Fallout Wiki:Content policy

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This page contains Nukapedia's content policy. It describes criteria and rules for all or specific types of content.

• Policies set general rules for the wiki's administration and its content.
• Any registered editor is free to edit this page to improve its readability as long as the essence of the article remains unchanged.
• If you would like to suggest content changes or propose a new policy or guideline, please use the wiki discussion forum.
• See the policies and guidelines page for an overview of this wiki's policies and guidelines.

General

• All content should relate to the Fallout series of games or its setting.
• All content needs to be accurate. Fallout Wiki aims to provide reliable information. In particular, adding speculation and own inventions (fan fiction, fan art etc.) 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. 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, gameplay strategy, and "my favorite"-style passages should not be added to articles. Accordingly, guides may only be posted as subpages of one's user page or as a blog.
• 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. For example, do not upload magazine scans or add illegally obtained information, so as to avoid potential legal problems

Criteria for specific content

In the case where the following rules conflict with the general polices, the more specific rule supersedes the general one.

Behind the scenes

"Behind the scenes" information in the form of cultural references is acceptable page content only when there are obvious direct visual or textual correlations, in the event there is no developer confirmation.

Bugs

See: Bug policy

The policy describes criteria and rules for reporting, verifying, and editing bugs sections of articles and overviews.

Creation Club

• Creation Club content have their own articles, which are separate from the Fallout 4 game content. When linking these articles to non-Creation Club articles the following must be applied:
• Lore: Creation Club content is treated as non-canon and all lore based information must be enclosed within the {{CCC}} template.
• Quests, notable loot and images: These should be marked with the at the end of each item (or caption for images). For example:
  • Horse power armor

Notable loot

See: Notable loot

In order to keep articles about locations succinct, special interest items are listed under the notable loot subheader. In order to be considered notable, they must fit into specific categories.

Pages on real-world countries

• Pages for countries/nation states can be created where a Fallout game has been based within the boundaries of that entity (in either the normal, or Fallout universe); this includes released and unreleased games regardless of canon status.
• Pages for countries can also be created where the country has a significant place in the Fallout Lore. This includes Intro videos/cut scenes, supplementary materials, and the Fallout Bibles.
• Pages can also be created if a character present in a Fallout game claims to be from there, or a character references that location. This page should contain in game content referencing that character.
• The page should contain information on that country, as it is known to exist in the Fallout universe. It may also contain information of characters from that location, or whom discuss the location without offering any real insight into the place.
• Using a language or accent common to the place does not merit inclusion on a page in its own right; neither does an ancestral link or name/world etymology justify a page.
• Items that may trace their origin to that location should only be listed if that object provides insight on the location's representation in the Fallout universe.
• These rules are subject to the general guideline that all articles need to be "strong" enough to stand on their own, meaning there is enough content to justify their existence.

Similarities to real-world weapons

• Similarities between in-game weapons and real-world weapons are not to be included in articles, with the following two exceptions:
  • If there is a sourced quote from a game developer stating which real-world weapon the in-game weapon is based on.
  • If the in-game weapon shares the exact name of the real-world weapon.

Attribution policy

Nukapedia proudly makes its content available under a Creative Commons license. The specific version of this license is known as "CC-BY-SA", this means you can use it, and reuse it for whatever you like, as long as you credit us as the source, and make whatever you make available under the same license.

How to attribute

• When using content created by us, you should use the following tag, or banner, to indicate the origin of the content.
• If you're just using some text, use this banner:
  • {{Copyright Nukapedia}}
• If you're using another type of file, use this banner:
  • {{Copyright Nukapedia}}

What doesn't need attribution?

• Raw Game files, and data taken from the game
• Raw Dialogue files
• Texture or Graphics files, as exported
• Sound exported from a game (Note, Commercial Music may still be subject to the owner's copyright).
• Simple lists of information
• Raw References

If you are unsure if you can use our content, or if you need to attribute it, please ask one of our friendly admin team.

Canon policy

See: Fallout canon

The canon policy is intended to serve as a guideline for authoring wiki articles, resolving conflicts between sources, and how to format references.

Images

See: Image policy

The policy describes guidelines for images which are uploaded to the wiki including quality and naming structure.

Plagiarism policy

See: Plagiarism policy

Spoiler policy

• In general, the whole wiki is considered a spoiler and specific spoilers should not be marked as such in articles.
• The only exception to this rule is information relating to upcoming games or add-ons, i.e. games or add-ons which have not been released yet but are to be released in the future. This information should be marked as a spoiler with the {{upcoming}} template.

See also

• Fallout Wiki:Content organization guideline
• Fallout Wiki:Article layout guideline
• Fallout Wiki:Editing guideline
• Fallout Wiki:User conduct guideline
• Fallout Wiki:Templates

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Policy vote forum overview
Policy	Content policy
Amendment 1	General/specific rule & BTS speculation · Vote · 30 December 2014 · 11-1-0; 9-3-1
Amendment 2	Countries articles standard · Discussion · Vote · 2 August 2015 · 16-3-2
Amendment 3	Attribution · Vote · 27 August 2015 · 13-0-0
Amendment 4	Creation Club content · Vote · 25 September 2017 · 23-3-0
Amendment 5	Creation Club article placement · Vote · 25 October 2017 · 15-5
Amendment 6	Creation Club on mainspace · Discussion · Vote · 20 March 2018 · 15-5-2
Amendment 7	Deleting Torn and Lionheart · Vote · 7 June 2020 · 12-0-0
Amendment 8	Non Developer Resources (Resources Namespace) · Discussion · Vote · 21 July 2022 · 12-0-0
Related topics	Content organization guideline · Article layout guideline