Tardis:Forum policy

Changing policy

No personal attacks → Discussion policy → Do not disrupt this wiki to prove a point → You are bound by current policy → Who writes policy → Desktop is definitive → Forum policy

Forum participation is actively encouraged. Just remember: personal attacks won't be tolerated, and information about any un-released story in any medium is not allowed. Also, you should make every effort to stay on topic in any given thread. Posts which stray from the point may be deleted without warning.

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T:FORUM

People from all around the world read and edit the forums. Like any other collaborative project, not everyone will agree all the time. Keep discussions civil and be open minded about differing opinions. We're all here because we love the same topic.

So don't say nasty things about other people — only comment on the substance of their ideas. If you choose to disregard this warning, you will most definitely, most swiftly, and most infinitely be blocked.

Editing your own posts

You may edit your previous posts so long as:

No one has already quoted your comments. It's not fair to make a later poster look like they've misquoted you.
You are not changing your basic position. Don't agree to a certain position then edit your post such that it appears you now disagree with that position. If you want to change your mind, you must do so in a wholly new post.

When your post may be deleted or moved

Tardis admin may move your thread or post for the purposes of archiving a closed discussion, or if you appear to have posted in the wrong Board. They may delete your thread or post if they believe:

you have posted off topic
you have introduced unhelpful language in a technical thread
you have created a secondary discussion point about the same or similar topic being discussed in another thread
your post is materially wrong in a technical thread, and could therefore lead to confusion about how to use the MediaWiki software or any services provided by Wikia, Inc.
your post or thread violates our rule against disrupting the wiki by making the same point in several different places — particularly one that has been defeated by the community
your post or thread attacks another user or offends other, reasonably-applicable policies

Due to the the underlying code of the so-called "wall forum" forum threads are administered differently to talk pages. In other words, our discussion, user page vandalism and other policies do apply to the forum — but they also partially conflict with this policy because forum threads work differently. In the case of conflict, this policy controls.
This page shall be transcluded at MediaWiki:Forum-policies-and-faq, so that it can be immediately linked to Special:Forum.