User:Metal10961/sandbox

=Consensus= Consensus is a group-decision making process where participants, especially community contributors, gather together to discuss and develop an aim that is generally accepted by all participants. On other platforms, such as Wikipedia or other Fandom wikis (Roblox Wiki, Avatar: The Last Airbender Wiki, etc.), Consensus is generally used nearly every aspect of editor life to strengthen a community bond and empower editors.

The Funkipedia Mods Wiki is not a democracy nor is it a bureaucracy. Although, it shares common similarities between the two.

Basic Principles of Consensus
The preferred way to make decisions on the wiki is through Consensus. Consensus should be applied to the following guidelines: In a nutshell, the choice to make decisions on this wiki should be made at the hands of the community.
 * Content decisions (Splitting pages, removing a page, etc.)
 * Proposals to change guidelines and policies.
 * Changes to the wiki's functionality.

Ideally, decisions that are considered trivial or unlikely to be controversial do not require consensus at all.

Determining Consensus
Consensus voting should ideally start as a discussion, either at a discussion post on the forums, in a talk page, or anywhere on the wiki.

Consensus is generally decided if a reasonable number of editors offered fair, reasonable, and professional input and is fully reached when involved editors agree on a particular decision. To determine if a consensus has ended, if a consensus has been reached, is decided by an editor who participated or an admin.

Involved editors who want to decide are required to either use the   or the [UNDECIDED] templates along with their reasons. Using these templates are mandatory during discussions time of a consensus.

When to use consensus

 * Whenever there is a proposed solution for a complex problem that could change the wiki significantly
 * When editors are willing to participate on a major topic regarding the wiki
 * When the people involved are committed to the decision or plan.

Engage in an edit war
Edit wars do not solve the major problems at hand. In fact, doing so creates more problems on the wiki

Give up when multiple people disagree
It's ok to feel like you're alone when so many people are against what you proposed. That's ok, it's normal. Ideally, if you think what the involving parties are doing is wrong or does not meet your standards, then remain calm and settle a general and acceptable agreement between all members.

Calling them out or publicly shame them
Do not make a call out post at a public sphere or proactively shame them because of what they did. Doing so undermines their motives foundations and it may fall under intimidation because you don't agree with them.

Question them
While it is okay to question some things that are unclear or needs clarification, it is not okay to question others in a negative way.

In A Nutshell

 * 1) A consensus is formed.
 * 2) Editors with a certain number of edits and posts get involved in the discussions.
 * 3) Involved editors comment their decisions and reasons.
 * 4) Consensus is reached.
 * 5) Discussions gets closed by an editor or admin.

Absolute Unanimity
Consensus does not always mean total agreement of participants for every decision. (Although, it's ideal.)

A democracy, bureaucracy, or an oligarchy
Consensus is not a political system where users simply vote on what they like. It is a loosely based system where civil editors collaborate to formulate one achievable aim. This process is not limited to just the staff team, but proactive and civil editors.

In favor of the majority
Consensus is neither voting in favor of the majority or a tool for mob mentality. It does not favor a simple majority of participants who agree on a certain decision and leaves minority editors out.

A tool for mob mentality
Mob mentality is a current issue within the internet landscape. The wiki

A tool for influencers
Attempting to use your close peers or friends, followers or fans, family members, or anyone who is associated with you in order to influence or sway consensus. For example, a mod maker or developer with a huge follower account on Twitter attempts to use their influence and power to sway consensus into their favor. This falls into meat-puppetry and canvassing which is both unacceptable and disruptive and will likely result in you receiving a lengthy block on this wiki.

Consensus is not a democracy, bureaucracy, or a purely oligarchical process among the staff.

