User:Spangineer/PSU

This is a page for proposed PSU Wiki Policy. Discuss changes on the talk page.

PSU Wiki Purpose Statement
To provide the Penn State community with free, relevant, and accurate information related to academics, extracurricular activites, and other topics of community interest.

Bias policy
There are three "namespaces" that correspond with every article on the PSU Wiki. Each of the three namespaces has separate guidelines for what can be included, but on all three, the following are prohibited:
 * Personal attacks (against other PSU Wiki users or anyone else)
 * Profanity (unless in a relevant, direct quote)

Namespace guidelines:
 * Pages in the "article" namespace must be written from a neutral point of view. Whenever opposing views exist, all must be presented without bias.
 * Pages in the "experience" namespace may include the personal observations of PSU Wiki users. All users commenting must sign their comments.
 * Pages in the "talk" namespace are restricted to discussion about the corrsponding page in the "article" namespace. Suggestions for improving the article can be made here, and disputes about the content of the article should be handled here as well.

Copyright policy
Material on the PSU Wiki must be licensed according to the Creative Commons attribuition/share-alike license. Copyrighted material that does not carry a similar license is not acceptable for inclusion, and will be removed. Note that nearly all text and images on the internet are copyrighted, and most cannot be included here.

Blocking policy
Administrators have the ability to block users from editing the PSU Wiki, and will not hesitate to do so if any user:
 * Repeatadly vandalizes
 * Creates spam articles
 * Is involved in an edit war
 * Breaks other policies

Deletion policy
The following types of articles may be deleted on sight by administrators:
 * Articles that are impossible to understand.
 * Articles on topics that do not claim any relation to Penn State.

All other articles will be deleted if they are not considered notable. Notablility guidelines are as follows:
 * All university classes, colleges, departments, majors, and policies are notable.
 * All university buildings are notable.
 * All teaching faculty of the university are notable.
 * All university recognized student organizations and sports teams are notable.
 * Alumni and students are notable unless a consensus of PSU Wiki users disagree. Notable alumni and students often:
 * Have been covered extensively by the media.
 * Are recognized as notable outside of the Penn State community.

User interaction policy
All users of the PSU Wiki must treat other users with respect, and should always automatically assume that other users are also working to improve the wiki.