Changes: Warriors Fanfiction:Rules

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This article contains all the rules of Warriors Fanfiction Wiki, if you don't follow them, you will be punished.

BAN REGULATIONS
1 Infraction	Warnings
2 Infractions	3 Day Ban
3 Infractions	Month Ban
4-5 Infractions	3 month ban

Any beyond is infinite ban which after 6 months, the user can request it to be appealed.

As the content of warriors is child-friendly, our goal here is to make child-friendly fanfictions.

Mature content, as defined below, is NOT ALLOWED. Any articles with mature content will be DELETED, unless you have consent from more than half of the admins.
- ANY form of sexual contact/mating
- Some cursing is allowed, such as minor cursing, but please put warnings.

Articles

Fanfictions

A fanfiction is defined as a broadly-defined term for fan labor regarding stories about characters or settings written by fans of the original work, rather than by the original creator. (Source: http://www.google.com)

This means that all articles regarding Warriors (Clan cats, loners, rogues, kittypets, etc.) must be in the form of a narrative. Any work otherwise will be removed, excluding songfics (fanfictions based on a song).
Short stories are allowed.
As the definition above also states, all credit for ideas is given to Erin Hunter (Vicky Holmes, Kate Cary, Tui Sutherland, and Cherith Baldry)
Anything other than stories about the warrior cats (ex. other religions, stories with no mention of the cats) will be DELETED.
Any fanfictions with inappropriate content will be DELETED.
Any character articles will be DELETED.

Songfic

A songfic, as stated above, is a fanfiction based on the lyrics of a song.

Any songfics about subjects other than the warrior cats will be DELETED.
Any songfics with inappropriate content will be DELETED.

Poems

A poem must be based off of the warriorcats, and if it doesn't contain names, must have an explanation somewhere in the article.

Any poems about subjects other than the warrior cats will be DELETED.
Any poems with inappropriate content will be DELETED.

Guides

Guides are allowed here. They must contain tips on writing warriors fanfiction, or they will be DELETED.

'Crackfics'

'Crackfics', or crack-fanfictions, are meant to be funny. Please keep this in mind.

Quizzes

A quiz is defined as an examination consisting of a few short questions. (Source: http://www.google.com) However, they are not allowed here.

Any quizzes will be DELETED.

Fanfiction Talk Pages/Commenting

Authors work hard on their stories. Please be sure to comment on a story.

No flaming, trolling, or vandalizing. If you do, you will be BANNED/WARNED.
Comments are meant to critique stories and tell what you like and dislike. No comments saying: "Write more pleaseeee!", "So good! Best story ever!", "Wow just perfect," or "LOL! XD".
Do not spam comments on stories.

For more information on proper commenting, look here[1].

Blogs

Users are only allowed two blogs per month. Users exceeding this limit will receive a warning. If infractions continue, every offending blog will be deleted and the user will receive a two-day ban per blog.

Contests

To begin a contest or to post a blog on the contest, a form must be submitted on this page and be approved by an admin. There are rules on contests on the this page.

Pictures

Pictures are allowed on Warriors Fanfiction Wiki.

Any inappropriate pictures will be DELETED.
Any pictures abusing copyright laws will be DELETED.
Work drawn by other users are considered their art and any art theft (stealing work by others without giving credit) that occurs will result in WARNING/BANNING.

Use

Pictures are used all over the place on Warriors Fanfiction Wiki. The following places are where pictures are allowed:

Article/article talk pages
User/user talk pages
Blogs

Communication

IRC

See here.

Live! Chat

WFW chat is the Live! Chat box on the wikia.

Chat Rules:
- No Cussing. There are younger users around!
- No Flooding (Repeating the same thing/spamming up the chat with gibberish)
- Do not chat inappropriate things such as sexual things or things that could be offensive.
- You must be active to be on chat, and have at least 1 mainstream edit per month.

User pages and User Talk pages

User pages and user talk pages are places where you can personalize to be your own.

User page rules:
- No inappropriate content
- No giving out your address or phone number.
User talk page rules:
- No inappropriate content.
- No personal attacks (See here for more information).
- Please put ALL new messages at the BOTTOM of the page.
- Leave your signature after ever message you make.

