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**Upon verification, alongside the removal of unwanted personal information, an editing note should be left on the page stating that the article subject does not want such personal information added, and an admin should hide all past revisions from public view that contain the unwanted personal information. | **Upon verification, alongside the removal of unwanted personal information, an editing note should be left on the page stating that the article subject does not want such personal information added, and an admin should hide all past revisions from public view that contain the unwanted personal information. | ||
*Any seriously-used tags must be mentioned in an article a minimum of once, ideally in the opening paragraph. It is important that all historical references to a player remain valid and traceable, to avoid confusing readers and keep innumerable articles from becoming out of date if a player goes through multiple different tags. Even if the article's subject disowns their old tag and wants it scrubbed off the wiki, mention of the tag should be kept on the wiki for proper historical documentation. | *Any seriously-used tags must be mentioned in an article a minimum of once, ideally in the opening paragraph. It is important that all historical references to a player remain valid and traceable, to avoid confusing readers and keep innumerable articles from becoming out of date if a player goes through multiple different tags. Even if the article's subject disowns their old tag and wants it scrubbed off the wiki, mention of the tag should be kept on the wiki for proper historical documentation. | ||
**On a related note, should a player change their tag, listings of their old tag on other pages should generally ''not be updated''; on tournament and power ranking articles, the wiki should list | **On a related note, should a player change their tag, listings of their old tag on other pages should generally ''not be updated''; on tournament and power ranking articles, the wiki should list the tag the player used at the time of the tournament/ranking, both to maintain historical accuracy and so that the wiki's information remains consistent with its sources. | ||
*In the case of transgender or nonbinary gender smashers, the article should use the smasher's preferred pronouns throughout and should not mention their deadname unless they wish it to be publicly known. | *In the case of transgender or nonbinary gender smashers, the article should use the smasher's preferred pronouns throughout and should not mention their deadname unless they wish it to be publicly known. | ||
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