Site Policies
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General Statement
My goal for making this site is to help educate the widest audience possible. As such, I chose a wiki format for fast editing, as well as to allow anyone to update content. To this end, the wiki is currently very open. I may have to start ammending policies as we encounter abuse.
Account Creation
Account creation is currently open.
Creating New Pages
You are free to create new pages as you see fit. Just be sure to add Categories at the bottom of the page to tag the relevant subjects. See the current categories to make sure an existing category doesn't fit before creating a new one. Make sure the page is linked appropriately from a given parent page or the table of contents. If fitting the page into the ordered lessons, be sure to add relevant lessons, particularly the prev/last lessons. Please make some attempt to follow the formats already established, unless there is a good reason to break from them for the given content.
Remember, this site is dedicated to educating individuals about music, particularly focused on guitar playing. It is not designed for tangential purposes, such as documenting all the in's and out's of every piece of gear ever made or discussing the complete history of some genre of music; although such topics may come up when explaining how to play guitar or understand music.
I chose to create my own wiki vs. using Wikipedia or a similar wiki, so that I could freely express opinions and viewpoints and without requiring stringent source documentation. I encourage others to voice their opinions as well, but this should avoid controversy and debate. If you want to make what may be considered a contrary opinion, that's acceptable, but please use the quote wiki template to ensure it is marked as a personal viewpoint, not a standard/majority opinion.
Editing Existing Pages
Please feel absolutely free to fix typos or other inaccuracies. Also, if you can more clearly explain a concept, feel free to add it. Please label your changes using the "Summary" field.
But try not to make the pages unnecessarily verbose. And do not delete content added by someone else unless it is clearly no longer necessary. Do not "battle" others by replacing their opinions with your contrary ones. If questionable, use a quote template to demonstrate this is your opinion, not a majority/universally-accepted one. Also, feel free to discuss such topics using the given page's talk/discussion page, accessible through the "Page" menu at the top of every page.
Please conform to existing formatting/standards on the page. Do not add images, obtuse tables, giant block quotes, or other unsightly content that obscures one's ability to read the page.
Uploading Images
As of now, this site is capable of uploading images. This is designed to upload educational content only - diagrams, photos, etc. No personal pictures, advertisements, or memes will be tolerated. Please make sure your image is not obnoxiously sized or otherwise detrimental to one's ability to read the page. Please proceed conservatively - do not make me turn off uploadable images!
Banning
I will ban accounts as I see fit in response to the following:
- Purposefully attempting to subvert this site's main goal
- Adding advertisements or promoting products that clearly do not relate to the content
- Spamming users
- Personal attacks on myself or other users
- A history of questionable activity (such as making the same "mistakes" repeatedly)
- Failing to disclose a commercial endorsement or arrangement that would lead you to promote certain products or opinions
- Removing content without explicitly stating why or without legitimate cause
- Cluttering the site with jokes or off-topic content
- Posting anything pornographic or otherwise explicit (this site is designed for all ages). PG-13 words/phrases are ok if not obnoxious.