What not to do

 *  Off-wiki discussions . Consensus is reached through on-wiki discussion or by editing. Discussions elsewhere are not taken into account. In some cases, such off-wiki communication may generate suspicion and mistrust.
 *  Canvassing and meat puppetry . Any effort to gather participants to a community discussion that has the effect of biasing that discussion is absolutely unacceptable. While it is fine—even encouraged—to invite people into a discussion to obtain new insights and arguments, it is not acceptable to invite only people favorable to a particular point of view, or to invite people in a way that will prejudice their opinions on the matter.
 *  Sock puppetry/Ballot box stuffing . Any attempt of making multiple alt accounts, especially to influence a wiki's decision. Using sock puppetry to influence consensus is also forbidden. Neutral, informative messages to noticeboards, projects, or editors are permitted; but actions that could reasonably be interpreted as an attempt to "stuff the ballot box" or otherwise compromise the consensus-building process are considered disruptive.
 *  Tendentious editing . The continuous, aggressive pursuit of an editorial goal is considered disruptive, and should be avoided. Editors should listen, respond, and cooperate to build a better article. Editors who refuse to allow any consensus except the one they insist on, and who filibuster indefinitely to attain that goal, risk damaging the consensus process.
 *  Forum shopping, admin shopping, and spin-doctoring . Raising essentially the same issue on multiple noticeboards and talk pages, or to multiple administrators or reviewers, or any one of these repetitively, is unhelpful to finding and achieving consensus. It does not help develop consensus to try different forums in the hope of finding one where you get the answer you want. (This is also known as "asking the other parent".) Queries placed on noticeboards and talk pages should be phrased as neutrally as possible, in order to get uninvolved and neutral additional opinions. Where multiple issues do exist, then the raising of the individual issues on the correct pages may be reasonable, but in that case it is normally best to give links to show where else you have raised the question.

=What the Staff Is Not=

Bureaucrats Do Not Own the Wiki
It is commonly mistaken that the most powerful users on a local wiki own it. Bureaucrats are a perfect example. They do not own the wiki in any shape or form regardless of how much power they have over the community. The fundamental idea of wiki is that only the community of editors own it, rather than one or a few individuals.

Accountability
=Ownership of content= All Funkipedia Mods Wiki pages are edited collaboratively by editors who volunteer their time here. No one, especially mod makers or developers, have or has the right to act as if they have ownership over a particular article or page nor has any right to dictate what they say or may not say. Believing that a Funkipedia page has an owner is a commonly accepted mistake that has been generally accepted throughout Funkipedia Mods Wiki.

Assets
While it is true that assets are created by their respective creators who developed a mod, the assets uploaded to the wiki are done by the editors. Just because an asset is uploaded to the wiki does not mean the mod-makers own the uploaded version of the latter as it falls under CC-BY-AA. It is important to give credit where credit is due.

=What this Wiki is and is not= The Funkipedia Mods Wiki is many things. However, there are so many interpretations of this wiki that are wrongly assumed by others. The wiki is not:

This wiki, especially its forums, is not a purely social networking website. Content must remain relevant to its sole focus on Friday Night Funkin' mods. There is no such thing as an official wiki for Friday Night Funkin' mods.
 * Another Facebook
 * Another Twitter
 * A repository of Friday Night Funkin' mods.
 * An advertisement service
 * The official wiki.
 * A place for mod makers or developers to dictate what information gets documented.
 * A center for censorship
 * A place for original research
 * A crystal ball
 * A news website
 * Always correct
 * Always reliable source of information or is it always correct.
 * Another Twitter
 * A democracy, republic, oligarchy, or bureaucracy
 * Under ownership of one or a few

The wikis are owned by the communities. No one owns any wiki. Founders are those who requested a wiki be created, but ownership of that wiki resides with the community as a whole, not only with the founder. Similarly, no bureaucrat or administrator may claim proprietorship over the wiki.

Removing a mod developer or a mod maker because they've done anything that is considered disliked, hated, immoral, or unethical by a general audience is not who we are. They have contributed to the mod at least some point and they should be credited for it. Removing their names is like sanitizing history or informational texts because someone doesn't like it, which itself is childish.
 * Wikipedia
 * A place to ostracize/"cancel" others

=Discussions Policy= This policy page outlines the basic guidelines for Discussion Boards on the wiki's forums. It is expected that everyone must read each policy step-by-step to reduce their chances of getting warned by a local moderator or administrator.

