Policies

This page is dedicated to the rules and laws that apply on the *Lovelink* Fandom.

Please review Fandom's Terms of Use. By using Fandom's services, you agree to their terms of use.

## Federal Laws:

**1.** If you are under 13 years of age, you fall under the US “COPPA” law (Children Online Privacy Protection Act). As such, you will be banned for the amount of time until you reach the age of 13 (for example, two years if you are 11 years old). Under Fandom's Term of Use, you must be 16 years or older if you reside in California and the EEA (excluding the UK) or you must be 13 years or older if you reside in the rest of the world (including the UK).

**2.** Users shall not perform “cybersex” on the server. This includes the wiki and discussions forum.

**3.** Users are not permitted to share or promote Warez. This includes links or talk of illegal Mp3, Games, Movies and Software (e.g. hacks for unlimited diamonds) or anything that is covered under international copyright laws.

* Expanding this law, users are also not permitted to share, promote, and ask for modded Lovelink games. Using Lovelink assets in ways that Ludia did not intend for them to be used would be in violation of Lovelink's terms of service and copyright laws, and the Wiki cannot support that.

**4.** Users shall not perform acts of hatred. This includes but is not limited to: racism, sexual discrimination, homophobic acts and other types of discrimination.

## General:

**1.** Each user is allowed **one** and *only* one account. If you wish to switch to a new account, the previous account must be disabled here. If you wish to change your username, click here. Keep in mind that you are only allowed to change your username once per Fandom guidelines.

**2.** "Sockpuppeting" or using a second account to pretend to be someone else is strictly forbidden.

* If a user uses a second account to get around a block/ban, their original ban will be extended.
* If a blocked user wishes to speak to an admin, please contact them through Community Central. Your ban is specific to this wiki and you will be able to use your original account to send messages. **Do NOT** create a new account to speak to an admin.

## Recommendations:

**1.** **Be careful about giving personal information** (such as your exact location, age, banking information, your wiki account password, or where and how you spend your free time or pictures of yourself).

* Users who ask for such information will have their posts deleted.

## Editing on the Wiki:

**1.** Please use American English. Since Lovelink is written using American English, slang, and idioms, please do not use British English when editing and/or adding to pages.

**2.** When adding pictures, please rename your pictures to include descriptive words about what the picture is: such as name of character / clothes and/or item / background. For example, "Sheng Zhao on throne.jpg" is more appropriate than "Screenshot101918-937234.jpg".

* If you have a better picture (that is, bigger and better resolution) than a current picture in the gallery and wish to replace it, please edit the current picture and replace it rather than uploading a brand new picture. That way it retains the filename and all pages that use the picture do not have to be edited. If your picture has a different file extension (e.g. .jpg vs .png) and you are unsure how to change your file extension, please contact a frequent editor and we can provide assistance.
* Please limit Date pictures to one image per outfit. For example, if your Match wears a hoodie and jeans on your first date, and then on the second date they wear it again, make sure to only include one instance in the gallery.

## Warnings / Bans:

**1.** Inserting false information into pages will result in two warnings. On the third offense, the user will be banned anywhere from 1 week to 6 months.

**2.** Spamming (including but not limited to: repeating messages over and over, making numerous pointless comments, advertising a business or website, etc) can earn you up to a permanent ban depending on how much and what you “spammed”.

**3.** Language:

* Swearing is allowed to a degree, but please keep Federal Laws #2 and #4 in mind. If you are using profanity to bully other user(s), you will be issued a warning; if it continues, you will be banned.
* Insulting users is inappropriate and one warning will be given before a ban is issued.
* Harassing or threatening another user (especially regarding one’s race, gender, nationality, religion or orientation) is inappropriate and will result in a ban.
* Inappropriate usernames are not allowed. This includes but is not limited to: names suggesting genitalia or any restricted and banned language that falls under Federal Laws #2 and #4.

**4.** Editing or deleting another user’s profile page without their permission is inappropriate and will result in a 1 to 3 week ban, depending on what was written.

**5.** Sexually explicit images, videos or comments can get you banned.

**6.** Photo-shopped images and fan art are not allowed on wiki pages. They are only allowed on your personal profile page, your blogs and the discussion forum.

**7.** If you are banned and you harass the admin(s) on other wikis regarding your ban on this wiki, your ban time will double the more you harass. Constantly harassing admins will result in them contacting the wiki staff and could lead to a permanent ban.

* For neutral ground, contact them at: *Fandom: Community Central Wiki*.

**8.** When a user "trolls" in attempt to attack or damage the reputation of another user, the "troll" will be banned from the wiki for 1 to 2 weeks. Each time the rule is broken, the ban will double in length.

* Trolls who attempt to **damage** the wiki (i.e. the deliberate removal of content from numerous pages, posting grotesque pictures etc.) or one of its members (this includes but is not restricted to personal attacks and any act of defamation, direct or indirect) will get banned indefinitely.

**10.** Do not flood the comments section or discussion forum (for example, typing one letter per line) as it makes it difficult for other users to have a conversation.

**11.** Bashing of any kind will **not** be tolerated. This includes talking bad about or name-calling Ludia, its staff, writers, producers, characters, etc. There is a difference between constructive criticism and hating just to hate.

## Commenting on the Wiki and Discussions

**1.** Fanart / fan creation. You are allowed to post others' fanart/fanfic as long as you **credit** the user who created it. If the artist has a "do not repost" tag on their creation, please respect it and do not post it.

**2.** The mental health of Fandom users at this wiki is of the utmost importance to us. As a result, any joking in regards to self-harm or the like will not be tolerated, as it's not something that should be taken lightly or used as a joke. Please refrain from using "trigger words" suggesting harm to others as well. Please don't hesitate to reach out to us if you need to talk, and if you're in the U.S. you can also to talk to a counselor 24/7 at 1-800-273-8255 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. If you are not in the U.S., crisis lines around the world are listed in the other links.

* https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_suicide\_crisis\_lines
* https://www.therapyroute.com/article/helplines-suicide-hotlines-and-crisis-lines-from-around-the-world

## References

1. ↑ https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/rules/rulemaking-regulatory-reform-proceedings/childrens-online-privacy-protection-rule
2. ↑ https://www.fandom.com/terms-of-use