Destiny Wiki:Leak Policy

Due to the legally sensitive and immoral nature of leaked information, Destiny Wiki does not condone the use of leaked material on this site and adheres to strict policies which prohibit the addition of any leaked material to the wiki. Users which add leaked information of any form onto this wiki can be held liable to their actions, resulting in any and further penalties afforded to administration by this policy. Users are advised to read and understand all aspects of this policy before proceeding to add information of upcoming material.

What Constitutes a Leak?
A leak can be defined as a premature release of information that the developers did not anticipate or legally sanction. Leaks can range from the ending of a game to images of early development gameplay released to the public without consent of the publisher or developer of the game.

Leaked Information
In the event of a leak, editors are not to upload any media of the event or the leaked material or to add any information gained from the leak onto the wiki. Leaked material found to have been added to the wiki will be immediately removed from the wiki and the author subjected to penalties accounted for later in the policy. Leaked information includes, but is not limited too, the unanticipated and unwarranted release of any of following:


 * Images or clips of developmental game-play.
 * Images or clips of concept art.
 * Any source codes for a game.
 * Any developmental character, environment, or object models.

Anticipated Leaks
Some leaked information is anticipated and permitted by the developers and publishers of a game in order to drum up publicity for an upcoming release. An example of such an event can be seen with the release of leaked concept art which was later found to be a result of an advertisement campaign for Destiny, legally sanctioned by Bungie and Activision. In such events editors should refrain from adding information from apparent leaks until an administrator gives permission to do so; this is to gauge whether or not the leak was a publicity stunt or a result of illegal activity.

Why are Leaks not Permitted?
Leaked material is material released without legal consent of the developers and publishers of the game, this means that the material breaks laws of copyright and confidentiality. Leaked information is also immoral as it destroys the perception of anticipation experienced by many fans, by removing this anticipation games can lose some of their entertainment factors and values. Destiny Wiki does not want to ruin a readers gaming experience through premature release of information or be held liable for any legal disputes as a result of leaked information, therefore leaked information of any form is not permitted on the site.

Penalty of Leaking Information
If any leaked material is added or uploaded to the wiki the material will immediately be deleted or reverted and the author subjected to an instant 24 hour block from the wiki, in order to prevent the risk of further leaked material being added. Repetitive additions of leaked material to the wiki or additions considered to be made with the detrimental intent will result in longer block periods or a permanent exclusion from the wiki.