Rules of TutorialTale Wiki

Rules
This page is made so that users can understand the rules of TutorialTale wiki. Anyone can return to this page at any time, and it shall remain here for all to see.

Changing Rules
Users can make polls to change any section of these rules. They can vote with comments saying, ‘This user votes in favour/neutrality/opposition.’ Oppositions MUST provide a reason, or they will be voided. If more than two oppositions stand after 48 hours, a proposal cannot pass.

There are two ways to deal with oppositions: The staff members still have the final say on any rules, so if any rule is not appropriate, it can be vetoed by staff.
 * Modify your proposal to fit the objection
 * Debunk the objection to show that it is false

Blocks/Chat Bans
If anyone is found to be breaking the rules significantly, they will be blocked immediately, however the staff member sees fit. If anyone disapproves, they can appeal to the staff by putting a message on Undercraftfangirl‘s or NorbertTheEndDragon’s message wall. If a higher staff member disapproves, they can change the settings of the block.

If a non-staff member wants to ban anyone, they can create a poll on the chat. This poll must have 75% support and 50% support from staff. If the ban/block proposal is passed, the staff will decide how long the ban/block goes on for.

Blatant racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia, etc. will get ANYONE an INSTANT BAN for 6 months with no chance of being let off before.

If anyone tampers with a ban without permission, they will face punishment.

Promotion/Demotion
Founders Undercraftfangirl and NorbertTheEndDragon are exempt from these rules. If anyone has a good reason to demote us, tell us and we will fix our behaviour. If we do not, you may then create a demotion poll.

Promotion
If a user wants to become a staff member, they can create a poll and other users can vote on the poll using the comment formats shown above.

Rollbacks must have 50% of user support.

Moderators must have 60% of user support. All Mods will receive Rollback with their Moderator status.

Administrators must have 75% of user support and 50% of administrator support.

Bureaucrats must have 75% of user support and 67% of administrator support and 70% of bureaucrat support.

All Staff must be obeyed, including rollbacks. If anyone disobeys the staff member, they can report it to a Bureaucrat/Admin, and the Bureaucrat/Admin will decide a suitable punishment. If the Bureaucrat/Admin is present, they will punish the user on the spot.

Demotion
To demote a user, you must have 80% user support and 70% staff support. If any staff member breaks a significant rule, they will be immediately demoted, as a temporary punishment or permanently. Staff members may also be demoted for inactivity.

Article Creation
All pages must have at least a single infobox and at least one paragraph of written text, no shorter than 4 sentences. Pages that fail to meet this standard will be marked for deletion. You are allowed to put multiple info boxes on a page.

Blank pages/near blank pages will not be tolerated, they will be deleted without warning if the only information on a page is only a few sentences. Correct grammar, punctuation and sentence structure is also extremely important.

Check the Template Page for a visual summary of what a page should look like.

Media Addition
All art must be credited, even if it was created by you. Recolouring an image does not make it yours, you must credit the original creator. Minor edits to images (such as the adding of eye patches or similar) does not make it yours either.

If you, for some reason, do not know the name of the artist, clearly state that is the case and provide a link from where you obtained the piece. Repeated failure to credit artists will see you being blocked and your pages deleted.

Music and videos must also be credited. The file should be named something sensible prior to upload. If an artist specifically states that no one is allowed to use their artwork, then you are not allowed to re-post it here either, credited or otherwise.

Please note: If the author/artist requests something to be removed, even if you have given credit, it will be removed. This is true for both the wiki and AU/group projects. Their rights override yours. Side note(to the authors/artists): You must be able to provide some sort of proof that it is yours. Such as on the source material, put that you don't want it to be used.

Instant Deletion
Articles in this category will be deleted without notice. Some may even carry punishment if they are done repeatedly.
 * They consist mainly of spam.
 * They are duplicates of other articles.
 * They violate the global rules of wikia.
 * They violate the wiki’s rules in such an extreme manner.
 * They are entirely blank/ contain a single word.

Standards Deletion
Standards Deletion is to keep a high quality of articles on the wiki. If it does not meet standards, a Delete message will be placed and if the changes demanded are not made in 24h, the page can be deleted.

Here are the standards articles must meet:
 * 1 paragraph with 4 or more sentences.
 * Proper grammar

Quality Deletion
Quality Deletion is done when an article is deemed to have a low value in other purposes, or does not have a purpose fitting for the wiki (unrelated articles). A delete message is placed, and can be removed if the article is fixed. If the article is not fixed within 1 month of adding, the article is deleted.

A page with a work in progress message that have not been edited in a month should receive the 'Candidate for deletion' message as the page is assumed to be abandoned. For work in progress to be an appropriate template, the user must be actively working on the page.

Vandalism
Vandalism is one of the more serious offenses, and can be one of the quickest ways to a ban.

Some basic things defined as vandalism:
 * Removing large amounts of stuff without a given reason.
 * Changing or removing the bias of an article.
 * Doing unwarranted edits to userpages with a DontEdit message on it.
 * NOTE: Admins, Bureaucrats and Content Mods can edit userpages with DontEdits on them. Rollbacks can rollback unconstructive edits.
 * Users can edit a page with DontEdit on If the page has poor grammar or unnecessary categories.
 * Undoing a constructive edit without a good reason.

Undoing edits
Undoing edits without a good reason can quickly lead to a fight (known as an "edit war"), so it is a good idea to discuss beforehand.

Staff always get the final say as to what happens.

Repeated edit warring can get you banned.

Flaming
Flaming is another more serious violation, and can bring more severe punishments.

Flaming can be defined as:
 * Making baseless accusations against users.
 * Picking fights with users.
 * Responding with unnecessary negativity.

Forum
Flaming in threads can be dealt with in two ways. Closing and/or removing the thread, or deleting the flaming post. If things continue, the user can be banned.

Comments
Comments containing flaming against users will be removed. If a user consistently flames, they can be banned.

Spamming
This is an overview of the policy of spam. Spam isn't tolerated on the wiki.

Wiki-wide, this is the definition:
 * Saying random statements without a legitimate reason.
 * Extremely long comments that don't actually say anything (same phrase repeated over and over again/is completely blank)
 * Posting images that are unrelated to the subject.
 * Posting morbid or Gruesome images without warning are also spam.

Forum
Along with the basic spam rules, remember to follow the rules of the board, and stay on topic to the thread.

Wall
Users can set up some basic guidelines on their walls. If these guidelines are broken repeatedly, action can be taken.

Categories
Categories that are added without providing a benefit in organization of articles is spam. It is to be avoided, along with stuff like:
 * Pointless Categories
 * Duplicate categories (two or more for the same thing)
 * Single-Article categories

Comments
Commenting is more lenient, but the rules still apply. Also, one who is commenting must post something related to the article, or if not replying to something else. If someone is replying, they must use the reply button.

Other Languages
We are the English Wiki, so English is the default language here. Posting in other languages is usually spam, unless there is a good reason.
 * A translation is provided.
 * You're speaking with someone who knows the language.
 * It is a place name (English still has to be defaulted).