Editing Rules

## Terms of Use

The High School Dreams Wiki is a follower of the Terms of Use set by Fandom, Inc. You may find the additional rules here and in the link above. Violators of any of these rules will be banned based on the severity of the offense.

## General Editing Rules

### Structure

* All pages on this wiki follow a very specific format. Please browse the various wiki pages in order to get familiar with the structure before editing. Not following this format or attempting to change it will result in a warning, and any further offenses will result in a ban.
* Please use proper grammar, punctuation, and sentence structures, and follow British English (BrE).
* Do not be subjective while writing pages, and do not project your personal opinion onto them.

### Editing Disputes

* If you edit an article in good faith, and your edit is then reverted by an admin, please do not re-add said information in attempts to start an editing dispute. The edit was reverted for a reason, most likely because the information added was unnecessary. Restoring the original edit can be seen as challenging an admin, and doing so will result in a warning, and later a ban, if the behavior continues.
* If you ever find yourself in an editing dispute with a fellow user, please contact an admin and seek their opinion on the disagreement. Going back and forth undoing each others edits only furthers the problem, and an admin can neutrally decide whether the information in question is necessary or not to the article.
* In addition, please do not undo or delete the perfectly good edits of any user without justification. This is what often starts editing disputes in the first place. The **only** time it is necessary to undo an edit is if the information added is either incorrect or irrelevant to the article. Consistently undoing the good edits of other users will result in a ban.

### Categories

* Please do not create a new category without speaking to an admin about it first. Any categories that are created without permission or deemed unnecessary by our staff members will be removed immediately, and the person responsible for creating said category will be warned. Multiple offenses may result in a ban.

### Images

* Uploading images that contain pornographic material, gore, or otherwise inappropriate content is prohibited and will be deleted immediately. The uploader of said content will be held accountable.
* Please do not upload duplicates of already existing photos. If you have one of better quality, go to the file page and click *'Upload a new version of this file.'*

### New Pages

* Creating new pages that contain nonsense, unrelated or unnecessary content, spam, or fan-fiction will immediately be deleted. Continuing to do so will result in a ban.

### Fan-fiction

* Fan-fiction is not allowed on the mainspace of this wiki. The articles contained within this wiki are solely for canon content, and if you would like to post any *High School Dreams* related fanon, please do so in the forums. Alternatively, you can also share fan content on the subreddit and/or Discord server.

### Warnings

* Do not remove or ignore any warnings posted on your message wall by admins. Doing so may result in a ban.

## Vandalism

**Vandalism** is the conspicuous defacement or destruction of information against the will of the owner/governing body. In the context of an online community project, it is usually a deliberate attempt to damage the usefulness of content for other fans.

### Classifications

* Vandalism could be classified in many ways, but it's generally defined as the damaging of an article or page. It could be removing valuable content from pages, wiping a page clean, adding false or incorrect information, spamming information, adding irrelevant or unnecessary information, moving pages to unrelated names, or performing any edit that isn't made in good faith.

### Consequences

* Vandalism is absolutely NOT tolerated on this wiki. Any account that deliberately vandalizes pages will be infinitely banned.
* This is not applicable for hacking situations or if the vandalism was performed unintentionally.

## Account Rules

### Under-aged Users

* You must be 13 or over in order to use Fandom. Therefore, if you are under the age of thirteen, and any of the admins find out, you will be blocked from the wiki until the date that you turn thirteen. If you live in California or the EEA (excluding the UK), you must be 16 or over.

### Sockpuppeting

* The use of sock accounts on this wiki is not tolerated, especially when said accounts are used in a malicious manner, such as vandalizing, spamming, bullying/harassing other users, or manipulating the outcome of any of our voting systems (polls, surveys, thread games, etc.). Any user that is caught abusing multiple accounts will be immediately banned, along with their respective sockpuppets.