Rules and Style Guide

This page details some general rules that apply to all members of this wiki (readers and editors) to follow, as well as formatting rules for users who want to make edits to the wiki. Any user who consistently disobeys these rules may receive a punishment. These rules may be changed with a 3 day notice before they are put into action. Any problems with these rules can be reported in the comments below this page, or on the forums.

Since this is a small community, the rules of this wiki are not very strict. The most important rule is to follow the purpose of the wiki: to provide a safe space for everyone to learn and share ideas. However, we still have some rules to make sure everyone can learn best:

* Users must adhere to the Fandom Community Guidelines.
* This wiki is based around belief, but all users should still respect other users' beliefs, even if they do not agree with them, or if they do not align with the core concepts of this wiki. Remember, contributions from a variety of perspectives and beliefs help us learn best, so let's accept each other's differences.

## Ancestry Posts and Identity Posts

Because the nature of this wiki's subject matter is hard to document in a clear way, we have created a system for categorising articles, with two categories called ancestry posts and identity posts.

Ancestry posts are pages whose subject matter is confirmed to have been experienced by at least 5 different users, and they have stricter rules to ensure accuracy.

Identity posts are pages that detail something that has been experienced by less than 5 different users, and are opinion-based articles describing a user's perspective, like stories about a visit to the   B I ꩜ S P ∆ C E   .

Specific rules about ancestry and identity posts are detailed below in the style guide.

## Style Guide (Formatting Rules) - for editors to follow

* At the top of all visit pages, please give a general idea of how conscious you were during the visit, if possible. For example, are you making this up on the spot? Or are you describing an elevated state where you were completely immersed in the   B I ꩜ S P ∆ C E   and numb to any physical distraction?
* Titles of ancestry posts should have regular names (example: The Scarlet Room).
* Titles of identity posts should be formatted in one of two ways:
	+ "User: Type #Number" (for example, Mouse36: Location #2)
	+ "Name (User: Type #Number)" (for example, The Scarlet Room (Mouse36: Location #2))
* Newly discovered concepts should always be posted in identity posts. When 5 or more users can confirm to have seen a specific part of the identity post, that specific concept can be posted as a new ancestry post by itself.
* Ancestry posts should be written in third person (he, she, it, them, as opposed to I, me, my).
* Ancestry posts should be relatively unbiased and describe what the community in general commonly perceives.
* Other than the title format described above, identity posts are more lenient and the user can describe things in any way they want.
* Don't edit others' identity posts, except for minor edits like fixing typos, unless you get permission from the writer.
* Editors are free to make their own choices with any other style preferences that are not listed. Consistency is not necessary (you can use contractions, and you can spell things the British or American way), as long as the page conveys the intended information, but we suggest to put effort into your pages.

Thank you for reading the rules and style guide. Happy editing!