Kiku Apps Wiki/Policy

*Revised November 2, 2022. Original released on January 8, 2022.*

Below are the official rules and guidelines to follow when editing this wiki. The administrators of this wiki should read these rules and adapt them as necessary. Failure to do so will result with a message from the admins, or blocking.

1. **Treat others with respect**: 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. Do not harass other users. If somebody asks you to stop spamming, respect their wishes.
2. **Make sure to do contributions to this wiki**: Contribute to the wiki in line with the established processes and conventions. You may ask an administrator if you need help in editing. Disrupting the wiki with “edit warring” over differing opinions of a topic with another user or group of users is not productive. You may make more pages, but they must contain sufficient information for reference.
3. **Swearing is not allowed**: Unless it is for the context of the topic (which rarely happens, but still occurs rarely), swearing is not allowed for use in articles and other pages.
4. **Vandalism and construction of unrelated pages is strictly prohibited**: Fake or fan made edits to an article will result in blocking from the admins, depending on the severity. Pages unrelated to the topic of the wiki are also not allowed. As a preventive measure against unwanted pages, the administrators have control on who is allowed to edit the pages.
5. **As much as possible, verify the sources of information**: Add references linking to external websites to validate your claims. It is better to save obscure sources to web.archive.org in order to preserve them after deletion. Fanon is not allowed in this wiki.
6. **Write in legible English**: It is encouraged to use the English language to edit and create articles. If English is not your main language, then the admins may help you in correcting them. Do not intentionally edit with wrong spelling or grammar. For those fluent in English, if you spot any grammatical errors, feel free to correct those pages by editing. Do not write in all-caps, the second person, or information outside infoboxes that they should be in.
7. **Use original images and information as much as possible**: If you have taken a screenshot from a YouTube video, for example, please credit and add a link to the channel. As much as possible, information must not be directly copied word-for-word from other sources, especially the Pou and Frojo Apps wikis. Those two wikis came before the unification of the virtual pet wikis. Information can be directly copied from the Tapps Games and Kiku Apps wikis, as the founder of this wiki also created those two.
8. **Concerning unknown data**: Some information may have been lost in time or haven't been given at all. Use the templates {{UnofficialName}} or {{UnofficialInformation}} for pages with unknown content.
9. **Linking to game websites**: As much as possible, only official download or reference sources can be linked (eg. Google Play, App Store, Microsoft Store, AppAdvice). If the game can only be found in an APK website, do not link there, as they may contain viruses. Instead, add a reference, for example "com.package.name on APKWebsite".
10. **Writing guide**: Games, series, movies, and other media titles should be *italicized*. Song titles should be in "quotation marks". Characters, minigames, items, and groups should have their names written without any marks.
11. **Image rules**: Please upload images in the highest quality possible. Fanmade reconstructions are allowed only if they are specified as so in their description. Only major character designs and logos go in their main pages, the rest belong to their respective galleries. In pages about playable characters, they must bear their default appearance.
12. **Make use of the templates at the top of the pages**: Mark unfinished pages or sections with {{UnderConstruction}}.
13. **Expect blocking as a result of disobeying the rules**: It is strictly forbidden to make an alt account (sockpuppeting) in order to bypass blocking.