Guidelines
These are the Funkipedia Mods Wiki discussions forums guidelines. All users are expected to follow them or face varying degrees of consequences. These are largely the same as on the main wiki. Please not these should also be followed on message walls.


 * 1) No harassment: Everyone is welcome here, so be nice and treat people with basic respect. Keep discussions clean and civil and be open-minded about differing opinions.


 * 1) Constructive criticism: You are allowed to criticize people for their art: Criticisms should be given in a respectful and courteous manner. You are not allowed to make trivial, rude, or unprovoked remarks about someone's work that do very little to actually critique it or help the artist improve. This kind of "critique" will be deleted.


 * 1) No NSFW: PLEASE. Having explicit, highly sexual/suggestive, fetish, grotesque, violent, or potentially disturbing content in a post can be very problematic. Just use common sense: if you think it could get you in trouble, it's best not to post it. This also extends to graphic or disturbing comments. Be careful about what you say.


 * 1) No false reporting: Simply put, false reports are anything reported that does not break any of the guidelines. These are minor inconveniences to sort through. However, if you are found to have made several false reports, there will be consequences.


 * 1) No ships or role-playing: We ask that you do not start or engage in these sorts of topics here. Ever. They will be deleted and those engaged in the conversations could face consequences. However, you are allowed to discuss and share head-canons and OCs as long as they don't break any other guidelines.


 * 1) Do not spam: It's annoying and draws attention away from actual conversations. You will be punished for spamming comments, making a bunch of irrelevant posts one after another, or encouraging others to spam. This also goes for post trends which we may consider spam if they start overcrowding the discussions, leading to their deletion to reduce clutter. Posts deemed low effort, such as posts with only a title and reposts of older ones may also be considered spam.


 * 1) Needlessly tagging others: This can be very annoying for users that do not want to be part of a conversation, especially in the case of wiki staff members. They should only be tagged to bring attention to any questionable or reported comments. Tagging them for no good reason could lead to consequences.


 * 1) Upvote farming: That's not why you make posts here. If what you posted is good, it will naturally do that anyway.


 * 1) No excessive swearing: Swearing is fine in general (it's not like you can't swear here) but be mindful of your language and keep it to a minimum if possible. You don't need to swear every other sentence to get your message across.


 * 1) Sockpuppetry: If you have been blocked and return on a new account, your posts will be deleted, and your new account(s) will be blocked as well. You were blocked for a reason, so stay out.


 * 1) Impersonation of other users or famous people: If you can't prove you are who you say you are, your posts will be deleted, and you will be blocked.


 * 1) Trolling or vandalism: Anyone making posts in this sort of activity will be deleted and will likely lead to your account being blocked. No one thinks you're funny.


 * 1) Reposting other people's artwork or content: If you want to share something created by someone else, it is preferred if you simply post a link to it. We also do not tolerate traced artwork.


 * 1) No advertising: Users are not allowed to use the wiki or the forums for promotion of any sort. Sharing creative content is always welcome, but do not post here with the intent of advertising. We also ask that you do not promote Discord servers or other non-related wikis.


 * 1) Super loud videos: It's obnoxious and will be removed, even if you leave a warning in advance. You shouldn't upload it in the first place.


 * 1) No flashing GIFs or videos: Be very careful about the images or clips that you post here. There could be some people here that could be seriously harmed by seeing something like that.

17. If a post was locked or deleted, do not recreate it in a new post: A post was likely locked or deleted for a good reason, and bringing it back will not fix anything.


 * 1) No necroposting: This behavior is highly discouraged as it can be very annoying. Commenting on an old post sends a useless notification to everyone else who commented on it when the original conversation has likely been finished long ago. Please report any threads that are unnecessarily revived so they can be locked, but do not add to the necroposting. If a post has 1500 or more comments, it could be locked under certain circumstances.


 * 1) Use appropriate category tags: If a post seems to be using the wrong tag, it will be edited. Please use the correct category tags before posting.

20. Do not post links to websites that have recreations of Friday Night Funkin' mods or websites that have Friday Night Funkin' modded content on them without the mod creator's consent.

