Rules

These are the rules. They are applied everywhere on the wiki (discussions post, message walls, user pages, etc.), and are enforced on every user equally.. These are the standard rules to Fandom and apply everywhere, not only to this wiki.

1. **If you are under 13, you can't join the wiki.** We understand that this might not make much sense, but it is becuase some art on here may be considered innapropriate for extreme minors (aka people under 13) there will be art that has blood, non sexual nudity, and more, and we would jsut prefer it if you were over 13.

1. **Don't be a jerk.** Treat all users respectfully — we're all just normal people on here, and general nastiness doesn't belong here.
	1. **We have zero tolerance for bigotry.** Homophobia, transphobia, racism, sexism, and any other forms of discrimination are not permitted whatsoever.
		1. **Don't use any slurs**, whether you are targeting a particular person/group of people or not. **Reclaimed slurs are not permitted**, either.
	2. Debate and discussion are core components of the wiki, but if things escalate into personal attacks, that's the time to calm down and ask a poweruser for help resolving the issue.
	3. **Do not attempt to resolve large conflicts yourself**, and **do not mob users** who have broken rules or caused problems. Mobbing (multiple people repeating each other or reprimanding the user) is unhelpful; contact a moderator and stop engaging.
	4. **Do not guilt trip other users** when you are told off for your actions or asked to stop doing something. Guilt tripping is any statement made to put yourself in the position of the victim and make other users feel bad for confronting you.
		1. Sympathy-baiting posts put users in a position where they're forced to show sympathy for you/comfort you/reassure you because they feel guilty, such as "Am I annoying" posts. **Sympathy-baiting is also not permitted.** This does NOT include vents/venting.
	5. Vague-posting about other sections of the community may be considered an issue, based on context and content. These groups may include ships, headcanons, identities, etc. An example of this would be a post saying "I hate [ship] shippers". Discussion is fine, bashing is not.
	6. **Do not make "callout posts"**, or any posts that attempt to garner animosity towards users or communities. This includes users on other platforms, as well as current discourse topics elsewhere on the internet; **these threads are considered dramabaiting,** and may also be considered raiding or harassment.
		1. Users who engage in raiding or trolling of wikis, websites, or other communities may be subject to a block based on severity. Users who post plans to raid or troll on our wiki will be subject to a warning or block, as we do not tolerate harassment of any sort.
2. **Do not start or engage in political discussion** or debate on our wiki. This include discussions about current political events such as riots or elections and political campaigning. **This applies to all political discussion, not just American**.
	1. We recognize that these are important topics, but also acknowledge that our powerusers are not equipped to moderate political debate and this wiki is not the ideal location for them to be discussed.
	2. An example of acceptable political/current event talk is discussing climate change and the natural disasters, such as wildfires, that follow.
	3. The phrases **"blue lives matter"** and **"ACAB/1312" will not be permitted**, as they are politically incendiary.
	4. **Discussing modern civil rights movements is permitted** (eg. Black Lives Matter, No More Stolen Sisters, etc.) Discussion of large-scale political reform should be kept off of our site.
3. Keep the wiki nice and clean. Swearing, NSFW (not including non sexual nudity), mature topics, and extreme gore are not permitted on our wiki.
	1. **Swearing is not permitted**, even with censors. This also applies to words in images.
		1. *Words we do not consider swears are crap, hell, pissed, and damn.'* You may use these words without any censoring.
	2. **Implied swearing** such as the middle finger is also prohibited.
	3. **Mature topics are prohibited** on any part of our wiki. **This includes discussion of real-life drug and alcohol consumption**, especially consumption by users who are under 18.
	4. **Violent or gory content is prohibited**, especially torture. Images have a very low tolerance for violence, while roleplayed or written violence should be kept to the level that it does not cause issues in any form; description or images of real-life violence or gore are not permitted whatsoever.
