Rules

## General Rules

### Accounts

All members of our wiki, roleplayers or not, must be age 13 or older. Minor swearing is permitted, and triggering scenes should be put in a collapsible box with a warning. Users are permitted only *1 account* on our wiki for easy tracking.
That being said, sockpuppeting/banhopping is not at all permitted. This is why users are only allowed a maximum of 1 account at a time for this wiki. Do **not** give away personal information on your account, such as your age, full name, or town. Doing so could result in a warning, or even block (if underaged) for your own safety.
To further uphold the age and one-account limit rule, all participants must have **registered accounts**. Edits from random anonymous contributors will be removed, even if claiming to have a registered account (as there is no way to confirm that this is the actual individual). You may not roleplay as a contributor. Registered accounts only.
### Behavior

All users, roleplayers or not, must act respectfully towards administrators and other members. As stated, minor swearing is allowed, but should not be directed at other users with the intent to cause harm. We ask that any suspicious, threatening, etc behavior be reported to an admin. Disrespectful individuals who frequently invite conflict will be suspended. Please be mindful of your actions- if staff gets word if an individual being uncivil on another wiki, said user will be watched more closely.
Do not bring drama from other wikis. If you have a problem with another user from elsewhere, and they have behaved poorly, it is your duty to calmly contact staff and report the issue. Directly attacking the user publicly on this wiki is considered inviting conflict, and it will *not* be tolerated. People are allowed to express their opinions, but *directly* threatening individuals or groups (ex: homophobic behavior) will result in punishment.
Whining, begging, complaining, and overall immature behavior will not be tolerated. We ask that all users attempt to "play fairly", but understand that not everyone will get along. Please try to avoid creating conflict.
Please use proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation at all times when possible! In chat, feel free to slack off. But in all other cases, try to use proper English, just so people who aren't familiar with you know that you're being serious and respectful. Users are welcomed to make characters of all walks of life, so long as they're realistic. Targeting users for their beliefs or preferences (including sexuality) will not be tolerated and likely result in ban.
### Theft

Theft of any creative writing or characters of any sort on this wiki will result in a permanent ban. This means that if you're caught taking content from this wiki and posting it another website or wiki, you will be blocked. Plagiarism is not welcome here. This also applies to \*character art and character blanks\*. Cat images, unless specifically owned by an individual user, can be taken from this wiki. This does \*not\* include character art or blanks. Theft of character art or character blanks will result in an immediate ban, and further confrontation to result in removal of the stolen content.
### Suspension/Bans/Blocking

Disrespectful rule-breakers will have either a temporary or permanent block, depending on the severity of their actions. After a week, you may ask to have your block lifted. If you are given a chance, breaking another major rule will result in a permanent ban, and no more "second chances". Unless vandalism or hatred directed at a specific user/belief is involved, blocks are usually not put into place until after a warning or two is sent out, and if those warning(s) are ignored.
### Advertising

Advertising without admin permission is *not* permitted. It is still undecided if we will allow advertising of any form. For now, those who post advertisements will be warned and have their ads removed. However, if they continue, they may be temporarily suspended.
### Change

All rules are subject to change as our wiki grows and evolves.
## Roleplay

### Content

**All roleplay content must be kept PG-13**. That means there should be no detailed reproductive scenes, excessive "human" swearing, targeting, uncomfortable content, etc. If you'd like to make a suggestive scene that cannot be avoided because of a plot, please contact an administrator, and we'll try to work something out. We may either suggest a "fade to black", or a toggle box so the piece can be hidden but viewed if desired. Regardless, we strongly encourage PG-13 content for all members, and creating an inappropriate scene without a toggle box and a caution will result in a warning from an admin. If the behavior continues, you may be issued a ban. If you pester an admin about including a suggestive scene despite being denied, you will also be warned and possibly banned if you continue.
**All plots should be planned beforehand and approved by Silverwhisker if they're large plots**, and you may not kill another user's character without their permission. The same goes for relationships with other characters (family, mates, kits, friends, etc), you may not force yourself on them. Frequent nagging and immature behavior will result in a warning, and if poor behavior continues, a ban may follow. Not everyone will get what they want. Users are not forced to roleplay together, and if you don't like the way something is going, please take a break from the roleplay to regather your thoughts.
**Godmodding and overpowered characters are not welcomed**. All characters should have their flaws, from personality to physical abilities. You may *not* control a roleplay that is meant to be shared among multiple users. Administrators reserve the right to direct a roleplay for plot purposes or for resolving conflict.
**Users may also not be *forced* to roleplay with another user**, some people enjoy an independent style. However, overall hazing and bullying is not welcome, such as causing a group to avoid a specific user. If a user is causing a problem, please report them to an administrator so the problem may be dealt with.
**No attention-seeking or whining**, be it through spamming comments or excessively injuring a character. As stated above, users cannot be forced into situations or roleplays. Be mindful of what you post- do not make up excuses via real life. Problems should be left behind when you log into FANDOM for the day.
### Clan Creation

