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This is the policy page for the Kiff Wiki. Failure to follow these rules will result in warnings or disciplinary action, depending on how serious the violation is.
General Policy
- Per COPPA, Fandom requires you must be 13 years or older to own an account here.
- Strictly no spamming. This includes adding useless pages, writing useless comments, or messages, making spam edits (e.g., reverting and then redoing edits).
- Please do not farm edits to increase your edit count or obtain badges. Badges should be obtained fairly.
- Please mind your caps, specifically in edit summaries, and when editing as well. They are allowed in posts, comments, and messages, as long as they are not used to attack other users.
- Please only edit your own user page, not anyone else's (unless you have permission from the other user first).
- If you see a user breaking a rule, please tell an admin. Don't mini-mod by telling them what to do.
- Abusing multiple accounts is not allowed. You can have more than one account under normal circumstances, but do not use them for malicious purposes, such as vandalism, ban evasion, or harassment. If you make another account to evade a block, the block on your main account may be extended longer, and your alt account(s) will be permanently banned if used for ban evasion. If, for any normal circumstance, you choose to use a different account, we prefer you to let an admin know. If you continue abusing multiple accounts, further actions will be taken.
- Evading a global block is still ban evasion, and if it has been found out or hinted that you are doing so, then your alt account will be reported to get globally blocked.
- Please do not add false information.
- Please make sure that your edits are at the highest quality possible, and that they meet the Manual of Style.
- Vandalism is not allowed in any way possible.
- If you are unfamiliar with the formatting while editing a page, ask an admin for help. We would much rather help you resolve your confusion than to fix a page that was ruined by formatting errors.
- Be kind and respect all users.
- Posting private information about anyone is strictly prohibited, especially if used for doxxing.
- General swears are allowed, as long as it isn't used to harass or intimidate others. However, slurs or sexually explicit words are not. If such words are needed for quotes on pages, make sure they are censored.
- Please don't talk to disruptive accounts as it only incites them to cause more damage.
- No threatening of any sort is allowed.
- Please write in a neutral, unbiased, point of view. Please do not add sentences such as "[Character] has become greedy", "[Person] is a bad person", etc.
- Please do not argue with admins or other staff, they know what they're doing. This rule also applies to other discussions outside of the wiki, e.g, Discord. However, if you witness an abusive staff member, please let an admin know.
- Harassment and hurtful behavior towards wiki members on Discord is also strictly prohibited.
- Quote pages should have more than 10 quotes. If there are less than 10, the page will be deleted. A character who has said only few quotes should have their quotes in their main page in the quotes section.
- If you need to test something out on the wiki, please use your userpage or sandbox.
- Discrimination or hate speech will not be tolerated.
- Links to highly inappropriate sites anywhere on the wiki are not allowed and will result in an instant ban.
- Do not mass-thank edits. You may thank edits that you think should be admired to, but never excessively as it can clog users' notifications.
- Do not create duplicate pages as duplicate pages are unnecessary because there is no need to make a page of the thing in question if a page for it already exists
File Policy
Image Policy
- When uploading more than one image to a page, please try to edit the page you're uploading them to one time only. In other words, add all of the pictures you want to upload and then save the page. This will help prevent you from spamming edits.
- Make sure that the image you want to upload isn't already there. In other words don't upload duplicates. If you upload a duplicate image because yours is better quality than the old one, tell an admin the reason and the admin will keep the one he/she deems to be better and delete the other.
- Low-quality fanart or off-topic images are not allowed on pages.
- Pornographic or highly NSFW images are not allowed in will result in an instant ban.
Video Policy
- When uploading and adding a foreign-language video to a page, put "(PAL-pitched)" in the caption of the video if it has been subject to the PAL-speedup (the process of converting 24fps media to 25fps by speeding up the source material by 4%, often resulting in a pitch increase).
- Try not to upload duplicate videos.
- Fanmade videos or videos that do not relate to Kiff are not allowed on pages.
- Pornographic or highly NSFW videos are not allowed in will result in an instant ban.
