Rules

This page is a set of rules that are set and must be followed as long as you participate as an editor in the *Awful Life of Violy* Wiki. These guidelines apply to adding images, making pages, editing the Wiki and everything in between.

# General Policies

## Respect for Others

* All users, regardless of status, must show the utmost respect to others at all times. No slander, harassment, or insults is acceptable.
* Minimodding is not allowed. **Minimodding** occurs when a user oversteps the boundaries of their authority, such as warning another user about a policy violation. If you see any policy violations, please bring it up to a member of the Wiki staff.
	+ We encourage users to make others aware of our policies, but actual warnings are the responsibility of the Wiki staff. (The sole exception to this is any content that insults or slanders a user personally)

## User Behavior

* **Vandalism is not acceptable at any time**. Vandalism can come in many forms, including but not limited to deleting a portion of the page without proper reason, adding gibberish or profanity, adding false information. If someone becomes a vandal, the administrators will block the person either temporarily or indefinitely depending on the severity of the act.
* Comments on pages must appropriate. This means that there should be no profanity, and the comment should not be irrelevant or inflammatory. All comments must have decent spelling, grammar and punctuation. Any comments insulting or harassing any users will be deleted and it will also result in blocks.
* In the case of an edit war, the two opposing people are expected to solve their problem for themselves. Get a neutral party to give an opinion. If they cannot do that, an administrator will step in.
* We do ask that major format changes (such as adding or deleting sections on articles) be run by the community *first* to get a consensus. Ask any administrator for details, or feel free to start a discussion thread on the suggested change/addition on the Wiki related discussion board.
* *Insulting/slandering other users is unacceptable*. Any user can remove or request the removal of any comment, thread, or message wall post that is insulting or slanderous to them personally. Harassing users in this way will result in an extremely long block or quite possibly, a permanent block.

## If You Are Blocked/Banned

* There is a possibility of a user appealing a block. If you are blocked or banned and you're trying to appeal it, please use your message wall on THIS Wiki, or contact an administrator on their wall on the Community Central Wiki.
* If you are blocked/banned on *this* Wiki, it is ***NOT*** appropriate to follow **any** Staff Member (or any user involved with the block/ban) anywhere other than Community Central to protest. This **will** result in your block being extended here or become permanent.
* If you are blocked/banned by one of our Admins on *another* Wiki, do not follow the Admin here to complain. This will result in a block here and possibly an extension on the Wiki in question.

## Sockpuppeting/Multiple Accounts

* "Sockpuppeting", refers to the abuse of multiple accounts. This includes using another account for block or ban evasion. This is NOT permitted on *Awful Life of Violy* Wiki. Once it is confirmed that a user is sockpuppeting, their sockpuppet account. will be infinitely blocked, and the block/ban the original account will be extended or it may even become permanent.
* Using multiple accounts is allowed but using them for illegitimate reasons, such as block or ban evasion is not allowed. It is also possible that any contributions made while evading a block or a ban will be reverted or deleted.

## Adding Episodes or Videos of Troublemakers Getting Grounded

* There are multiple YouTubers that have made grounded videos out of troublemakers.