UNIVERSAL DISCUSSION GUIDELINES:
The following set of guidelines applies to all users on the SMG4 wiki regardless of age, role, gender, race ect.
1) Be courteous to everyone in the chat. Even if you don’t like them and/or their opinions, talk to them in a polite and mature way. Do not initiate drama between you and other users and don’t talk behind the backs of the Staff team, no threats and harassment either. If you have an issue with how any user is behaving, you are encouraged to politely and courteously leave a message on the wall of the user to discuss the issue/inform staff of the problem via message walls/discord dms. We don’t want discussions to be filled with users complaining about other users or stirring up drama and discussions about why X user/or mod is bad. Users who fail to follow these rules will receive a warning and if failure to comply continues, a ban.
2) Spamming or posting large walls of text, including copy-pastas, memes, “shitposts”, etc is not allowed UNLESS it is for a valid reason such as the topic of the discussion itself being about copy-pasta sharing or something related to that. Posting this kind of text in any unrelated discussion will result in the offending post/comment being deleted and the user in question, requested to stop, failure to comply will result in further warnings and eventual ban with a time frame depending on the severity of the infraction.
3) No trolling/flaming, no vandalism or attempts at stirring up drama in the discussions, doing so will result in offending posts being locked/deleted and the user in question will receive punishment depending on the severity of the situation.
4) NO NSFW content is allowed. Whether it is sexual jokes or discussion of sexual matters, blood and gore, etc, keep it to yourself. Textual references to NSFW content will be removed and the user responsible warned once, any links to, videos or images with explicit/NSFW material will result in an immediate permanent ban for the user responsable. While on the topic of this, it is suggested that users who see this kind of behavior do not reply to the offending posts and instead contact Staff immediately so it can be removed
5) We try to create an at least neutral relationship with other communities. Don’t badmouth other wikis you don’t like here, and the same thing applies to other communities. There’s a difference between disliking and hating a wiki. Don’t try to initiate wars or raids against other wikis on this wiki either, doing so will result in a warning and eventual ban.
6) While swearing is allowed, the excessive usage of swears will result in a warning/ temp ban. Discriminatory slurs, comments and phrases will result in one warning and if the incident repeats an immediate ban.
7) Do NOT carry on arguments that are non-SMG4 related in discussions we will not be discussing internal wiki/server drama unless it's on an Admin made post about the topic, we will not be accepting users starting discussions about the most recently banned users or posts begging for bans to be revoked.For further information about bans and appeals do consult our Ban Guidelines.
8) Shipping/Waifu Wars and age discussion are forbidden. Even if it’s meant to be a joke, it’s still not acceptable to have a controversy like this being discussed. Administrative action will be taken depending on the severity of the infraction.
9) Due to the sensitive nature of the topic, posts regarding politics and sensitive current events are forbidden, all offending posts/comments will be deleted and responsabile users warned/banned depending on severity of the incident.
10) Roleplay is forbidden on the wiki unless it's in the Roleplay Discussion boards, this rule applies to accounts that have pretending to be the "Real" character as their main gimmick as well. Offending users will be warned once and temporarily banned if they fail to follow this rule.
11) We tolerate fan arts however, if some fan arts are questionable or done by AI, it will be immediately deleted.
GENERAL DISCUSSION BOARD RULES:
1) Off topic posts are allowed, however they will be placed as replies in one of two admin created posts, General Off-topic 1 and General Off-topic 2 this is a similar format to Discord's general chat channel and has intents to keep the General Discussion board free from unnecessary clutter. We do not need an entire new post about how you're having a thunderstorm tomorrow, just comment about it on the General Off-topic post. Additional unauthorized off topic posts will be deleted and the user who made them referred to one of the two off-topic posts and warned, failure to comply after a warning results in a temp ban. If one of the posts happens to be filled up, please notify staff so it can be replaced DO NOT create a new post yourself.
2) Venting is allowed, however it must be performed in an admin created General Off-topic Venting post. Users who arrive at these posts to create mayhem, attack the venters or generally do not contribute to the post in a positive and respectful manner will be temporarily banned. In the event that the situation escalates and a user is threatening self harm or suicide please contact qualified staff IMMEDIATELY. In the event that you are concerned about the well being of a user, you are allowed to discreetly contact staff in regards to the issue. While there isn't much that the Wiki staff can do, we will do what we can to assist our user base.
SMG4 DISCUSSION BOARD:
NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENT BOARD:
1) Posts in this board are to be made only by people in the Staff team for important announcements regarding events and current situations within the community/ wiki/Discord. Posts made by non Staff users will be deleted.
FUN AND GAMES BOARD:
ROLEPLAYING BOARD:
1) Role Plays should be limited to one or two posts a week in order to prevent clogging up the Social Activity feeds, this overall simply makes our job easier. (Also the limit will help you not experience Roleplay burnout) If you feel you need to create another post for Role-playing please consult an admin beforehand. Failure to comply with the two roleplay a week rule will result in a warning and continued infractions in a temporary banning.
2) We repeat the request to keep content on the wiki SFW, this applies to Role plays as well. Failure to comply will result in a temporary ban from the wiki.
3) Please do not use other people's OCs or characters without their permission, you don't know how protective someone could be of their character.
4) Be creative, the sky's the limit, just make sure that everything is within the wiki's guidelines and you're all good.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BOARD:
1) Use this board for questions regarding editing and the wiki/discord only, no questions about off topic subjects.
2) Before you make a post asking a question triple check and make sure some other user hasn't already asked that question and had it resolved. Checking saves you time and saves board space.
Reform Effective Date:05/24/2022 Last Edited:05/24/2022 Last Revision by: Umbreon The Serial Killer (Co-owner) Approved by: SMG4 WIKI STAFF TEAM