Rules and Tips

Please follow the rules in order to keep the wiki a friendly and welcoming space for all users. You are always welcome to reach out to a member of the moderator team if clarification is ever needed.

**YES THESE RULES APPLY TO EVERYONE ON THIS WIKI(YOU AREN'T EXEMPT FROM THESE RULES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE)HOWEVER, THE CREATOR OF THIS WIKI IS IMMUNE TO SOME RULES OF THIS WIKI. BUT, THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE IMMUNITY TO ALL OF THE RULES**

## Fandom's Terms of Use

All users must abide by Fandom's Terms of Use. Notable portions include:

* **Age restrictions:** Users must be 18 years or older to use the wiki.
* **No sexual content:** Sorry. but, these are fandom's rules..
* **Not harassing, threatening, or intimidating other users:** You may not make personal attacks against other users. If you need to criticize another user's argument, do so without attacking them as a person.
* **Not posting obscene or offensive content:** Content that is NSFW, obscene, or offensive is not allowed. This includes ableism, homophobia, racism, and transphobia.
* **Not attempting to sell things for real-world currency:** You are not allowed to solicit donations or advertise a Patreon, Ko-fi, or any other site intended to sell things for real-world currency.

## User Conduct Policy

1. **Keep swearing to a minimum:** The only allowed swears are damn, hell, and crap. Censor all other swear words with at least two unrelated characters (e.g. asterisks, dashes, or slashes) or replace the word with grawlixes (e.g. $@!#).
2. **Do not spam:** Do not create multiple threads, replies, or comments in rapid succession, or mass edit pages purely to get achievements.
	1. Copypasta and replies irrelevant to a thread's topic are both considered spam.
3. **Do not mini-mod:** Report problems to the moderator team instead of trying to handle them yourself. Examples of mini-modding include attempting to solve large conflicts yourself or sending users warnings for their behavior.
4. **Mark all mature content:** Certain topics must have content warnings or are not allowed whatsoever. Contact a moderator before sharing content you're unsure about. You can flag a page as mature with the `{{Mature Content}}` template or your own custom warning.(Note: This can also include a mature content category)

Content including the following topics must have a Mature Content warning:

* Gore
* Large amounts of censored profanity
* Mentions of drugs other than alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana
* Minor mentions of sexual content
* Self-harm
* Trauma
* Violence

Content including the following topics is not allowed whatsoever:

* Real-world politics

Fictional depictions of consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana do not require a mature content warning.

## Content Policy

1. **Do not create new categories or templates without moderator permission:** To keep the wiki clean and understandable for all users, creating new categories or templates is not allowed . Content categories are an exception to this rule. You may share ideas for new categories or templates on the Wiki Improvement board.
2. **You need at least five pages to make a content category:** Content categories organize the pages owned by a single user. You may create a content category once you own at least five pages. Content categories must follow the naming convention of `Category:Content (Full Username)`.

#### **Page Ownership**

1. **Users "own" the pages they create:** The creator of a page "owns" that page and may decide what goes on it and what doesn't, except for categories.
2. **Avoid editing pages that aren't yours:** Do not edit pages that don't belong to you without permission from the page's owner. You may edit any page to add appropriate categories. Pages in the Public category are editable by anyone, regardless of the original creator.
3. **Do not use content belonging to other users without their permission:** Do not use any content (characters, fanfictions, organizations, places, etc.) without the creator's permission.

**Fanon Tribes:You may be able to claim the name of a page that already exists.** Pages must meet the following requirements before their names are eligible to be claimed:**You may use unofficial fanon tribes:** Provided you follow the tribe owner's rules, you're welcome to use unofficial fanon tribes for personal projects. You must have the host's permission before using them in roleplays.

**Name Claiming:**

**You may be able to claim the name of a page that already exists.** Pages must meet the following requirements before their names are eligible to be claimed:

* The owner has not edited the page within the past 12 months (except for maintenance edits such as categorization)

You may claim the names of redirect pages at any time, regardless of whether they meet the above requirements.

If the page meets all requirements the user may contact a moderator. The moderator will move the original contents of the page to a new location and let the user know that they may now use the name.

Please note that this policy **only covers the page's name**, not the content of the page.

## Discussion Policy

1. **Do not create off-topic posts in Discussions:** Content posted on Discussions must relate to the wiki or to \*insert universe name here\* in some way. If you wish to discuss unrelated topics with other users, please do so on message walls instead.
2. **Conversations must be held primarily in English:** This is to ensure that our staff can effectively and fairly moderate conversations on the wiki.

## Image Policy

1. **Do not use or upload images without the artist's permission:** This includes art, photography, and so on. Only upload art that you have permission to share.
2. **User avatars and images from popular media do not need permission:** Images used in avatars and wiki pages from popular media (such as well-known video games, movies, or TV shows) do not require permission unless specifically requested, but the artist must still be credited.
3. **Memes do not need permission or credit:** Memes and other widely shared images with unknown artists do not need permission or credit.
4. **You must credit artists:** Unless the artist has specified otherwise, you must credit them. Artists work hard to create their content, and we ask that you respect this. This includes photography, images created using bases, images created using Picrews/doll makers, and artwork from games.

1. **Certain artists are banned:** Due to their behavior and history, images created by certain artists (including image bases) are not allowed on the wiki. Contact a moderator for the reasons specific to each artist. Please do not upload any art by the following artists:

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## Block Policy

Violations of the wiki's rules will be handled differently depending on the severity and number of violations.

* **A request:** Requests are informal messages from the moderator team asking a user to adjust their behavior to keep the wiki running smoothly. Requests will only escalate to a warning or a ban if the user's behavior persists. They may be sent on a user's message wall or a relevant Discussions post.

* **A warning:** Warnings are formal messages from the moderator team letting a user know that their behavior must change or they may risk a temporary or permanent ban. They will be sent on a user's message wall.

* **A temporary block:** Temporary blocks are issued when a user continues violating wiki rules after receiving a warning. Example rule violations and the block lengths that would accompany them are detailed below. Temporarily blocked users will receive a notice on their wall.

* **A permanent block:** Permanent blocks are issued for extreme or constant rule violations and mean the user is no longer welcome on the wiki in any form. In most cases, a permanently blocked user will receive a notice on their wall.

Violations of the Terms of Use may result in Fandom intervening and issuing a global block.

While the exact block length depends on which rules were violated and is generally left to moderator discretion, the most common block lengths are three days, one week, one month, six months, and one year. Some example rule violations and their standard block times are laid out below.

* **Terms of Use violations:** Violating anything in the Terms of Use section will usually result in an initial block of six months, one year, or a message to Fandom seeking a global block, depending on the severity of the infraction.
* **Uncensored swearing:** Continuing to use uncensored swears after receiving a warning will usually result in an initial block of three days.
* **Editing others' pages without permission:** Continuing to edit pages without permission from the owner after receiving a warning will usually result in an initial block of one week.
* **Art theft:** Continuing to upload or use other people's art without permission after receiving a warning will usually result in an initial block of one week.
* **Constant** **Asking**: Asking for admin, full admin, full moderator, moderator randomly and/or non-stop, constantly and/or to get revenge will earn you a block for a month.
* **Malicious** **Actions:**(including hacking and/or attempting to try to trick user(s) to give you full access to the wiki and/or pages, etc just to troll and/or delete the pages and/or wiki)can result in immediate permanent block and/or permanent ban from the wiki depending on what it was and how serious it is