MarioWiki:Please do not bite newcomers

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	‎It is not a wiki policy or guideline, it contains advice from users who contribute to this page. Please update the page as needed, or discuss it on the talk page.

Hey! Don't you dare bite the newcomer! You are going to scare him away!

MarioWiki strives to grow the community through regular editors and newcomers. They also want newcomers to get to know our community. Everyone on the community were newcomers and we welcome the current newcomers.

Please do not bite newcomers

Biting is not worth it!

• Do not disparage newcomers by calling them "sock puppets" or "meatpuppets".
• If a new editor made a small mistake, correct it yourself; but do not slam the new editor.
• When giving advice to the user, speak in a normal tone. Do not make the newcomer feel that he/she needs to win your approval and trust, in order to be welcomed to the club.

How to avoid being a biter

1. Avoid usig intensifiers. (i.e. dumb, stupid, annoying, bad)
2. Moderate your wording and approach.
3. To assume good faith is to understand that they are trying to help.
4. Choose to consider that you also make the same mistakes as them. Remember "Nobody is perfect."

If you have been bitten

1. Choose to learn from the incident.
2. Apologize if you had been bitten.
3. Be reasonable. Explain why
4. Move on!