		1. This includes descriptions or depictions of violence against animals and /or people
	5. **Suggestive or sexual content is not allowed** anywhere on the wiki. non sexual nudity, with nipples and genitalia censored, is allowed to some degree.
	6. **18+/NSFW/Mature media may not be discussed or posted to the wiki**. This includes memes and screenshots featuring imagery from 18+ media, even if the imagery itself is not explicit or inappropriate.
		1. **Profile pictures** from 18+ media are allowed on-wiki, but they must not contain 18+ content, and they will not be allowed to be discussed on-wiki.
4. **Don't steal art**. don't post or use art without permission and credit to the artist/s.
	1. Reposting art with credit is only permitted if the artist allows it — you must be able to prove that you have permission to use the art, or that the artist's Terms of Use allow reposting/use as icons/etc.
		1. Do not repost/reupload art from Flight Rising.
	2. Tracing artwork is not allowed on the wiki, and is considered art theft.
	3. art theft of an kind will only give you one warning. if you recieve a warning, and continue to steal art or trace, then you will be blocked.
5. **Don't pretend to be someone else** using alternate accounts. It's okay to have alternate accounts, but using them to violate rules or cause trouble is not.
	1. **List all your alts** on your profile or message wall greeting, preferably with links.
		1. This includes inactive alts.
	2. If an alternate account is used to get around a ban, both accounts will be blocked.
6. Don't spam, flood, or advertise on Discussions.
	1. Creating **multiple discussions posts or polls (3+) in a short period** will result in all of your posts being removed and a warning being issued. Please wait a few minutes between posts to avoid this.
		1. Do not make multiple short replies to a thread in rapid succession, as this is also considered spam.
	2. **Do not create threads solely to advertise.** This includes roleplays, Wikis, contests, etc..
		1. Polling to gauge interest does not count — as a general rule of thumb, if the subject of your post has already been made, your post is an ad.
		2. **Do not make polls for pings, advertisement, etc..**
	3. Do not make posts consisting of meaningless or repeated phrases. Gibberish and/or key smashing to emote is fine in moderation; it should not fill more than a line on the post, and should be relevant to the thread in context.
	4. Copypasta is a form of spam; anything that encourages you to "tag", "repost", or "send to # friends" falls into this category.
	5. Leaving pointless replies on threads that do not concern you is considered spam.
7. **Do not farm edits on articles** for the purposes of earning badges, increasing your Wiki ranking, or increasing your edit count.
	1. Edit farming requires a pattern of behavior; making one double-edit or synonym change will not get you flagged for edit farming. Making many of these changes in a row will.
8. **Do not vandalize articles**. This includes, but is not limited to, removing all the content of an article, adding false or inappropriate information, removing correct information, or otherwise editing with the intent to reduce the quality of the article.
	1. This also includes another user's profile page or message wall greeting. Do not edit another user's profile page or message wall greeting without their permission.
9. **Do not endorse the problematic elements of canon ships** (eg. abusive, pedophilic, or incestuous ships) and **do not create fanon ships that are pedophilic or incestuous**.
	1. The first half of this rule only applies to **canonically implied or stated ships**, and it only applies when the problematic element is dubious or in the past.
	2. Do not create fanon ships that are abusive, pedophilic, or incestuous, even if it is a "joke" for shock value. Shipping is allowed provided the issues are acknowledged, but creating ship between a clear child and one over the age of 18 is nor allowed whatsoever, even with ocs.
	3. Do not ship scavengers/humans with dragons.
		1. Do not make cleotra / human hyrids or ships, or roleplays that include this concept.
	4. Characters with unspecified ages may be shipped, with consideration to context and behavior; a character who acts like a child, with or without a specified age number, should not be shipped with an adult.

In general, if you try to do the right thing, you should do fine. You're doing well already by reading these rules! If you've got any questions, feel to ask RottenBonez (the creator od this wiki)

Users who break rules in our wiki and / or our Discord server may also be subject to an on-wiki block, though this is not always the case.