What TinyVillage Wikia is Not

What Tiny Village Wikia Is Not
Tiny Village Wikia is not affiliating or supported by TinyCo, or Tiny Village games or Tiny Village Official Facebook Fan Page.

Tiny Village Wikia is not a paper encyclopedia
Tiny Village Wikia is not a paper encyclopedia. This means that there is no practical limit to the number of topics we can cover, or the total amount of content.

Tiny Village Wikia is not a dictionary
Tiny Village Wikia is not a dictionary, usage or jargon guide. Tiny Village Wikia articles are not:
 * 1) Dictionary definitions. Because Tiny Village Wikia is not a dictionary, please do not create an entry merely to define a term. An article may begin with a good definition, but should contain more. If you come across an article that is nothing more than a definition, see if there is information you can add that would be appropriate for an encyclopedia.
 * 2) Usage guides or slang and idiom guides. Tiny Village Wikia is not in the business of saying how words, idioms, etc. should be used. However, it may be important in the context of an encyclopedia article to describe just how a word is used to distinguish among similar, easily confused ideas. In some special cases an article about an essential piece of slang may be appropriate.

Tiny Village Wikia is not a soapbox
Tiny Village Wikia is not a soapbox, a battleground, or a vehicle for propaganda and advertising. Therefore, Tiny Village Wikia articles are not:
 * 1) Self-promotion. It can be tempting to write about your accomplishments. Outside of your user page, such promotion is not allowed. Personal accomplishments should be contained solely on user pages.
 * 2) Advertising. Articles about companies and products are not acceptable.

Tiny Village Wikia is not a mirror or a repository of links, images, or media files
Tiny Village Wikia is neither a mirror nor a repository of links, images, or media files. Tiny Village Wikia articles are not:
 * 1) Mere collections of external links or Internet directories. It is generally disfavored to add links to an outside source in an article. If necessary, the links should be contained in a "See Also" section of an article. Excessive lists can dwarf articles and detract from the purpose of Tiny Village Wikia
 * 2) Mere collections of internal links, except for disambiguation pages when an article title is ambiguous.
 * 3) Mere collections of photographs or media files with no text to go with the articles. If you are interested in presenting a picture, please provide an encyclopedic context.

Tiny Village Wikia is not a blog, webspace provider, or social networking site
You may not host your own website or Wiki at Tiny Village Wikia. Tiny Village Wikia pages are not:
 * 1) Personal web pages. Users have their own user pages, but they may be used only to present information relevant to working on the Tiny Village Wikia or to DragonVale. If you are looking to make a personal blog, please only use the blog area.
 * 2) File storage areas. Please upload only files that are used (or will be used) in encyclopedia articles or project pages; anything else will be deleted.

What the Tiny Village Wikia Community Is Not
The above guidelines apply to articles on Tiny Village Wikia. These guidelines apply to Tiny Village Wikia discussions.

Tiny Village Wikia is not a battleground
Tiny Village Wikia is not a place to hold grudges, import personal conflicts, or nurture hatred or fear. Making personal battles out of Tiny Village Wikia discussions goes directly against our policies and goals.

Every user is expected to interact with others civilly, calmly, and in a spirit of cooperation. Do not insult, harass, or intimidate those with whom you have a disagreement. Rather, approach the matter intelligently and engage in polite discussion. If a user acts uncivilly, uncalmly, uncooperatively, insultingly, harassingly, or intimidatingly toward you, this does not give you an excuse to do the same in retaliation. Either respond solely to the factual points brought forward and ignore its objectionable flavoring, or ignore the relevant message entirely.

Tiny Village Wikia is not an anarchy
Tiny Village Wikia is free and open, but restricts both freedom and openness where they interfere with creating an encyclopedia.

Tiny Village Wikia is not a democracy
Tiny Village Wikia is not an experiment in democracy. Its primary method of determining consensus is discussion, not voting. Polls should be used with caution and may not be treated as binding.

Tiny Village Wikia is not a bureaucracy
Rules are not the purpose of the community and a perceived procedural error made in posting anything, such as an idea or nomination, is not grounds for invalidating that post. Follow the spirit, not the letter, of any rules, policies and guidelines if you feel they conflict. Disagreements should be resolved through consensus-based discussion, rather than through tightly sticking to rules and procedures.

Tiny Village Wikia is not Wikipedia
Tiny Village Wikia is not associated with Wikipedia, nor with any other wiki. The rules, policies, guidelines and traditions associated with other wiki are not the rules, policies, guidelines and traditions of Tiny Village Wikia.