Discussions Policy
- No post should have text only present in the title, and the body post blank.
- Attacking other users is not allowed.
- Pornographic or highly NSFW posts are not allowed and will result in an instant ban.
- Do not necropost on posts older than one month. This means you cannot respond to old threads that are about topics which haven't even been discussed for more than a month ago, this also applies to old messages on someone's wall. Reviving these messages/posts is very unnecessary and we don't need them to come back anyhow.
- If you see an inappropriate post in Discussions, please click the three dots on the post and report it. Only use this if the post violated a rule. Don't report posts just because you don't agree with them. Using this function will quickly notify all admins and Discussions mods about the situation, and they'll take care of it.
- Do not mass-upvote posts. You may upvote posts that you admire, or when playing minigames, but never excessively as it can clog users' notifications.
- Do not use any other user tier list template besides the official one. Any other user tier list template is banned.
- Do not flood the Discussions feed by creating or spamming many posts.
- Do not use a high number of accounts to rig votes in Discussions polls, especially if the poll is a voting poll or video poll. For those two kind of polls, you must only use one account.
- When posting images such as fanart on the discussion page. Do so as long as they're Kiff-related, even if it involves other media.
- Posts should fall under the category the post should be in. For example, if a post is off-topic, then it should be in the off-topic category.
Messaging, Commenting and Blogging Policy
- When someone is notified or warned, they must listen to the staff member who issued the notice or warning. Talking back or being rude may result in a block.
- Do not remove notices or warnings from your wall.
- Nothing overly personal or pointless should even be considered worthy of a blog post.
- Blog comments must keep on-topic as the blog post dictates.
- No "test blogs", "test comments", or any blog and comment just for the sake of earning points. They are pointless and just clog up the activity feed.
- When writing comments, do NOT write them in a hateful or toxic way. This will not be tolerated.
- Do not necropost on message walls.
Staff Guide
- Administrators have been entrusted with the means to maintain the overall quality of the site. With this in mind, an administrator is expected to:
- be friendly, welcoming, and helpful to others
- be a capable and constructive contributor to the wiki
- be open and welcoming in their communication and respond to messages on their wall in a reasonably timely manner
- address disruption on the wiki by other users, including breaches of civility.
- In addition to following the Code of Conduct, an administrator must not:
- act like they own the site. Kiff Wiki belongs to the community, and the staff are the protectors of the community.
- abuse their administrator privileges to censor or otherwise unfairly inhibit reasonable discussion.
- misapply or selectively apply the Code of Conduct in their moderating role.
- A user must be in a good standing condition with the wiki's policies, this means that if you have too many recent warnings, and if you beg for administration, you will be blocked.
- All admins should warn "offending" members before blocking them - depending on how serious it is. This will give the member time to voice their reasons for his/her actions. But so that order is kept, there will usually only be 1 warning, maximum is three warnings ("strikes") before the member in question is blocked for however long the admin in charge of the case sees fit.
- This rule does not apply to users who: spam, vandalize, offend other users, users who are exceptionally rude, or unregistered users. all of whom can be immediately blocked.
- Admins should try to start with shorter blocks, and assume good faith whenever possible - then give longer blocks if the user in question continues their disruption.
- This does not apply to users who create new account(s) to bypass an existing ban. Generally in those cases the alt account(s) will be blocked permanently, and the original account block be extended.
- This rule also does not apply to users who upload NSFW images, all of whom will be banned.
- To be considered a candidate for any admin position, a user must be in good standing with the wiki, and must be a discussions and/or content moderator for at least 5 months.
- Admins must block a user in a specific order; first 3 days, then 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, and then permanently. However, admins can skip through this order depending on harsh the action is.
Gaining admin rights
- Have at least 1,500 edits
- Being a content and/or Discussions mod for at least 5 months
- Have at least 500 posts
- Though, active admins should check discussions, in case of need of moderating
- Have little to no punishment history
- Being able to comply with admin polices and being able to work well with other wiki staff members
- Being able to consult all admins first before making big/hasty decisions
- When there is a proposal of someone being promoted to admin, all active bureaucrats have to agree
Removal of rights
- If it is believed that privileges are being abused by an administrator, the following process should be applied.
