Guidelines and Rules of Conduct

## Fandom Wiki Community Goals

At this time, all pages are being limited to administrators only. Eventually, I will welcome all to edit once the pages have been filled up generally. However, once it is open, **PLEASE PROVIDE AS MANY SOURCES AS POSSIBLE FOR INFORMATION THAT'S NOT SO OBVIOUS**, **FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES AND RULES OF CONDUCT BELOW**, and **FOLLOW THE PAGE FORMAT**. If you don't know how to add to a page, remember that there is no such thing as a dumb question. Ask away, anywhere here. You may not receive a response right away, but if you are heavily concerned about formatting or contributing to a page, wait off on adding until you receive a helpful response.

If information is posted without a source, an admin or someone else may question where the information comes from eventually. If an editor posts something, and can't provide a source within a week after being questioned, the information may be revised by an admin so that people understand the information is unofficial speculation or it may be removed completely by an admin.

If the format isn't followed correctly, the page may be limited to administrators only until it can be fixed.

## Information Use

If you take any information from this wiki or fandom page, and bring it to any other website, fandom page, and/or wiki, please give the fandom page credit. Many of the people adding to the page work hard to put it here. Please and thank you. If information from these pages are taken and copied verbatim, you will be notified and asked to cite the fandom page as the source.

If admins post anything, all of us admins will most certainly try to credit the website we got it from somewhere on here, as providing sources for everything is the goal of this fandom/wiki. Admins expect everyone else to try and do the same. The only exceptions are if the information is from a buying website, like Ebay or Amazon, or directly from Bratz's general merchandise.

If you feel that your work was taken and posted here without credit, you can cite yourself on the fandom page or you can contact an administrator to make sure it is removed (otherwise you risk it being posted again and you risk receiving unfair consequences). It is difficult to remember to cite everyone, but that is the goal.

When it comes to posting leaks, please be mindful that the information isn't official. All leaks should be posted as "unofficial prototypes" until the official release of an item. If in doubt, wait until the official product is released.

## Formatting and Other Guidelines

Each page has a format that **MUST BE FOLLOWED**. To learn more about formatting on this fandom/wiki, please click "How To Follow The Format". Under each section on the Format page, there will also be specific **guidelines that must be followed on each page.**

Thank you for your cooperation in this regard.

## Dealing with Editing Errors and Low-Quality Uploads

Once all pages are open for editing, there may be times when there are errors or imperfections, such as words that are misspelled, sentences that aren't structured correctly, photos that are blurry, pages that are incomplete, "coming soon" parenthesis, etc. There is no limit as to who can contribute and how much, regardless of education, age, access, or ability, so there are many reasons why information may not look perfect initially. This doesn't mean the information someone is trying to provide isn't valuable. Those visiting the fandom should avoid unnecessarily pointing out obvious errors while they leave comments and should instead attempt to fix them. Review the Format pages above and add to the wiki/fandom instead of giving unwanted and deconstructive criticism. The "Edit" button will be available to everyone soon.

If a user leaves comments like this, they will be referred to this page so that they understand the proper decorum around here. Consistently violating or disrespecting this guideline will mean you are now violating the #Rules of Conduct, and that will have consequences.

## Jobs

If anyone is interested in being administrators, bureaucrats, thread moderators, content-moderators, rollbacks, and/or map testers, users must meet three requirements:

1. Be an active user for at least 30 days. This means contributing to pages mostly. It's a bonus if a user offers help, advice, or assistance to newcomers trying to add to the Wiki.
2. Follow the rules and guidelines at least all 30 of those active days. This means the user must not receive one warning within the month.
3. Pass the Guidelines and Rules test, which will be posted on the user's personal wall by one of the already active admins. This test will be distributed once a user contacts an active admin for one of the jobs. No one's test will be the same. It may only be one question or it could be up to ten questions. It's just to see if the user has reviewed the standards set on the fandom wiki and is familiar with every responsibility they will have.

Once users meet the first two standards, they can reach an admin through their Admin Wall, found by clicking the admin's user name, or through Discuss, to inquire about a job. A test will then be given to the user, which could be at any time an admin is available to give it. Once the user has completed their test, they can reach out to one of the admins again to let them know it is complete. Users can see if they have passed the test and have more rights by going to the Special:Community page, which could be updated even if the user doesn't receive a direct response from an admin. On the right, a list of important users will be there.

If it has been a week after the 30-day mark since the user has asked about a job, the user can feel free to leave another message with an admin. If it has been a week since the test was completed, and the Community still doesn't reflect the user's new status, the user can feel free to leave another message with an admin in this case as well.

## Rules of Conduct

**Do not bully or harass anyone on this fandom page**

Intentionally throwing insults at a user or groups of people, threatening another user or groups of people, stalking users across this platform (and other platforms), and rallying a group of people to attack a user's character constitutes as bullying and harassment.

Avoid using "slurs" while expressing yourself. A "slur" is an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo. If someone tells you that something you said sounded like an offensive slur, and you weren't aware of it, apologize and change/edit your approach. You will not receive a warning if you clearly state you had no knowledge it was a slur. However, you're expected to refrain from using the same exact offensive language after being told this *ONCE*. If you continue using the same offensive language, more than once, it will be taken as an "insult" and you will receive consequences.

