This page contains the SiIvaGunner Wiki's content policy. It describes criteria and rules for all or specific types of content.
Content criteria
- All content should relate to the YouTube channel SiIvaGunner.
- All content needs to be accurate. The SiIvaGunner Wiki aims to provide reliable information. In particular, adding speculation and own inventions (fan fiction, fan art, etc.) to articles is not allowed.
- All content needs to be verifiable. Other editors need to be able to check and verify it.
- All content needs to be informative. Information which is only of interest to the writer or to other editors (as opposed to readers) should not be included in articles.
- All content needs to be objective and written from a neutral point of view. Opinions, and "my favorite"-style passages should not be added to articles.
- All content needs to relate to official SiIvaGunner content; unofficial and fan content is not covered on this wiki.
Don't create incomplete pages
Pages that are published to the wiki should be complete. Pages that are in-progress should start as Drafts.
At minimum, pages that are published to the wiki should meet these criteria:
Rip pages should have:
- A filled out infobox (link, playlist, description, etc.)
- At least one joke alongside a Rips by joke category and, if it is a meme, an article link and "rips featuring..." category
- Placeholders for unknown jokes (e.g. "At X:XX, the melody changes to an unknown melody) with as much detail provided as possible
Event pages should have:
- Has a filled out infobox (start date, end date, etc.)
- Rips uploaded section (if applicable)
- Summary section
- Timeline section
Pages that are made incomplete may be deleted without notice and a disciplinary warning may be issued.
Criteria for specific content
Contributor pages
Pages about SiIvaGunner contributors and other real-life individuals should only contain information related to SiIvaGunner, such as contributions and ripping history. Personal information (such as date of birth and appearance) may be removed without notice, and contributors may request to have their information removed from the wiki by a staff member.
If a contributor has a category but not an article, the article should be created as a redirect to the category. This is to make it easier for readers to find the category page.
An article for a SiIvaGunner contributor with fewer than 10 categorized contributions must meet at least one of the following criteria, unless the page is already a redirect:
- The subject has been part of SiIvaGunner or the SG Art Team.
- The subject has contributed to a SiIvaGunner Fusion Records album.
- The subject has directly collaborated with the SiIvaGunner team, the SG Art Team or SGFR on a major video or other project, not including projects that were open to participation by fans.
- The subject's non-SiIvaGunner work, such as an original song or a video game soundtrack, has been used or referenced by SiIvaGunner.
- The subject has a Wikipedia article or has at least 100,000 YouTube subscribers.
- The article contains detailed information that is contextually relevant.
Important exception
While the SiIvaGunner Wiki prohibits documentation of most reasons for why a contributor was removed from the SiIvaGunner team or blacklisted from the ripping community, an exception is made for contributors who are known to have been removed due to pedophilia.
This can be documented on a contributor's article if publicly viewable sources are available from qualified individuals (i.e. backroom members) acknowledging these reasons and are cited. Said reasons must be listed as neutrally as possible to convey the pertinent information without attacking any individuals.
Memes
Meme discussion
New memes may be proposed using the Meme discussion system.
We currently do not have strict criteria for what is and is not a meme. Discussion about what is and is not a meme may occur in the meme discussion channel.
Composers
In general, navboxes that focus on specific composers and bands are prohibited from being made. However, there are a few exceptions to this rule that are listed below:
All exceptions to this rule can only be decided on during moots. If you would like to see a specific composer or band have a navbox on the wiki, please propose it as a moot topic first. Any navboxes of this type that are made without a proposal will be deleted without warning.
Series
Series navboxes, navboxes that are specific to a series of media (e.g. franchises for video games, television series, and websites), must meet the following formatting criteria:
- The number of links in the navbox must be at least five
- There may not be navboxes within other navboxes
Rips featuring vs. Rips of
Some sources are counted as rips featuring a track rather than rips of a track, a distinction important for Category:Rips featuring... and Category:Frequently ripped tracks.
- SiIvaGunner Fusion Records rips are counted as rips featuring the tracks they are centered around.
- Rips of fusion collabs that are original to SiIva (such as the ones listed in the SiIvaGunner's Original Fusion Collabs playlist) are counted as rips featuring tracks. Rips of fusion collabs that are not original to SiIva (such as the kirbtunes ones) are counted as rips of a track.
- For rips of fake games, if the title of the track is original, then the track featured should count as a song featured, while if the title is of an existing song, then that track would count as a track of.
- Fanmade arrangements of songs that are ripped should count as rips of the original song.
Deletion policy
Editors must start a discussion on any articles they feel should be deleted. This can be done on the forums and in the Discord server. Staff members may remove articles if they feel they are inappropriate.
Candidates for deletion tag
Editors should only use this tag on articles that were created out of vandalism, or when a discussion on an article being deleted is ongoing. It is not supposed to be placed on articles that the editor wishes to be deleted.