Rules and Regulations

This page will identify all the rules and regulations on this wiki. Make sure that you take the time to read this page, and ensure that you are familiar with our rules. Most, if not all, **causes for bans** are listed on this forum. Please note that most of these are general guidelines to the rules. Admins may **shorten or blueuce** bans around these numbers based on the situation.

## Blogs

### **Making Minor/Trolling Blogs**

* Creating blogs under five sentences or with the intent to stir up hostility will lead to a **warning**.
	+ A second occurrence of this will lead to a **one day** ban.
	+ A third occurrence of this will lead to a **one week** ban.
	+ A fourth occurrence of this will lead to a **one year** ban.

### **Making Nonsensical Blogs**

* Creating blogs that do not make sense will lead to a **warning**.
	+ A second occurrence of this will lead to a **one day** ban.
	+ A third occurrence of this will lead to a **one week** ban.
	+ A fourth occurrence of this will lead to a **one year** ban.

## Chat

### **Flooding or Spamming**

* Flooding or spamming in any of the wiki's chats will lead to a **kick**.
	+ A second occurrence of this will lead to a **two hour** ban.
	+ A third occurrence of this will lead to a **three day** ban.
	+ A fourth occurrence of this will lead to a **one year** ban.

### **Impersonating a User**

* Impersonating a user by logging on as them or pretending to be them in a non-joking form will lead to a **kick**.
	+ A second occurrence of this will lead to a **one day** ban.
	+ A third occurrence of this will lead to a **one week** ban.
	+ A fourth occurrence of this will lead to a **one year** ban.

### **Trolling**

* Trolling the chat or attempting to troll another wiki chat will lead to a **kick**.
	+ A second occurrence of this will lead to a **two hour** ban.
	+ A third occurrence of this will lead to a **one day** ban.
	+ A fourth occurrence of this will lead to a **one month** ban.

### **Violating a Ban**

* Entering the chat while banned will lead to a **one week** ban.
	+ A second occurrence of this will lead to a **indefinite** ban.
* The exception to this rule is if a user was unfairly banned as judged by the other administrators. If this is the case, the user will be unbanned and the administrator demoted for a week as punishment.

## Edits

### **Adding Categories**

* Adding inappropriate, useless, or nonsensical categories to pages will lead to a **warning**.
	+ A second occurrence of this will lead to a **one day** ban.
	+ A third occurrence of this will lead to a **one week** ban.
	+ A fourth occurrence of this will lead to a **one year** ban.

### **Creating Pages**

* Creating unrelated or inappropriate pages will lead to a **warning**.
	+ A second occurrence of this will lead to a **one day** ban.
	+ A third occurrence of this will lead to a **one week** ban.
	+ A fourth occurrence of this will lead to a **one year** ban.

### **Moving Pages**

* Moving pages to incorrect names will lead to a **warning**.
	+ A second occurrence of this will lead to a **one day** ban.
	+ A third occurrence of this will lead to a **one week** ban.
	+ A fourth occurrence of this will lead to a **one year** ban.

### **Vandalizing Pages**

* Vandalism will lead to an **indefinite** ban.

## Users

### **Discriminating a User**

* Discrimination against a user will lead to a **warning**.
	+ A second occurrence of this will lead to a **one day** ban.
	+ A third occurrence of this will lead to a **one week** ban.
	+ A fourth occurrence of this will lead to a **one year** ban.

### **Harassing Users**

* Harassment against a user will lead to a **warning**.
	+ A second occurrence of this will lead to a **one day** ban.
	+ A third occurrence of this will lead to a **one week** ban.
	+ A fourth occurrence of this will lead to a **one year** ban.

### **Circumnavigating censors**

* Using an uncensored version of a word in chat will lead to a **warning**.
	+ A second occurrence of this will lead to a **kick**.
	+ A third occurrence of this will lead to a **two hour** ban.
	+ A fourth occurrence of this will lead to a **one day** ban.
	+ A fourth occurrence of this will lead to a **one week** ban.

## Roleplay

### **Interrupting the role-play**

* Talking out of character without using parentheses will lead to a **warning**.
	+ A second occurrence of this will lead to a **kick**.
	+ A third occurrence of this will lead to a **one day** ban.

### **Talking Outside of Your Scene**

* Talking in a scene where your character is not present will lead to a **warning**.
	+ A second or subsequent occurrence of this will lead to a **kick**. At the administrators discretion, a third offense or higher will lead to a ban of indeterminate length, depending on the admin's discretion.

### **Substiution**

* RPers with 0 characters left shall take first priority over any characters that need substituting.
	+ In the event that every rper has at least one character left, rpers with 1 character may also take first priority.
	+ It is also allowed for a rper to assign another rper as their official sub for either one of their characters. In the case that particular rper cannot make it, the official sub will be the one who takes priority. In the event said sub, nor the rper can make it to rp; the aforementioned rpers with 0 or 1 char remaining priority will take effect.

## Roleplay

As defined below, power abuse constitutes as:

* Promoting people without the majority of admin's consent.
* Banning people on chat without a reason.
* Using your powers in any other way to advance your own agenda, rather than the wiki.