Expressing a different ideological or political point of view, whether progressive or conservative, is *NOT* a slur, does not constitute as bullying, nor harassment. If you do hold a particular counter-cultural point of view, carefully express why you feel the way you do, opening dialogue. However, be ready for a civil debate. On the other hand, if you attempt to directly insult or damage the reputation of one person or groups of people, your speech will be considered a "slur", bullying, and harassment. For example, outright using the wrong pronouns towards Trans people will be considered a "slur", bullying, and harassment.

Expressing how a statement sounds bad or harmful to others is *NOT*  a "slur" or an insult. Adding insulting language, like calling someone an "uneducated piece of garbage" is an insult and will be considered a "slur", bullying, and harassment.

If someone uses bigoted *slurs* and insults outright or intentionally, refer them to the "Guidelines and Rules of Conduct" immediately, like any admin would, or directly contact fandom/wiki authority members (administrators, bureaucrats, thread moderators, content-moderators, rollbacks, and map testers).

*Note:* Keep in mind that a debate is not the same as an insult, bullying, or harassment. Speak to other users calmly about their talking points without attacking users' character. If someone said something that infuriates you, take a deep breath, step away from the device for a moment, and then think about how you want to respond.

Try not to disrespect anyone. Speak to others like you would want to be spoken to.

**Do not remove any information from this fandom wiki before consulting or speaking with the community**

"Vandalizing" occurs when you wipe pages and/or information clean to add your own content. Refrain from removing content; focus on adding context to the content. If you disagree with the content being posted, please speak with the community through the comments' section, talk pages, personal Walls, or the Discuss page. If you have reached out to the community about the content being posted, and no one has responded within a month, contact an administrator directly before removing the information. If an administrator isn't able to respond back, leave it alone until the administrator has time to review everything from all sides fairly. Only admin may remove or give permission to remove information.

If you see that a page has been vandalized, contact an administrator, bureaucrat, thread moderator, content-moderator, rollback, and/or map tester immediately.

**(For Administrators, bureaucrats, thread moderators, content-moderators, rollbacks, and map testers only) Do not threaten, bully, harass, or throw accusations at any users visiting the fandom/wiki**

As those who have power on this fandom/wiki, our conduct should be held to an even higher standard. To clarify:

1. **What's considered a threat here?** Any "warnings" issued WITHOUT following the steps of "Consequences", outlined below, will be considered a "threat". For example, "warning" a user about them possibly being banned before referring them to the Guidelines and Rules page can be considered a "threat". Any statement of inflicting injury, pain, or physical violence towards a person is also considered a "threat". *Note:* Any "warnings" that FOLLOW  the steps of "Consequences" outlined in this "Guidelines and Rules of Conduct" section are NOT considered threats.
2. **What's considered bullying here?** Throwing insults at users constantly, speaking maliciously with other admin, moderators, and/or other authority about users without their knowledge or consent, rallying people together to target a user, and stalking users around inside and outside of this fandom page with the intention to attack them constitutes as bullying. The same rules of conduct that applies to all users also applies to those holding authority.
3. **What's considered harassment here?** Much like with bullying, stalking a user to the point you begin making a user feel uncomfortable is considered harassment here. It is perfectly okay to watch what's happening on each page. It's not okay to target one user visiting the fandom/wiki while doing so.
4. **What's considered an accusation here?** Accusations are when you accuse users of violating the "Guidelines and Rules of Conduct" without reviewing the situation thoroughly. Those who receive any consequences should fully understand why they are receiving those consequences and why it protects other users in the community.

If any of those in authority abuse their power, users are allowed to contact the head admin immediately.

**Current list of authorized members:**

* 1. Soratothamax (head admin)
* 2. Soragirl7 (admin)

### Consequences For Breaking Rules of Conduct

If the rules of conduct are not considered, the following actions will occur:

1. A verbal warning will occur first and your content will be removed. The verbal warning will simply refer you, the user, to the "GUIDELINES AND RULES", without much explanation. This means that you have violated a guideline or rule and are expected to read these guidelines and rules thoroughly before proceeding with any contributions in the future. This warning could come from anyone who has authority within the community, such as admins, bureaucrats, thread moderators, content-moderators, rollbacks, and map testers. If a user without authority gives you the warning, an admin won't consider that your first warning; however, I would take it as seriously as a warning before proceeding in the future, even if you don't receive any other consequences, and review these guidelines and rules again. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the guidelines and rules, speak with an admin about it, and await their response, before contributing any further. If you are an admin receiving questions about the rules and regulations after calling out a violation, you can outline what guideline or rule they violated and why the rule is important. However, only offer it when asked for the first-time offense. All violations of the rules will not be treated the same. If you violate one rule, and then violate another, they will be treated as different cases, where each will be given a simple verbal warning.
2. If the actions continue, and you violate the same rules twice, you will be contacted directly by an administrator, this time with the guideline(s) or rule(s) specifically violated, whether you asked for it or not. If you, the user, respond to the contact you received from an admin, keep in mind that everyone is busy. You may not get a response back right away. However, once you receive the first contact directly from an administrator, it is time to stop doing what you were doing regardless, whether you feel you were right or wrong, until an administrator is able to review your response and get back to you with otherwise.
3. If the actions persist, you will be temporarily banned for two weeks. An admin will notify you right before they ban you, stating "The Community has to decided to issue a two-week ban", outlining the rules and guidelines violated, and you will be given a week to to fight your case and present evidence to the contrary. If you do not respond within the week, the ban will move forward.
4. If the actions continue to linger, you will be permanently banned. An admin will not notify you at this point.

Thank you all for reading and assisting in keeping the community safe and easy.