Rules

These are the rules for the Glass Animals wiki. Please note that in a case that does not explicitly break a rule, our staff still have the power to warn and/or block. However, the context and nuance of the situation will be taken into consideration. If you are unsure whether a certain activity would break a rule in some way, please contact an admin. A good rule of thumb to remember is that if an activity seems questionable, don't do it unless an administrator clearly states that it is okay.

## Behaviour Guidelines

* Be polite and kind to others. It is a common courtesy that we expect all of our users to abide by. You don't get anything by being rude.

* Discrimination and bigotry, such as racism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and religious intolerance are not allowed on this wiki and will be punished regardless of circumstance.

* Give credit when reposting work that is not your own. If you are reposting someone's art, for example, provide a link to where the art was originally posted and name the artist in your post. If you'd like to repost someone's fanfiction or original writing, give a link to where the writing was originally posted rather than copy-and-pasting it into a Discussions post, blog post, comment, or message.

* Add trigger warnings if your user page, wiki page, blog post, discussions post, message, or comment contains triggering content. If your content does not contain a trigger warning and contains content that may be triggering to one of our users, an administrator or moderator will edit the content and give you a warning.

* Mentions of hard drug usage and explicitly sexual content are not allowed on this wiki.

* Respect our administrators' and moderators' decisions. Administrators and moderators work to make sure the wiki is informational and discussions are friendly. It's fine to ask questions and politely suggest ways to improve, but blatantly disregarding the decisions of our staff merits a warning.

## Discussions Guidelines

* Abide by all behaviour guidelines while interacting with other users.

* Do not create more than 3 posts in a row.

* Posts that are entirely made up of spam (emojis, key-smashing, etc.) will be deleted.

* Incorrectly categorised posts will have their categories adjusted and one of our staff will reply with a reminder to categorise your posts properly.

* Please use English only in the Discussions, as we are unequipped to moderate in other languages.

* Do not necropost. After two weeks of no replies, create a new post if you'd like to continue discussing a certain topic.

## Page Guidelines

* Before creating a page, please check the list of all pages to see if a page for that topic already exists. Redundant pages will be deleted.

* Pages not related to the topic of our wiki (Glass Animals) will be deleted.

* Please do not create pages and leave them blank. Add at least 300 words of content or the page may be deleted.

* Do not create pages for fanfiction or fanart. Consider making a blog post or discussions post instead.

## Editing Guidelines

* Blanking pages, filling them with unrelated content, removing important content, and otherwise vandalising pages will be followed with a block.

* Making unhelpful edits (adding words in letter by letter, changing words to synonyms of words, adding content and then removing it, etc.) is not allowed on the wiki and will be received by a warning. A blocking may follow if one continues to do this.

* If a change appears to be necessary throughout multiple articles, please contact a content moderator or administrator before proceeding.

* It is expected that pages will be written in British English, as Glass Animals originated in England, where British English is in use.

## Staff Guidelines

* Staff must abide by all rules stated above.

* Staff must enforce all rules above fairly. For example, if a staff member's friend has broken a rule, that staff member may not give their friend different treatment.

* If a staff member is abusing their power, please report it to an administrator or bureaucrat.

* After 3 months of inactivity, a moderator or administrator will be demoted. If the moderator or administrator has given warning, a temporary moderator or administrator will be chosen. In addition, a moderator or administrator may not simply make a Discussions post or an edit once every 3 months to avoid demotion. Activity is determined by the weekly amount of posts/edits, not whether you've made a post or edit in the past 3 months.