Rules

**Everything and everyone needs rules, boundaries, whatever it may be, it will be there.**

Here at the Yoku's Island Express Wiki, we want to have a safe and enjoyable environment for everyone, with everyone. That's why we have a designated set of rules.

If broken, Moderators may take any action they feel is needed. Consequences may extend beyond a simple warning or ban, e.g. IP Banned if necessary.

To find the list of Administrators/Moderators, click here.

## Fandom's base Guidelines

Fandom has its own Community Guidelines for everyone, these are not designated rules specifically for this server but most of the time, should be followed.

**If you feel anxious about clicking on links within this page, the base guidelines will be pasted below.**

### Be good to each other

* Wikis are all about working together, and that takes care, tolerance, and understanding. As a wise man once said, "Be excellent to each other". So treat people well, and talk to each other, and you will have a better chance of building a great community together.

### Look out for each other

* It goes without saying that harassment, threats, bullying and intimidation are not okay. But try to go further, and speak up for others if you see them being attacked - not by attacking back, but by trying to calm the situation and help people get along.

### Look after yourself

* The Internet is a wonderful place but it's not the same as the offline world. You can never be sure who you are talking to online, or that they will always be friendly. So always protect yourself by keeping private stuff private.

* Your real name, address, school name, photos of yourself or your friends and family - all of these are things you should think twice about sharing. Remember, once it's out online, it's out and you can't get it back. Just ask Beyonce!

### Respect people's privacy

* It's especially important not to try and get personal or account info from people under 18, but it's often unnecessary and even rude to bother anyone for information about their offline life.

### Build, build, build!

* Communities work best when they have lots of interesting stuff to bring in new readers and convert them to new editors. So the more good content you can add, the better chance the wiki has of becoming successful.

* Remember that the content is what brings the community to the wiki; it is what you have in common, so focusing on that will help bind the community together

### Attribute fairly

* Fandom believes in the open source movement. Creating content that can be shared and enjoyed by others is a big part of what we do. But, that doesn't mean we should ignore other's rights. Whether you use text, or images under license, with the author's permission, or under "fair use" guidelines, it's always polite to give the proper attribution.

### Keep your account secure

* You are responsible for keeping your account secure. Let us know straight away if you think someone has accessed your account. If your brother gets onto your computer and vandalizes wikis, it's the account (so, you) that will be held responsible. That could lead to your account being disabled.

### Don't do anything illegal on Fandom, or encourage other people to

* That includes linking to illegal content (including links to copyrighted movie or TV shows) or creating a wiki that gives instructions on how to do something illegal.

### Don't post hate speech

* We don't allow homophobic language, ethnic slurs or religious hate. That means no language or content that encourages hatred or violence, or that disparages others on the basis of their race, gender, sexuality, religion, country of origin and so on.

* The context of language can matter - what's OK in rap lyrics might not be OK on an image caption. But even casual "I didn't mean it offensively" language can be offensive, so don't do it. And remember, an image of a burning cross might be OK illustrating a history wiki article, but not as your wiki's background image.

### Don't post porn, shock images, or explicit descriptions of sex

* On most wikis, this includes nudity (including bare breasts and butts). Artistic nudity may be allowed - for example a classical painting, or a small amount of nudity from a game screenshot. Medical or educational wikis may also have some nudity. But that nudity should not be the focus of the wiki, nor should it be excessively explicit.

* If you aren't sure if an image is acceptable or not, there are two questions: Is the nudity in an appropriate context? For example, an image of breasts on the Breast Cancer Wiki would be in an appropriate context, the same image on a wiki about iCarly would not. And, is the image intended to be sexual, or to arouse? Or to put it in simpler terms, is it just fap fodder?

* For text, content that just mentions characters have sex is likely to be OK. But content that describes exactly *how* they have sex, is not. Content that describes violent or non-consensual sex is expressly prohibited.

* In the other direction, wikis about young people’s topics (like cartoons directed at young kids) are likely to get *less* tolerance for nudity and similar content. This includes Harry Potter porn.

### Don't pretend to be other people

* Don't try to fool people into believing you are someone else. That means don't impersonate other users, or anyone else - including famous people. Of course, some wikis are all about role-playing or parodies, but those aren't meant to mislead people. You can role-play as Batman, but don't convince people you are Batman (what do you mean he's not real?)

