Guidelines
International Game Developers Association
- This page is an overview of how Gap Knob (Game production Knowledge base) policy works.
- Our goal with Gap Knob is to create a free knowledge base allowing all IGDA members to consult and exchange information on every aspects of the game development process.
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- Gap Knob is a Production Development Knowledge Base. — Its goals go no further, and material which does not fit this goal must be removed to another IGDA project, or else altogether.
- Avoid bias. — Articles should be written from a neutral point of view, representing all differing views on a subject, factually and objectively, in an order which is agreeable to a common consensus.
- Don't infringe copyrights. — Submitting work which infringes copyrights threatens our objective to build a truly free knowledge base that anyone can redistribute, and could lead to legal problems. When in doubt, employees should also consult their employers so as to ensure that they do not infringe confidentiality agreements.
- Respect other contributors. —IGDA contributors come from many different countries and cultures, and have widely different views. Treating others with respect is key to collaborating effectively in building this tool.
[edit] How are policies enforced?
You are a Gap Knob editor. Since we have no editor-in-chief or top-down article approval mechanism, active participants make copy/edits and corrections to the format and content problems they see. So the participants are both writers and editors.
Individual users thus enforce most policies and guidelines by editing pages, and discussing matters with each other. In cases such as vandalism, the administrators will remove the edit rights of the person concerned.
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