Wiki Rules

In order to ensure a stable and peaceful community, the Genwiki has rules and guidelines put in place. By using this wiki, a user agrees to follow any and all of the following rules and guidelines. If a user has questions or concerns regarding any statement on this page, They can ask a Staff Member. Note that rules may be added or modified as staff may deem fit.

## Major Rules

Major rules are to be strictly followed at any time. Breaking any of the following will usually lead to become blocked in a first place.

### User Rules

* **No vandalism.** Vandalism means intentionally or repeatedly adding unnecessary/unrelated content to pages. Vandals hinder the wiki's development as a whole.
	+ Spamming and trolling also count as vandalism.
	+ User pages should only be edited by the user themselves and, when needed, staff members.
* **No engaging in edit warring.** Edit warring means when users repeatedly undo or overwrite each others’ edits. This can halt a page or a wiki’s growth. If a user disagrees with another regarding an edit, they should attempt to resolve the matter on one of the parties’ message wall.
* **No attacking, targeting, bullying or harassing other users for any reason.** This includes race, skin color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, mental disorder or disability. Death threats are also prohibited.
	+ Slurs such as the N-word, f\*ggot and tr\*nny are strictly prohibited.
	+ Any cross-wiki conflicts shall only be discussed on Community Central.
* **No NSFW/L material.** This includes pornography and graphic imagery. Younger people may visit the wiki, and such imagery is not condoned.
* **No minimodding.** Minimodding means when a regular user acts as a staff member. This is usually regarded as warning or arguing with others regarding their behavior.
* **No provoking users from other wikis.** If you can’t follow, you will be blocked, no warning, because *you are breaking the terms of use*.
* **No revealing personal info.** This includes a user’s account password, full name, home/work address, credit card details, social security numbers, phone number or any other sensitive data.
	+ A user revealing their own personal data is strictly prohibited as well for safety reasons.
	+ If a user finds anyone breaking a rule or guideline, they should report them to a staff member instead of taking matters in their own hands.
* **No arguing with staff members over a warning or a block.** If a user believes they were mistakenly warned or blocked, they should reason with said staff members politely.
* **No sockpuppeting**. Sockpuppeting is when a user who had been blocked on the wiki creates a new account, in order to evade their block.
	+ If a user is found sockpuppeting, the sock will be indefinitely blocked and the main account’s block will be extended.
* **All users must be 13 years or older.** Fandom does not allow underage users to create accounts, as per their Terms of Use. However, the wiki can still be used without an account.
* **Any other rules in Fandom's Terms of Use not listed here still apply.**

### Staff Rules

Staff rules are to be strictly followed by users with additional powers (i.e. sysop, content/discussions moderator and rollback). If a staff member breaks any of the following rules, their powers will be taken away and, depending on severity, they may be blocked.

* **No abusing powers.** This includes blocking users for no reason, mass-deleting pages and mass-promoting people.
* **Staff should set a good example to users.** A staff member should follow all user rules and generally represent someone to follow.

## Minor Rules

Minor rules are rules that still apply to any user, but that are not considered as important as the ones above. Most minor rules lead to a warning; however, repeatedly breaking them may result in a block.

* **No necroposting.** Necroposting means replying to a thread, blog post, discussion post or article comment more than 1 month old. If a user wants to state something, they should start a new discussion instead of replying to an old one.
* **No using languages other than English.** This wiki is an English wiki, and users are expected to only speak this language. However, a user is welcome to create a new wiki in the language they wish to speak in.

## Policies

For a full description on the wiki's policies, see Project:Policies.

## Warnings and Blocks

A warning is usually issued when a user breaks a minor rule. If a user receives two warnings and subsequently breaks another rule, the third warning is replaced by a block.

A block can last between a day and infinity, depending on severity. Below is a table that represents blockable offenses and their respective durations.

Administrators may issue blocks as they deem fit, however the table below indicates block lengths that should be usually respected.

 *3 months* | Repeated or severe vandalism, harassment, sockpuppetry, NSFW/L content, revealing of personal information, power abuse and other violations of Fandom's Terms of Use.