The editing policy is created to help editors of Family Guy Fanon Wiki to understand general expectations in regards to editing our articles.
Proper English
Edits that are incomprehensible, either due to poor language skills or spelling may be removed. Fandom's Fandom's Terms of Use requires users be a MINIMUM of 13 years old. Due to the mature content of Family Guy, we expect users to have acquired writing and spelling skills comparable to a high school level of proficiency, with allowances for the occasional spelling/grammar mistake. Edits that fail to follow existing formatting may also be removed. New editors are advised to familiarize themselves with the current page layouts.
You may correct misspellings, as long as it is understood that American English is used here.
Changing Episode orders
Let's get something that has happened over the years. To those familiar with the original Family Guy, please don't around changing the episodes order to the one from the original show. This is a completely different thing to the original, and it makes our work on this small wiki harder. If you want to help with our episode order, please check out the List of Episodes page to see our episode order.
Blanking Out/Deleting Pages
Under no circumstances will blanking out or deleting important pages (ex: Episodes, Characters, Seasons, etc.) be acceptable on the wiki.
New page creation
Subjects must be visible in a broadcast or DVD episode to qualify for a page so an appropriate screenshot may be used. Subjects only mentioned should be linked to an outside source if necessary. Acceptable exceptions for this are pages for cast and crew or guest voices prior to their episode airing.
As they are often abandoned soon after creation, this wiki does not accept creation of lists.
Information should not be copied verbatim from another web page or wiki with the exception of official press releases. It's ok to use another page as a reference, but try to make some of the work your own. At the same time, be aware that editors on this wiki may edit elsewhere. Similar entries may not be copying, but cross-posting.
Before creating a page, familiarize yourself with our Page Layout.
Additionally, keep the following in mind:
References
References should relate to a scene or title imitated in another medium such as a movie, television show or book, as well as news events that explain a scene. Cultural References are generally not utilized on this wiki. When they are considered noteworthy, they will be placed on the Notes/Trivia page.
If the show or a character acknowledges what it is they are imitating, it is no longer considered a reference, but a note.
Common phrases or similar variations used as show titles such as "Happy Holoween" do not need to be explained as a reference, nor do repeating titles such as "X Guy" need to have the number of preceding titles repeated. Common phrases that also happen to be a movie or song title will have to identify elements in the episode that make it a particular reference to that title. "Christmas Crime" is not considered a reference to the film Christmas Time.
Notes/Trivia
Notes/Trivia include any other items, such as mentioning a pop song used in an episode or an action repeated in a previous episode.
Notes are generally organized as such:
- Pre-episode information such as episode name changes & title notes that don't quite qualify as references.
- Cast and crew notes such as missing key cast members.
- Episode notes - Noteworthy events in the episode. Songs are grouped together when possible.
- Continuity or factual errors that don't qualify as goofs.
- Post-episode notes such as awards.
- Commentary by staff from the internet or DVD after the episode has aired.
This isn't set completely in stone as there is some wiggle room depending on how important something is or if it concerns an already logged note.
Quotes
Quotes may include adult language. Do not edit a quote to remove adult language if it is known to be accurate based on an unedited version of an episode. Quotes should only be placed in the episode quotes page, not in the narrative of a character or episode. The Quotes page does not mean transcription of the script. Non-quote descriptions are to be used sparingly and Quotes may only end in spoken words. The best quotes are a single spoken line of dialog or a set up and punchline.
Due to numerous failures to understand this concept, once a quote is "taken" and entered onto the page, no additions to the quote will be accepted without a talk page discussion as to why it should be included as an extended run of dialog. If alternate dialog is offered, the FIRST quote entered onto the page will stand and the quote will have been considered used.
Please pay attention to existing quote formatting, by reviewing other pages if necessary. Italics and bold are to be used properly and parenthesis are not used for quotes.