TAEaTFP:Rules

These are the rules of TAEaTFP. These **must** be obeyed at all times!

## Definitions

Edit: Adding something to a page.

Edit war: Two or more users fighting about what goes on a page.

Spam: Putting one or more unnecessary marks.

Spam editing: Making random contributions to increase your edit count.

Troll: A users that tries to make users angry.

Sockpuppet: A user that makes alternate accounts.

Sock: An alternate account to a user.

Sockmaster: A user that makes sock to harass the wiki.

Grammar Rules: A page that tells you the correct grammar.

Manuel of Style: A page that tells you the organization for pages.

Harassment: Constantly bullying users to make them mad.

Rude Comment: When someone is being mean to users.

Personal Attacks: When a user is personally attacking a user.

Minimodding: When a user is acting like an admin when they aren't.

Suggestive Comments: When a users tells another user to do something.

Vandalism: When a user puts unnecessary stuff on pages.

Edit Farming: Making unnecessary edits to increase your edit count.

Badge: When you do a certain amount of edits on stuff. You get badges. The more badges you earn, the higher up the leaderboard you get.

Badge Farming: When a user is making unnecessary edits, that's called badge farming.

Doorspamming: When a user is constantly entering and leaving chat.

Abusing the chat bot: When a user is giving the chat bot too many commands.

Cheating on board thread games: When a user doesn't follow the game's rules to win.

Profanity: When a user cusses.

Acronym: When a user shortens a place/thing/phrase.

Wikis: Places where you go to research stuff.

## Promotion Policy

TAEaTFP:Requirements for staff positions

TAEaTFP:Staff position abilities

## Changing rules

Only bureaucrats can change rules without a proposal. If a non bureaucrat changes rules without a proposal. The user will get 2 warnings before a 1 month block/ban/kick.

## Wiki Warning/Blocks

On this wiki, you may get a warning/blocks, numerous ways. You will usually will get 2 warnings before a block. The exceptions are:

Trolling: Immediate 6 month block.

Sock: Immediate infinite block.

Harassment: 1 warning before a 2 month block.

Asking for personal info: Immediate 3 month block.

Sockpuppetry: 1 warning before a 4 month block.

Shouting: 1 warning before a 3 week block.

Vandalism: One warning before a 3 month block.

Vandalism as first edits: Immediate 5 month block.

Profanity: 1 warning before a 1 month block.

Inappropriate Acronyms: 1 warning before a 1 month block.

Violation of Communication Policy: 1 note before a 3 day block.

### Chat Warning/Bans

On chat, blocks are called bans. You can get a warning or banned from chat from pretty much all of the same ways as blocks. The exceptions are:

Doorspamming: 2 warnings before a 2 hour block.

Abusing the chat bot: 1 warning before a 2 week ban.

These are the list of blocks that will be infinite blocks until a user has become an administrator.

Non admin bot: Bot will be immediately blocked infinitely until that user has become an administrator.

## Badges

When a user does a certain amount of edits on stuff. You get badges. The more badges you get, the higher the leaderboard you get.

The one main problems about having badges on the wiki is badge farming. Badge farming is when a user makes unnecessary edits on stuff. That's called badge farming.

More info is here:

TAEaTFP:Wiki Badges