Rules

Welcome to The Ezgender Wiki's guidelines! Please feel welcome to leave a comment or ask a question in the Discord if anything is unclear.

Terms of Service
All users must abide by Fandom's Terms of Use. This includes:


 * The age limits mentioned (In California and the EEA (excluding the UK), 16 or older; or in the rest of the world (including the UK), 13 or older)
 * Not abusing, harassing, threatening or intimidating other Fandom users
 * Not posting any illegal or unauthorized content or use the Services for any illegal or unauthorized purposes
 * Not posting or transmitting any communication or solicitation designed or intended to obtain password, account, email address, or private information from any Fandom user
 * Not posting, uploading, sharing, or storing unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, solicitations, “spam”, or any other type of unauthorized solicitation
 * Not policiting personal information from any user under the age of 18

And other details mentioned in the Terms of Use. We ask that users try to look over the entire Terms of Use before making an account. Users who break the Terms of Use may be subject to being banned on sight.

Editing
These three points should be the main focus of every article.


 * 1) Accuracy - Accurate information is a must. Include sources for coining and definitions.
 * 2) Inclusion - Assume good faith, everyone who isn't harming anyone is valid. Phrasing describing identities should be neutral and non judgmental whenever possible.
 * 3) Clarity - Information should be phrased in ways that it's easy to understand.

Formatting
All articles need to be properly formatted. The Guide category contains example pages that explain the expected formatting for different varieties of pages. One can copy the content of a Guide page and paste it into a new page to begin to make it easier. If you don't have something needed for the page's content at the time of creating a page, adding Template:Cleanup and specifying what the page needs is acceptable, or adding Template:CitationNeeded.

Sourcing
Articles must have sources. Not having sources for coining or definitions is not acceptable.

Unacceptable Sources

 * Entire Wiki pages (LGBTA Wiki, Wikipedia, Mogaipedia, etc)

Citing an entire WIki page is not allowed. If a Wiki page has citations, those citations themselves can be used on the page on our Wiki. Another WIki's page is a result of up to hundreds of edits by hundreds of different users and not a singular source, and the information within it can be completely changed at any time, making it an invalid source.


 * Page As Original Source

Making a page to coin a term and having it be the original/only source of coining is not acceptable. Wiki pages shouldn't be used for this. Wikias are aggregates of information, not sources of them. Wiki pages are not social media and shouldn't be used as original posts. A coining post can be made in the forums, on Tumblr, or on nearly any other site.

As a general rule: If Wikipedia wouldn't allow it as a source, neither would we.

Acceptable Sources
A tutorial and masterlist of common source is here. This is not a complete list, and users can cite (nearly) any website or published piece of media. In general, you should feel free to make your own judgement on whether or not a site is trustworthy enough to be cited as a source.

Tumblr or Wiki forum links are acceptable sources (for example), but web archive or archive.is links are greatly preferred to help preserve content, and we encourage archiving any links you might add to an article, especially original coining posts. If you don't have a link at the time of editing a page, adding Template:Cleanup and specifying what the page needs is acceptable. Repeatedly creating articles with no sources (and no usage of the templates mentioned previously) may result in temporary bans.

Recoining
Redefining existing terms with the same name is not acceptable. Coining a new term, like for example, a fairly obscure xenogender like Gendermelt, with the same exact name as an already existing term can only cause confusion. Do not edit articles in a way that fundamentally changes the definition of more obscure terms (unless you are the author or do so with their permission). This includes adding other aspects that are not part of the term, deleting information about the definition of the term, or simply changing the definition completely. (If you have concerns about an article's information being inaccurate, you can change this yourself by adding sources or start a discussion in the comments.)

Separation
If a term has already been unintentionally recoined with the same name and a different definition, this should be mentioned on the page itself in that page's definitions and history sections. In some cases, it may be chosen to separate the two versions of the term into different pages (such as Dreamgender and Dreamgender (Mcytgender)).

