Animal Crossing Wiki:Rules

I've always thought we've needed this, so here it is. New users, please take time to read these rules for they may be very useful in editing the wiki.

1: Talking to other users
1. Talk politely to other users. 2. Do not post comments such as 'Hi!' or 'I'm bored'. Doing so may result in you being sharked 3. Do not swear.

2: User page content
1. No offensive and/or pornographic content on user pages. If a user is found with pornography on their page, or has uploaded said material, they can be blocked for at least 6 months, if not longer. 2. No racist content. 3. No content which may be gory or bloody. 4. No content which may upset/distress people.

3: Spam and vandalism
1. Vandalism is the insertion of rubbish/gibberish into pages. Spam is where one posts links to a site repeatedly in articles, to promote said site. Learn the difference, it may come in handy one day. 2. Users who vandalise are punished the same as users who spam.
 * 2a. If the spam links to a website containing a) gory b) offensive c) pornographic or d) screamer videos, the length of block will multiply by the number of times the links are blocked.

3. Persistent vandals a) need a life, and b) will be blocked. 4. Multiple IP vandals, see clause 3. That's a range block, by the way. 5. Persistent posting of material that is deemed sharkable (see section 1, clause 2) is deemed spam.

4: Spelling and grammar
1. Plurals are not spelt with an apostrophe. Compare: 'The trees' to 'The tree's'. First one, correct; second one, the tree's what? What does the tree have? 2. Do not use the word 'you'. Replace 'you' with 'the player'. Note that 'player' does not need to be capitalised. Because the gender of the player can be either male or female, replace with he/she, him/her or, more preferably, 'they'. 3. The American spelling of words is preferable. Compare: 'humor' (USA) to 'humour' (UK). 4. Make sure you're using the correct phrase relating to a character's gender: I've seen some users use 'he' instead of 'she' and 'him' instead of 'her', and probably the other way around too.

5: Article style
1. No point of view. This is like saying: 'Rosie is really nice and i like her lots'. Aside from being considered vandalism, it can cause more and more users to do it. It just gets annoying. Info like that goes on your talk page. 2. Most Projects have a special manual of style that they wish for you to use. If you have any questions, please ask the project leader.

6: Images and files
1. Please don't upload images if you're not going to use them on an article or whatnot. 2. Same applies with music files. 3. Please use a licensing template for each image/music file. 4. No uploading of idiotic pictures that you weren't going to use anyway, such as, a picture of a fat man holding a toy car. It's unneccesary.

7: Dealing with spam
1. Just remove the spam from the page. Simple as. 2. If it's a spam/vandalism page, mark with the Delete template like this: at the top of the page, and leave a note at Animal Crossing City:Deleting.

8: Admins and rollbacks
1. Yes, we all know admins and rollbacks are insanely cool :P, but don't constantly beg people so you can be an admin. It's considered a form of spam, and it makes you even less likely to ever become an admin or rollback. 2. There's not much to be jealous about if you've been refused an admin place. All you get is a delete button, a block button, and a fancy undo button. And don't worry, the community listens to all users, be they admins or non-admins. 3. Becoming an admin or rollback: Animal Crossing City:Promoting. Go there and leave your name under the headings. People will vote for or against you. Once you get 3 'support' votes, you become what you applied for. 4. To see a list of current admins and rollbacks, head to Animal Crossing City:Administrators and Animal Crossing City:Rollback

If any admins think I've missed something, please add it. And please add comments/questions here.