Wiki Rules

## **Rules**

This section is the rules for the SootMC Minecraft server and wiki. Rules that are underlined are exclusive to the server, while the rest are general rules that are to be followed on BOTH the server, as well as the wiki.

### 1. Zero Tolerance for Hate Speech

This means any form of hate, including slurs and phrases meant to target a certain person or group, including racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism, islamophobia, anti-Semitism, etc. Hate speech will result in a permanent ban.

### 2. No Self-Promo

We do not allow any form of self-promo for things outside of SootMC or are not related to SootMC (promoting your SootMC shop in the server chat is fine, as long as it's not spammed).

### 3. No Excessive Swearing

Swearing is allowed on the server, but excessive swearing may result in a temporary mute depending on severity.

### **4. No X-RAY**

X-Raying, as well as similar tactics (ie clay patch, tuff, lapis mining) will result in a warning, followed by a ban if the behavior does not stop.

### 5. No Cheats/Hacks

This includes using Minecraft hacked clients and x-ray. This goes for the wiki as well: any attempts to hack or otherwise negatively affect the wiki will result in a permanent IP-ban.

### 6. Respect The Staff

The staff do so much to keep the server a safe and happy place, and deserve some respect. Failure to do so may result in a harassment complaint.

### 7. No Drama

It's annoying. This includes making cults. Keep any drama outside the server and wiki, or just don't do it at all.

### 8. Avoid Discussing Sensitive Topics

This can include politics, religion, controversial topics, and more. Topics such as climate change, overall issues with racism, etc., is allowed up to a certain point before it escalates and gets out of control. Talking about these topics can trigger some people, so it's best to avoid them. Please respect when staff members tell you to stop discussing something in the chat.

### 9. Keep It PG

Please don't say or do anything NSFW. There are young people playing on the server, so please keep it PG! This applies to the wiki as well, any NFSW articles or images will be deleted, and you will be given a warning.

### 10. Don't Grief Builds

Griefing can result in a ban. Griefing is when a player ruins a person's build without their permission.

### 11. No PVP Bypass

This includes setting people on fire with flint and steel, a lava bucket, or any other way to hurt or kill someone while their PVP is off. This also includes teleportation traps.

### Other General Rules:

* AFK Grinding is allowed as long as it is not during peak times when the server is full. If you are caught doing this you will be kicked and banned if it is a repeated occurrence.
* Please refrain from speaking any language except English, as doing so prevents us from effectively moderating chat.
* Spamming through chat, private messages, and commands is not allowed.
* Abuse of permissions bought on store.sootmc.com may result in the removal of them.
* *If a moderator feels it is appropriate, they may enforce stricter rules in order to control a situation that is occurring. However if you believe any abuse of power has happened, please open a ModMail in the SootMC discord to report this.*

## Wiki Specific Rules

These are wiki rules that are SPECIFICALLY for the wiki. Most rules are the same as the server rules, however there are some KEY differences that you need to follow. Those key differences will be listed here, other than that, server rules still follow on the wiki. This section will be updated over time.

### **If You Are Under 13 And Are Planning To Make A Fandom Account, Please Read This:**

Fandom doesn't allow anyone under 13 to be on their platform. You are still allowed to be on the wiki as a viewer, but if you are caught with an account and you are under 13, you will be blocked. This is to prevent the SootMC wiki from getting into trouble with Fandom and its policies. Please do not join the wiki if you are under 13. If you don't have any intention to make a Fandom account and officially join the wiki, then you don't have to worry much about this rule, since you can still edit and comment without an account. However, we don't recommend doing anything on the wiki until you are at least 13 or older, even if you don't have an account. Anonymous profiles aren't fully anonymous, your ip address can still be seen by everyone.

### **DON'T GRIEF THE PAGES!**

This includes making edits that are unhelpful or annoying, like capitalizing everything or removing information unnecessarily. However, this only applies if the edits are unhelpful. If the edits are something that make the wiki look better, like glowy text or colorful text, then that's find, just don't make it hard to read.

Rules can also be found on the SootMC website here:

Rules/Commands - SootMC