Worm Wiki:Policy

This is a list of policies enforced on the Worm Wiki. There are some policies which apply across all Wikia; these can be found on the Central Wikia at Wikia:Category:Policy.

Image Attribution

Although most images used on this site are fanart, and thus occupy an unclear legal position, that's absolutely no excuse not to credit people.

Artists should ideally be named on both the page where their artwork is used and on the image's page, with a clear link to where they can be contacted and their other work can be found, and to the place it was originally posted. Images without at least one of these will be removed. Images that contain watermarks with this information are also acceptable, although discouraged.

If you are an artist and wish to have your image removed from the site, please contact MugaSofer and it can be deleted. If you have access to credible information saying that an artist isn't comfortable with their work being used, please either contact us or remove the image from it's associated pages with a link to your source in the edit reason.

Image Quality

Please try to use images that are as story-accurate as possible, to prevent confusion. With that said, images which are of extremely low quality, or which are primarily intended as jokes, should never be used if an equally-accurate alternative is available and should be used sparingly if not.

Citations

All information on this wiki should, ideally, be cited clearly using reference tags:

<ref name="NAME"></ref>

Information included in Worm itself should be cited with the chapter name, a link to the chapter itself or its page on the Wiki, and optionally a direct quote. Information provided by Wildbow elsewhere similarly requires a link. Information stored offline, for whatever reason, should be clearly specified and ideally have a link to information about it.

Information for which a source cannot be found should also be removed, following a discussion on the page's Talk Page in which other users can put forth their sources.

Canon

Information which is purely speculative, from a fan-fiction or otherwise created by an author other than Wildbow, or which seems to contradict canon, should be removed immediately.

All Worm-related material by Wildbow should be considered canon unless indicated otherwise, including comments indicating that other people's work is canon (for whatever reason.) However, material relating to stories set in other universes, should not be considered canon (although it may be treated as trivia.)

Page Names

Page names should be as recognizable as possible, with all likely alternatives made into redirect pages using the following code:

#REDIRECT [[main page name]]

If two pages share possible names, a note should be included on both pages.

Characters with multiple identities should be included under their most recognizable one. In the case of conflict, the most recent name (in-universe) should be used.

Spoilers

The front page warns that this wiki is full of spoilers, and it is impossible to create a wiki for any work of fiction that does not discuss the content of the story. However, some people do nevertheless use this wiki without having finished Worm, and it's only fair to give them some consideration.

If there are two ways to phrase something, the way that does not reveal plot twists should ideally be used.

However, information should never be outright omitted in order to preserve a surprise or twist. Being informative is more important than avoiding spoilers.

Pages about characters whose true identity is revealed late in the story, or about concepts that are revealed late in the story, should be marked with Template:Spoilers at the top of the page. Sections in other pages devoted to details that are both surprising and important to the plot should also be marked with this template.

These rules do not apply to the History section of pages, which are devoted entirely to spoilers by their very nature.