Wikipedia:Update/1/Conduct policy changes during August 2009

  • Wikipedia:Civility
    • Several statements were softened without a significant change in meaning, for instance "always treat" became "always endeavor to treat" and "not in themselves a concern" became "not in themselves a major concern".
    • In WP:CIVIL#Engaging in incivility, added as examples: "excessive sarcasm", and "Use of condescending language towards other Users. (e.g. "You're just a newbie, you clearly don't understand how Wikipedia works, now try reading some policy pages before commenting again.") Wikipedia has no official rank structure and all Users should feel as though they are being treated as equals at all times."









It is unacceptable to use alternative accounts to disrupt Wikipedia or to misrepresent yourself or your contributions. For example:
  • Posing as a neutral commentator, using one alt account, in a policy discussion about another account of the same person.
  • !Voting more than once in polls, such as WP:Articles for discussion polls.
  • Using multiple accounts to violate our rules about edit warring
  • Creating an article with one account, and then marking it as patrolled with another.
  • Use of a separate account for disruption or vandalism, in the hope that, when it is blocked, the main account can continue with blameless editing.
  • Creating an article with one account and proposing it for deletion with another, a WP:POINT violation
  • Creating a separate account to argue one side of an issue in a deliberately irrational or offensive fashion, to sway opinion to another side.
It is improper to use multiple accounts to do anything which cannot or should not be done with a single account.