Separating two versions of a term isn't preferable, but is also sometimes necessary to keep information easy to find, accurate, and clear. Choosing to separate two different iterations of an article should be a community decision. Any user who thinks it would be appropriate to do so can start a discussion about this in the comments, and Template:Separation may be added to the top of the article to help bring attention to that discussion. Major reasons a term should get different pages for different definitions:


 * Context of the second coining implies that coiner had no idea of the original one
 * The second coining shares no relation whatsoever to the first one and is extremely different (such as Dreamgender and Dreamgender (Mcytgender), where one is a mutogender and one is a mcytgender).

Community & Conduct
Important points:


 * Assuming good faith and keeping an open mind is key. We ask that you try to understand that even for identities that seem on the surface "contradictory" and "useless," having a label for experiences is very important to those people.
 * Commenting that someone's identity is "just" another word for a similar term (such as commenting that pan is just the same as bi), or similar microaggressions is not tolerated. Asking questions is accepted, but asserting that something isn't needed isn't.

No overt bigotry. Comments and articles that insult or put down minority groups are not allowed. This includes:


 * Specific erasure or prejudice against portions of the LGBTQ+ community such as biphobia, transphobia, transmisogyny, stellphobia, aphobia, etc.
 * Ableism (Neurodivergent and physically disabled experiences need to be respected and understood, and discriminating against someone for perceived or actual disability is not allowed.)
 * Whorephobia (Although this wiki will not focus on or host NSFW/overtly sexual content, respect should be given towards SWs and anti-SW sentiment is not allowed.)
 * Pluralantagonism (Systems are welcome on our wiki, and content invalidating them, including non-traumagenic systems, is not allowed.)

Bigotry can often be handled according to a moderator's discretion. A polite first warning being left in reply to bigoted comments should be the typical response if context indicates that the user in question didn't understand the issues with their comment, but comments that seem in bad faith can be dealt with more harshly. This is detailed more in the following section.

Slurs and Reclamation
Given that Ezgender Wiki is based around gender identities, orientations, and other LGBTQ+ facets of identity - Do not use bigoted language, including slurs which degrade another person or group of people based on gender, race, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, etc.

However, there is a marked difference between someone insulting another person with these slurs, and someone who reclaims slurs that get used against them and incorporating those words into their identity. Some people reclaim slurs and the act of them reclaiming slurs is their own personal identity and not them applying it to someone else. In accordance of Wikia's Terms of Use, no one should ever apply slurs to others without permission - but that's not the same as an identity including a slur. Reclaimed identities like dyke and faggot are allowed on the Wiki, using these words for those who specifically haven't given you permission is not.

Dealing With Rule Violations
The following are warnings and responses that admins may use against users who break the rules. From least serious to most serious:


 * A polite first warning explaining what the user did wrong and asking them not to do it again.
 * One or more additional warnings.
 * Blocks of a duration of 1 to 7 days for minor violations, if the user has continued to break rules after receiving one or more warnings.
 * Blocks of 1 to 4 weeks for more persistent violations and/or serious violations.
 * Blocks of 1 or more months for numerous, persistent violations and/or very serious violations.

Permanent blocking is usually reserved for more serious issues:


 * Users that engage in persistent, serious vandalism, especially if the account is used only for vandalism.
 * Users who have come back from multiple temporary blocks in the past, but still continue to break the rules.

Accounts that are confirmed to be sock puppets can be blocked permanently. Also, it is against the rules to create a new account to get around an existing ban. Such accounts should be blocked permanently, but only if it is known with certainty that the account is used by the same person who used a currently-blocked account.

Generally, if a user continues to break rules, they will incur progressively more serious punishments from this list. For minor violations, users might receive many warnings without necessarily being blocked. However, for very serious offenses, administrators can skip directly from a first warning to a long block. This should be done mainly in cases of accounts that seem to have acted only in bad faith and made by bigots to comment bigotry. (An example could be an account that references TERFs in it's username that makes no edits and has no activity beyond commenting transmisogyny on articles.)

Administrators should provide a clear explanation when performing any block. If a block is neither permanent nor for vandalism, the admin should leave a comment on the user's wall explaining why they were blocked.