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===Staff===
Staff pages are primarily written to be about their involvement and 'relationship' with the ''[[My Little Pony]]'' franchise and to a lesser extent, fanbase. They are not intended to be comprehensive biographies of their entire life and times. A brief write-up on their early lives, career, education and influences can and should of course be given but it should be that, brief. See [[Kelly Sheridan]] or [[Heather Breckel]] for examples of staff pages written to these policies.
: Exceptions can be made for people who are particularly important to the ''My Little Pony'' franchise or for people who little information has been compiled. If no one else is going to attempt to write a biography for [[Charles Muenchinger]], why not us?
Staff are generally credited under the names that are listed as in the media they are credited under, however, there are of course exceptions to that rule. Namely, some staff no longer identify with the names they were credited under, such as transgender or non-binary staff, such as [[Lex Heule]], who was credited under their deadname. Other staff, such as [[Toni Kuusisto]] have had their name misspelled, always use proper spelling if possible, though leave a note about the typo.
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** '''For films/TV series/video games, etc:''' Usually for these, film posters, DVD/game covers or other official art is preferred.
** '''Comics:''' For issues, the main cover ("Cover A"). For stories, usually the title card or a big moment.
* Please do not upload '''personal photographs''' (usually of staff or merchandise) unless you took it, have permission to post it, or if the file is under a free license or an equivalency. Please note if you upload a photo you took, the rights will be defaulted to CC-BY-SA 4.0 unless you add the proper tagging to the file. This means anyone can use your file with no restrictions aside from crediting you as the author. Please be wary of this.
* '''ALWAYS REMEMBER TO LIST PROPER COPYRIGHT INFO IN YOUR UPLOADS'''. (Note: Copyright templates are work in progress - should be done by the end of October, 2022)▼
** Note that photographs of 3D artwork, I.E. toys, games, most merchandise products, are still copyrighted by Hasbro and thus still technically have to be uploaded with the Fair Use templates. This creates a gray area as some toy photos are uploaded under CC-BY-SA licenses but are also copyright by another entity but...eh.
▲* '''ALWAYS REMEMBER TO LIST PROPER COPYRIGHT INFO IN YOUR UPLOADS'''. (Note: Copyright templates are work in progress
==Coverage==
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* '''Magazines:''' All magazines that have covered ''My Little Pony'' at least once beyond a passing mention or a stock advertisement may get an article, but only an article for that magazine as a whole. Not individual issues, volumes, collections, etc. All relevant info will be presented on a single page. Official ''My Little Pony'' magazines can be covered in their entirety.
* '''Referenced media:''' We have several articles for media that has been referenced by ''My Little Pony'' as a way to compile every reference onto a single page to better organize them. We don't cover anything else from the media ''unless'' there is an official crossover, and sadly, the long awaited ''My Little Pony x [[Fringe]]'' crossover doesn't seem to be happening.
We also cover related ''[[My Little Pony]]'' franchises such as ''[[MoonDreamers]]'', ''[[The GloFriends]]'', ''[[Potato Head Kids]]'', ''[[Li'l Litter]]'' and ''[[My Pretty Mermaid]]''.
==Notability policy==
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