Rules & Policies

Failure to abide by the rules will result in punishments that scale accordingly depending on the severity of the offence. The following rules listed tackles **user behaviour and moderation** (swearing restrictions, behaviour towards others, etc), **wiki moderation** (vandalism, editing, etc), **and discussions moderation** (posting, comments/replies, blogs, etc).

### IMPORTANT FOR ALL --- there are no loopholes.

A rule need not be stated for it to be prohibited. In other words, do not attempt to commit an offence on the wiki with the reason that it is not mentioned to be wrong. Should you have any questions about what is not tolerated on the wiki, contact the owner.

Fandom's Terms of Service and COPPA's rules also apply to this wiki.

## User Moderation

**Avoid arguments and commotions with others**. Do not add fuel to the fire, meaning do not get yourself involved with or without the intent to do so. Report back to the owner and do not interfere with said parties.

**Remain courteous towards others.** Meaning that **bullying, harassing, insulting / slandering, mocking, threatening, etc towards other users goes against this rule.** This rule is to be taken seriously. Respect others and their viewpoints, especially when it comes to trading.

**Settle matters among yourselves.** Do not make a post, reply, etc, revealing your personal arguments. Do not get others involved.

**Do not use alternative accounts to dodge warnings / blocks.** In other words, sockpuppeting. When you receive a warning or a block, it will be directed to **you as a person.** Whichever account you may be using, the warnings / blocks will always be issued to you.

**Do not remove warnings issued on your Message Wall.** Another warning or even a block can be resulted from such actions.

**Do not reply to others' warnings.** You are simply not involved. Should you have a question, ask a staff member. Other than that, there wouldn't be much of a reason for you to get involved.

### **controversial and sensitive topics are prohibited. This includes**

* Politics / protests
* Religion
* Racism
* Sensitive stereotypes (e.g, stereotypes of races and nationality)
* Self harm
* Suicide
* Sexual topics
* Abuse
* Drugs & gun violence
* LGBTQ+
* Abuse
* Disorders
* Self-diagnosing
* Real-life wars

and more. Some users may find these topics (and similar ones) to be uncomfortable and the mention of these topics may spark aggression / arguments within this community. This rule is to be applied under any circumstance. No photos. files, links, gifs, etc should contain any of these topics.

**Refrain from asking personal and/or disturbing questions.** Such questions include financial status, age, disgusting questions, etc.

**Advertising off-site platforms immoderately will not be tolerated.** Refrain from advertising ever so often as it can be considered as spam and point-blank irritating for some users.

**Carry out the instructions of the staff.** If you feel that what has been instructed or done by a staff member is unjust, contact the owner. If you feel that your warning or block did not have proper evidence for its issue or that it was unreasonable, contact a staff member and explain yourself clearly as to why you believe so, and provide evidence where necessary.

**Do not ask for personal information from others, and do not share your own personal information.** Such information includes passwords, emails, real names, addresses, official signatures, schools, place of work, etc.

**[*In reference to Fandom's ToU and COPPA]* All users are to be 13 or older.** With reference to Child's Online Privacy Protection Act, users 12 and below are prohibited from being on this wiki. An immediate block will be issued. However, the rule that prohibits asking users for their personal information still strongly applies. This includes asking for **age.**

**Do not upvote or reply to a post that is more than 25 days old.** Doing so may cause unwanted notifications or notification flooding.

**Do not attempt to or impersonate another user or person.** (included in Fandom's Terms of Service.)

**Do not mention (@user) users without their permission.** Also don't mention them if you do not know if they're comfortable with it.

### **Cross Trading, Scamming & Selling**

1. Cross trading is prohibited on this wiki and items can only be exchanged in Animal Jam / Animal Jam Play Wild respectively. No items or currencies from either or other games are to be cross-traded. Not everybody is trustworthy. The staff of this wiki along with others will not be held responsible should any issues arise. Do not mention cross-trading unless you're asking a question. In that scenario, contact a staff member.
2. If you are found out to be a scammer, have attempted to scam, or have worked in cahoots with a scammer, you will immediately be blocked from this wiki. Do not get yourself involved in such activities.
3. Selling and buying in-game items for any out-of-game currencies as well as real-life currencies is not allowed on this wiki. Do not mention such activities unless you're asking a question. In that scenario, contact a staff member.

### Trolling

Do not make or use accounts to rage-bait or purposely disturb users / the wiki. A ban will be issued on the troll account as well as your main account should your user be revealed. No appeals will be accepted in relation to this rule.

### Swearing

Abbreviated swears, censored (e.g, s\*\*t) swearing, and anything similar is not allowed on this wiki. Do not heavily swear on this wiki, and only use light curse words, e.g,

* darn
* heck
* gosh
* screw
* frick

Despite this, you are not to direct any swears towards anybody. A reminder that there will be younger users online.

## Discussions & Contents

### Spamming and Status Farming

Spamming includes posting multiple unnecessary, off-topic posts, or anything similar of sort anywhere on this wiki. It can be frustrating for users who are browsing the wiki. Spamming can be also classified as status farming, such as posting for a higher post count and making unnecessary edits to obtain badges. Ensure your status is **legitimate.**

### Unnecessary Posting

Off-topic posts are allowed to a considerable amount, but multiple will be considered spamming. Unnecessary posting also includes making pointless replies. comments. and blog posts. A reminder that the purpose of this wiki centralises around Animal Jam.

**Publish your post under the correct discussions category.** A warning will be given if you have broken this rule **5 times.**

**Do not request for other users to upvote yours / other's posts.** This includes giveaways, contests, etc. Asking others to upvote should not be in the criteria. This does not include reposting in hopes for more upvotes.

**Again, do not post or discuss sensitive, triggering, or any similar topics on this wiki.** The list of prohibited topics are listed above. Let's ensure everybody on this wiki has a comfortable and safe time.

## Editing

Only make necessary edits. Do not edit a page just to implement insufficient or useless information that does not contribute to the main purpose of the page. This includes tables, text, images, infoboxes, coding, etc. Make sure your edit is helpful.

Do not immoderately edit pages with the intention to status farm. Do not edit pages just for the sake of increasing your edit count on your profile, and ensure that your edits are beneficial and helpful.

### **Vandalism**

Vandalism is not to be taken lightly and will not be tolerated. Vandalism includes chipping out / removing information or images, implementing off-topic content on pages, etc. Punishments on vandalism vary accordingly from the significance of the page, the amount of changes/edits made, and the amount of damage done. A block can result from vandalism.

## Warnings, Blocks & Appeals

Warnings are messages that are posted from staff members on users' Message Walls. These messages are issued to users who have committed an offence on the wiki. 3-4 warnings will result in a block, depending on the severity of the offences. If the same offence is repeated multiple times, a block can also be given.

When a user is blocked, they will not be able to post, edit, message, etc on the wiki. Usually after 3 blocks, a user will be blocked indefinitely. Certain circumstances can cause this to differ.

If you feel that a warning or a block that you've received is unreasonable / unjust, you may appeal. Get in touch with a staff member off-site (e.g, contact them on their socials) if you wish to appeal a block, and leave a message on a staff member's Message Wall should you wish to appeal a warning.