Archives:Policy

Archives policies in general are statements issued by Bulbagarden Archives that have varying scope and power. They fall into four categories:

• Policies - these are strongly binding recommendations and can be considered law.
• Guidelines - these are non-binding recommendations for administrators and users.
• Processes - these outline formal processes on Bulbagarden Archives such as dispute resolution.
• Statements - these are official statements on things such as fair use.

Please also review the policies of Bulbapedia and Bulbanews appropriately.

Policies

Blocking policy

A summary of the offenses which can lead to blocking include but are not limited to:

• Vandalism
• Malicious page editing
• Link hijacking
• Spamming
• Edit or revert wars
• Advertising
• Violations of other Archives policies

Username policy

The username policy outlines what is and what is not permissible in a username on Bulbagarden Archives, and the Archives regulations on bots.

Image use policy

Main article: Archives:Image use policy

• Images should have a descriptive but concise file name.
• Image summary pages should contain source information.
• Images must be tagged appropriately.
• Images should be used on a Bulbagarden project.
• Images should be relevant.
• Images for illustrating non-content pages are permitted, subject to some limitations:
  • Images for personal user pages are not allowed.

Bulbagarden Archives is not an image hosting service:

• Images should not be direct-linked from other sites.

Guidelines

Manual of style

Main article: Archives:Manual of style

The Archives manual of style dictates the size, filetype, and other preferred conventions used in selecting, processing, and uploading images.