Smosh Wiki:Achievements Policy

The Smosh Wiki features a system of achievements, also known as badges. These are awarded for completing certain criteria as a proof of an editor's accomplishment. There are some editors who may try to cheat, abuse or vandalize the achievement system. This can be by making necessary edits, spam or similar actions in order to measure with any of the badge's criteria.

Illegal use of the badge system
In order to combat cheating the badge system, The Last of Us Wiki enforces the following policy to ensure that this behavior does not go unpunished. While not every edit is made in ill fate or attempt to cheat the system, some actions are obvious, and may result in a warning or block. These include:

Unacceptable edits
On most articles, consisting of several sections, while performing edits such as grammar fix or rewording, one should edit the entire article and not each section separately. Editing the Ellie article should not be done like this: This is an unacceptable sample. The edit should be done as in the following sample: Of course, sometimes mistakes can be made when editing. It is completely acceptable to fix this problem, although an edit summary should be provided to clear up any issues that may arise.
 * 1) Click Edit Section: Plot
 * 2) Fix grammar. Save.
 * 3) Click Edit Section: Trivia/Goofs
 * 4) Fix grammar. Save.
 * 5) Click Edit Section: Gallery
 * 6) Add additional image. Save.
 * 1) Click Edit Article.
 * 2) Fix grammar. Save.

Adding unnecessary information to a page, then removing it, and eventually repeating the procedure, is an illegal action. Doing so may result in a direct block, without any warning, as this is not only abusing the achievement system, but abuses other policies of the Wiki. These blocks may vary from a single week to the extent of months. This includes:
 * 1) Adding useless information or nonsense, then removing it.
 * 2) Adding imagery, then removing it.
 * 3) Removing an image, then adding it again.
 * 4) Removing information, then re-adding it.
 * 5) Adding multiple images that are irrelevant to the article itself.
 * 6) Similar or comparable actions to those mentioned above.

An editor must not add unnecessary, useless or repeated links to an article. For full information on correct linking procedure, see the Manual of Style.

Blogs
Posting unnecessary blogs is also a form of vandalizing the badge system. Ensure that all blogs have a purpose and contribute in a positive way towards the wiki. The same applies for comments on blogs.

Making pages and categories
Recreating a deleted page or making a completely new page, can be considered illegal if the reason is one of the following:
 * 1) Making a page only to mark it for deletion.
 * 2) Making a page only to make it a very, very small stub.
 * 3) Recreating a deleted page with no real purpose.
 * 4) Creating pointless redirects that will never be used.

Categorizing pages to an unnecessary amount
 * 1) Adding a category, only to remove it again.
 * 2) Removing a category, only to re-add it.
 * 3) Adding and/or creating unnecessary categories.