### Don't spam

* It's not okay to use Fandom to advertise other sites or services. A link to another site might be useful information on a page, but not if it's purpose is to advertise that site. Even worse is if you are adding the link repeatedly, or in places where it's totally off-topic

* "Spam" can also mean repeatedly pasting the same thing on wikis or in chat, even if it's not an advert. Don't do that either.

## Fandom's Wiki Suggested Rules

When creating a Wiki, Fandom will suggest a few auto-generated rules, they are listed here.

1. **Keep it civil**: Do not make personal attacks on other people. If you need to criticize another user’s argument, do so without attacking them as a person. Do not use bigoted language, including slurs which degrade another person or group of people based on gender, race, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, etc.
2. **Be a productive member of the wiki**: Contribute to the wiki in line with the established processes and conventions. Need help? Ask an administrator! Disrupting the wiki with “edit warring” over differing opinions of a topic with another user or group of users is not productive.
3. **Do not engage in excessive self-promotion**: The wiki is a collaborative community resource for the topic at hand. It is NOT a free place to advertise your related website, YouTube channel, blog, social media account, etc. Have a question about whether your link would be welcome? Ask an administrator!
4. **Do not harass other users**: If somebody asks you to stop posting certain content on their wall, respect their wishes. It is their wall.
5. **Do follow community guidelines for formatting**: When a community has established formatting, it’s important to adhere to that, especially when spoiler content is involved. **These rules should mainly be followed the same as Common sense, below.**

## Common Sense

Like everything, common sense is the way to go, these should not be done, any action necessary will be taken.

**This includes but is not limited to;**

* **Creating random pages with no meaning.**
	+ **This includes possibly useless edits. This may mean you will not receive any punishment as long as its not massive and would disturb others.**

* **Spamming and/or trolling.**
	+ **This will include DM's, such as Discord.**

* **Abusive behavior.**
	+ **This includes; photos of psychical abuse, illegal activity, in-real-life abusive activity, etc. This can include assault.**

* **Harassing other users.**
	+ **This also includes DM's, the same as "Spamming and/or trolling." in Common Sense.**

* **Editing a page in the spirit of annoying a user or general trolling.**

* **Try to not reply to comments that are over 7 days old with no other replies that are under 7 days old.**
	+ **This will not get you any warnings etc but it is frowned upon in the fandom community, therefore it should not be done often.**

## Base rules

* **No self promoting.**
	+ **This includes DM's, such as Discord.**

* **No unrelated topics to Yoku's Island Express unless needed in the scenario.**

* **No Discord links unless needed or related to Yoku's Island Express, although this goes under the "No self promoting." rule in Base Rules.**
	+ **This includes other links for the user's safety.**
		- **If the user has asked for the link to anything then it's allowed, otherwise, it's self promotion.**
			* **Using other people to promote your server or post links for you may get you banned if found with evidence.**

## Heavy Rules

* **No leaking another user's information, social life, real life, location, etc on Fandom.**

* **No racism, sexism, etc.**

* **No being 'homophobic'.**

* **Do not post any pornographic images, even if related to Yoku's Island Express.**

* **Do not mock or make fun of people for having certain disabilities or faults, it is not your business.**

## I think a (x) should be (x), what should I do? (QnA)

### I think a rule should be added/changed, what should I do?

If you think a rule should be added or changed to certain requirements, go ahead and edit the page and put it in the specific category necessary, if the category doesn't exist, create it. It's all up to you to keep the community clean!

#### I think this rule is unnecessary or could be lessened down fairly, what should I do?

If you think this, go straight ahead and edit the page, fully deleting the rule should not be done without consent or fair use.

##### This rule is a duplicate, should I get rid of it?

Yes, duplicate rules should not belong here as it could be a waste of space. If the duplicate rule has slightly different requirements, add it to the original.

## I saw somebody break a rule! What should I do?

If you saw somebody break a rule, please report it to a moderator and they will take any action they deem necessary. False reports are frowned upon.

## I've found an unneeded page, what should I do?

Report it to the moderators for them to remove it and take any action they deem necessary.

## Are rules subject to change?

Yes, all rules are subject to change in the future, at any moment.