Rules of the Game

Welcome to the Galactic Football Wiki!

The  administrators,  moderators and all other members of  staff are excited to welcome you to our community and sincerely hope that you have a spectacular time with us.

In this article, we will go over the rules of our community for any new users. As a wiki, we strive to keep our community as an open, friendly, and fun environment for everyone and as such we have created these rules to help us promote a welcoming environment that is safe and enjoyable for all of our members.

We highly recommend that all new users read over our rules and expectations for this site before you begin to contribute and edit articles - it is very much appreciated by our admin staff and will save everyone a lot of time. As a fandom, we strive to provide as much up-to-date and detailed information about the original Galactik Football series as possible, while also being a space for fans of the franchise to express their creativity and expand on the series through fan-made projects, such as fanfictions, comics, and animations.

The following rules dictate how we, the admin team and wider community, expect you to behave on our wiki - this does include our policies regarding age restrictions, what is and is not appropriate to post, how to begin editing, etc. A lot of the rules are common sense, but as we have already stated - we highly recommend and encourage all users to read over this article in full and become familiar with what is and what is not appropriate for this site.

**For more detailed information on any of the following rules, please check out our FAQ page.**

*If you cannot find an answer to your query or require other support, please leave a comment on this article or drop a private message on the discussion wall of a member of the admin team. All enquires will be answered by a staff member as quickly as possible.*

## General Rules

* **ALL NEW AND EXISTING USERS MUST BE 13+ TO POST ON THIS WIKI.**
	+ **Your age must clearly be stated on your user profile page.** If you are not comfortable disclosing your specific age, please use 13+ or 18+.

* **EVERYTHING ON THIS WIKI SHOULD BE PG-13.**
	+ *DO NOT POST ANY NSFW OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF EXPLICIT/GRAPHIC CONTENT ON THIS WIKI. IT WILL BE IMMEDIATELY BE REMOVED AND THE USER RESPONSIBLE WILL BE BANNED FROM CONTRIBUTING/POSTING AGAIN.*
		- PG-13+ content can be used on character pages, fanfiction pages, and roleplay pages - but only if the content is clearly marked and the appropriate warnings are used. Otherwise, please limit and/or tone down your use of swearing, gore, and violence.

* **KEEP IT CIVIL.**
	+ Do not make personal attacks on other people. If you need to criticise another user’s argument, do so without attacking them as a person. Do not use bigoted language, including slurs which degrade another person or group of people based on gender, race, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, etc.

* **NO DISCRIMINATION OR DISCRIMINATORY CONTENT.**
	+ Any users that are found to be using discrimination or posting discriminatory comments and/or content will be disciplined immediately. This includes but is not limited to discriminatory comments or content surrounding the gender, race, sexuality, or religion of a character or another user.
	+ Victims of such content are highly encouraged to privately contact a member ofthe admin team via their message wall, please do not suffer in silence. This is your community too and the admin team is ready and waiting to help.

* **ALL OF THE ARTWORK POSTED MUST BELONG TO YOU; ART THEFT IS NOT ALLOWED ON THIS WIKI.**
	+ ***DO NOT POST TRACED AND/OR PHOTOSHOPPED ARTWORK TO THIS WIKI.***
		- Please do not post any artwork that you are not the original creator of without the written permission of the artist. If you have written permission, it must be proved and will be authenticated by a member of staff.
		- You may post pictures and artwork that are public domain images so long as a source has been cited for verification purposes by a member of staff.
		- If you have commissioned a piece of artwork, please retain the commission information and make sure that the artist is comfortable with you posting their artwork and vice verse. *Remember that if you have paid real-life money for a piece of artwork, that you as the commissioner of the work are legal owner of that piece - the artist needs permission from you to publish it.*
		- If you have used a blank base template or a doll maker game. You must cite your sources and/or give credit to the original artist if you have used a template as a base.

* **PLEASE BE KIND AND FRIENDLY TO ALL OTHER USERS.**
	+ Do not spam or excessively message other users for content or commissions. This includes spamming someone for artwork, fanfictions, votes, comments, compliments, interactions, or roleplay requests. Treat other people the way you would like to be treated and please do not inquire about content updates - sometime life gets in the way. Be patient and respectful of other peoples time and effort.

If you are struggling to engage other users, here are some suggestions for those who want to reach out and interact. Maybe you could try:

* Thanking others for their suggestions and constructive criticism on your pages.
* Offer your help and expertise to those who need help and are actively seeking it.
* Welcome new users to the wiki - sometimes a simple "hello" can mean the world to someone else.
* Post positive, helpful comments on other people's work. Interacting with others and their work can help improve your own and may even kickstart a new idea.

* **BE A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER.**
	+ Contribute to the wiki in line with the established processes and conventions. Need help? Ask an administrator! Disrupting the wiki with “edit warring” over differing opinions of a topic with another user or group of users is not productive.

* **ONLY EDIT THE PAGES YOU ARE ALLOWED TO EDIT.**
	+ Please remember that a large amount of the contributions to this wiki are about fan-made projects - i.e. fanfictions, comics, and animations. Do not edit, modify, or vandalise the pages of another user without their knowledge and/or written permission.
		- If you would like to edit a page that is the property of another user, then you must ask for permission from the original author first and be able to provide proof that you had their permission to make the changes.
			* An administrator can, may, and will ask for proof that an edit was made with the permission of the original author. If proof of consent is not provided within 48 hours - then the page will be reverted to the latest version of the page that was created or edited by the original author.
				+ Permission to edit a page that belongs to another user can be obtained via private messaging or by posting an edit request to their message wall. If the author refuses the request, or simply doesn't answer - then please respect their decision or silence and do not edit, modify, or vandalise the page.
			* Minor edits, such as to correct spelling mistakes and grammatical errors, are allowed so long as the editor marks the changes as a minor edit and gives a short summary of the changes they made to the article - *i.e. "Correction of spelling mistakes in paragraphs x, y, and z."*
	+ If you believe that your work has been edited, modified, or otherwise vandalised without your knowledge and written consent - please contact an administrator immediately! We can reverse the edits and are always happy to help.

* **DO NOT ENGAGE IN EXCESSIVE SELF-PROMOTION.**
	+ This wiki is a collaborative community resource for the topic at hand. It is NOT a free place to advertise your related website, YouTube channel, blog, social media account, etc. Have a question about whether your link would be welcome? Ask an administrator!

* **DO NOT HARASS OTHER USERS FOR CONTENT.**
	+ If somebody asks you to stop posting certain content on their wall, respect their wishes. It is their wall.

## Formatting Rules

Our community has an established formatting process. It’s important that all contributions adhere to this process, especially when spoiler content is involved. Please read over the following rules careful and contact an administrator if you have any question or require further support.

### USER PROFILES AND CATEGORIES

All users, both new and existing, are required to create a profile page. This page

### NEW ARTICLES

When creating a new article that diverges from the canon of the original seres, users must add their username in brackets to the title of the page.

### SPOILER CONTENT

In regards to spoiler content, a spoiler warning must be placed at the top of the article and at the beginning of the section that contains the spoiler content.

New users are required to create a user profile page - i.e CuriousKittyKat and a user category - i.e. Category:CuriousKittyKat. The user category must be saved under the Category:Users