- Communicate with them. Try to talk it out and come to an agreement.
- If attempts at communication fail, bring this to the attention of another administrator and/or bureaucrat to mediate. In absence thereof, reach out to the assigned Wiki Representative or Fandom Staff.
- Removal of admin rights will be considered by an active bureaucrat. If a decision to remove admin rights is taken, detailed reasoning with reference to local policies or Fandom's Terms of Use must be provided in order to satisfy a standard of accountability. One or more of the following must be shown:
- Sustained, deliberate misuse of the privileges given
- Sustained failure to follow the code of conduct in their entirety
- Sustained failure to follow the conduct guidelines outlined further above
Moderator conduct
- Content moderators have been entrusted with the means to maintain the articles on the site. With this in mind, a content moderator is expected to:
- be friendly, welcoming, and helpful to others
- be a capable and constructive contributor to the wiki
- be open and welcoming in their communication and respond to messages on their wall in a reasonably timely manner
- A moderator must not:
- act like they own the site. Kiff Wiki belongs to the community, and the staff are the protectors of the community.
- abuse their administrator privileges to censor or otherwise unfairly inhibit reasonable discussion.
misapply or selectively apply the code of conduct in their moderating role.
- While moderators are not above regular users in terms of importance, they should be aware that their status makes role models out of them, and they should carry themselves accordingly.
Removal of rights
- If it is believed that privileges are being abused by a moderator, the following process should be applied.
- Communicate with them. Try to talk it out and come to an agreement.
- If attempts at communication fail, bring this to the attention of another administrator and/or bureaucrat to mediate. In absence thereof, reach out to the assigned Wiki Representative or Fandom Staff.
- Removal of rights will be considered by an active bureaucrat. If a decision to remove rights is taken, detailed reasoning with reference to local policies or Fandom's Terms of Use must be provided in order to satisfy a standard of accountability. One or more of the following must be shown:
- Sustained, deliberate misuse of the privileges given
- Sustained failure to follow the Code of Conduct in their entirety
- Sustained failure to follow the conduct guidelines outlined further above
- Moderators should remain active to assist the wiki. In cases of prolonged inactivity, removal of user rights may be considered by an active bureaucrat based on the needs of the community.
Gaining rights
Content moderator
- Have at least 750 edits.
- Have knowledge of using content mod rights.
- Be an active user on the content side of the wiki.
- Have a good history on the wiki in the last couple of months at least (as users could improve), meaning the user is mature, and not toxic within the last couple of months.
- Either be a rollback for at least 2 months or a user on the wiki for at least 5 months (if not a rollback).
Discussion moderator
- Have at least 750 posts.
- Being a helpful and beneficial user.
- Having a good history in discussions within the last few months (meaning not getting involved in any drama, not inciting raiders or trolls, not being toxic).
- Be at least pretty active in discussions.
- Member on the wiki for at least 5 months.
Rollback
- Have at least 150 edits.
- Being a beneficial user in the content side, by making faithful edits, and undoing undesired edits/vandalism.
- Member on the wiki for at least 2 months.
- Be at least somewhat active in the content side.
Staff Application Policy
- For you to apply for staff, you must not beg for these rights, please apply here.
- You must be somewhat active to achieve a position.
- Behavior on Fandom or Discord (meaning towards local admins or members) affects your application.
- The required number of edits to apply for admin is 1,000, and being either a Content Mod or Discussions Mod for at least three months.
- The required number of edits to apply for content moderator is 500.
- The required number of posts to apply for Discussions moderator is 1,000, no edits are necessary.
- The required number of edits to apply for rollback is 100, and being a user for at least one month on the wiki.
- You must not be blocked less than 3 months ago.
- You must not have warning and notices less than a month ago.
Signature Policy
- Signatures must be less than 4 lines high.
- Signatures must not contain large pictures over twice their size.
- Signatures must hint who the user is.
- Signatures must not be infoboxes, as it takes up space.