Changes: Fallout Wiki:Content policy

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This policy page summarizes what content should be added to the wiki.

All content should relate to the Fallout series of games and its setting.
All content needs to be accurate. The Vault aims to provide reliable information about the Fallout series of games and their setting. In particular, adding speculation and own inventions to articles should be avoided.
All content needs to be verifiable. Other editors need to be able to check and verify it.
All content needs to be informative. The addition of information which is only of interest to the writer or to other editors (as opposed to readers) should not be included in articles.
All content needs to be objective. Opinions and "my favourite"-style passages should not be added to articles.
All content needs to relate to the games as delivered by the developers; user modifications are not covered by this wiki.
All content needs to abide by copyright regulations. Generally, content from other sites should not be copied unless permission has been granted.
Only information that is directly relevant to the subject of a given article should be included in that article.
New information added to the wiki should not repeat or be redundant with information already on the site. Generally there should be a single article (or section of an article) where a given topic is presented in full detail. Other pages should not repeat the details, instead they should link to the page with the details.

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Anything relating to the Fallout series of games may be added to this wiki. This does not include fan fiction or other player inventions.
When creating a new article, it should always be considered whether its subject is too weak to carry an own article and whether it would be more convenient for readers if it were merged with another article. If the answer to these questions are positive, the article should rather be merged (if possible).

"Behind the scenes" information in the form of cultural references is acceptable page content only when there are direct visual correlations or corresponding names.

Bugs encountered in a game should only be added to articles after they have been confirmed by other editors. This is to avoid cluttering the articles with one-time-glitches. To this end, post the bug on the article's talk page first and try to get confirmation.
For multi-platform games, make sure to add which platform the bug was encountered on.
Exploits relating to an article should be mentioned briefly but only be explained in detail on dedicated exploit pages (like Fallout 3 exploits, for example).