Rules and Guidelines

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Discussions are a place for members of the community to chat, interact, and debate upon topics of the wiki. In order to maintain peace in social conduct among our members, the staff has implemented certain rules to ensure efficiency and tolerance in the conversation. The general rules of the wiki and the Terms of Use also apply in Discussions. The warning-blocking process is in effect for users who do not follow these rules.

For users that encounter any violations in the rules, report these issues to the wiki staff and do not engage the violation directly. Reporting can either be via message wall or through the community Discord. Pinging is allowed as long as it is an important situation that needs immediate attention.

Below is a list of rules pertaining to the Discussions, Blogs, and Userpage forums.

General

1. Be nice and treat people with respect. Keep discussions civil and be open-minded about differing opinions. Please do not argue, insult, threaten, harass, purposefully offend, or disrespect users or their opinions or of conversations that happened outside Fandom.
2. Posts concerning sexual, romantic, or NSFW content is prohibited regardless of intention or opinion. Roleplaying in any form (ex: "Awww (hugs and kisses you)") is also prohibited. Posts regarding sexual or romantic references to characters in the show(s) or other wiki users are also prohibited.
3. Threads and posts written to solicit attention and upvotes will be deleted or locked, depending on the post in question.
   1. Furthermore, please refrain from posting about personal, non-wiki, and/or real-life topics. Examples include using Discussions to talk about emotional stories or posts that document real-life recent events about the user, or a matter that originated from a different website. If you have serious concerns and are seeking input, you may contact a staff member instead. Similarly, do not share personal information in comments or message walls.
4. Do not post anything that was generated completely by AI. Nowhere is it allowed in the wiki. Posting AI can result in a warning and a block under our blocking guidelines. The only exception is if you needed it to generate a prompt that you manually revised afterward before posting. In general, please do not add it even if you don't feel it is harmful.
5. Impersonation of other users or famous people will not be tolerated. If you have been banned and return on a new account, your posts will be deleted and your new account(s) will be banned.
6. Spamming, trolling, or posting of inflammatory content will be deleted and will lead to your account being banned. Gibberish, nonsensical posts, or trend-based posts also constitute as spam, regardless of where they are made. Having multiple posts at the same time causes discussions to be cluttered and causes annoyance among users.
7. Necroposting is highly discouraged. Any posts more than two weeks old that are commented on will be locked. In order to keep track of each reply, posts exceeding 100 comments will be locked by a moderator to prevent confusion. Exceptions can be made if the post is deemed important or was posted by wiki staff.
8. Be sure to structure your posts in a good quality and legibility. Low-effort posts that consist of a few words will be deleted under moderator discretion. All posts has to have more than one sentence and are an adequate length, an example of good quality.
   1. When posting fanart or art in general, please credit the artist by putting their name in the post and/or the header. If the platform it is from is restricted from the public, do not add the art.
9. Posting or linking to third-party will be constituted as soliciting or advertising on the latter's behalf and are prohibited. Social media and direct-messaging platform links are likewise prohibited. The exception if the link is connected to the wiki's topic.
10. Ask the staff for help. Notice something that doesn't seem right? Or do you just have a question? You can contact the wiki staff by their message walls or Discord messages, or if you wish to contact Fandom staff, go to "Give feedback" on your app's Settings screen, or via Special:Contact.

Categories

Discussions is divided into ten categories. Categories are designed for the purpose of organization of conversations and making them navigable. When writing a post, make sure that the post in question fits into at least one of them.

1. General: The default categories posts go into if they do not fit into any of the other categories. It is advised to avoid posting mostly into this category, which can become cluttered and difficult to follow.
2. Wiki/Arcane News: This category covers the latest updates for both the series and the wiki. Posting in this category is restricted to staff only for controlled moderation.
3. Fanon, Theories, and Fun: The category for fanart material, fanon, fanfictions, theories, and whatever else is fun made by users or non-wiki fans of the series.
4. Wiki Discussion: The category where users can collaborate on developing, maintaining, and structuring wiki pages.
5. Arcane Discussions: General discussion on the topic of the series.
6. Off-topic: The category for posts that are not related to the series. This category must follow the same rules of Discussion and is not to be used to make posts that fail to fall under them. For example, when posting a non-Arcane off-site link (with the exception of Youtube), it must be indicated what the link is, where it is from, and must be appropriate under the rules of Discussion.