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This page, Policy, discusses an official policy of Wikiality.com. We treat it like we would treat a decree from Our Glorious Stephen himself. Because it is so rich in gut-issued, truth-filled wikiality, this policy on Policy has wide acceptance among members of Wikiality.com and is considered a standard that all users should follow. By following these standards, we are working to create a reality where each user's truthiness reflects the truthiness of Stephen.

Blank a page? That's a bannin'

Wikiality.com is an internets tube dedicated to Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, D.F.A. and his creation, "truthiness".

There are people who do not quite understand the entirety of truthiness.

All content on Wikiality.com exists solely for the glorification of Stephen.

What is Satire?

Wikiality.com is satire.

Satire is not as obvious as something like physical comedy. When a satirist says something about Bono it is not to poke fun at Bono, but rather the people who seriously hate Bono. When a satirist says Bono is a pussy (or some other lame insult) is it to show how lame the people who really call Bono a pussy actually are. How lame can a person be to simply call another person a "pussy"? In other words, "Is that all you got?" Satire is hard to write, because few people really understand it.

From Malaspina College:

"...satire is "A composition in verse or prose holding up vice or folly to ridicule or lampooning individuals. . . . The use of ridicule, irony, sarcasm, etc., in speech or writing for the ostensible purpose of exposing and discourage vice or folly."(...) If we see someone or some group acting in a way we think is morally unacceptable and we wish to correct such behaviour, we have a number of options. We can try to force them to change their ways (through threats of punishment); we can deliver stern moral lectures, seeking to persuade them to change their ways; we can try the Socratic approach of engaging them in a conversation which probes the roots of their beliefs; or, alternatively, we can encourage everyone to see them as ridiculous, to laugh at them, to render them objects of scorn for the group. In doing so we will probably have at least two purposes in mind: first, to effect some changes in the behaviour of the target (so that he or she reforms) and, second, to encourage others not to behave in such a manner. (Emphasis added)(

Wikiality.com's Levels of Judgement

Level 1

add more truth, page will not be killed

fix

Level 2

page is an embarassment, might not be killed so that author may be scorned or laughed at by others

ugly
wag
troll

Level 3

page borders on non-Colbert-centric, has one week before unceremonious death

vanity
red shirt
NWTF
wha

Level 4

page is an embarassment, and non-Colbert-centric, death is only days away

notice

Level 5

page has only hours before being Dead to Stephen.

Db

Level 6

page has been killed, and it's head hanged from a yardarm off the bow of the good ship Wikiality.com

Pwn

Block/Ban Procedure

Pages that do not feel as though they belong in "The Stephen Colbert Experience" are tagged using templates from the templates page.

Certain "procedures" are to be followed for pages that are considered "vanity" or "vandalism". Please refer to the charts below.

Vanity

GENERAL: Vanity is not allowed. All references should be removed from mainspace articles ASAP in accordance with the chart below. Users should be informed that vanity can be placed on their "Userpages" instead and that personal information (real names, phone numbers, addresses, school names, city names, etc.) is not welcome on Wikiality.com and should be purged as well.

"Wikiality.com Ban/Block Procedures" Vanity
Editing Behavior	# of Edits for Contributor	Wikiality.com Response on Page	Wikiality.com Access Change	Communication
new page created containing references to colbertnation.com message board	first edit	tag page as "vanity" (until moved)	no access change	point contributor to Colbert Nation, recommend content be moved to Colbert Nation subdirectory
new page created containing no refs to colbertnation.com	first edit	tag page "vanity"	no access change	tag author's talkpage with "care"ful tag
continued editing on vanity tagged page	first few edits	insure "vanity" tag is still in place	no access change	invite response on author's talkpage
creating more than one vanity page	any	insure all pages are tagged "vanity"	no access change	tag author's talkpage with "care"ful tag, invite response on author's talkpage
continued editing on vanity tagged pages, ignoring requests to communicate	any	merge pages, move to userpage of author, invite response on author's talkpage	no access change	inform author of move, request no further vanity
reposting moved or deleted vanity tagged pages, ignoring requests to communicate	any	Pwn previously moved or deleted vanity tagged pages	ban user no more than 1 week	inform author of ban, demand no further vanity, invite communication if ban is disputed, post blurb on Admin Board for future reference
repeated vanity	any	revert edits, Pwn pages	banning dependent on severity of abuse and contributor's history	inform author of ban, demand no further vanity, invite communication if ban is disputed, post blurb on Admin Board for future reference

