Inventing Anna Wiki:Policies

These are the Inventing Anna Wiki standards of community behavior and rules of content inclusion. They are designed to keep the project running smoothly. If you disagree with some component of the policy, please feel free to discuss it with the community in the forum but remember to respect the policy in the meantime.

IF YOU ARE THE SUBJECT OF ANY PAGE OR IMAGE ON THIS WIKI AND WOULD LIKE YOUR LIKENESS TO BE REMOVED, PLEASE CONTACT A LOCAL ADMIN.

Policies
This list summarizes all policies for this wiki.

Common sense

 * Be civil. No personal attacks on other users. This rule applies to talk pages, message walls, user pages, and edit summaries.
 * Treat others' work with respect. Do not belittle or ridicule someone else's work or ideas, and do not delete it capriciously. The exception is obvious vandalism, which should be removed as soon as possible. However, if a person seems to be trying, assume good faith and try to help them.
 * DO NOT RENAME PAGES UNLESS YOU HAVE CLEARED IT WITH AN ADMIN! People who rename pages will be blocked without warning as this is very disruptive editing.
 * Deliberately misgendering (i.e. using the wrong pronouns) and otherwise disrespecting people's stated preferences about their person and identity will result in an automatic block.
 * This includes not acting upon the request of people to have their pronouns and gender be updated on and their deadname removed from wiki articles, regardless of how they were originally credited in the source material.

Manual of Style
The Manual of Style is our collection of firmly established editing standards designed to set a consistent format and appearance for all of our articles. The manual of style is aimed to give an outline for pages in general.

Page Layout
Existing pages have a set layout that should be followed. When creating new pages, users should use the buttons at the top of the editing box to implement the template for a page of that type.

If in doubt, please contact an admin.

Citations and references
When writing character pages, please cite the episode in which the information can be found as much as possible, if the character appears or is mentioned in more than a single episode.


 * To make citations, we use references. This means that has to be used, followed by at the very bottom of the page. For example: . At the bottom of the page will then be the list of all references on the page. In the article itself, clicking the reference will cause you to jump to the list.

Style of English
We ask that generally, the style of English should written as prose in standard English from a neutral view point.

American English
Since the show is produced in the United States and all official resources are written in American English, we will use American spelling and grammar in all articles.

Perspective
All articles should be written in a third person narrative - "I", "You" and "We" should not be used.

Tense
Descriptive paragraphs on character pages should be written in the past tense.

Full summaries on episode pages should be written in present tense.

Images in full summaries
For the full summaries on episode pages, we try to stick to the official promotional stills. If there are none or only a few available, a limited amount of screen caps is allowed.

Canon information
Canon refers to the body of work that is considered to be "genuine" or "official" within a certain fictional universe.

In the case of Inventing Anna, the only canon source of information is the television series itself. Information from producers and writers of the show may only be included if it does not conflict with the information from the series.

Copyright

 * The wiki is not related in any way to Netflix or the production of Inventing Anna. Therefore, it is an unofficial resource and, while it strives for accuracy, should not be treated as an official source of information.
 * The wiki is a free and open resource and all information is free to add to or to copy. Please note that all contributions to Inventing Anna Wiki are considered to be released under the GNU Free Documentation License. If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then don't submit it here.
 * By contributing to the wiki, you are promising that you wrote the information yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. Copyrighted work cannot be implemented on the wiki without permission!

Images
This page outlines the rules and guidelines that apply to the use of images on . They are not absolute, for the most part, but it is generally expected that they be observed unless there is a good cause for ignoring them.

Uploading the image

 * Please ensure the image's quality is good (not too dark or blurry)
 * Please make sure the image is labeled under its relevant license
 * Please use a clear title for the file that indicates something about its content. No filenames like "qua_047.jpg" please.
 * Remember that an image that is uploaded will replace any file that already has that name.
 * Use watermark-free and text-free images if possible.
 * Images which have no use within this wiki or are unused may be deleted at an administrator's discretion.
 * Try to keep the extensions in lowercase.
 * Users may have at the most 3 OOU images on their user page but they must first have made twenty significant edits and if a user goes sixty days without editing, their images will be deleted.
 * If the image is fan art from another user, credit the user in a summary. Edited photos and fan art may only be used on user pages, not on articles.
 * If a promotional image needs to be edited so that it is the correct shape, contact an admin to take care of that change.

Character images
For the character infoboxes, the appropriate image used, in most cases they should be an episode promotional photo. If none are available, a screenshot may be used in its place.

The most recent image which follows these guidelines should be used. For the specific requirements, see the Infobox policy.

Episode images

 * There must be something happening in the photo related to the episode.
 * We strive to stick to promotional stills. If there are none or only a few available, a limited amount of screen caps is allowed.
 * Promos do not need to be used if they don't represent the main theme, significant aspect or storyline of the episode.

Copyright
Please note: this is not the official copyright policy — it is merely a reminder and additional tips.

When you upload an image, make sure you own the image, or that it is in the Public Domain, or that the copyright holder has agreed to license it under GNU Free Documentation License.

