Editing Doom Wiki:FAQ (section) From DoomWiki.org Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be recorded in this page's edit history. Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Why are there so many rules? Isn't this site just like Wikipedia?=== Although we use the same {{wp|MediaWiki|database engine}} and have similar {{wp|Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|"encyclopedic" content goals}} to Wikipedia's, almost everything else is different. You should never assume that a Wikipedia policy applies here without [[Doom Wiki:Policies and guidelines|checking first]]. Some important differences include: * The Doom Wiki is much, much smaller. The pace is slow; almost no one logs in daily. Therefore, it can take weeks to have an in-depth conversation on a talk page, and months to change a policy. * As a corollary, {{wp|Wikipedia:Silence and consensus|silence}} is normally interpreted as consensus ([[#I posted to a talk page to get opinions, but nobody replied. Now what?|see above]]). * There are no {{wp|Wikipedia:Bot policy|robots}} or {{wp|Wikipedia:WikiGnome|gnomes}} to revert vandalism and clean up sloppy edits. If you see a problem, consider fixing it, or it may still be there 2 years from now. * {{wp|Wikipedia:Assume good faith|Assuming good faith}} is often counterproductive among gamers. * [[Doom Wiki:Administrators|Administrators]] spend 99 percent of their time writing articles, and use their special abilities only when absolutely necessary. * [[Doom Wiki:Policies and guidelines#Original research|Neutral Point of View]] is not an inflexible rule. * A "blocked user" and a "banned user" [[Doom Wiki:Policies and guidelines#Banning|are the same thing]]. In Wikipedia language: some bans are temporary, but all bans are enforced by blocks, and all are sitewide (no topic bans, interaction bans, or discretionary sanctions). On talk pages, linked Wikipedia guidelines are usually intended to emphasize the poster's individual argument, not to allude to a broad unwritten rule. Summary: All contributions to DoomWiki.org are considered to be released under the CC BY-SA 4.0 International (see Doom Wiki:Copyrights for details). By contributing, you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use. Your changes will be visible immediately. Please enter a summary of your changes above. Do not submit copyrighted images or text without permission! This includes text taken from in-game codices or logbooks, or from official instruction manuals, strategy guides, and other such books. This project is not affiliated with id Software, Raven Software, ZeniMax Media, Bethesda SoftWorks, or any other commercial software developer or publisher. Use of trademarked logos and other protected intellectual property is solely for the purpose of analysis and critical commentary on the identified products and associated fan community activity, and does not imply any endorsement by any of these organizations or their employees, past or present. Upload images to the wiki. Don't forget to categorize pages! For testing, please use a sandbox. View this template Cancel | Editing help (opens in new window)