Clan creation is **NOT ALLOWED** at the moment. Pestering users for the creation of a clan or creating a clan without permission will result in a warning. Continuing this behavior may result in a ban.
### High Ranks

Users cannot succeed their own high rank more than twice in a row, or more than three times if the Clan is owned/created by them. This may possibly change if permission is granted by the site owner, not just an administrator. High ranks in Clans are *not* given at random, and will only be handed to users who have been dedicated to the wiki and respectful towards its members. Those who do not abide to our rules are unlikely to receive a high rank until they can prove themselves to have a positive attitude. Clan ownership can only be granted after 3 months of membership, or by a staff member.
Users may create **loner groups**. Individuals may only have *one* loner group at a time, and it must be under their username (for example: User:Silverwhisker/Davy's Group). Loner groups may NOT have a clan name. Their leaders may not gain nine lives, nor may they have specific territory on the main map.
### Characters

**The current character limit per user is 50!** This may change as our wiki grows and expands! We hope to one day expand it to 100! If you go over this limit, an administrator will ask you to pick a few characters to kill or delete. If you do not abide to this rule and ignore the warning, random characters owned by you will be deleted until the character count is below the aforementioned limit.
Characters should be original. Any characters suspected of being duplicated/copied from another wiki or website will be deleted, and you will be issued a warning. Characters should be **REALISTIC**! No gray cats with lavender spots, wings, horns, powers, etc. Characters may be given failing mental health, but we ask that you put research into health issues to ensure that others are not offended. Offensive characters of any sort will be deleted with enough complaints, unless created for roleplay drama reasons. Proper inheritance of coat patterns is absolutely not necessary, all we ask is that descriptions are relatively realistic/feasible. **Names must also be practical!** Characters should not be named after something they would not know, such as "glass", "demon", "dagger", "metal", etc. Names should be based off of what is found within nature, or else they'll be rejected. Please, give your characters flaws as well. No cat can be perfect.
Fertile male tortoiseshells/calicos, cats with dwarfism, and hairless cats are accepted, but please keep it to a minimum. *Common* and possible cat hybrids are allowed only, which would be savannah cats and bengals, but try to limit the number of savannah cats you have. Bengal cats are ok, considering they're a common/inexpensive domesticated hybrid.
Genetic accuracy in kits is *not* required, so long as kits are within reason.
After a character is accepted, their page *must* be created before roleplaying.
### Character Inactivity

If a user is to go inactive after 1 month, they will be messaged about their inactivity and warned that their characters may be placed up for Adoption. After two weeks, if the message is not responded to, the characters will be placed onto the adoption page and will be fair game to all users who request to adopt them. If the user responds, they will not be placed up for adoption. Characters can and will be deleted upon user request.
If there is a site-wide hiatus, characters are exempt from the adoption rule. Once activity picks up again, the inactivity count will resume.
### Joining Characters

When joining a Clan with characters, users must make their request on the respective clan **owner's message wall**. Do not message the owner of the leader, unless it is the same user as the clan owner. Users may *not* roleplay until their character is accepted by the clan owner, and not until that character's page is created and filled out with minimal information (description and template).
**Characters should match the Clans they join!** Please do not have multiple innocent characters join a dark and ruthless Clan, one or two is ok, but multiple will not be accepted. Otherwise, there's no point in making the Clan have a set demeanor if every member is the opposite. If you make multiple characters who do not match the Clan's nature, you will be asked to have them removed and placed in a new Clan.