Vandalism

GENERAL: Vandalism is not allowed. All vandalism should be reverted or blocked from mainspace articles in accordance with the chart below. Vandalism must be dealt with by admins ASAP.

"Wikiality.com Ban/Block Procedures" Vandalism
Editing Behavior	# of Edits for Contributor	Wikiality.com Response on Page	Wikiality.com Access Change	Communication
new page created with strange "name" not on urbandictionary.com	first edit	pages tagged "wha", "NWTF" or "meme" (pages may also be Pwn'd)	access change dependent on severity of abuse	Communication depends on time (11:30-12:00 EST) edits were added
new page created with strange content not found on urbandictionary.com	first edit	pages tagged "wha", "NWTF" or "meme" (pages may also be Pwn'd)	no access change	Communication depends on time pages were created
new page created with racist name	first edit	page blocked from more edits, redirected to 404 Error	ban is 1 week	inform author of ban, demand no further vandalism, invite communication if ban is disputed, post blurb on Admin Board for future reference
new page copied from another internets source	first edits	page is deleted	no access change	Post "warn"ing tags on author's talkpage
content copied from another internets source added to existing page	first edits	revert edit	no access change	Post "warn"ing tags on author's talkpage
admin-placed tags removed	any	page is re-tagged	no access change	Post "Do Not Delete Tags" message on author's talkpage and talkpage of article
adding content to existing page that is critical of satirical content	any	revert edit	no access change	inquire about criticism, invite communication on author's talkpage
replacing entire page with a line that is critical of satirical content	any	revert edit	no access change	inquire about criticism, invite communication on author's talkpage
creating new page with serious (non-satirical) content	any	Pwn page	no access change	inquire about content, invite communication on author's talkpage
repeated vandalism	any	revert edits, Pwn pages	banning dependent on severity of abuse and contributor's history	inform author of ban, demand no further vandalism, invite communication if ban is disputed, post blurb on Admin Board for future reference
recreating pages that have already been deleted	any	page blocked from more edits, redirected to 404 Error	banning dependent on severity of abuse and contributor's history	inform author of ban, demand no further vandalism, invite communication if ban is disputed, post blurb on Admin Board for future reference
Spamming (adding identical content to several pages)	any	revert edits	banning dependent on severity and contributor's history	Post "warn"ing tags on author's talkpage, post blurb on Admin Board for future reference
EDIT WAR!	any	tag page tagged "block"	page blocked until EDIT WAR! is resolved between warring parties	invite all parties involved about the temporary block, invite communication on blocked page's talkpage
several new pages created, moronic content	any	pages tagged "wha", "NWTF" or "meme" (pages may also be Pwn'd)	banning dependent on severity	Post "warn"ing tags on author's talkpage, post blurb on Admin Board for future reference
Porn (uploading images, linking to images, linking to sites, graphic text)	any	revert edits, delete images, Pwn pages	ban infinite	inform author of ban, post blurb on Admin Board for future reference
Blanking (entire content of page is deleted or replaced with moronic content)	any	revert edits	ban infinite	inform author of ban, post blurb on Admin Board for future reference
Flogging (edits added to existing page may be for the purposes of promoting a product or service that is not Colbert-related)	any	revert edits	ban 1 week	flog author's talkpage, post blurb on Admin Board for future reference
Flogging (new page created, may be a "fake blog" for the purposes of promoting a product or service that is not Colbert-related)	any	flog page, images, all related content	ban until resolved	flog author's talkpage, post blurb on Admin Board for future reference

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