Redeemed Villains Wiki:Rules

Here are a list of rules regarding the Redeemed Villains Wiki. These rules will serve to try and help contributors who are confused or needing a little help while also discouraging contributions that are not in the spirit of this Wiki.

General Rules
1. Chain Of Command: Although we are a friendly community, we have a "chain of command" with the admins making rules, enforcing rules and keeping order. Users can and should contribute and have fun but they need to remember admins are not democratic nor tyrants. Admins should be approachable and not completely insane with power but at the same time users must treat admins with the respect you give any authority. 2. Plagiarism: Plagiarism is condemned and makes the Wiki look bad on our part, so please only add information that is in your own words. Users will initially face a warning, and then consequent bans if they plagiarize. 3. Offensive Language and Content: Use of profane language in arguments will not be accepted, and users will be punished. As for articles, try to keep offensive language and content to a minimum, if at all (even for articles marked as Mature). 4. Grammar: Remember that articles are meant to be read by people so try making them clear, concise and readable. Few people will frown upon one typing error or two but having hardly readable messes instead of articles is not very enjoyable for anyone. The same thing goes for non-English edits; if possible these types of edits will be translated, but viewers should be aware this is an English-speaking Wikia.

Behaviour
1. Trolls: Trolls have absolutely zero tolerance on this wiki. Any user who is seen trolling will immediately face a three day ban, no exceptions. If a user is seen consistently trolling, they will face progressively more lengthy bans. 2. Vandalism: Purposely defacing a page for no good reason is also completely unacceptable, and an instant block will be in order, with longer blocks if vandalism continues. 3. Don't Feed the Trolls: If you see a troll, simply report them and leave them be, as the admins will take care of them. Trolls often desire attention, so giving them more attention and fighting with them will only worsen their behaviour. 4. Edit Spamming: Creating trivial or pointless edits (i.e. needless capitalization on headings or links, adding categories one at a time) just to amass more edits is frowned upon. Now, users who create productive edits and just so happen to do so over several edits will not be punished. However, users who simply create edits without adding anything significant just to get more edits will first face a warning, then a one day block, and progressively longer blocks afterwards. 5. Edit-warring: Users fighting over edits is not productive in the slightest. Users caught will be warned and consequently banned. 6. Sock-puppeting: Creating sock-puppet accounts for purposes like evading bans is extremely intolerable. The original account will face a lengthy block, while all sock-puppets will be permanently banned. 7. Cyberbullying: Cyberbullying is extremely unacceptable, and users seen hurting others will face a block of a week minimum. 8. Requesting: Asking other people to create pages and do work for you is seen as lazy. If you want to create a page, then do it yourself. This type of behaviour is not blockable, but users who are seen repeatedly asking others to create pages will be warned.

Content
1. When To Add a Page: Only add a page that has been listed under Fallen Heroes on the Villains/Heroes Wiki. If a page is added that is not under Fallen Heroes, it will be deleted on sight. 2. Only Add Official Information: Please only add official information that pertains to these characters. Speculation, rumours, and fanfiction will not be tolerated and will be deleted on sight. 3. Stub Articles: Bad stub articles give the wiki a sloppy and poor reputation. When creating an article, please add some information and fill in the entire infobox. Bad stub articles will be deleted on sight, and repeat offenders may face a block. 4. No Real-Life People: Our wiki focuses exclusively on fictional fallen heroes. Calling a real-life person a fallen hero is slanderous and not tolerated. Users who do this will instantly be blocked for three days, no exceptions. 5. Do Not Recreate Deleted Articles / Categories: As a general rule when an admin deletes an article or category it cannot be recreated without admin approval. However, if you can provide a valid reason to do so you may proceed - users who recreate deleted articles/categories without a valid reason however risk punishment. The only exception is when recreating an article that was deleted due to being a stub, provided that sufficient information is added.