Rules & Guidelines

Here on Univeria, we have rules to ensure the Wiki is orderly, safe, and welcoming to anyone who joins. Be sure to read the rules carefully and thoroughly!

## Rules

### Behaviour towards other users.

* Observe civil behavior; do not argue, insult, threaten, harass, purposefully offend, or disrespect users or their opinions.

* Do not talk about really sensitive topics, such as harming of others or yourself, or other triggers. You can discuss it privately with a trusted adult or friend.

* Do not excessively advertise or promote other wikis. It's considered a type of spam and can disrupt others.

* Respect members of staff and do as they say. If you have concerns about power abuse, please contact Ink or Kendra about the matter.

* Do not delete official warnings or notices from the staff. Doing so is a punishable offense, and you will receive another warning while the deleted warning will be revived.

* In order to host an art contest, you must provide valid vouches (around 5 or higher) to show you're eligible to host an art contest. If you're apart of the Animal Jam Play Wild Item Worth Wiki, your vouches will count. However, if you're not from the AJPWIWW, your requirements will be different. Those not from the AJPWIWW will need a requirement of 1.5k posts total on Univeria in order to be eligible for hosting a contest. If you are from the AJPWIWW and unable to collect vouches, the requirements will be the same here, having a total of 1.5k posts. Prizes can vary but we will ***NOT*** allow money transactions for the safety of others here since some may have their irl name or feel uncomfortable with sharing information as such. If your proofs are denied ( deemed as suspicious or insufficient ) then you may not host a contest. If someone posts a contest without the approval of the staff team, the post will be removed and the user will receive a notice. If a user has been notified in the past for this reason and continues to make art-con posts without approval, they will receive a warning each time they do so.

* Please **do not** badgefarm or make unnecessary edits, such as adding information not deemed necessary or too little that does not contribute much to the pages.

* Necroposting is not allowed. This means to reply to a post, thread or comment that is **2 or more months old.** This is to avoid spam and unnecessary notifications. **This also includes upvoting.**

* For Discussion Posts, these are the allowed options for tagging/@ting others.

*You may only:*

* Mention people if they have replied to your post, and want to reply back etc.
* Tag a maximum of 5 people in a serious post.
* Tag someone if they won a prize or if you finished art or a commission for them.

*You may not:*

* Tag in appreciation posts or anything requiring mass pings.
* Massively tagging can offend others when they aren’t tagged or dislike being tagged.
* Tag staff members (only if they don't like being tagged) unless it is to block or warn a user.

## **Content Guidelines**

### Art Guidelines

In regards to potentially triggering or gore art, here is a list of what *is* and what *is not* allowed to be posted. You **must** include a specified trigger warning/content warning and plenty of spacing upon posting as not everyone cannot handle certain topics shown.

*You may post*

* Blood
* Light gore
* Weapons
* Light violence
* Smoking & drinking
* Candy gore

*You may not post*

* Heavy gore
* Self-injury or suicide
* Disembowelment
* Dismemberment
* Decapitation
* Mutilation
* Bones jutting through flesh
* Murder or graphic depictions of violence
* Cannibalism
* Nazi paraphernalia

### Vent Guidelines

Venting and ranting are allowed here, but certain topics are **off-limits**. Vents that discuss any of the following will be deleted, and you will receive a **warning** for posting it. Think before you post please, we do not wish for anyone to be triggered by your vents or topics discussed.

* Self-injury
* Suicide
* Eating disorders
* Sexual assault
* Abuse
* Gun violence/shootings

You are not alone, please reach out to a trusted adult or friend if you are suffering. If you need mental help or are feeling hopeless, there are hotlines available to call.

* National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255
* National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673
* National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233

## **Vandalism**

**What is vandalizing?** - Vandalizing is when you deliberately ruin a page. This is unacceptable.

### Examples of vandalism

* Editing an OC page that does not belong to you, adding information that is not true. If you were not given permission to edit the page, do not edit it.
* Adding inappropriate images or content to pages. **Punishment:** Anyone who does this will receive an **Infinite IP block.** Remember, young unregistered users view this wiki too.
* Spamming or flooding the wiki. This includes making unnecessarily spacious comments, adding spam text to pages, creating pages just for the sake of it/making unnecessary pages. **Punishment:** Anyone who does this will receive a warning.

