Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-31986068-20170111175156

As you might know, I have recently been granted rights by Merrystar in Community Central to be a bureaucrat (someone who can grant rights to others) and an admin (who does all sorts of other stuff).

Since the previous admins have gone inactive, the wiki needs lots of work. Spam pages and pages under "candidates for deletion" need to be tended to, unnessecary categories should be deleted (mainly either Creepypasta or Creepypastas should be deleted, which ever has less members) to prevent less badge farming, etc.

But most importantly, there needs to be a revision of the rules- both the Wiki Policy and Chat rules.

Here is the current Wiki Policy, including Chat Rules.

RulesEdit
==Chat RulesEdit==
 * Do not farm badges (make many little edits, or make any edits, just to earn badges).
 * Do not harrass or cause drama (annoy, role-play being upset, etc.).
 * Do not use all caps.
 * Do not use words not appropriate for one about 10 (Acceptable words are along the lines of hell, damn, piss, crap, ect. Please not that major cursing is not allowed and will be deleted asap). If your story has content that's questionable for younger audiences, add the template to it.
 * Do not use violent role-play.
 * Do not copy or change someone else's story without permission (only correct spelling, add necessary templates/categories).
 * Do not edit userpages without permission (admins may want to protect their own userpages against vandalism).
 * Do not plagiarize other people's stories. This is illegal, and can get you in trouble.
 * Animal Jam related stories only, please. If you would like to post a non aj related story, either post it via a blogpost or on a different wiki.
 * Do not steal artwork, under any circumstances.
 * Do not add graphic images to stories, nor send screamers. (Videos containing jumpscares and/or gore.)
 * Do not spam pages, e.g create multiple pages with random gibberish.
 * Please only edit a page if it absolutely needs it. If it is locked, you may tell an admin what needs to be edited. The page will not be unlocked for safety reasons.
 * Overpowering will not be tolorated.
 * DO NOT ROLEPLAY IN THE COMMENTS! Roleplaying in the comments will be deleted without hesitation and you will be warned and blocked for a day.
 * Please do not remove content from pages and replace it with your own context. It won't matter if you changed the story to something else or added something else. Even if you added some nonsense that didn't have anything to do with the page at all. The page will be fixed and you will be blocked.
 * Don't back talk the admins, the chat moderators or the founder. We know what's right and what the rules are. If we tell you not to do something again, don't do it again. If we tell you to knock it off, knock it off. Don't try to come up with some lame excuse, it's not acceptable.
 * It doesn't matter if somebody else had your account. This mess still came from your account. YOU are the responsible holder for it. Besides, we don't know if you're just saying that to make it seem like you are still a good user or whatever. It isn't going to be tolerated.
 * No NSFW images or videos or pages. This explains itself. After all, not everybody here is the same age. Respect young eyes.
 * Don't come to anybody and go "this wiki is under my control now" or try to make the leaders step down and let you take control. That will result in a block for good. We don't need people like that here. It's annoying and confusing for others.
 * Don't start a war in the comment section. That will be taken down right away and the person who started it will be blocked for more than a month and any participants will be blocked for a few weeks.
 * No conversations in the comment section. That's what the chat room is for! The comment section is for COMMENTS ABOUT THE ARTICLE ONLY! Conversations will be taken down right away.
 * Don't spam or remove content from talk pages! This stuff needs to stay if an event of great concern happened. If you spam a talk page, you will be blocked for good and it's just a waste of time.
 * Don't ask users for any personal information! This includes phone number, name (first, middle and last), email address, address, where they live, age, what school they attend, their credit card number, login password, or their IP address.
 * Do not change any quotes on ANY pages for any users unless you have your own or are requested to.
 * You will NOT impersonate another user from this wikia and any wiki. Impersonation will result in an infinite block.
 * You will not give out your password to any user. Nor will you ask for passwords from any user.
 * Give any suggestions you may have to an admin or a bureaucrat.​