Images that are screenshots and other snapshots from Inventing Anna episodes and tie-in products generally fall under the category of fair use, as long as they are not posted in large numbers. In these cases, type   in the image description text box to include the Fair Use template (demonstrated above).

Infoboxes
This page outlines the rules and guidelines that apply to the use of infoboxes. They are not absolute, for the most part, but it is generally expected that they be observed unless there is a good cause for ignoring them.

Main Picture
The main picture of the infobox is usually the most recent episode still of that character. If no such picture is available, the character's photo from the cast slideshow of the character's most recent episode is used. For main characters, a promotional photo can be used as well. There are exceptions to this if: It's also important to keep in mind our image policy (see above).
 * The most recent picture doesn't give the viewer a clear view of the character's face.
 * The picture has bad lighting, so a less recent (but still recent) picture with better lighting offers a better view on the character.
 * A picture showing from shoulders and up are preferable over full-body shots.
 * Portrait is favored over landscape images.

For further questions or remarks about currently used infobox pictures, please contact our admins.

Adopted Characters and Their Family Members
In case of adoption, the admins of this wiki value nurture over nature, and thus consider adoptive parents to be a character's real parents. Thereby:

However, there are some exceptions: Please note that there is a Familial Relationships section on the character's page. Although we see adoptive parents as the real parents, biological parents can have their place in this particular familial section. They simply can't be included in the infobox because infoboxes only display the most important information, and biological parents who haven't played a role in their biological child's life have no reason to be mentioned in the infobox, as they are not important to the character.
 * No biological family members can be added to the infobox of the adopted character;
 * No character who was given away for adoption can be added to the infoboxes of the characters to whom that particular character is biologically related.
 * In case the adopted character him- or herself values his or her birth parents as important in his or her life, these biological parents can be added to that character's infobox in the Biological Parents section.
 * The same goes for other biological family members, such as siblings.

Foster Families
Similarly to the adoption policy, foster parents should be added to the infobox section "Parents" since they took over parental care for the character from their (biological) parents. However, contrary to adoption, in case of foster care, the characters' biological family can still be included in the infobox in case they're known and/or still in the characters' life.

In-Laws
In the case of formerly-married persons, their ex-in-laws need not be listed on their pages. Their former spouse should be the only member of that family to remain in their infobox, as it adds superfluous information, as in most cases, the people haven't even met each other. An exception shall be made in cases where the in-laws have been shown to have a relationship.

Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the incorporation of someone else's work without providing adequate credit. This is strongly forbidden on the wiki. When you include work from on other source, please credit that source. It is particularly forbidden to copy episode summaries from other sources.

We avoid plagiarism because a credible encyclopedia must not silently present content copied from elsewhere as though it were original, and the correction of improperly copied content disrupts the encyclopedia and may require the deletion of all subsequent edits to the article.

For a much more comprehensive guide to plagiarism and how to deal with it, visit Wikipedia.

Vandalism
Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Inventing Anna Wiki. Vandalism cannot and will not be tolerated. Common types of vandalism are the addition of obscenities or crude humor, page blanking, and the insertion of nonsense into articles. Any good faith effort to improve the wiki, even if it's misguided or incorrect, is not vandalism. Vandalizing pages is a violation of wiki policy. Vandals will be blocked for a day or week, depending on the severity of the vandalism.

Regular users can use the "traditional revert" process to get rid of vandalism, or report it to admins in case they have missed it.

Videos
Videos can easily be uploaded to articles, but we require that no fan videos be added to articles. Also, there is no need for scenes of the episode, as the full summary covers that. The only videos used on articles are the promo for the episode and music videos in the music section.

Writing character pages

 * Please use a neutral point of view when writing character pages. Reserve your opinions for the forum or blogs. We strive for objective pages, so speculation and unknown information is not allowed either, except for the Notes and Trivia section in useful cases.
 * Note that we write from an in-universe perspective, meaning the descriptive sections of the articles (like History and Relationships) should be written as if the character is a real person. Therefore, we avoid terms like "season" or "episode" because the characters don't live in seasons in-universe.
 * Infoboxes have their own section (see above).

Blogs
Blogs are articles written and attributed to one person that can be voted, commented on, and organized into a listing like a typical blog. They are different than a typical wiki article in that they are not intended to be a collaboratively written pieces of content, but instead a single user's composition. The idea is to create more of a community feel for a wiki and give users more outlets for their endless creativity.
 * A user can write their thoughts on Inventing Anna, fan fictions, reviews, and suggestions for the wiki.
 * A user cannot edit another user's blog.
 * A user may not have a blog about their personal lives (example:...then I bought some shoes and...)
 * A user may slip little notes about their lives when writing about Inventing Anna or the wiki

Queer Characters
Characters are not listed or categorized by their gender or sexuality for the following reasons:
 * It assumes that cishet people are the norm and queer people need to be labeled as other.
 * It opens up speculation as to what is enough of an indicator for someone to be included