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Personally identifiable information unrelated to the ''Creatures'' community (eg. the name of one's pet, state of residence, physical appearance, nationality, etc.) may be deleted at the subject's request. Such requests should be sent to sent to an administrator.
 
Personally identifiable information unrelated to the ''Creatures'' community (eg. the name of one's pet, state of residence, physical appearance, nationality, etc.) may be deleted at the subject's request. Such requests should be sent to sent to an administrator.
  
It is perfectly acceptable for biographical articles not to be illustrated. If images are used, they must comply with the wiki's [[Creatures Wiki:Image use policy|image use policy]]. Additionally, photographs and realistic likenesses of actual persons may be posted to the wiki only if the subject is of 18 years of age or older. Unrealistic likenesses of persons (eg. fan art of [[creature]]s, photographs of inanimate objects, etc.) may be posted regardless of the subject's age. Any image depicting a person, realistic or not, must be immediately taken down at the subject's request. Requests for deletion should be sent to an administrator.
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It is perfectly acceptable for biographical articles not to be illustrated. If images are used, they must comply with the wiki's [[Creatures Wiki:Image use policy|image use policy]]. Additionally, photographs and realistic likenesses of actual persons may be posted to the wiki only if the subject is of 18 years of age or older. Unrealistic likenesses of persons (eg. fan art of [[creature]]s, photographs of inanimate objects, etc.) may be posted regardless of the subject's age. Any image depicting a person, realistic or not, must be immediately taken down at the subject's request. Requests for deletion should be posted on the image's discussion page or an administrator's discussion page.
  
 
External links to pages containing personal information and media are allowed only if the pages are explicitly ''Creatures''-related and comply with the Creatures Wiki policy of [[Creatures Wiki:Guidelines/No Personal Attacks|No Personal Attacks]].
 
External links to pages containing personal information and media are allowed only if the pages are explicitly ''Creatures''-related and comply with the Creatures Wiki policy of [[Creatures Wiki:Guidelines/No Personal Attacks|No Personal Attacks]].
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==Major guideline revisions==
 
==Major guideline revisions==
 
I've made this section so the community doesn't have to dig through an edit history full of minor wording changes just to see what's changed.
 
I've made this section so the community doesn't have to dig through an edit history full of minor wording changes just to see what's changed.
*'''[[Creatures Wiki:Guidelines/Biographical_Content#Privacy of personal information|Privacy of personal information]]''': Requests for image deletion should be sent to an administrator, so the issue can be dealt with in a timely manner. [[User:R Saiga|R Saiga]] 15:48, 14 October 2014 (EDT)
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*'''[[Creatures Wiki:Guidelines/Biographical_Content#Privacy of personal information|Privacy of personal information]]''': clarified image deletion requests and generally improved the paragraph on images. [[User:R Saiga|R Saiga]] 21:06, 12 October 2014 (EDT)
 
*'''[[Creatures Wiki:Guidelines/Biographical_Content#Privacy of personal information|Privacy of personal information]]''': clarified image deletion requests and generally improved the paragraph on images. [[User:R Saiga|R Saiga]] 21:06, 12 October 2014 (EDT)
 
* '''[[Creatures Wiki:Guidelines/Biographical_Content#Standards and maintenance|Standards and maintenance]]''': general improvements; '''[[Creatures Wiki:Guidelines/Biographical_Content#Privacy of personal information|Privacy of personal information]]''': added that all images should comply with the wiki's [[Creatures Wiki:Image use policy|image use policy]], clarified that biographies do not require images;  '''[[Creatures Wiki:Guidelines/Biographical_Content#Deletion of biographical articles|Deletion of biographical articles]]''': clarified the kind of justifications that should be made for deletion proposals. [[User:R Saiga|R Saiga]] 20:10, 12 October 2014 (EDT)
 
* '''[[Creatures Wiki:Guidelines/Biographical_Content#Standards and maintenance|Standards and maintenance]]''': general improvements; '''[[Creatures Wiki:Guidelines/Biographical_Content#Privacy of personal information|Privacy of personal information]]''': added that all images should comply with the wiki's [[Creatures Wiki:Image use policy|image use policy]], clarified that biographies do not require images;  '''[[Creatures Wiki:Guidelines/Biographical_Content#Deletion of biographical articles|Deletion of biographical articles]]''': clarified the kind of justifications that should be made for deletion proposals. [[User:R Saiga|R Saiga]] 20:10, 12 October 2014 (EDT)

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