Rules of Etiquette

**Welcome to Ever After High!**

The administrators, moderators and all other members of staff are hex-cited to welcome you to our school and sincerely hope that you have a spell-tacular time with us.

In this chapter, we will go over the rules of our community for any new students. We highly recommend that you read and familiarise yourself with our rules and expectations for this wiki - it is very much appreciated and will save us all a lot of time. As a wiki, we strive to keep our community as an open, friendly and fun environment for everyone who decides to drop by for a spell or two and as such we have created these rules of etiquette to help us promote a welcoming and enjoyable environment for all of our students.

We highly recommend that you read over the rules, before you start posting to our site. By taking the time to read over our rules and familiarise yourself with them - it enhances the ability of our admin staff to keep the wiki running smoothly.The rules of etiquette are here to keep our community as a safe and welcoming environment, we don't want to have to enforce them but we will if it is necessary. The following rules dictate how we as a team and as a community are expecting you to behave on our wiki; this does include what is and is not appropriate to post here, age restrictions, etc. A lot of the rules are common sense, but we highly encourage all of our new students to read them over and becoming familiar with what is and what is not appropriate for this site.

All of the rules listed below are enforceable and we will ban users who continuously violate and/or break them.

## General Rules

* **ALL NEW AND EXISTING USERS MUST BE 13+ TO POST ON THIS WIKI.**
	+ **Your age must clearly be stated on your user page and your personal driver page.** If you are not comfortable disclosing your specific age, please use 13+ or 18+.

* **EVERYTHING ON THIS WIKI SHOULD BE PG-13.**
	+ DO NOT POST ANY NSFW OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF EXPLICIT/GRAPHIC CONTENT ON THIS WIKI. IT WILL BE IMMEDIATELY BE REMOVED AND THE USER RESPONSIBLE WILL BE BANNED FROM POSTING ON HERE AGAIN.
		- PG-13+ content can be used on character pages, fanfiction pages, and roleplay pages - but only if the content is clearly marked and the appropriate warning is used. Otherwise, please limit and/or tone down your use of swearing, gore, and violence.

* **NO DISCRIMINATION OR DISCRIMINATORY CONTENT.**
	+ Any users that are found to be using discrimination or posting discriminatory comments and/or content will be disciplined immediately. This includes but is not limited to discriminatory comments or content surrounding the gender, race, sexuality, or religion of a character or another user.
	+ Victims of such content are highly encouraged to contact the admin team, please do not suffer in silence. This is your community too and the admin team is wait and ready to help.

* **ALL OF THE ARTWORK POSTED MUST BELONG TO YOU; ART THEFT IS NOT ALLOWED ON THIS WIKI.**
	+ ***DO NOT POST TRACED AND/OR PHOTOSHOPPED ARTWORK TO THIS WIKI.***
		- Please do not post any artwork that you are not the original creator of without the written permission of the artist. If you have written permission, it must be proved and will be authenticated by a member of staff.
		- You may post pictures and artwork that are public domain images so long as a source has been cited for verification purposes by a member of staff.
		- If you have commissioned a piece of artwork, please retain the commission information and make sure that the artist is comfortable with you posting their artwork and vice verse. *Remember that if you have paid real-life money for a piece of artwork, that you as the commissioner of the work are legal owner of that piece - the artist needs permission from you to publish it.*
		- If you have used a blank base template or a doll maker game. You must cite your sources and give credit to the original artist in regards to any templates used.

* **PLEASE BE KIND AND FRIENDLY TO ALL OTHER USERS.**
	+ Do not spam or excessively message other users for content or commissions. This includes spamming someone for artwork, fanfictions, votes, comments, compliments, interactions, or roleplay requests. Treat other people the way you would like to be treated and please do not inquire about content updates - sometime life gets in the way. Be patient and respectful of other peoples time and effort.

If you are struggling to engage other users, here are some suggestions for those who want to reach out and interact. Maybe you could try:

* Thanking others for their suggestions and constructive criticism on your pages.
* Offer your help and expertise to those who need help and are actively seeking it.
* Welcome new users to the wiki - sometimes a simple "hello" can mean the world to someone else.
* Post positive, helpful comments on other people's work. Interacting with others and their work can help improve your own and may even kickstart a new idea.

## Character Rules

* **YOUR CHARACTERS SHOULD NOT AND CANNOT BREAK THE CANON.**
	+ Any ***fanon character*** that is created to take the place of an existing ***canon character*** is not allowed on this wiki, though there are some exceptions to this rule.
		- YOU CAN CREATE A ***FANON CHARACTER*** WITH THE SAME ROLE AND DESTINY AS A ***CANON CHARACTER**,* SO LONG AS THEY ARE NOT ENROLLED AT EVER AFTER HIGH DURING THE CANON TIMELINE OR THEY ARE NOT IN THE SAME YEAR GROUP AS THE ***CANON CHARACTER**.*
			* For example, ***Apple WhiteTM*** is the ***canon character*** who will be the next **"Snow White"**. You cannot create a ***fanon character*** to fulfil the role and destiny of **"Snow White"** as that is the role and destiny of ***Apple WhiteTM***.
		- HOWEVER, YOU CAN CREATE A ***FANON CHARACTER*** TO FULFIL THE ROLE AND DESTINY OF ***"SNOW WHITE"**, I*F THE STORY TAKES PLACE IN AN ***ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE*** OR AN ***ALTERNATIVE TIMELINE*** - SO LONG AS ***APPLE WHITE TM*** DOES NOT EXIST OR IS IN A DIFFERENT YEAR GROUP.
	+ ***THIS RULE DOES NOT APPLY TO A FANON CHARACTER THAT IS CREATED TO BE AN ANCESTOR OR DESCENDANT OF A CANON CHARACTER.***
		- For example, if you create a fanon character to fulfil the role and destiny of "Snow White" and you would like to follow the canon timeline. ***Apple WhiteTM*** must be written in as either an ancestor or as a descendent of the fanon character. So you can create a fanon character that is the great-grandparent or grandparent of ***Apple WhiteTM*** to fulfil the role but you cannot create a new fanon character to be the mother of ***Apple WhiteTM*** as her mother does appear in canon.
			* ***Fanon Characters*** that are written to be the children of the ***Canon Characters*** are allowed; so long as their relationship to the ***Canon Character(s)*** is explained.

* **DO NOT USES A CHARACTER AS A SOAPBOX.**
	+ Character pages are not to be used as a place to post intolerant and/or discriminatory opinions. Characters that are intolerant and/or discriminatory must be characterised that way for a narrative purpose and any pages relating to the character which references the upsetting and/or extreme opinion must be clear marked and utilise the appropriate warnings.
		- **If the page is simply being used as platform to express the intolerant and/or discriminatory opinions of the creator, then the will be removed and the user responsible for the page will be disciplined.**

* **CHARACTER ROLES AND DESTINIES MUST BE FROM AN ACCEPTABLE FAIRYTALE SOURCE. DO NOT REFERENCE AN ADAPTATION, SUCH AS DISNEY OR BARBIE.**

Thank you for reading our Rules of Etiquette.

We hope that your time with us is spell-tacular and please that our next chapter starts with you... and we hope that your stories leads you to a happily ever after.