CreditingOurWiki

Updated February 22, 2020 '''Due to repeated theft of our information, we request that anyone wishing to repost our information directly contact our administrators for permission prior to using our information anywhere. See usage terms below.''' Updated February 7, 2021 '''Harvest Moon Wikia is not permitted to use our information due to repeated plagiarism. Examples can be provided upon request. Please see their | Approved References page. Updated May 2, 2021 '''Rune Factory Wikia does not have permission to use our information. Furthermore, due to reuse of our information (without asking permission) by Reddit users and Neoseeker, we are rescinding permission to use our information in spreadsheets. Neoseeker is no longer welcome to use our information, even with credit.

Usage of Information Outside of Ranch Story
We strongly enforce good referencing etiquette when it comes to our information. Ranch Story Wiki and its staff collect all information from official sources whenever possible. This information collection is done on our own time, and when it comes to collecting official materials to archive, it's paid from our own pockets for the benefit of everyone. Please read the above notices in regards to plagiarism concerns.

If you want to use our information outside of this wiki, be it for journalism, personal use, etc.:
 * Either comment on the CreditingOurWiki talk page, contact us via our Discord server, or shoot us an email at ranchstoryblog@gmail.com and notify us of your intent to use information
 * Please specify where and how the information will be used
 * Articles and videos which source information from our wiki should have a link back to the section from which the information was retrieved
 * If our information is used in infographics (such as calendars and handy gift guides), please be sure to add "Information was sourced from Ranch Story Wiki" somewhere on the graphic
 * If you wish to repost images from our wiki (such as our scans and personally-edited images), please make sure to add "This image is from Ranch Story Wiki" wherever they are posted This excludes images which are from the game themselves (ripped game icons, etc.)

Translations
Any use of our translations must be approved by the individual(s) who did the translating.

Watermarked Images
If permission is granted to use any of our watermarked images, please do not remove the watermark.

Old Ranch Story Wiki
We are the same Ranch Story as was previously found at ranchstory.co.uk. Our policies still apply to any information acquired via the old wiki.

CC BY-SA 4.0
As per the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0), which is used by all wiki, including Ranch Story, proper credit must be given to a source where any information is obtained.

More information about CC BY-SA 4.0 can be found at Creative Commons.