall when they have a question, small discussions, and/or need help. Once a message has been sent to someone, a notification will appear in the top-right next to their user name. In most cases, these users will help you by replying to your message.

Do NOT put a rude message on someone's message wall. Although mature language is sometimes allowed on the wiki, offending people is not permitted. This includes:


 * Racism (the act of bulling someone because of their race, religion, sexuality, ethnicity, or gender)


 * Trolling (the act of constantly angering another user on purpose.)


 * Giving/asking an E-Mail address to a wiki member.


 * Or any other kind of hate speech.

If you are doing any of the aforementioned acts, the message will be removed and you will be blocked with no further warning.

Also, do NOT put a useless message on someone's message wall. They will be removed and you will be warned.

Note the User Talk pages have been discarded and archived in favor to the Message Wall. Please do NOT leave a message in the archive of a User Talk page. Instead, all messages MUST be posted in the Message Wall.

Article Comment/Talk Page
Just like Message wall, users can leave a comment on an article when someone has questions or discussions about the article.

If you want to discuss the same topic, you must use "Reply" instead of leaving the a new comment. Submitting questions that already exist on that article will be deleted.

Articles that are tagged with the category "CommentWatch" will always be watched and an admin will quickly reply to newly posted questions. '''Please carefully read the article and any existing comments before submitting a comment. We are always willing and available to answer questions or comments but to reduce comment spam, posting a comment or question that has already been answered in the article or via another comment will result in the comment being deleted without notification.'''

Like the Message Wall, do NOT put rude/spam comments into articles as they will be deleted and you will be blocked.

Also, please do NOT put some useless comments like "LOL" or nonsensical gibberish into an article as they will be deleted. It must be also noted that all comments MUST be in English. Non-English comments will usually be removed unless they are able to understand what they saying.

Note just like the predecessor of the User Talk, the Talk Page has been discard in favor to the Article Comment. Please do NOT leave a message in the archive of Talk Page. All messages MUST be posted in the Aricle Comment.

Please respect the wiki as it is not a place to spread/diffuse propaganda and political messages. The wiki and its articles are to remain neutral. For example, the IDF may have killed many civilians in the Israel-Gaza conflict. However, to prevent further controversy, any comments regarding the conflict will be deleted.

Blog
Anyone can create a blog when he or she wants to give news that is related to either the wiki itself or the Counter-Strike Series.

If a blog is unrelated to the Wiki itself or to the Counter-Strike Series, they will be removed by an admin once he sees it. Also, do NOT put inappropriate and/or useless comments in a blog as they will be deleted by an admin.

Forum
Anyone can discuss something on the wiki by posting a forum. Normally, all admins will be alerted when a new discussion is created.

All Forums have their own category so one must put it in the correct area. For example: "A Big update for the CS Wiki" should be put in the "News and Announcements" area.

If a Forum is important, an admin can highlight it and a notification will appear at the top right corner for all users. Just like Message Walls, if you enable "follow", a notification will also appear Note that if you leave a message in a forum, the "follow" will enable automatically.

Just like the comment sections of the Message Walls and Articles, do NOT post any useless or unrelated discussions on forums as they will be deleted.