Rules

## Below is a set of rules to follow when editing this wiki. Everybody should read these rules before editing.

Keep it civil: Do not make personal attacks on other people. If you need to criticize 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,, opinion, etc.

Be a productive member of the wiki: 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, and is not allowed.

Do not engage in excessive self-promotion: The 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! You are allowed to add things like your YouTube channel on your profile page, but DO NOT self-promote in pages.

Do not harass other users: If somebody asks you to stop posting certain content on their wall, respect their wishes. It is their wall. If a moderator asks you to stop, please just stop. We do not want to issue negative consequences, so just stop when told to do so.

Consequences: When somebody does something in the community, there is always a consequence ("For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction"). This includes yourself. When you do not follow these rules, consequences will follow. You may be warned (or blocked).

Warning system: When you do negative things here on the wiki, you could be warned on your message wall. After 3 warnings, you will be blocked as a consequence of these actions. Please check below for more information.

Last but certainly not least, **use common sense**.

## Below are our Minor Offenses. If you receive 3 of these warning, you will get a block.

* Creating a useless or irrelevant page that cannot cause harm.
* Replacing parts of a page with harmless nonsense.
* Sending harmless spam in the comments of a page.
* Not listening to reminders from staff.
* Creating useless categories.
* Spamming the discussions.
	+ Creating irrelevant "discussions" posts.
* Being disrespectful to other users.
* Discussing sensitive topics such as politics, race or gender.
* Provoking, insulting or attacking others.
* Uploading an irrelevant file that isn't used for your profile page on purpose.
* Edit warring.
* Edit farming.
* Making a duplicate page.
* Editing the profile of another user. People get to do that they want, do not change what they have done. If it needs to be changed because it is breaking rules, ask a Moderator or Bureaucrat.
* Removing warnings on your message wall.
* Mini-modding. Moderators and Admins know how to do their job, you do not have to tell other people how to follow the rules. If an admin/mod does not know how to do their job in a way that you see fit, tell somebody who is a higher rank than them.
* Repeatedly reporting discussions posts that don't break the rules. This is annoying and it is a waste of our staff's time. Please don't do this.

## Severe offenses are listed below. If you commit a severe offense, you will be blocked without any warnings.

* Profanity or Swearing (1 day block).
* Having 3 valid and non-expired warnings without any previous validly issued blocks (1 week block).
* Toxic behavior or repeated harassment (2 week block).
* Having 3 valid and non-expired warnings with 1 previous validly issued block (1 month block).
* Minor vandalism, vandalizing 1 - 2 pages (1 month block).
* Translating pages into another language (1 month block).
* Sending others death threats or threatening to harm someone (3 month block).
* Being under 13 (1 day - 5 year block, the amount of time until you turn 13). If a staff suspects you of being under 13, they will ask you to prove that you are of the required age. If you refuse to tell the staff anything, you will be blocked for 5 years. If you are >13 and tell the staff how long until you turn 13, they will block you until you turn 13.

## Committing a major offense (below) can get you blocked indefinitely or infinitely without any warnings.

* Having inappropriate profile information, an inappropriate profile picture or an inappropriate name that includes hate speech, offensive language, racism, pornography or sexual content (Indefinite block, blocked until it is changed).
* Name impersonation or profile picture impersonation (Indefinite block, blocked until it is changed).
* Having 3 valid and non-expired warnings with 2 or more previous validly issued blocks (Infinite block).
* Posting hate speech, offensive language, racism, pornography or sexual content (Infinite block).
* Sending links to inappropriate, malicious or dangerous websites (Infinite block).
* Vandalizing 2+ pages or raiding (Infinite block).
* Creating a copy of this wiki (Infinite block).
* Using a sock-puppet account to bypass a block (Infinite block and the length of your main account's block will be doubled).

## Notes

* These rules are subject to change at any time.
* Exceptions can always be made, and Moderators/Administrators/Bureaucrats will use their knowledge to carry out consequences.
* Appeal forms and more is coming soon.