Guidelines – Bohemia Interactive Community
Bohemia Interactive Community Wiki Rules
Please respect the following rules when you post on this wiki. Breaking of any of these rules may result in a user or IP block for a set period of time or in extreme cases a can result in a permanent ban.
1. Rules of Conduct
The Rules of Conduct regulate the interaction between Wiki members. They are in place to ensure that the Wiki remains a civilised place where people can share information freely without being harassed and abused.
No Flaming/Flame-baiting
Abusive comments, personal attacks and name calling are not allowed. If you find an article or discussion that is abusive or you find offensive please report it to a wikisysop who will investigate. Flame-baiting articles will not be tolerated
No Bigotry
Racists, sexists, homophobes or any other type of bigots are not welcome on this wiki, such offences will result in an immediate and permanent IP block.
No Duplicate Accounts
Having several accounts is strictly forbidden. If you want to get a new account or have an old account deleted contact a moderator. If you wish to change your name for any reason you can do so in your user options.
Follow the instructions of the Wiki Sysops
When a Wiki Sysop asks you to do stop doing something, please follow their instructions.
2. Content Guidelines
The Rules of Contents regulate the substance of what is posted. They are in place to ensure that topics that are posted do not offend and bother people or violate the law.
Discussions about copy protection or copying, backing-up, hacking, cracking or reverse engineering of any of Bohemia Interactive's Products will not be tolerated and such discussions will be deleted immediately. Any breach of this rule may result in the poster no longer having access to the wiki.
No discussion about illegally obtained software
All discussions about warez, piracy or leaked software are strictly forbidden, such threads will be closed and will most likely result in a permanent ban for the instigator.
No discussion about cracks
This includes request for cracks, links to cracks or sites that host cracks, also not acceptable are requests for CD Keys/serials, again such articles will be deleted and could result in a permanent IP block.
No Spam
We deem spam as making an article or posting a reply that has no real worth, is irrelevant, useless and offers nothing to a discussion. Spam is not limited to text, posting an image as a means of spam or a spam'esque URL will also result in the same response from a moderator. With spam being hard to define, it is another example of something left to moderator's discretion, if in doubt ask yourself "does my reply add to the discussion in a way for the discussion to continue further"? If not then think of something "meatier" to add to the thread. Repeated spamming will result in any/all of the following:- Post count reduction, warning level increase, temporary restriction from posting.
No posting of pictures containing porn, real killing, mutilations, wounds, carnage, and other disgusting/explicit images. This also includes links to pages that contain such images. Also no posting of pictures not related to a product of Bohemia Interactive (also see §3).
No Developer Questions
- Do not post questions directly/indirectly to the developers using the Wiki.
- Do not make suggestions for the developers.
Use the appropriate offical forums for questions or suggestions.
3. Format Guidelines
These guidelines are here to provide assistance in ensuring the appearance of articles are clear and understandable.
Categorise Your Article
- Always use categories for the content, if you make a new page it needs to be categorised so other people can find it.
- Clearly distinguish content specific for a particular project, if the content you are creating is about Operation FlashPoint then it should be catergorised in the appropriate OFP catergory. (e.g. not everything for OFP makes sense for ArmA etc.)
Summarise your changes
- Mark small edits as small edits to keep version history easy to read.
- Be sure to include some summary text of edits you have made, this make it easy for other people to understand what changes were made. Even use short text statements like fixed typo make clear what changes have been made to an article.
Use the Search function
If you have a question, please use the board search function before posting to make sure that it hasn't been answered before. There is a big chance it has, not only does searching help to keep the Wiki free of multiple articles it will also help you to get an answer much quicker.
Use Full Names when appropriate
When creating new categories or articles, consider the naming convention your going to use.
[[Operation Flashpoint: Elite]] is more acceptable than [[OFP:Elite]]. The new category or article should almost always be [[Game Title: something]] such as [[Operation Flashpoint: Addons]]
Your choice should always be clear and concise for the reader and easy for the editor to link back to.
Refer to the Naming Conventions page for choosing the appropriate name when writing articles about BI products.
Avoid capital letters
Typing in all capital letters is equivalent to yelling and is not permitted. It is also difficult to reading articles featuring all-caps.
Use the section edit button
Use the section edit button if you are editing only a section. This will help prevent having to revert changes when someone is editing the entire article.
Write in English
This Wiki's offical language is English. Avoid writing in any other languages and avoid using short forms of words e.g. "m8" instead of mate, "u r" instead of you are or your. Articles with good spelling and proper grammar will encourage further contributions of good content. Proper spelling of an article name will also make it easier for other authors to link their articles to your article.
Images
- /Do not use hotlinked images in the Wiki, use the upload function when using images within the Wiki.
- /Use a sensible name when uploading a picture. Do not rely on others to rename your pictures.
- /When appropriate use an image thumb such as the examples in the category:Armed Assault page.
- /Avoid using an image link. Display the image as thumb or sized appropriately.
Quality External Links
Use valid external links. Avoid linking the Wiki to web sites that don't have a permanent home.
Talk Pages
When you've added some comments about an article, sign your comments with ~~~~ to identify yourself. Use doublecolons to indent replies, so that the discussion is easy to follow.