Soyjak Wiki:Approver policy
As an Approver, you are tasked with approving edits from anonymous users and newer accounts. This page serves as an explanation for the interface and as a guideline for your operations.
Guidelines
The main principle here is being neutral, and accepting whatever doesn't break the rules. Secondarily, consider how constructive the edit is or isn't. This isn't about if the change is big or small, but how it impacts the article, for better or for worse. If it's nonsense, irrelevant to the topic, or removes paragraphs, then it's most likely non-constructive.
What to approve
- Whatever doesn't break the rules
- Constructive, relevant edits
- Minor, harmless or stylistic edits
What not to approve
- Anything that breaks the rules
- If you're a janny, then also ban the rule breaker
- If you're not a janny, then please contact a janny
- Edits that are in no way constructive or relevant to the topic, including but not limited to:
- Nonsense, vandalism, or spam (including template spam/duplicate ratings)
- Removal of content without a stated reason
- Edits that break the page by adding HTML slop (phoneposting does this sometimes)
- Fishy external links
- AI-generated article content (obviously this doesn't include memes that originated from AI like Nophono, use common sense), and articles that are mostly copy-pastes from another wiki.
Signs of a coal Edit
- It's a personal crusade
- The edit summary is deceitful
- Example: The summary says "added image" but the editor didn't add an image, but instead added a sentence
- It violates Manual of Style to an offensive degree (ex. UNIONJACK AR GOODER THAN COOBSO N ! KYS COBKUCKahdhrhei)
- The content of a new page is "wip" with no additional input
- The edit mechanically breaks the page or adds redundant templates with no reason
Interface Guide
You'll be prompted to visit the approval page when new users and/or anons make an edit.
It'll look similar to this:
Pending Moderation
Newly made edits appear here, and it's up to Approvers to Approve or Reject them. Approve gemmy edits, reject coaly edits. If they're spamming, you may also Mark the user as a Spammer, which will put their future edits into the Spam folder, for a period of time.
You may encounter an edit conflict, which requires manual merging. Edit conflicts happen when a second edit has been made since the first one entered the queue. They can also result from multiple edits in the queue overlapping on a single page. Manually merging an edit involves painstakingly copying and pasting the changes. It's acceptable to ignore this and reject. If you manually merge, then good job.
Rejected
These edits have been previously rejected. You can see who rejected the edit. Even rejected edits can be approved for up to 2 weeks afterwards. For example, if you made a mistake, you can override it.
Merged
These are edits from the queue that have been merged.
Spam
Users that have been marked as a spammer have their recent edits appear here instead of Pending Moderation. Their edits are less likely to be approved.
Moderation Log
There's also a prompt to check the moderation log. This records every moderation-related action. Instances of approved edits also appear here.
Philosophy
The wiki’s ecosystem will even out truths and lies automatically. Approvers don’t need to act as arbiters of truth. Approve all possibly good-faith edits that aren’t rulebreaking. If someone makes a disagreeable but non-rulebreaking edit, the community can fix it.
Avoid "clitty leaking". Don’t reject edits simply because you dislike them or disagree with them. The approval queue is meant to filter out destructive or malicious edits, not opinions or style choices.
If a user repeatedly makes disruptive edits or starts edit warring after approval, staff action can be taken separately.
Handling External Links
This section depends on your aptitude with computers. If you're a noob and see a weird link, then don't fucking click it.If there are external links, it's recommended to somehow examine them, or get someone else to. An archive.today link, for example, could contain NSFW or even 'P. That's why blindly approving links is a mistake.
An unknown link is even more risky: it can be malware, or a link grabber, or some other brimstone. You can safely reject an edit on those grounds, no visit necessary. If you want to examine an unknown link, then it's advised to first paste the link into a search engine. Then, if you click it, use a VPN/proxy, along with additional countermeasures.
When dealing with external links, don't risk your computer's security, and definitely don't risk the security of the readers' computers'. If you have a doubt about a link, you VILL NOT approve the edit, until you're certain. Otherwise, reject the edit.
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