Notice
Our Staff team retains the authority to issue warnings or enact blocks, even in scenarios where an action may not precisely mirror the explicit rules. This discretion is exercised thoughtfully, taking into consideration the broader context and potential ramifications of an action. We strongly advise all community members to exercise caution and abstain from engaging in activities that may seem questionable, even if not expressly outlined in the rules.
Rules
Follow FANDOM's Terms of Use (ToU) and FANDOM's Licensing These are the standard rules for using Fandom and apply across all wikis.
Prioritize online safety: Do not share personal identifying information (such as full name and/or location) or upload photos of yourself. If you encounter any suspicious behavior or someone asking for personal information, report it to a Moderator or Administrator immediately.
Age restrictions: Users under the age of 13 are not permitted to join the wiki. This is a Fandom policy that we are required to enforce.
Respectful conduct: Harassment, bigotry, guilt-tripping, bashing of others, and callout posts are strictly prohibited.
Language use: Do not use slurs, derogatory or insulting language towards other users. Swear words in acronyms are allowed, but not directed at other users. Please note that even non-swearing versions of swears, such as "crap," "frick," or "dang," must be used respectfully.
No mature content: Sexual or suggestive content, nudity (including male or female nipples, even if censored), violent or gory images, depictions of suicide or self-harm, and explicit discussion of real-life or fictional drug use are not allowed. This also includes discussions or links related to mature content or media containing significant amounts of mature content.
Avoid political discussions: Political discussions, including the phrases "ACAB/1312" and "blue lives matter," are not permitted on our wiki.
Respect copyright: Only repost art that is free to use or with permission, and always provide proper credit for art or bases you use. Tracing art, claiming art you did not create as your own, code-stealing, and other forms of theft are strictly prohibited.
Off-wiki actions: The Wiki Staff team reserves the right to block users who pose a danger to the wiki based on off-wiki actions. Please contact Wiki Staff to report instances of rule violations, rather than attempting to resolve them yourself.
Religious discussions: Overly religious discussions are not allowed. Any such discussions will be promptly deleted by a Staff member.
Appropriate image names: When adding an image to the Wiki, name it appropriately. Avoid generic names like "download(1)" or keyboard smashes. Instead, use the character's name or a descriptive title for the image.
Do not use copy-paste fonts: Copy-paste fonts, which consist of copied-and-pasted characters that resemble letters but are not, are inaccessible to those using screen readers. As such, they may not be used on pages or in discussions threads, including in page titles and display titles. This does not apply to fonts that are implemented via code, such as Comic Sans, Times New Roman, etc.
- Example of a copy-paste font: 𝕤𝕪𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖
No dating activities: This site is not to be used as a dating site in any form.
Behavior Policies
Administrators/Moderators will delete or edit out content that violates these policies. They will issue a warning and may block you, especially if you have past offenses.
- Be inclusive and polite towards others. We expect users to be respectful towards others at all times.
- Do not bully or post other hurtful comments. These are not tolerated under any circumstances.
- Do not ship or character bash. Please consider others' opinions and keep ship-related arguments civil. Posts such as: "This ship is stupid." "Down with this ship." "All ships except this ship are dumb," are not allowed.
- If debating, arguments are expected to be made respectfully, without degrading others' opinions.
- Do not direct any arguments towards users. You are arguing against the user's comment, not the users themselves. (For example, instead of saying "You're wrong. This ship is better because..." try saying, "I prefer this ship because...")
- Homophobia, transphobia, racism, religious intolerance, and ableism will not be tolerated, regardless of circumstance.
- Ensure that all content is suitable for all readers. Nothing inappropriate or mature is permitted on this website.
- Potentially triggering content, such as violence, should have a warning with a non-graphic description of the content (tw: violence). Especially triggering or offensive material will be deleted, and the user will receive a warning or consequence depending on the severity.
- This rule encompasses adult/minor shipping.
- Be respectful of administrators' requests and actions. Administrators ensure that the community is friendly and that the pages are informational. You are expected to follow any requests. If you disagree, you may send a polite message that explains ways for them to improve or suggests a solution.
- Give credit for work that is not your own. Reposted work (including fanart, theories, fanfiction, and other fan-made content) created by another person must clearly give credit to the original creator.
Page Guidelines
Pages that do not follow these guidelines will most likely be deleted. Warnings may be issued, and blockings may follow.
Before creating a page, ensure that the page has not already been created. Redundant pages will be deleted.
Only administrators may create disambiguation pages.
Use articles for notable content only. Do not make articles for unnamed people, locations, etc unless they are especially relevant.
Do not overuse the “Thanks” extension. It is there to show your appreciation to other users, but remember it sends an email and a notification to the user you thank, so it can get very annoying. Do not spam with the thanks extension.
Do not copy and paste information from other wikis or sites onto a page. It is crucial to write pages in your own words.
Editing guidelines
Avoid adding false information, jokes, removing relevant content, or engaging in any form of vandalism that may compromise the accuracy and reliability of the articles.
Refrain from making unhelpful or bad-faith edits. Examples of such edits include changing words to synonyms, adding and immediately removing content, adding words letter-by-letter, creating unfinished pages solely for the purpose of obtaining contributions or badges, and other inefficient or unnecessary edits.
If you believe that a change is necessary across multiple articles, please consult a content moderator or admin before proceeding. They possess more efficient methods for implementing article-wide changes, and their guidance will help maintain consistency and coherence throughout the wiki.
Instead of creating non-factual pages, such as fanfiction or fanart, consider utilizing the blog post or forum post features as more suitable platforms for sharing creative content.
When uploading a file, ensure that the name of the picture is appropriate and relevant. Specifically, if the picture relates to a book, author, or book character, please name the file using the corresponding book/author/book character's name.
