User blog:UltramarineMewtwo/How to report someone on the Necrophage Wiki

Good day.

In this blog, I will show how you can report someone on the Necrophage Wiki. Our community is dedicated to providing a safe environment for all kinds of people. But of course, with every community, there's always going to be that one person who starts trouble. If that were the case, then what you need to do is contact the Necrophage Wiki's administrators and moderators.

Things to do
A general rule of thumb when reporting someone is to collect evidence of their offense. If you spot something going against our rules and guidelines, the best option to do is to report it to an administrator and moderator.

Now, when you're reporting someone for an offense, you need to include the following:


 * A link containing the offense on the Necrophage Wiki. Offenses outside of the wiki do not count.
 * A detailed description of the offense, as well as the time of the offense.
 * In the case of multiple offenders, you'll need to include the names of any accomplices. This can help us narrow down the number of offenders in the event of a raid occurring on the wiki.

Depending on the severity of the offense, the offender will be punished accordingly based on the judgement of the administrators and moderators. If there is a lack of evidence in the report, it will be rejected by staff.

Be civil and calm
It's important to remain as civil and calm when reporting someone for an offense. We understand you're upset, but you don't have to take matters into your own hands. Leave it to the administrators and moderators. They'll take care of the problems.

Practice good faith
This is especially important advice among the Necrophage Wiki's community. Not everyone is malicious, so it's important that you practice good faith. Don't always assume that page edits are intentional vandalism. If no one practices good faith, their project is doomed from the beginning.

However, the exception to this is if someone commits vandalism for the sake of trolling, harassing, or attempting to damage the wiki's reputation. Not only is this behavior not tolerated, it will result in a permanent ban without any chance of getting appealed. There are no exceptions to this.

Things to not do
Of course, mistakes can happen. We're all human beings. Nobody is perfect. When you're going to report someone, sometimes you tend to make a mistake. This is especially when it comes to gathering evidence.

Do not use screenshots!
Why? Because they're completely unreliable and do not count as evidence. And the reason is:


 * They can easily be manipulated and edited to make it look like someone else committed the offense. This will be considered fraudulent.
 * People tend to take screenshots too seriously, because the actual person who took the screenshot may try to make themselves look innocent when they are actually guilty from the very start.
 * Sometimes a person uses a screenshot against another person to harass others and force out a confession or turn others against each other with false claims.

Do not pour more gasoline in the fire
What this means is, don't argue with the offender. You're just adding more fuel to the fire and making it less likely to be put out. Ignore the offender, report them to the administrators and moderators, and be done with it. Simple.

Do not argue with staff
The Necrophage Wiki's administrators and moderators have the final say on decisions unless told otherwise. If you have an issue, contact a higher-ranking administrator about the issue at hand. However, this does not mean they're immune to consequence. If there is an instance an administrator or moderator abuses their power (I.E., issuing bans for little to no reason, ignoring reports, or disregarding the rules and guidelines), it's best to report them to the Sysop.

Although we welcome constructive criticism, destructive criticism isn't tolerated by the Necrophage Wiki's moderators and administrators. You can receive severe punishment for doing such.

NOTE: In compliance with Fandom's new blocking policy, effective April 1st, 2021, blocks may only be issued for violations of our stated rules or Fandom’s Terms of Use. Community members must be treated with respect. Abusing administrator status to harass other community members will not be tolerated. Violations of this policy may be met with loss of local user rights and, in extreme cases, additional disciplinary action.

Do not contribute to the offense
This can be referred by the Necrophage Wiki's staff as complicity. You will be considered complicit to the offender if any of the following occurs:


 * Partake in the offense by supporting the offender.
 * Repeatedly use all caps in a snarky manner to gain favor of the offender.
 * Copy and paste the offender's posts and spam it across the wiki.
 * Intentionally break the rules to help the offender.
 * Provide false evidence (Such as fake accounts or posts) allowing offenders to evade punishment.
 * Stalling administrators and moderators (I.E., claiming to have lost evidence, or taking a long time to find the offending post).

If you spot any complicit members of the offense, report them immediately to the Necrophage Wiki's staff.

Don't harass others with a history of offenses
This can include sending memes or gifs on someone's blog or discussions forum who has a history of offenses on the wiki, or on other wikis. Remember, just because someone else broke the rules doesn't mean you get to do it too. Defending yourself is not an excuse.

Don't "cancel" any individuals
You may have heard of the term "cancel" across the internet. In a sense, cancelling someone is the attempt at holding an individual accountable for actions in the past that are today deemed offensive, insensitive, or outright hateful. This phenomenon is called "cancel culture".

Although it may seem good, cancel culture has debilitating effects on targeted individuals. This can happen especially with internet celebrities.

Finally, don't go posting about the offense
This means don't post on the discussions, messages or blogs calling out the offender and harassing them. It'll just make you and the offender more guilty.

The sensible thing to do is report them to administrators and moderators, or Fandom if possible. Don't just go to random wikis and post evidence to try and make them look bad when they can change for the better.

Conclusion
Thanks for reading!

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