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Rules

1) Be kind. Remember the Golden Rule. This wiki was specifically designed to help others, not to hurt. Be considerate and friendly at all times towards everyone. Hate speech is not allowed towards anyone.This includes homophobic language, ethnic slurs or religious hate. That means no language or content that encourages hatred or violence, or that disparages others on the basis of their race, gender, sexuality, religion, country of origin and so on.

  • Debates are allowed, such as one between an atheist and Christian on the topic of God being real or not, but there must be no deprecatory language towards the other side.
  • The penalty to using hate speech towards anyone is a month long ban.
  • Using hate speech towards anyone once more after the block will result in a block of twice the time (since you've committed the crime twice). This will result in a two month-long block.
  • Using hate speech for the third time will not be tolerated and will immediately result in a permanent ban.

2) Follow powerusers' instructions. If a poweruser tells you to stop doing something, you must stop immediately. Nothing good will come of disobeying orders.

3) Don't spam, vandalize, create random pages, etc. These things just cause clutter all over the wiki, and serve no purpose. Our wiki is meant to provide useful information.

  • Vandalizing any page deliberately will not be tolerated and will result in a month-long block.
  • Vandalizing once more after the block will result in a block of twice the time. This will result in a two month-long block.
  • Vandalizing for the third time will not be tolerated and will immediately result in a permanent ban.

4) Don't share personal information. This is obvious - it's for everyone's safety. Your real name, address, school name, photos of yourself or your friends and family - all of these are things you should think twice about sharing. Remember, once it's online, you can't get it back. 

  • There is no penalty to this, as you are entitled to what you put online.  

5) Keep content PG-13. This wiki isn't meant to talk about... that stuff. No uploaded sexual content will be tolerated, and you will be banned. You're not allowed to curse either - you can use "frick," "crap," or "darn" or other office-safe swear words. That's it.

  • Abbreviations, such as 'lmao' or 'wtf' are tolerated, as long as the expanded forms are not said.
  • While some people may not consider it a swear word, "hell" is still considered a swear word by our standards. Do not use this either. An exception to this would be if you are using "hell" to refer to the place/setting. This is permitted and you will receive no penalties so long as you are not using it as a swear,
  • The penalty for those who fail to keep content PG-13 is a month-long ban.
  • If this is the second time you have failed to abide by this rule, the ban will be twice as long as the last one, like the vandalism rule.
  • Failure to do this for the third time will not be tolerated and will immediately result in a permanent ban.

6) No homophobia. You are entitled to your own opinions, but it is a Community Central rule that expressing homophobia is not allowed. Our wiki (like all wikis) is LGBT-friendly, and we'd like to keep it that way.

  • Expressing homophobia will result in a month-long ban.
  • Expressing homophobia once more after the block will result in a block of twice the time, so a two-month long ban.
  • Expressing homophobia for the third time will not be tolerated and will immediately result in a permanent ban.

7) No impersonations. Don't try to fool people into believing you are someone else. That means don't impersonate other users, or anyone else - including famous people. Of course, some wikis are all about roleplaying or parodies, but those aren't meant to mislead people. You can role-play as Batman, but don't convince people you are Batman.

8) No ban-evading. Once you have been banned, you have been banned. Please do not try to create other accounts and pretend to be someone else (this also falls under impersonation). It is just a hassle for the admins to hunt you down and ban you again, when all they are trying to do is keep peace.

  • After ban-evading once, you will be banned for a year.
  • If you ban-evade another time during the time you are blocked, it will immediately result in a permanent ban.
  • If you create multiple accounts after being warned that you are going to be banned, it counts as a form of ban-evading.

9) No underage users. You may not be on this wiki if you are underage. This is a FANDOM-wide rule, and must be followed on any wiki regardless. You can either keep it a secret and act mature, or better, just wait until you are old enough to be on the wiki.

  • If a poweruser finds out that you are underage, it will immediately result in a ban, no tolerance. This ban will last for however long until you are thirteen. For example, if it has been revealed you are 11, you will be banned for two years.

10) Do not create main categories. Everyone can make content categories (such as "Content:TurquoiseEmber" but only a poweruser may make main categories, such as "Short Stories" or "Fantasy". You may, however, request a poweruser to make the categories you would like for you.

  • If you make a main category by yourself the first time, you receive only a warning.
  • If you make a main category by yourself, the penalty is a ban of one month.
  • If you make a main category by yourself again, the penalty is a ban lasting two months.
  • If you make a category by yourself yet again, we will not tolerate this and will permanently ban you.

And that's it! Enjoy your time here, but please obey these rules all the while!

Deletion Policy

On the AA wiki, we get cluttered with unnecessary pages quite quickly, so we have a deletion policy. Any page that meets all three criteria stated here are nominated for "deletion rounds". If a page does not meet all three, they do not qualify to be a candidate for deletion.

Now, in each monthly wiki newsletter, the poweruser hosting it will make a poll compiling some of the candidates for deletion that they've seen. The wiki will take a vote on which pages they think deserve to be deleted most, and the top three candidates with the most votes will be deleted. If your page is to be deleted, one of the admins or powerusers will notify you prior to deletion. You will then have the option of moving your page to blog post format. This way, your page is gone, but your literature still remains on the wiki.

The criteria are:

  • No activity for more than two months (including comments).
  • Less than 5 comments.
  • Smaller than 5000 gigabytes.

If you see any pages that match all of these criteria, notify a poweruser and they will add the category "Candidate for Deletion" onto the page.

We do, however, have exceptions to this rule. Poems and short stories are excluded. Haikus, however, must go on blog posts regardless. If your haiku is on a page, we will immediately request you to move it to a blog post.

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