- Any controversial or mapping guideline change should be brought up in the appropriate forum before making it in the Wiki. Once a consensus is reached, the change can be made. If a controversial change is made without following this guideline, that change should be reverted until it is approved through this process.
- Some Wiki pages are specific to a community, including Global, Local (Country or State), Map Raid, User, etc. Questions about changes to a page should be made to that responsible community through the forums as needed.
- All content in the Wiki shall not use any words or language that would be considered degrading, demeaning, condescending, or otherwise uncivil.
- All discussions around edits and changes in forums and private messages will be made in a civil, non-confrontational manner. Words can be misinterpreted so always assume good faith in their definitions and true purpose before assuming otherwise.
- Waze Wiki pages generally contain guidance and information for other users and editors. Be sure to identify information that may be speculation or inference. Avoid pure opinion with no evidence. Avoid discussions of desired operation, which should only go into the appropriate forums.
- Do not place questions in the Wiki without discussion in the Wiki Updates forum first.
- Do not create pages outside the scope of Waze operation or products.
- Before creating a new page in the Main Wiki namespace, consider creating a page in your own user namespace and then offer up the content in the forum to be considered. There are times when similar pages or content already exist and this prevents multiple pages with the same content making maintenance of the Wiki much more difficult.
- If another editor makes a recommendation about a change you made in the Wiki, at least consider the suggestion. It is possible their experience may exceed your own, or it may not. When it cannot be resolved, bring the concern to the forum for further discussion to get other input.
- Do not remove major portions of content or blank a page (deleting all content) that you did not create without discussing it in the forums or with the original page or content creator(s). Having obtained approval from the author or the forums, be sure to include on the Edit Summary line a basic description of why the content is being removed or a link to the forum discussion which covers its removal. Removal of SPAM or content in violation of any other Wiki guidelines can be removed immediately, but a summary description is still required.
- Anyone who disagrees with the Edit Summary explanation given for a change or removal should send a PM to the editor who removed the content to obtain further clarification. If the remover is a higher rank than the person in disagreement, it may be better to bring it up in the forum first to get consensus. Clear editing etiquette violations may be undone immediately. All parties should avoid an edit war and use the forums to discuss disagreements.
- Any editors who continue to violate any of these etiquette recommendations will be subject to a minimum 24-hour banning from editing in the Wiki. Continued violators will be subject to longer bans.
- This list is also presented in the Waze forums.