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Until further notice, [[User:ripper234|ripper234]] is the maintainer of this page.
This article describes the governance of this wiki. It is currently under discussion/construction. Your input is welcome on the discussion page.


Please visit [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=157857.0 the related forum thread on bitcointalk] to see discussion. Do not make significant changes to this page without reaching a consensus of admins.
= Current state =
 
This article describes the governance of this wiki.
 
= History =
== Current state ==
There is a set of six [https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&group=sysop users with admin] rights:
There is a set of six [https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&group=sysop users with admin] rights:


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MagicalTux is the only [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Sysops_and_permissions#Bureaucrats beaurocrat], and nobody else is capable of appointing new admins.
MagicalTux is the only [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Sysops_and_permissions#Bureaucrats beaurocrat], and nobody else is capable of appointing new admins.


[[Wiki_admin_nominations|This page]] will contain nominations for new admins, and hopefully some of them will be added in the future.
[[Wiki_admin_nominations|This page]] will contain nominations for new admins, and hopefully some of them will be added in the future, as needed.


= Core Rules =
= Core Rules =


I (ripper234) consider the rules below as '''official policy''' at this point. Other admins will be encouraged (but not forced) to enforce them, and users will be encouraged to report violations of these rules - please use the above bitcointalk thread for this purpose.
Ideally, we would all follow [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette standard wiki etiquette]. In addition to this, here are some proposed main guidelines to follow.


They do not replace [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette standard wiki etiquette], but are rather in place to be used where the etiquette fails. Other users / admins may disagree with these rules - please take up the disagreement to the bitcointalk thread.
# Edits should respect [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view NPOV]. Do not merely revert edits if you disagree with some perspective; instead, try to rephrase the language in a way that does not change the original perspective, while being more agreeable to your own. Discussing things on the talk page is never a bad idea.
# Discussions that are not utter rubbish (spam/gibberish) should not be deleted or reverted. Though everything remains in history, archiving rather than deleting makes things easier to find later. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Archiving_a_talk_page for how wikipedia does it. (The template stuff probably doesn't exist here.)
# Avoid [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reverting revert wars] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring edit wars] they are unproductive. Seek cooperative solutions and compromises which satisfy everyone. Perfection is not a goal here.
## In case of dispute, citations should be brought in to support a POV.
## Citations should be "convincing". Quoting a few opinions and prefixing an opinion with "some claim that" is not cause to violate NPOV.
# Wikipedia has a lot to say about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution dispute resolution]. Read it. Then start hoping we never have to deal with such complexity.
## In brief, these guidelines say: 1. talk it over. if that fails, 2. request community input. if that fails, 3. more formal mediation by neutral third party.


# Discussions that are not utter rubbish (spam/gibrish) should never be deleted or reverted. [https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ATonal_Bitcoin&diff=11554&oldid=11522 Example of rule violation]. Archiving is a solution that can be used to clean up cluttered pages, in stead of deletion/revertion.
= Complaints =
# Edits should respect [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view NPOV]. Do not merely revert edits if you disagree with some perspective; instead, try to rephrase the language in a way that does not change the original perspective, while being more agreeable to your own.
# Avoid [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reverting revert wars], they are unproductive. Seek cooperative solutions and compromises which satisfy everyone. Perfection is not a goal here.
## In case of dispute, citations should be brought in to support a POV.
## Citations should be "convincing". Quoting a few opinions and prefixing an opinion with "some claim that" is not cause to violate NPOV.
# No [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring edit wars] are allowed.


= Transgression =
To report a violation of the guidelines, contact one or more wiki admin via user talk page, email, forum, or IRC - whatever method(s) the person has listed on the user page.
The rules above will be enforced starting from 14 April 2013 - past "transgressions" are of course not punishable.


Admins will not be trigger-happy, and any punishment for breaking the rules can (to some degree) be appealed (recommended medium is posting to bitcointalk).
Continued edit wars or other unproductive cycles may merit administrative actions such as warnings, locking articles, temporary or permanent bans.


However, rules without a bite are meaningless, and so appropriate measures will be used to enforce this set of rules.
=Related links=


The measures include warnings, locking articles, temporary bans, and ultimately might include permanent bans.
* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=157857.0 thread on bitcointalk for additional discussion.  


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Revision as of 13:54, 28 April 2013

This article describes the governance of this wiki. It is currently under discussion/construction. Your input is welcome on the discussion page.

Current state

There is a set of six users with admin rights:

MagicalTux is the only beaurocrat, and nobody else is capable of appointing new admins.

This page will contain nominations for new admins, and hopefully some of them will be added in the future, as needed.

Core Rules

Ideally, we would all follow standard wiki etiquette. In addition to this, here are some proposed main guidelines to follow.

  1. Edits should respect NPOV. Do not merely revert edits if you disagree with some perspective; instead, try to rephrase the language in a way that does not change the original perspective, while being more agreeable to your own. Discussing things on the talk page is never a bad idea.
  2. Discussions that are not utter rubbish (spam/gibberish) should not be deleted or reverted. Though everything remains in history, archiving rather than deleting makes things easier to find later. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Archiving_a_talk_page for how wikipedia does it. (The template stuff probably doesn't exist here.)
  3. Avoid revert wars and edit wars they are unproductive. Seek cooperative solutions and compromises which satisfy everyone. Perfection is not a goal here.
    1. In case of dispute, citations should be brought in to support a POV.
    2. Citations should be "convincing". Quoting a few opinions and prefixing an opinion with "some claim that" is not cause to violate NPOV.
  4. Wikipedia has a lot to say about dispute resolution. Read it. Then start hoping we never have to deal with such complexity.
    1. In brief, these guidelines say: 1. talk it over. if that fails, 2. request community input. if that fails, 3. more formal mediation by neutral third party.

Complaints

To report a violation of the guidelines, contact one or more wiki admin via user talk page, email, forum, or IRC - whatever method(s) the person has listed on the user page.

Continued edit wars or other unproductive cycles may merit administrative actions such as warnings, locking articles, temporary or permanent bans.

Related links

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