General rules
Point I.
The rules are absolute for all participants, the entire administration and apply to all sections of the site. Ignorance of prescribed norms of behavior does not exempt from responsibility.
Point II.
The goal of the wiki is to give space for various international authors to translate and create unique articles.
Point III.
The minimum age differs depending on the individual branch. Users under the required age may still read articles on the site. Additionally, any users who show extreme immaturity and behavior indistinguishable from users under the required age may also be subject to disciplinary action at staff discretion.
Behavior of participants and staff
Point I.
Treat all members of the community with respect. It's fine to disagree with members of the wiki as long you are civil about it (the exception to this is in cases where your "opinion" falls under discrimination or bigotry).
Point II.
Harassment is not allowed on the wiki under any circumstances. If you feel that a user is harassing you, please contact a staff member.
Point III.
Trolling is defined as any malicious action taken in an attempt to get a reaction out of people. Trolling and behavior indistinguishable from trolling will result in disciplinary action..
Point IV.
Any voting of an article for reasons other than the content of the article is not allowed. Additionally, any brigading, or attempting to get a large amount of people to downvote an article is not allowed. Note: Upvoting your own articles is not considered to be malicious voting, and is completely fine.
Point V.
NSFW content is not permitted on any part of this site. This includes any sort of adult content. Real-world media depicting crime scenes, human corpses, or any form of extreme graphic harm are not allowed. This includes uploading, linking, remixing, or otherwise using them on the site under any circumstances. The use of this media is generally distasteful, and there are almost always other options that can be found. This restriction protects the community from having to see such images and ensures no real individuals are exploited for fictional content. If you are unsure if you can or should use an image, then please ask a member of staff.
Content posting
Point I.
All articles posted to the site must go through the greenlight process. Any ungreenlit articles will be deleted by staff, and the offending user will receive a warning.
Point II.
Any attempt to pass off the work or ideas of others as your own will be met with disciplinary action. It's fine to take inspiration from somewhere, but direct copying is not allowed.
Point III.
All images, text, and other multimedia on the site must comply the CC BY-SA 3.0, which means that any copyrighted, or unsourced content cannot be used. AI-generated images, text, and other multimedia cannot be used as well.
Point IV.
You are allowed to make very minor changes to articles on the wiki, such as fixing dead links or typos, but any other editing of other people's pages without the original author or the staff team's permission is not allowed.
Disciplinary Action:
Breaking any of the rules of the site will result in one of the following as decided by staff on a case-by-case basis. Which action is taken will be based on which rules were broken and the user's past behavior.
Warning
A warning is exactly what it sounds like. This consists of a staff member warning the user about what rule they have broken, either in a discussion/forum post or by Wikidot PM. This is almost always the first course of action in cases where the user doesn't have any clear malicious intent.
Revocation
A revocation is when a user's membership is removed. This acts as a stronger warning, and the offending user can re-apply at any time. This is usually used in milder cases where users were warned by staff, and either didn't listen, or didn't see the original warning.
Ban
Bans can range from 1 day to forever. These are used as a final measure in cases of either extreme rule breaks or a pattern of clearly malicious or bigoted behavior.
List of actions, that will never lead to a punishment:
- Posting an articles that nobody liked
- Vote for any article based solely on your own opinion about its quality and merits
- Respectful disagreement with the decisions of users or the administration
List of actions, that will lead to a permaban:
- Vandalism
- Blatant and obvious trolling
- Sockpuppetry
- Bullying of site members