The Moderation policy governs the standards to which Final Fantasy Wiki staff (typically administrators and content moderators) are accountable concerning their sysop access level, while also supporting the grounds on which they act. This page describes in detail the justifications for actions concerning deletion, rollbacking, page protection, and blocking.

For the policies concerning administrator behavior and standards, as well as an overview of adminship, see Project:Administrators.

Deletion

Deletion involves the removal of a page and all of its revision history. Before a page is nominated for deletion, concerns should first be raised on the talk page. If the ensuant discussion determines that the page should in fact be deleted, it may be formally nominated by placing the {{delete}} tag on the page. From there, if it is clear that the consensus is to delete the page, an administrator will follow up and delete the page.

When a page is deleted, its talk page should be as well. However, if the discussion that led to its deletion should be preserved (as in major pages or discussions that have implications beyond just one article), the discussion should be moved to the forum, then a summarized account of the new consensus should be reflected.

If you would like to request restoration of your work, contact a local admin listed at Special:Listusers/sysop.

Reasons

The following reasons correspond with MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown and MediaWiki:Filedelete-reason-dropdown.

General reasons

• G1. It constitutes spam, vandalism, patent nonsense, plagiarism, or violates copyright.
• G2. It is redundant or a duplicate of another page.
• G3. It falls under general maintenance, cleanup, or housekeeping.
• G4. The owner of the page (user page, user subpage, or walkthrough page) in question has requested that the content be removed.

Article namespace

• A1. It is not based upon canonical sources (theories, fan fiction, etc.)
• A2. It is not notable enough to be of any practical or encyclopedic value.
• A3. It does not fit within the scope of the wiki (tangentially-related topics, etc.)
• A4. It is a short page lacking content (e.g. a sentence or two about a topic from a new release).

File namespace

• F1. It is a file of similar nature to another file of equivalent or greater quality.
• F2. It does not fit within the scope of the wiki (i.e., is not a Final Fantasy-related file).
• F3. It does not include a source and a license, or is otherwise restricted by copyright.
• F4. Deletion has been requested by the original uploader or author. This is the same reason as G4, but for technical reasons files do not share the delete reasons used by the rest of the wiki.
• F5. It is not used (generally after 24 hours), or is a user image of an inactive user.

Talk namespace

• T1. It consists entirely of off-topic or irrelevant posts.
• T2. It is the associated talk page of a deleted page.
• T3. It needs to be deleted then recreated to archive the page history.

Template and category namespace

• C1. It does not have a unique purpose with practical value.
• C2. It is broken or does not work as intended.
• C3. It has been replaced by a new template or category.

Walkthrough namespace

• W1. It is an unfinished walkthrough that has not been edited by the author in over a year.

Rollbacking

The rollback tool undoes all consecutive edits by a particular user until the last edit by a different user, all with one click. Because this tool does not allow for a customized edit summary, it should only be used to revert blatantly disruptive edits, such as vandalism, patent nonsense, or a large string of otherwise problematic edits.

"Reverting" simply means reversing an article to a previous state. Any method that effectively reverses even a small portion of content can be considered a reversion. Reversion of edits that do not satisfy the above requirement for rollbacking should use the undo system, with a comprehensive but concise edit summary to explain the reason for the reversion.

Per the code of conduct, there is a maximum of one revert allowed per instance, while reversions of reversions are prohibited. This applies even to administrators except in the event of disruptive edits. If a disruptive editor engages in an edit war with an administrator, further action to inhibit that user from making their changes may then be taken (see § Page protection and § Blocking).

Page protection

Page protection suspends the ability of editors to edit a page depending on their user access level. Semi-protection prevents new or anonymous editors from editing a page, while full protection prevents non-administrator users from editing a page. Note that we implement a stricter form of semi-protection than the standard of the Fandom network, and require editors to have some editing history on this site specifically before edits will go through semi-protection.

Because the goal of the Final Fantasy Wiki is to build an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, pages should rarely be protected for an indefinite amount of time. This section explains when articles should be protected, for how long, and at what level. For a list of currently protected pages, see Special:Protectedpages.

Reasons

The following reasons correspond with MediaWiki:Protect-dropdown. Pages are semi-protected or fully protected depending on the average access level of the users necessitating the protection.

• P1. The page is a high traffic page with a significant likelihood of problematic editing. Pages protected for this reason are most commonly indefinitely protected.
• P2. The page is a high visibility page, problematic editing to which would have serious implications across the site. Pages protected for this reason are most commonly indefinitely protected.
• P3. The page is the subject of frequent content disputes due to its popularity or controversy surrounding the topic. Pages protected for this reason are most commonly indefinitely protected.
• P4. The page is the subject of an ongoing edit war between two or more users, so the page is protected to implement a cool down period. Technically speaking, fighting ongoing vandalism is also an edit war, however in this case the people reverting aren't considered to be in breach of conduct.
• P5. The page is owned by a user (user page, user subpage, or walkthrough page), and is protected at owner request. The duration and level of protection is at the discretion of the owner requesting it.
• P6. Pages that would normally be deleted but are preserved for the historical record are often indefinitely fully protected. This mainly applies to archived talk pages and forums.
• P7. The page does not currently exist, but has been deleted multiple times, so future page creation has been restricted to prevent further vandalism. Pages protected for this reason are indefinitely protected, but only for the 'create' action (unless it is a user page, in which case it has to be recreated first, then protected from edits due to technical reasons).

Blocking

Blocking prevents the targeted user from being able to edit pages, including in some cases their own talk page. This is considered a last resort taken by administrators against users who have repeatedly engaged in disruptive editing or behavior. Generally, blocking should be preventative rather than punitive. The duration of the block is often at the discretion of the block performer; it can range anywhere from a three-hour cool down enforcement, to a full ban, which is indefinite.

With the exception of blatant vandalism, a user should be warned prior to being blocked. Such a warning should include the exact offense committed, and the potential duration of the block if the behavior continues. Repeated offenses after having already been blocked generally escalate the block duration.

Users may appeal blocks themselves by posting on their user talk page, assuming their behavior has not warranted the revocation of that right. Failing that, other users may contact staff if they wish to appeal for that user. Appealing off-site is not permitted and risks an extension of the block. This works both ways; attempting to appeal a block for any other Fandom site here is frowned upon.

Reasons

The following reasons correspond with MediaWiki:Ipbreason-dropdown.

• B1. Anonymous spam editing, or automated creation of spam content.
• B2. Blatant vandalism, patent nonsense, or blanking of content.
• B3. Sustained improper conduct, harassment, or otherwise disruptive behavior.
• B4. Deceptive or otherwise improper use of multiple accounts (failure to disclose, sockpuppetry, block evasion, etc.)
• B5. Not here to build an encyclopedia (unconstructive or subversive edits, such as spreading misinformation).
• B6. User request (self-enforced leave of absence).