Rules And Guidelines

*These are the rules of Mergeland Animal Wiki we expect you to follow them.*

## Adding articles

* Please do not add an article unless you are planing to add content. There have been several cases of articles with no content that have been deleted as of late.
* This article is one that has content with gibberish spam.
* Also do not add fan fiction or speculation on this wiki.

## Uploading

### Images

#### Images Titles

* **When uploading an image, use a name that makes sense.** Poorly named files can be mistaken as spam, so please make sure pictures are named clearly and relevantly. Here are examples of correctly-named ones:

Regattaicon.png

Craftingrace rules.png

Park.gif

**Bad Examples**

fdaskdagsymkudisd.jpg

2e7r9faous.jpg

28rtg9j8oygbkovfdsa.png

* Also, when naming images, **please don't include the number of pixels the image has on the filename**. For example, "274px-Regattaicon.jpg". In that case, "274px-" should be omitted and the filename must become "Regattaicon.jpg". If an image with that kind of filename is found, it will be renamed and a warning will be sent to its uploader. If there is no response and more files are uploaded with similar names, the images will be deleted and you will be alerted to upload a different version with a proper filename.

* When uploading images to use on a personal user page please be sure to add username to the file name.
	+ EX:-

1. Ezeekh LVL.png
2. DarkZeus2002 game.jpeg

#### Fan Art

* The Administration asks that you **do not add fan art images to normal article pages**.
* Users can add fan art to their user page or to a 'special fanart article page that was permited by an admin of the wiki' (If it exists). (This includes edited pictures, deviant art pictures and drawings, and unrelated pictures.)

#### Quality

* **Decent quality images are preferred over very low-resolution images or bad quality images** like photographs taken of the image on a computer monitor. Pictures that contain blurry images are frowned upon.

* Also if the images are screencapped or potentially copyrighted, please place the **fairuse** template within it. The template can be seen below:

*This file is copyrighted. It will be used in a way that qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.*

A good way to get a good-quality image is with the "Snipping tool" program on the computer, or similar on other systems.

## Editing

You can edit if you know what is correct. People who choose to place fake info, replace or add content with gibberish (5q9ytgkhkge987gah9thyoasod kghuf hsg8d, 4qgfjaskgu9fo9, and 4gog8osdkhg9sd8ghk97sd for example) will have their account suspended atleast for total of 2 weeks (or more). Users who choose to ignore any warnings and keep doing such actions, despite being blocked before, will be blocked for a longer amount of time until they are blocked forever. Please try to talk it out with other users in a peaceful manner on their message wall, if you *do* think that any edit that you have made is correct, but another user(s) keeps on undoing it, instead of going into an "editing war" with them. Such issues will warrent a block and the page be protected as well.

### Plagiarism

Just don't try to steal content from other areas, unless it is from ingame or a official forum. (You may creadit the source.)

### Cussing

Any sort of impolite behavior like threatening one's safety, foul words, profanity, and derogatory terms **will not be tolerated in any form** and will result in block. If you see such, undo their edit and please report to Ezeekh as soon as possible.

### Infoboxes and templates

Do not edit any template if you don't know what you are doing.

## Categorization

Please refrain from adding trivial and oddly specific categories to the pages.

Furthermore, always be sure to **read** the notes left on each category to fully understand which article qualifies for said category.

## Moving names

Do not change names to gibberish names (ex. The Keep to rwfasifgyn). This indicates that you are present within the wiki to purposely ruin articles, and will be blocked for the vandalism, immediately and forever.

## Message Walls and chatting

Please don't be rude and cuss or insult other users on the Chat or the Message Wall, or you will be blocked. On chat, please refrain from using curse words.

## Other Things You Should Know...

Lastly, the Mergeland Animal Adventure Wiki is a place for all Mergeland Animal Adventure fans to unite and share their knowledge and love for said property as much as their heart desires. Disrupting the community with arguments, name-calling, and rude behavior toward one another will not be allowed. If you disagree with what another user has to say, approach them politely and speak in intelligent conversation, as opposed to using ravenous attacks and threats. Doing the latter will result in both parties receiving a warning from an admin, and eventual suspension should hostile disputes continue. Be polite, courteous, and strive to be respectful of someone else's opinion. After all, the point is to enjoy yourself and embrace your passion for Mergeland Animal Adventure alongside fans just as passionate.

Happy editing!