The Overlook Bay Wiki has its own set of policies and guidelines that users are advised to follow to ensure proper interaction between users on the wiki. The Overlook Bay Wiki's Staff Team strives to give its users the best information regarding Overlook Bay and handles any misconduct of policies through discussion or a specified sanctions policy.
The terms "Policies" and "Guidelines", as referred to in this article, vary completely and may or may not match their real-life definition. As such, the definition provided below should be deemed to be applicable to the Overlook Bay Wiki only unless stated otherwise.
- Policies: Policies refer to a set of rules that specify an appropriate conduct expected to be followed by all members of the Overlook Bay Wiki. These set of rules are regulated frequently and are used to improve coordination amongst wiki users. Continual violation of policies may lead to sanctions according to the wiki's infractions policy.
- Guidelines: The amount or polity of guidelines on the Overlook Bay Wiki are frequently altered to accommodate users and are thus, unstable and not enforced. Users are not required to follow these guidelines, but it is advisable for them to do so in order to improve their as well as other users' experience on the Overlook Bay Wiki. No user may ever be sanctioned or punished for violating a guideline.
Any members of the voluntary staff team will never claim that the wiki is affiliated with Wonder Works Studio or its likings, which include WonderWorksZach, MeganPlays, HoneyTheUnicorn, and other developers that have contributed to Overlook Bay. Although developers or stars may occasionally appear on the wiki, their presence does not confirm any affiliation.
Policies & Guidelines
The following table gives a perception of what policies and guidelines a wiki user is expected to read, according to their role on the wiki. For example, editors may need to read the Manual of Style while normal users are not obligated to do so.
| Roles | Policies | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | User rights | Infractions | Content | Diversity & Equality | Consensus | |
| Reader | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Discussion-goer | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ |
| Reformist | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Editor | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ |
| Wiki Staff | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Roles | Guidelines | |||||
| General | Manual of Style | |||||
| Reader | ✕ | ✕ | ||||
| Discussion-goer | ✓ | ✕ | ||||
| Reformist | ✓ | ✕ | ||||
| Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Wiki Staff | ✓ | ✓ | ||||