Wings of Fire Fanon Wiki:Wiki Rules

Policies & Guidelines

Last updated 04/30/2024

Please follow the rules in order to keep the wiki a friendly and welcoming space for all users. You are always welcome to reach out to a member of the moderator team if clarification is ever needed.

General Rules

1. Abide by Fandom's Terms of Use: These are the standard rules for using Fandom and apply across all wikis. Notable portions include:
   1. Age requirements: Users must be 13 years or older to use the wiki.
   2. Do not harass, threaten, or intimidate other users: You may not make personal attacks against other users. If you need to criticize another user's argument, do so without attacking them as a person.
   3. Do not post obscene or offensive content: Content that is NSFW, obscene, or offensive is not allowed. This includes ableism, homophobia, racism, and transphobia.
   4. Do not engage in excessive self-promotion: The wiki is a community for fan creations centered around Wings of Fire. You may share websites relevant to Wings of Fire in moderation.
   5. Do not attempt to sell things for real-world currency: You are not allowed to solicit donations or advertise a Patreon, Ko-fi, or any other site intended to sell things for real-world currency.
2. Do not use other people's work without permission: Do not use any content (characters, fanfictions, groups, places, etc.) without the creator's permission.
3. AI-generated content is not allowed: The usage of AI-generated content is considered theft, as the works used for training data are often sourced without permission and cannot be properly credited. This includes, but is not limited to, writing and image generation.
4. Keep swearing to a minimum: The only permitted swears are crap, damn, hell, and piss(ed). Censor all other swear words with at least two unrelated characters (e.g. asterisks, dashes, or slashes).
5. Do not mini-mod: Report problems to the moderator team instead of trying to handle them yourself. Examples of mini-modding include attempting to solve large conflicts yourself or sending users warnings for their behavior.
6. Avoid harmful stereotypes and tropes: We do not allow content that is centered around harmful stereotypes and tropes unless they are portrayed negatively.
7. Do not use copy-paste fonts: Copy-paste fonts, which consist of copied-and-pasted characters that resemble letters but are not (e.g. 𝕎𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝔽𝕚𝕣𝕖), are inaccessible to those using screen readers, and should not be used anywhere on the wiki.
   1. This does not apply to fonts that are implemented via code (e.g. Comic Sans, Times New Roman).
8. Certain ships are not allowed: For the purposes of this policy, we consider an adult dragon to be 7 years old and above.
   1. Do not ship adult dragons with dragonets. However, shipping a dragon who is 7 with a dragon who is 6 is permissible.
   2. Do not create ships that violate canonical sexualities. At this time, this rule only applies to Umber, who is canonically gay.
   3. Do not ship dragons with humans.
   4. Do not create or discuss ships that are pedophilic or incestuous, even with the intent of eliciting or expressing disgust ("shock shipping").

Image Policy

1. Respect copyright law: Do not trace art or claim art you did not create as your own. You may only upload art that you have permission to use or that is free-to-use.
2. You must credit artists: Unless the artist has specified otherwise, you must credit them with visible, written credit wherever their art is posted. An artist must be credited with their full username and/or a link to their social media account.
   1. Official artwork from published media does not need to be credited.
   2. Crediting photography is encouraged, but not required.
3. Certain artists are banned: If an artist is on this list, their artwork may not be shared on this wiki. Individuals are added to this list due to severe violations of our wiki's rules or otherwise dangerous behavior.
   • AprilSilverWolf
   • ItsReigning/Phobiod
   • OliveCow
   • renkittyy/doorstepghost
   • xTheDragonRebornx

Mature Content Policy

If you're unsure whether something is too mature for the wiki, feel free to contact a moderator and ask.