 * Don't use excessive caps (one- or two-word caps is ALRIGHT, just to emphasize something, as shown here).
 * Don't spam (fill up chat will characters).
 * No links more than 500 characters.
 * Follow all main wiki rules.
 * Do not spam links! Please! Spamming links is just as annoying as any other form of spam. If a person is interested in watching, they will watch. You don't need to post is as soon as somebody joins the chat either. If you really want some people to see it, you can upload it to the videos section of this wikia AS LONG AS IT'S APPROPRIATE!
 * Please do not spam random words. Just entering chat and going df adsf dsf sad f dsgjlifjglfg sfdg dsf gdsajlf IS VERY ANNOYING. We will ask you to stop, then we will kick you from the chat room. If you do not stop, it will result in a 2 hour ban from chat for violating this rule.
 * Do not ask for personal information! Nobody is really comfortable with giving away their personal information willy nilly to strangers online. If you are friends and need to get in contact, please do this in a PM! Keep in mind everybody can see what you're saying in main chat. If you ask somebody out of the blue and they aren't comfortable, you should stop. If you don't we will ban you from chat for at least a few days.
 * Respect opinions! We are all entitled to our own opinions. One may like a show and another may not like it. If there is a discussion about something you do not like, please don't be a jerk about it. You don't need to go "OMG THAT SHOW FU***** SUCKS! SHUT UP AND BURN IN HELL!". Yeah, no. If you do not care for something, just wait until the conversation is over. You will be warned then kicked.
 * No racial slurs. The N word is not acceptable no matter what. We don't care if you're the best of friends, it isn't an acceptable word. Keep in mind it isn't all about you! Others have feelings about these things. Any other racial slurs with or without an intent to hurt somebody will result in a ban for at least a week or two. No warnings given.
 * DON'T USE ALL CAPS LIKE THIS. I do not care if you are using a Homestuck quirk as if you are Karkat, it gets very annoying. I'm sure if we were all chatting in real life, we wouldn't be screaming at each other for no reason. If an argument starts up, this also goes for that. Limit the caps. A few warnings given and a kick. If you just continue to ignore this rule and what is being said to you, you will be banned for a day.
 * Don't stretch words. Again, I know Vriska from Homestuck uses a quirk where she stretches her words from time to time. If you want to do a Homestuck RP, please do so in a PM. Saaaayyyyiinnggg thiiiinggggssssss liiiiiiikkkkkkkeeee thissssssss issssss aaannnoyyyyyiiinggg. We will warn, kick, then ban for 2 hours.
 * No pronographic material of any sort. No links, pictures or even talk. Nobody wants to hear it or see it! This will be no warning no kick, infinite ban.
 * Do not harass any users! If you are seen picking at a user to deliberately hurt them, you will be banned from the chat room for a few days and your actions will be discussed on your talk page. If it happens again, it will be infinite.
 * Song lyrics....just don't post them! It's yet another form of spam and nobody cares! If they want to hear a song, they'll look it up. Just no song lyrics PLEASE! You will be kicked and then banned for a certain amount of time if it happens again. The amount of time depends on how much.
 * If you're starting drama and you get kicked, you will be banned for a day. Drama just doesn't belong in the chat room.
 * If you get kicked and come back and freak out, say goodbye for a few weeks. Because you're banned!
 * Chat links! Please do not post chat links in main chat unless it's an extreme need. Otherwise, please link them to people in a PM who asked for it.
 * No shock sites!
 * No Homestuck quirks in main chat! They get annoying to try to read and not everybody understands them
 * No spamming emoticons! If you want a list, look at the Mediawiki page for emoticons.
 * No gory images! People do NOT want to see dismembered bodies or a person in operation. Nothing of the sort.

PunishmentsEdit

 * 1st infringement: Warning
 * 2nd infringement: 1-day ban
 * 3rd infringement: 1-week ban
 * 4th infringement: 1-month ban
 * 5th infringement: 1-year ban
 * 6th infringement: Permanent ban

Chat punishmentsEdit
It's quite long, but state the rules you think should be removed/edited in the replies below.
 * 1st infringement: Warning
 * 2nd infringement: Warning
 * 3rd infringement: Kick
 * 4th infringement: Kick
 * 5th infringement: Ban for 2 hours
 * 6th infringement: Ban for 1 day
 * 7th and up infringements: Refer to main wiki rules

Thanks!

- Claw 