Editing Yugipedia:Card Rulings

The '''Card Rulings''' section of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Wiki documents specific rules associated with a particular card or group of cards.

The section is considered fragile as it is prone to incorrect material and follows a strict set of guidelines. As such users must have a [[Special:UserLogin|registered account]] in order to edit in the Card Rulings namespace.

In general all rulings must come from an official source and [[Project:Referencing|reference]] where the rulings come from.

If you have a question about a ruling which you cannot resolve by reading the card's Rulings, there is a [[Forum:Yu-Gi-Oh! Ruling Queries|forum]] where such questions may be asked.

== Acceptable rulings ==
=== ''TCG'' ===
''[[TCG]]'' Rulings are rulings which apply to cards from the English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish versions of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game''. They usually, but don't always, correspond to "''[[#OCG Rulings|OCG]]''" cards.

Any ''TCG'' rulings submitted must be officially issued by [[Konami]]. These rulings can be accessed via the gameplay section on Konami's [http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/gameplay ''TCG'' site].

''TCG'' rulings for older sets were posted on [[Upper Deck Entertainment]]'s site, which no longer exists, since Konami took full control of the ''TCG''. These may be accessed from other reliable sites which unofficially documented the rulings, or from the [http://www.archive.org Internet Archive]'s saved copies of the UDE website.

==== Mentions in other Rulings ====
If the card in question is mentioned in the rulings of another card, that ruling may be copied and pasted into the card's rulings page, under the section <code><nowiki>=== Mentions in other Rulings ===</nowiki></code>. A link back the card whose rulings it belongs to should be included.

==== Semi-official ====
Semi-official rulings include ''TCG'' rulings issued by Konami or Upper Deck Entertainment outside the rulings section of their site. Such rulings may be included, provided they are sourced.

=== ''OCG'' ===
''[[OCG]]'' Rulings are rulings which apply to cards from the Japanese, Asian-English, Korean, and Chinese versions of the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game''/''Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game''. They usually, but don't always, correspond to "''[[#TCG Rulings|TCG]]''" cards.

''OCG'' rulings may be found in the [http://www.db.yugioh-card.com/yugiohdb/?request_locale=ja FAQ section] of Konami's Japanese ''OCG'' Card Database.

They should be translated accurately and use names and terminology from the English language version of the game.

==== Semi-official ====
Semi-official rulings include ''OCG'' rulings issued by Konami outside the rulings section of their site. Such rulings may be included, provided they are sourced.

== Unacceptable rulings ==
Rulings users make themselves are not to be included, even if they are correct. Allowing for such rulings would inevitabely result in users posting incorrect rulings, which they think are correct.

== Unofficial rulings ==
Unofficial rulings are generally never accepted, though exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis in extreme cases.

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