1. Mark all mature content: The wiki is intended for a roughly PG-13 audience. As such, certain topics must have content warnings or are disallowed entirely. You can flag a page as mature with the {{Content Warning}} template or your own custom warning.
   1. Songs that include profanity or discussions of sensitive topics must be marked with the word "explicit" or the letter E.
   2. Content including the following topics must be marked with a content warning:
      • Gore and violence
      • Large amounts of censored profanity
      • Mentions of drugs other than alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana
      • Minor mentions of sexual content
      • Self-harm
      • Trauma
   3. Content including the following topics is not allowed whatsoever:
      • Descriptions of drug usage other than that of alcohol, tobacco, or marijuana
      • Graphic gore and violence
      • Incest
      • Real-world politics
      • Sexual content, including implications of sexual assault
2. External media containing frequent or graphic sexual content is not allowed: Books, movies, TV shows, video games, and other media containing frequent or graphic sexual content may not be referenced, shown, or linked on the wiki in any form. This includes, but is not limited to:
   • Crossovers
   • User avatars
   • Direct character inspiration
   • External links

Content Policy

1. Users own the pages they create: Do not edit pages that don't belong to you without permission from the page's owner.
   1. You may edit any page to add appropriate categories.
2. Content must relate to the Wings of Fire universe: All article pages on the wiki must relate to the Wings of Fire universe in some way. Blog posts and user subpages may contain content unrelated to Wings of Fire.
3. Do not create characters based on real-life people: Drawing some minor inspirations from real-life figures is acceptable, but basing the entirety of a character on a real person is not.
4. Do not create characters based on real-life nationalities or ethnicities: While you are free to draw inspiration from other cultures for your characters, you may not create characters that are intended to represent a real-life country or ethnicity. This also includes characters based on flags that represent a specific country or territory.

Organizational Policy

1. Do not create new categories or templates without moderator permission: You may share ideas for new categories or templates on the Wiki Improvement board.
   1. You may create your own content category once you own or co-own a minimum of five pages. Content categories must follow the naming convention of Category:Content (Full Username).
2. Unofficial fantribes must include your username: Unofficial fantribes must follow the naming convention of Tribe Name (Full Username).
3. Unofficial maps must be sorted by username: Unofficial maps must follow the naming convention of Full Username/Map Name.

Maintenance

These policies are not rules, but they do govern how we handle page-related maintenance and we highly recommend that you read through them.

• Name Claim Policy: You may request that the moderator team move a page belonging to an inactive user in order to use the page's name.
• Batch Delete Policy: Every three months, we delete short, undeveloped pages to free up unused page names for others.

Discussion Policy

1. Do not create off-topic posts in Discussions: Discussion posts must relate to the wiki or Wings of Fire in some way.
   1. Introduction posts are allowed, but similar posts (announcing a hiatus or that you're leaving the wiki) should be created on message walls or blog posts instead of Discussions.
2. Avoid necroposting: Avoid replying to posts that haven't had new replies in the past three months. You are always welcome to create a new post to continue the discussion instead.
3. Do not spam: Do not create multiple posts, replies, or comments in rapid succession. Space new posts on Discussions apart by at least 15 minutes.
4. Conversations must be held primarily in English: This is to ensure that our staff can effectively and fairly moderate conversations on the wiki.

Block Policy

A user will generally receive between one and three warnings preceding a block. The number of warnings before a block is issued depends on the severity of the rule infractions, the time between warnings, and the general behavior of the user.

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.
• 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 their previous warnings were 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 committed due to a genuine misunderstanding.
• Has this user been blocked before?
  A user with prior blocks may be subject to a longer block than usual, as this demonstrates a continued 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
• Exclusively bad-faith contributions (trolling)

In most cases, a blocked user will receive a notice on their message wall. If you would like to appeal your block, you may leave a message on your block notice or contact us on Community Central if your message wall rights are disabled. Not all blocks are eligible for appeals.

Please note that we issue blocks to accounts, not individuals. If you have a complex dissociative disorder such as DID, or if your sibling/friend/classmate/etc. uses your computer to vandalize the wiki, the account responsible will still be blocked accordingly.

Using an alternate account to bypass a block is not permitted. Block evasion will result in an extension of the user's original block, and their alternate account(s) will also be blocked for the same period of time.

We may carry over blocks from our Discord server and from the Canon Wings of Fire Wiki at our discretion.