Rules and Regulations

*Please note that rule punishments may vary based on the severity of the issue and past violations done by the suspected user.*

## Creating An Account

* In order to use some of the features on this wiki, you may need to create a Fandom account. If and when you create a Fandom account, it is recommended that you (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the registration form (including your date of birth and email address) and (b) maintain and update your information (including your email address) to keep it accurate, current and complete.
* As part of the process of creating an account, you will be asked to select a username and password. Fandom may refuse to grant you a username that impersonates someone else or is vulgar, disrespectful, or otherwise offensive. You should **never** disclose your password to anyone else. If you have a reason to believe that your Fandom account is no longer secure, you must immediately notify Fandom of the problem by emailing them at **community@fandom.com**. YOU ARE ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF YOUR PASSWORD AND FOR ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE CONDUCTED THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNT.

## Age To Join The Wiki

* IN ACCORDANCE TO COPPA AND FANDOM'S TERMS OF SERVICE, USERS **UNDER THE AGE OF 13 (16 in the EEA, not including the UK)** ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE EDITORS ON THE WIKI. If a user is revealed to be underage, please *calmly* report it with evidence to an administrator.

## It is not okay to...

* Insult, harass, or cyberbully other users. It is the right of any user to remove or request the removal of, any comment, blog, forum, or message wall post that is insulting or slanderous to them personally. All users, regardless of status, are required to show the utmost respect to others at all times and observe civil behavior. Slander, harassment, insults, threats, purposefully offend, or disrespect towards anyone or their opinions will **not** be tolerated at any time. Respect the staff when they ask you to stop doing something harmful or disruptive. They are *not* picking on you, you will have done something to provoke this reaction.
	+ This includes insulting or making fun of the ones who do not use proper grammar for not being fluent in English.
	+ This **also** includes the encouragement of bullying other users.
* Use profanity, even if it's censored or shortened.
	+ Minor profanity will result in a warning. Strong profanity will result in a block request without any warnings.
* Use derogatory slurs, racial slurs,​ political or religious slurs/insults.
* Bring up or share NSFW or sexually explicit content, even if it is in the form of a joke. Please be aware that this wiki is visited predominantly by a young audience.
* Spam into articles or user's page.
* Troll other users.
* Advertise for non-Balamory related websites.
* Remove warning threads from staff members.
* Report posts, comments, or messages that are clearly not breaking the rules.

## Do not...

* Advertise your wiki here if it is meant to instigate any wars, or revenge on other wikis, **especially** on this wiki.
* Impersonate or fabricate false information about other users.
* Advertise with the intent of users paying for or signing up for said content.
* Vandalize pages.
* Use bot accounts or AutoWikiBrowser to help fix the wiki's pages.
* Add portrayal credits to pages without official, viable sources, such as from personal social media accounts.
* Create multiple accounts to use on this wiki, even if they aren't causing trouble.

## Sockpuppetry

SOCKPUPPETING, OR USING ANOTHER ACCOUNT TO EVADE A BLOCK, IS **NOT** PERMITTED. IF IT BECOMES KNOWN THAT YOU ARE SOCKPUPPETING, YOUR SOCKPUPPET WILL BE BLOCKED, AND THE BLOCK ON YOUR ORIGINAL ACCOUNT WILL BE EXTENDED. YOU CANNOT CREATE ANOTHER ACCOUNT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE WHEN YOU ARE BLOCKED, WHETHER YOU ARE SORRY OR NOT.

## Privacy & Safety

For your own safety, it's recommended that you **do not** post personal information about yourself, such as your school, home address, etc.

Remember, **anything** on this website can be seen by **anyone** on the internet. So please consider this before expressing yourself to the community.