Pointsgaming is the act of making useless edits on pages only for badges and/or score. In this wiki, it is considered a serious offence and transgressors will be punished accordingly. Make sure to report any pointsgaming to an administrator.
Examples of Pointsgaming
- Adding categories unrelated to the article;
- Adding categories not listed on the Category Listing;
- Always check the categories page above before adding a category.
- If you feel a category should be added, put it in the Category Appeal.
- Adding galleries where they do not belong;
- Only add images related to the article.
- Editing, saving the page, and editing again.
- Edit everything there is to edit, then save the page.
- Recreating an unfinished page
- You will get banned for recreating a page anyways. Don't do it with an unfinished page.
Consequences
- 1 day ban for the following:
- Adding one category not related to article, adding one non-existant category.
- 1 week ban for the following:
- Multiple editing on pages, adding a picture where it doesn't belong.
- 1 month ban for the following:
- Blatant pointsgaming, such as adding multiple unrelated categories to a page, adding multiple pictures that have nothing to do with the article.
Note that ban time will increase with multiple offences, and all ban times are at admin discretion.