abstract
| - Users must be civil in all interactions. Avoid attacking other users. Comment on the topic or the argument, not on the contributor. There is no rule that is objective and not open to interpretation on what constitutes a personal attack as opposed to constructive discussion, but some types of behavior are never acceptable. These include:
* Rudeness, name-calling, profanity, or indecent suggestions.
* Insults, including racial, ethnic, sexual, gender-related and religious slurs, and derogatory references to groups.
* Ship warring: anything that insults or discourages another ship and/or its fanbase.
* Harassment, including but not limited to threats, posting of personal information, vandalism, violence, or exposing other editors to persecution based on external material.
* Unfair, biased assertions against other users. Serious accusations require serious evidence. Evidence often takes the form of edit histories, links, and screencaps presented on wiki.
* Attempts to silence differing views on content or the topic. These examples are not complete. Insulting an editor is a personal attack regardless of the manner in which it is done. When in doubt, avoid referring to an article's contributor at all. It is better to be safe than to be sorry. Editors are human and capable of mistakes, so a few minor incidents of incivility from time to time are not a major concern unless there is a studied pattern of incivility.
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