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A '''Villain''' is a person who has committed a crime meeting the [[Specifications for Warranting a Page]]. They are people or groups who committed serious crimes like rape, murder, war crimes, domestic or child abuse, genocide, major league drugs or weapons trafficking or torture. They are NOT people who hold controversial opinions, no matter how reprehensible. They are also not people who are not proven guilty | [[File:Adolf-Hitler.jpg|thumb|288x288px|[[Adolf Hitler]] is an example of a villain that is eligible to be on this wiki.]] | ||
A '''Villain''' is a person who has committed a crime meeting the [[Specifications for Warranting a Page]]. They are people or groups who committed serious crimes like rape, murder, war crimes, domestic or child abuse, genocide, major league drugs or weapons trafficking or torture. They are NOT people who hold controversial opinions, no matter how reprehensible. They are also not minor criminals who have committed crimes like fraud or vandalism, or people who are not proven guilty. | |||
==Criteria== | ==Criteria== | ||
*They must be provably guilty. They cannot have an article if they are alleged to commit a crime. | *They must be provably guilty. They cannot have an article if they are alleged to commit a crime. | ||
*They must have committed a serious crime, and not just be disliked or hold controversial opinions. | *They must have committed a serious crime, and not just be disliked or hold controversial opinions. | ||
*They cannot be an Internet user who has never been mentioned on | *They cannot be an Internet user who has never been mentioned on the news. | ||
*Rational people cannot be able to dispute whether or not they are a villain | *Rational people cannot be able to dispute whether or not they are a villain. | ||
*All facts must be verifiable and come from reliable sources (this includes news, books, historical accounts, etc.). | *All facts must be verifiable and come from reliable sources (this includes news, books, historical accounts, etc.). | ||
**Similarly, they must have been mentioned in the media, the one exception being ancient villains who lived before the media, in which case credible historical accounts will suffice. This rule was made per [[Tim's Message]]. | **Similarly, they must have been mentioned in the media, the one exception being ancient villains who lived before the media, in which case credible historical accounts will suffice. This rule was made per [[Tim's Message]]. | ||
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==Types of people who cannot have pages== | ==Types of people who cannot have pages== | ||
NOTE: Any | NOTE: Any politicians, judges or lawyers who have committed non-controversial crimes such as rape or murder are exempt from these rules as long as they are provably guilty. | ||
*Politicians (except dictators). | *Politicians (except dictators). | ||
*Judges | *Judges | ||
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*Anyone from theology | *Anyone from theology | ||
*Random Internet users. | *Random Internet users. | ||
*People who | *People who are only allegedly guilty. | ||
[[Category:Policy]] | [[Category:Policy]] | ||
[[Category:Site maintenance]] | [[Category:Site maintenance]] | ||
[[Category:About Villains]] | [[Category:About Villains]] | ||