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Ethics Guidelines IN PROGRESS

This is a page for ethics guidelines.  Please follow them!  The very short version: this is a wiki intended to document plural history, vocabulary, and works.  It isshould not intended to be a repository of plurals, nor should it be used to hurt people.people, and it should not be used as a vehicle for public shaming.

Privacy,Locations

Doxxing,
andDon't give people's real life locations.  URLs only.
    The sole exception is common knowledge public figures--for example, Colin Ross's hospital is in Texas, so it's safe enough to say he's probably there too.

    Names

    someoneSomeone whose legal name is a matter of public safety--for instance, Billy Milligan, the serial rapist. Don't give offline locations, unless it is common knowledge--it's not infringing Colin Ross's privacy to say he runs a hospital in Texas, and thus likely lives there, but generally, keep it to online URLs. In citations for plurals, use system name, followed by a screen name or member name in square brackets if relevant--for example, "Plures [hessgasm]" or "Zyfron [Z]".  If they have multiple system names (for example, Plures/Sylvans/Fenners,Fenners), try to use the most current one and make a note of their former group names, to make a searchable trace.  It'sIf inevitablenecessary, thatmake suchthem namesa PluralWiki page to keep track of their names, so other pages citing them can be updated as their page is.  This will becomeinevitably outdatedbe and need refreshing over time;challenging; do theyour best you can.best.

    MiscYou Can Cite...

    • PleaseLocked don'tposts, makeif pagesthere's aboutno yourself.other choice, but quote only impersonal general stuff.
    • PleasePrivate don'communications, if there's no other choice, but give details enough for the facts to be checked!  For instance: "private communication between Bob Hoozit and Wendy Whatszit, 4/13/1993."

    You Can Cite Them, But Don't makeMake pagesPages aboutAbout...

    people
      Yourself. Children under the age of eighteen. People you don't like.like, for the purpose of publicly shaming them.