### What is not vandalizing?

* Editing a page that belongs to you.
* Fixing small typos or errors **[Please ask the creator of the page to edit it or politely tell them of the error]**
* Editing a page that belongs to you or a shared OC world and/or character. Make sure you edit the correct page.

## **COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act)**

* In accordance to COPPA, users under the age of 13 are not allowed to be editors on the wiki under any circumstances. You can report to a staff member if a user admits to being under-aged, but **YOU MAY NOT ask other users for their age/create age polls asking other users for their age**, as doing so is strictly against's Fandom's TOU/S, doing so will result in an immediate warning, and if done multiple times, a block.

### Swearing

* Do not swear, even if it’s an abbreviated swear, this includes saying words like “shart”, "sexy", "kinky", and using emotes to refer to curses, as well as doing th\*s, and [this]. **The following are the only allowed swears: “hell”, "fuck", "shit", “heck”, “crap”, “piss”, “damn”, “dang”, "frick", “lmao”, “lmfao”, “goofy ahh”, “ass”, “badass”, “deadass”, “omfg”, “jfc”, “asf“, “af”, “wtf”, “wth”, “idfk”, “idfc”, and “idgaf”.**
* Keep in mind that using any of these swears **towards another user** is not allowed, and will result in a **warning** for rude behavior.
* Posting images with swear words in them will result in a **notice** for your first offense, if you continue to do so it will be a **warning**.
* Attempting to bypass the swearing rule in **any** way is not allowed, and you will be warned.
* Inappropriate topics are not tolerated on our wiki either, whether it be a joke or not. **This is because unregistered users, who could be very young, are able to access all the content on the wiki. It also makes the wiki look unprofessional. Swearing/inappropriate behaviour will result in a warning, and if done multiple times afterwards a block.**
* **Any abuse of these swears will result in privileges being taken away. It ruins it for everyone.**

### Art Theft

Art theft is not tolerated on our wiki at any instance. Users work hard on their work, if a user is caught stealing other's art/denying using a reference when it is clear, they will be immediately blocked. **This also goes for coding theft, you will be immediately warned to remove it from your profile.**

### Coding

The following coding types:

1. Floating images

2. Floating boxes

3. Floating text

4. Pop-ups/expandables that make the page blurred/un-viewable

Are prohibited on our wiki as it breaks Fandom's Customization Policy + Terms of Use. **If you have to be warned for this multiple times, you will receive a block.**

### **Topics That Our Staff Ask Not To Be Spoken About:**

**Homophobia/LGBTQ+ Polls/Posts**: We ask that users do not post polls/posts about condoning homophobia or being LGBTQ+ as our wiki does not support homophobic behaviour but we do not allow harassment to any user, these topics start drama. You can still introduce yourself with your sexual orientation, but we ask for posts that include "-- was homophobic.", "Do you support LGBTQ+", "Homophobic or Homo", and so on, due to the amount of drama that has happened regarding these topics. We understand if you cannot support LGBTQ+ due to your circumstances, but we do not allow others to put down others due to the reason. You can speak about your sexuality/ask about others, but do not purposely comment bringing users down.

**Ableist/Self-Diagnosing:** These topics will not be permitted, as it is disrespectful in many's eyes, and brings up arguments.

**Religion:** Religious topics start controversies, everyone does not follow one religion, please respect that.

**Politics:** Everyone has different beliefs in people and government.

**Failure to follow these rules will result in a warning, or blockage.**

## **FAQ**

### What are blocks, warnings, and notices?

**Blocks** are the method by which administrators and bureaucrats technically prevent users from editing this wiki. Blocks may be applied to user accounts for either a definite or an indefinite time. Blocked users can continue to access this wiki, but cannot edit any page.

**Warnings** are requests from our staff for you to stop whichever rule you are breaking. If you receive 3 different warnings you will be blocked.

**Notices** are reminders from our staff that let you know that you have broken a rule. If you receive two notices for breaking the same rule, you will receive a warning, and if you receive three notices for breaking three different rules, you will receive a warning.

### What is sockpuppeting?

**Sockpuppeting** is when you make multiple accounts to get around a block. This is against the rules, and you may be blocked longer depending on the offense placed on your main account.