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# '''Ignore all rules'''. If the rules discourage you from improving or maintaining the wiki's quality, ignore them. | # '''Ignore all rules'''. If the rules discourage you from improving or maintaining the wiki's quality, ignore them. | ||
# '''When in doubt, take it to the [[Help:Talk page|talk page]]'''. We have all the time in the world. Mutual respect is the guiding behavioural principle of all wikis and, although everyone knows that their writing may be edited mercilessly, it is easier to accept changes if the reasons for them are understood. If you discuss changes on the article's ''talk'' (or ''discussion'') page before you make them, you should reach consensus faster and happier. | # '''When in doubt, take it to the [[Help:Talk page|talk page]]'''. We have all the time in the world. Mutual respect is the guiding behavioural principle of all wikis and, although everyone knows that their writing may be edited mercilessly, it is easier to accept changes if the reasons for them are understood. If you discuss changes on the article's ''talk'' (or ''discussion'') page before you make them, you should reach consensus faster and happier. | ||
#'''[[Project:Copyrights|Respect copyright]]'''. SmashWiki uses the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons CC | #'''[[Project:Copyrights|Respect copyright]]'''. SmashWiki uses the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 license]. Everything you contribute must be compatible with that license. | ||
# '''Decent edit summaries''' and clear and transparent explanations are universally appreciated. Other editors need to understand your process, and it also helps you yourself to understand what you did after a long leave of absence from an article. Please state '''''what''''' you changed and '''''why'''''. If the explanation is too long, add more on the discussion page. | # '''Decent edit summaries''' and clear and transparent explanations are universally appreciated. Other editors need to understand your process, and it also helps you yourself to understand what you did after a long leave of absence from an article. Please state '''''what''''' you changed and '''''why'''''. If the explanation is too long, add more on the discussion page. | ||
#'''[[SW:AGF|Assume good faith]]'''; in other words, try to consider the person on the other end of the discussion is a thinking, rational being who is trying to positively contribute to the project — unless, and only unless, you have firm, solid, and objective proof to the contrary. Merely disagreeing with you is no such proof. | #'''[[SW:AGF|Assume good faith]]'''; in other words, try to consider the person on the other end of the discussion is a thinking, rational being who is trying to positively contribute to the project — unless, and only unless, you have firm, solid, and objective proof to the contrary. Merely disagreeing with you is no such proof. | ||