South Park The Fractured But Whole Wiki:Competence is Required

Competence is Required is a rule on South Park The Fractured But Whole Wiki.

As a general rule of thumb, editing is considered to be a privilege as opposed to a right on this Wiki. As editors are given the ability to edit articles, they must have competent writing or be at risk of losing editing privileges.

What is "Incompetence"?
Incompetent editing is editing that provides no benefit to the wiki, only a mess for others to clean up. It may take the following forms, although it is not necessarily limited to them.


 * Persistently adding poor or incorrect information to the wiki.
 * Edits that are consistently written in grammatically and mechanically poor language.
 * Inability to properly use wiki formatting after instruction.
 * Inability to comprehend the rules after instruction.
 * Social incompetence - unable to interact without causing undue stress to others.
 * Refusal to communicate. There are edit summaries, article talk pages and user talk pages.

What incompetence is not

 * Incompetence is not an editing dispute when both editors are explaining their points.
 * Incompetence is not a new user who simply doesn't know how wikis work.

Why incompetence is a blockable offense
There is no reason that the competent editors should have their workload increased by an incompetent editor who never writes anything worth keeping yet who provides them with nonsense to clean up. Wikis are for anyone to edit, but that does not mean that editing them is a right. It is still a privilege.