21. Do not post images, links, or any content about the “cringe clickbait fnf videos”: These often contain NSFW depictions and art, and they have generally just become repetitive over time.

22. Do not bring up controversial/touchy subjects in the comments: This includes politics, religion, real-world tragedies, cancel culture, and drama. Unless relevant to a mod, these are generally subjects we would like to avoid in the discussions forum. Another specific type of subject we wish to avoid is personal issues. Although we care about the well-being of our users, the discussions forum is not the best place to vent. This also includes mentioning controversial mod creators or users on this wiki.

23. Do not try to recruit users to help with the development of modding projects: This is not the place to do that. If you want to get people to help with your mod, you should seek out people who specialize in whatever you need for your mod, art, music, coding, etcetera, not just recruit random people on the internet because they claim to be good at something.

24. Do not post leaks from 4chan or other places that were not from or approved by the mod creator: It is disrespectful and goes against the wishes of the mod maker while spoiling it for others who were excited for it. Doing this is a blockable offense, so don't try it.

25. Do not post links to whiteboards: Whiteboards are prohibited because of the potential for inappropriate writing and drawing by anonymous individuals, as well as the loss of control.

26. Do not make posts that serve no purpose or is low effort. Examples include "online checks, Gm/Gn, Give me notifs/interaction", as they are deemed as annoying and serve no purpose while the forums are slow and/or not as active. ANY variation of these is not allowed, any post that has no topic is not allowed and repeated offenses will result in a ban. Adding an image doesn't make it allowed

27. Do not engage with trolls. Doing so will usually end in yourself getting in trouble with them, and ultimately just creates an unneeded scene. If you see someone trying to cause a scene (Either by saying something deplorable or by doing something to clearly create negative reactions) please report their post to staff and move on. Staff will deal with it. We also ask you not to mini mod. If you see someone breaking minor rules, it is fine to remind them of said rule, though on more serious rules please just report or notify staff of it. Responding to it is giving the attention said rule breaker usually wants. Along with that, enforcing rules you may not fully understand can result in unneeded arguments.

28. Don't create panic posts about goreposters, at most make warnings. If you actually catch a goreposter report them to mods (more specifically, admins or bureaucrats, as they can block goreposters, content/thread mods at best can just remove posts made from goreposters) first and then make a warning. All the panic posts will be deleted and the goreposter will be globally blocked eventually.

29. Please do not vent here. This includes just bringing up heavy topics that are going on in your personal life. While we understand you may need someone to talk to or people to help you feel better, you ultimately leave yourself too open in a public space. For your own safety and the mentality of everyone else, vent posts will be deleted. We do care for your mental health, but we would rather you talk to someone close to you or someone who is a professional, rather than a forum filled with online strangers.

30. Heated arguments: Involved users who engage in an extremely heated, disruptive, or controversial argument will be blocked. It doesn't matter who started it.

Discussions categories
Discussions categories help us organize what topics are being discussed. It is crucial to understand the general usage of these categories to organize the discussions better to strengthen a community.

 General : General discussions that do not apply to the other discussions categories.

 FNF mods : Anything related to Friday Night Funkin' mods.

 News and Announcements : News and announcements from the wiki. This channel is reserved ONLY for the staff. Anyone caught making posts on this channel will be warned.

 Mod Updates : A mod update's out? Take the hype there!

 Fan art : Post fan art ONLY of FNF mods or mod makers.

 Mod showcase : Are you working on your mod? Share what you're working on here!

 Funkipedia Mods Wiki : Discuss about the wiki, especially what can be improved or what problems are apparent on the wiki. This is also a place where consensus can take place.

 Wiki technical : Technical site-wide discussions, such as JavaScript, CSS, and Lua. Anything technical outside, such as coding/programming an FNF mod or other is not allowed.

What the discussions are not
The discussions are not...

...Another Twitter
The forums may share similarities from that of another social networking site, however, the discussions aren't purely meant for that. They are meant to discuss about the wiki and the subject surrounding it in general.

Posting fan art of each other
If you're friends with another user, great! However, share this somewhere else. You are allowed to share fan art on each other's message walls if you like.