Assassin's Creed Wiki:Community guidelines

Welcome to the wiki! This page lists some of the guidelines you have to follow while taking part in the Assassin's Creed Wiki community.

I. Civility and etiquette

(a) Basic decency

Be nice and treat people with respect and courtesy. Keep discussions civil and be open-minded about differing opinions. Do not comment just to provoke.

(b) No discrimination

Messages which evince prejudice against a certain race, gender, sex, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality, age, and/or physical or mental disability, and discriminatory behaviour towards these protected categories, are strictly prohibited. Dismissing or denying an individual's lived experiences and their personal anecdote about a social or political issue will not be tolerated. Users who employ hate speech and/or racial slurs, as well as users whose actions speak to condoning genocide, are subject to an immediate ban.

(c) No bullying or harassment

Bullying and harassment will not be tolerated. Do not resort to personal attacks. Messaging a user excessively to complain over an issue or a declined request, especially if it involves pursuing them across multiple platforms to circumvent a block or ban, may be interpreted as harassment. Non-consensual sexually obscene comments to another user on or off-site constitute sexual harassment and warrant an immediate ban.

(d) Conduct in debates and conflict resolution

In matters of dispute, users are expected to do their best to advance the conversation and properly engage with the other parties' arguments.

• This involves acknowledgement of the other party's arguments and the presumption of good faith even where one disagrees with those arguments.
• It involves a willingness to believe the other party's attempt to clarify their intended meaning when they have expressed belief that they have been misunderstood.
• It entails not dismissing, rejecting, and/or mischaracterizing the experiences expressed by the other party, no matter how strongly one disagrees with the position and opinions they have formed on the basis of those experiences. Doing otherwise may constitute posing a strawman argument or worse, a violation of 1(b) regarding non-discrimination depending on the subject matter.
• Arguments and counter-arguments should be targeted at the content of arguments and not the character of the individual, nor should they be repeatedly levelled at the other party's suspected dishonesty.

The above bullet points are situated within reasonable parameters. Users who have committed multiple infractions, constantly demonstrated dishonesty and insincerity, or received multiple warnings for the same or similar offences in the past may be appropriately suspected of less than good faith behaviour.

Users are encouraged to do their best to maintain composure, even when they believe they are in the right and have a valid reason to be angry. Frustration in and of itself is not an offence, but resorting to profanities and name-calling in the midst of a dispute may be interpreted as a breach of conduct.

"Being blunt" is not an excuse for a lack of civility, etiquette, and consideration towards others. Likewise, being corrected for poor edits or reprimanded for disruptive behaviour should not be construed as a lack of civility.

When one has an earnest issue with another user, a good rule-of-thumb for etiquette is to state in terms of ego's own observation, thoughts, or beliefs (e.g. "I believe that you…, "I think that you…", "I feel that you…", "My impression was…") as opposed to making a direct accusation about alter (e.g. "You are…"). The truth-value of one's statement then depend on whether or not one had observed, thought, or believed in that way, as opposed to whether or not the observation, thought, or belief itself is correct. In other words, they can argue whether your thoughts and opinions are right, as well as whether you were justified in forming that opinion, but they cannot argue the very fact that you have that thought or that you have felt a certain way—and vice versa. This also helps to practice separating one's own opinions about another person from facts about that person. Not merely a means of softening tone, this is a logical tool that functions to more clearly distinguish a statement about an issue with another user from a personal attack against them.

(e) Spam and vandalism are prohibited.

(f) Encouraging illegal behaviour and/or inciting violence are grounds for an immediate ban.

(g) These community guidelines apply to the Assassin's Creed Wiki Discord server.

As an extension of the Assassin's Creed Wiki community, interactions and conduct between users on that platform are, for the purposes of moderation, equivalent to interactions and conduct on the Assassin's Creed Wiki website itself.

Our Discord server rules are the same as our Assassin's Creed Wiki rules, and a user who receives a warning or ban on our Discord server for violation of the rules will also be banned on the Assassin's Creed Wiki and vice versa. For example, harassment of another user on the Discord platform constitutes harassment of that user all the same. That they are separate platforms is not a suitable defence against sanctions on the wiki.

(h) Not being aware does not make you exempt.

It is every user's own responsibility to make sure they are following the rules. Not knowing about them does not mean they may be excused from violating the rules.