Policies and guidelines

It is suggested that users at one point try to scan or read through the policies and guidelines to avoid any complications on the site. This category page will list and explain what each of the individual policy pages will cover.

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# [[Project:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]: policies and guidelines to editing.
# [[Project:Adding Information|Adding Information]]: rules for posting about spoilers, new and and lesser-known information, among others; basically the guide that tells you what to post and what not to post.
# [[Project:Categorization Guide|Categorization Guide]]: list of categories editors can actually use for articles.
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# [[Project:Media Guidelines|Media Guidelines]]: a set of policies concerning image, video, and other file or media uploads.
# [[Project:Policies|General Policies]]: the general and very basic policies of the wiki.
# [[Project:Community Guidelines|Community Guidelines]]: things you need to know about interacting within the community.
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* [[Project:Sample Book Article|Sample Book]] and [[Project:Sample Character Article|Character Articles]]: examples of articles, complete with information on the layout and a guide regarding what to put, and what not to include, in the articles.
* [[:Category:Preload templates|Other article formats]]: a set of templates that shows you the skeleton or base form of various article types; these are merely examples and only shows the headings and infobox and is not meant to be a comprehensive content guide.
* [[Project:Templates|Templates]]: a guide on the several templates on the wiki that help things make simpler for the editors, and look better for the visitors.
* [[Project:Community Portal|Community Portal]]: (work in progress) an intro of sorts to the wiki.
* [[Project:Protected page|Page protection]] and [[Project:Blocking Policy|blocking policies]]: just some information on certain drastic rights and functions [[Project:Administrators|admins]] may have to use on occasion.
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* Wikia's [[Help:Content|content guide]], [[Help:Editing|editing guide]], [[Project:Sandbox|sandbox]], [[Wikia:Help:Tutorial|tutorial]], and [[Wikia:Category:Help|Help pages]]: Various guides for new Fandom users.
* [[w:c:starwars:Project:Privacy policy|Privacy Policy]]: links to Wookiepedia; useful for those concerned about their privacy on Wikia.
* [[w:Terms of use|Fandom's Terms of Use]], [[Wikia:Category:Policy|Policies]], [[Project:Copyrights|Copyrights]], and [[w:Licensing|Licensing]]: Fandom-wide policies for all users.
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If you have any further questions and/or suggestions, feel free to contact an available [[The Shadowhunters' Wiki:Staff|administrator]], who will be happy to answer any questions you may have, or post on the [https://shadowhunters.fandom.com/f?catId=2902995607171894266 Discussions forum for Fandom-related topics here].

<small>Note: These policies are not without basis. The rules made are from years of observing the wiki and the movement/activity of most users, adapted to what works best for the site and its content. Additionally, we use some other fandoms, such as the [[w:c:harrypotter:Harry Potter Wiki:Policy|Harry Potter]], [[w:c:camphalfblood:Camp Half-Blood Wiki:Policy|Camp Half-Blood]], [[w:c:starwars:Category:Policies on Wookieepedia|Star Wars]], [[w:c:naruto:Category:Policy|Naruto]], [[w:c:vampirediaries:Template:VD Wiki|The Vampire Diaries]], [[w:c:onceuponatime:Once Upon a Time Wiki:Policies|Once Upon a Time]], [[w:c:avatar:Avatar Wiki:Policy|Avatar]], and a few others, as guides.</small>

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