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There are very few policies which apply across all Wikia. Policies for this Wiki are found below. These guidelines must be obeyed. If you have a problem with any of the guidelines, please bring it up on the talk page. Thank you.

General guidelinesEdit

No vandalism - Offensive text, blanking pages and messing up pages is a violation of all Wiki policies. Such behavior will have you blocked from this wiki.
Everyone hates spam - Don't go Fast-Tony'ing around by selling your products, organization or (gasp!) bank scams. You will be blocked.
This wiki is about Ice Age - Information must be from the actual Ice Age body-of-art. If your content is about unrelated stuff such as an ogre from a fairy tale land called Shrek, don't post it. It will eventually be deleted.
Rumors/Leaked Information - Don't make up upcoming movies or new characters as we refer these as "Ice Crystal Balls". We encourage that fan content be posted on the Ice Age Fanon Wiki. The forum rumor board can be used to discuss any newly discovered rumors.
Posting copyright violations is theft - Do not copy/paste information from websites (except text under GFDL like Wikipedia). Rewrite it in your own words. We do accept Ice Age images under fair use (see Ice Age Wiki:Copyrights) however, uploading fully copyrighted texts and illegal torrents could possibly result in being blocked permanently.
Check your work - Your spelling is important to the wikis content. Try not to make a mess on the page such as spelling errors and broken links. Try out Sid's Snowbox to practice editing.
Article Talk Page - Once a discussion is old (a month or is no longer useful), it is okay to remove it to clear up space. If the discussion was on inaccurate information in the article, it can be removed after the article is updated with the correct information.
HTML coding - If you want to create a new template or want to change something, please contact an administrator first to give a heads up. If you need specific help on coding, try the forum help desk.
Most important - Have fun! But try to make sure those around you have fun too!

Image use guidelines Edit

Images should be high quality, mid to low resolution (no bigger than 800 pixels wide)
Images should be named correctly, do not add IM0423.jpg to our files, but rather name it correctly.
- Examples: Diego.png, Buck.jpg, PlatesofWoe.jpg, etc.
Images should have the {{fairuse}} template if they are screenshots.
Add the category belonging to the film from which the image was taken, example: File:Diego.PNG should go in Category:Ice Age 2.
Images that are big resolution (anything more than 1000 pixels wide) should be re-uploaded in a smaller resolution.
Images that have no connection to Ice Age are not allowed. They will be deleted on sight.
Uploading any form of pornography or gore will result in a permanent ban.

General article guidelinesEdit

No Internet slangs - while this is an online encyclopedia covering everything in the Ice Age series, please refrain from using common Internet speech such as "how r u", "he died 2" or "leet" language like "H1 W475 UP?" (hi what's up). Smileys such as ":)" shouldn't be used either, this applies to articles and user talk pages.
Keep interaction focused on improvement - do not add messages like "will he return on the next movie" or "i love this character!" on the talk pages of characters.
No personal feelings - please refrain from adding "X character is the coolest from Ice Age" or "X movie sucks".

Official SourcesEdit

These are the official sources that should be sourced or used for new information.

Community sourcesEdit

These are the other community sites but are not as reliable as the official sources.

ComingSoon.net.
/Film.
IMDb
- This is one of the most visited websites for Entertainment and information can be added by any user. Citing IMDb should only be done while there are no other sources.

Community Edit

User PagesEdit

Do not edit a user page if it's not your own - it's rude, and if there's a orthography/grammatical error you can say it to the user by contacting his/her user page.
You are allowed one personal image for your user page. A personal image is defined as one not in specific use by the project. (Generally, this means that the image is only in the User namespace.) This may include a photo of yourself, a piece of art you created, a picture of your favorite Ice Age character or a image that resembles your avatar. Make sure that the image has the Template:Self template on it if you made the image or if the image belongs to you. If the image is a screenshot from an Ice Age movie or video game, have Template:Fairuse or Template:Vgscreen. If the image is public domain, have Template:PD on the page, and if you have permission to use the image, add Template:Permission. If the image added is a poster, have Template:Poster on the file page along with Template:Personal-Photo.
- Do not use celebrity photos or copyrighted images - Although you are allowed to use one Ice Age picture for your personal image, the number of images should not be exceeded. It goes away from the fair use policy in the USA. Using pictures your don't own such as celebrities and other copyrighted material are strictly prohibited. This also includes screenshots from movies other than Ice Age, they are not allowed on Ice Age Wiki as it is only about Ice Age.
- Make sure that the image is PG at the most. No profanity, gore or sexual content of any kind. That will get your image deleted, and you WILL be banned from further editingIce Age Wiki} if images over the PG rating are uploaded.
You are free to add links to other Wikia wikis you use, to add own polls for fun, to-do lists, etc.

External links policyEdit

Only add external links to show off your work on other website
- example: you can add a link to your YouTube channel if you make your own video productions, your Newgrounds profile if you're a flash designer, your deviantART account if you're a visual artist/writer, etc.
Do not use URL shorteners like bit.ly or tinyurl.com.
Do not add links to adult websites, it is considered spam and you could be blocked forever in this Wiki if you do so.

User talk pagesEdit

Sign your posts with ~~~~, it is important to do so to know who is leaving a message. There are no rules on how your signature should be, because it'll follow you all around Wikia, but it is highly recommended to have a link back to your profile and another one to your user talk. Signature settings can be changed in your preferences.
Contact other users with their talk page - if there's something important to tell them, don't just add "Hi how are you" or stuff that isn't focused on taking actions on the wiki. if someone leaves a message on your page and the discussion is only meant to be between you and him/her, it'd be polite to reply on their user talk page so that they find your response.
Be polite - treat people as you want them to treat you.
Don't spam - don't insert gibberish (example: aeh0tuw4htuhq34-prj2qh308hrq3r), nonsense text in other people pages.
Archive - backup your talk page as an archive rather than deleting old discussions.

User sub-directoriesEdit

User sub-directories, for example User:ABC/Notes, can be used only by their own user who created the page after adding an slash (/) and a name after their username. They can have notes, memos, or drafts of articles they're working in, also movie reviews about the Ice Age film series can be added, personal thoughts, etc.