Discussions guidelines
Categorize your posts appropriately. Please do not place posts that fit perfectly into another category into General. If you have questions about what should be in what category, please contact a mod or admin for help.
You may post once every half-hour (thirty minutes), but limit the amount of posts you create each day to a maximum of 3, this is to avoid flooding the feed.
Do not create posts or replies consisting entirely of meaningless/repeated phrases or gibberish; key-smashing to emote is fine in moderation.
Please do not create vent posts here on this Wiki’s discussions forum. You may do this on a friend’s message wall (WITH THEIR CONSENT), or on our Rants and Positive Notes Club.
Posts may only be made in English on our wiki, as we are not equipped to moderate discussions in other languages.
Do not necropost; after two weeks of no replies, you should create a new post to continue the discussion rather than replying.
Clubs
If you want to make a club (a post for people with the same habit/skill etc, to comment on) you must first ask an admin via MessageWall, then in the post link their confirmation (if they choose to allow your club) or put a screenshot of their confirmation in the post.
Necroposting does not apply to these.
Courtesies
Courtesies are policies that we expect our users to abide by to keep our Wiki running smoothly and reduce conflict. While these are not rules and are not things you will be formally punished for, you may be reprimanded for ignoring them. These apply everywhere on our Wiki.
Rude, and annoying phrases such as “ur-mom” are not allowed on this Wiki.
Moderator Guidelines
Moderators are expected to follow the same rules as users. In addition, they are expected to carry themselves respectably and to enforce the rules fairly.
If you believe you've seen a moderator committing an act of power abuse (using their position to threaten or bully other users, blocking or warning someone without good reason, or acting on a personal bias to get someone in trouble) please report it to another moderator, preferably an admin or bureaucrat. And or Fandom Staff.
While it is not a hard and fast set of rules, moderators should follow the general times indicated in the Block Guidelines.
After 3 months of relative inactivity in their area of Moderation (Content Moderators in editing, Thread Moderators in Discussions), Moderators will be demoted. After 3 months of inactivity in either Discussions, or Articles; or two months in both, Administrators and Bureaucrats will be demoted. (this excludes if the Mod has given warning, and we have time to promote a temp-Mod). Moderators may not simply post or edit once every month or three months.
Block guidelines
While we do not have strict block times for specific rule infractions, we do have some guidelines we follow when administering a block:
Did they violate Fandom's terms of use?
When Fandom's ToU are violated, we forward the situation to Fandom staff, but will sometimes administer a local block as well to prevent the situation from escalating.
Did this rule violation hurt, or have the potential to hurt, others?
When a user violates a rule, we consider if the rule is in place to keep the wiki organized and running smoothly, or if it's in place to protect users. A rule violation that may hurt others, such as harassment, will generally receive a longer block than a violation such as spam. (This is because spam is less harmful to users, and more just annoying—still, please don’t do it.)
Has this user been warned for this behavior before?
While we expect users to review all of our rules after receiving a warning, we do consider if an individual has been warned for a specific behavior, and will often prefer a second or third warning to a block if the first warning is very different in nature.
Was this user acting in good faith?
When issuing blocks, we consider whether or not a user was acting in good faith — that is, did they intend to break a rule or cause harm? Users with histories of good-faith interaction and editing may be given more lenient blocks, as we can more safely assume that their infraction was a mistake.
Has this user been blocked before?
A user with prior blocks may be subject to a longer block than usual, as this shows an unwillingness to abide by the rules.
Rule violations that result in an indefinite block include: use of derogatory or offensive language towards others, justification of atrocities, explicit sexual content, violent bigotry, suicide baiting or threats, and exclusively bad-faith contributions (trolling).
A First Warning is used for a first violation that does not warrant a blocking.
Additional Warnings are used when more than one violation of a user does not warrant a blocking.
Blockings of 1 to 7 Days are typically performed for minor, repeated violations or more serious first offenses.
Blockings of 1 to 4 Weeks are typically performed for more serious violations or repeated minor violations.
Blockings of 1 or More Months are typically done for major violations or continually repeated major (and sometimes minor) violations.
A weeklong block will be performed after four triggers of a major filter in two weeks.
Post Categories
Roleplay
This category is for all things roleplay, polls about which roleplay you should do, roleplays themselves, etc.
Clubs/Trends/Threads
This is a category for all Clubs, Trends, and Threads. An example of a trend post would be posting “Am I Intimidating”; this is considered a trend, especially if several other users posted the same post before you. Additionally, an example of a thread post would be our “Voice Reveal Thread”, where we are keeping all voice reveals. Threads ae one big post to keep smaller posts from clogging the forum. An example of a club post would be our “Rants and Positive Notes Club”, a place for people to discuss their troubles, and to spread positivity.
General
This category is for all book, author, or Wiki related posts that do not fit into another category.
Off-Topic
This category is for anything not book/author/Wiki related (excluding polls).
Polls
This is a category for any and all polls, unless they fit perfectly into another category.
Discussion
This category is for any post that is made to get people discussing a particular topic.
Announcements
This category is for only Moderators and Administrators to post in. It is where all Wiki Newsletters will be posted, and where all reminders and announcements from our Moderators and Administrators will go. If you see something you think needs to be addressed, please tell an Administrator or a Moderator and if they agree, they will make a public announcement and/or reminder.
Creativity
This category if for all art and writing, fanfiction or otherwise.
Questions and Answers
This category is for any questions you have about the Wiki, books, or authors.
Introductions/Goodbyes
This category is for any new users/users coming back to the Wiki, or to announce that they are newly here and tell everyone a little bit about themselves. It is also for any users that are leaving to tell everyone and say goodbye.