Signatures

Signatures have the ability to be personalized.

Include a link to your talk page.

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+|1 Infraction
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+|2 Infractions
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+|3 Infractions
+|Month Ban
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+|4-5 Infractions
+|3 month ban
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+Any beyond is infinite ban which after 6 months, the user can request it to be appealed.
-==Content==
 As the content of warriors is child-friendly, our goal here is to make child-friendly fanfictions.
 *Mature content, as defined below, is '''NOT ALLOWED.''' Any articles with mature content will be '''DELETED,''' unless you have consent from more than half of the admins.
 **ANY form of sexual contact/mating
+**Some cursing is allowed, such as minor cursing, but please put warnings.
-**Homosexuality
-**Cursing (it may be censored in 'crackfics', but not in all)
 ===Articles===
 ====Fanfictions====
 A fanfiction is defined as ''a broadly-defined term for fan labor regarding stories about characters or settings written by fans of the original work, rather than by the original creator.'' <small>'''(Source: http://www.google.com)'''</small>
-*This means that all articles regarding Warriors (and ONLY Warriors) must be in the form of a narrative. Any work otherwise will be removed, excluding songfics (fanfictions based on a song).
+*This means that all articles regarding Warriors (Clan cats, loners, rogues, kittypets, etc.) must be in the form of a narrative. Any work otherwise will be removed, excluding songfics (fanfictions based on a song).
 *Short stories are allowed.
 *As the definition above also states, all credit for ideas is given to Erin Hunter <small>(Vicky Holmes, Kate Cary, Tui Sutherland, and Cherith Baldry)</small>
 *Anything other than stories about the warrior cats (ex. other religions, stories with no mention of the cats) will be '''DELETED.'''
 *Any fanfictions with inappropriate content will be '''DELETED'''.
+*Any character articles will be '''DELETED'''.
 ====Songfic====
 A songfic, as stated above, is a fanfiction based on the lyrics of a song.
 *Any songfics about subjects other than the warrior cats will be '''DELETED.'''
 *Any songfics with inappropriate content will be '''DELETED.'''
 ====Poems====
 A poem must be based off of the warriorcats, and if it doesn't contain names, must have an explanation somewhere in the article.
 *Any poems about subjects other than the warrior cats will be '''DELETED.'''
 *Any poems with inappropriate content will be '''DELETED.'''
 ====Guides====
 Guides are allowed here. They must contain tips on writing warriors fanfiction, or they will be '''DELETED.'''
 ===='Crackfics'====
 'Crackfics', or crack-fanfictions, are meant to be funny. Please keep this in mind.
-*'''THESE ARE THE ONLY ARTICLES THAT ALLOW CENSORED CURSING.'''
 ====Quizzes====
 A quiz is defined as ''an examination consisting of a few short questions.'' <small>'''(Source: http://www.google.com)'''</small> However, they are not allowed here.
 *Any quizzes will be '''DELETED.'''
-===Fanfiction Talk Pages===
+===Fanfiction Talk Pages/Commenting===
 Authors work hard on their stories. Please be sure to comment on a story.
-*No flaming, trolling, or vandalizing. If you do, you will be '''BANNED.'''
+*No flaming, trolling, or vandalizing. If you do, you will be '''BANNED/WARNED.'''
+*Comments are meant to critique stories and tell what you like and dislike. No comments saying: "Write more pleaseeee!", "So good! Best story ever!", "Wow just perfect," or "LOL! XD".
+*Do not spam comments on stories.
+For more information on proper commenting, look here[http://warriorsfanfic.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Wetstream/Ideas_and_Concerns_for_the_Wikia].
 ===Blogs===
-===Forums===
+Users are only allowed two blogs per month. Users exceeding this limit will receive a warning. If infractions continue, every offending blog will be deleted and the user will receive a two-day ban per blog.
+===Contests===
+To begin a contest or to post a blog on the contest, a form must be submitted on [http://warriorsfanfic.wikia.com/wiki/Warriors_Fanfiction_talk:Contests_Page this page] and be approved by an admin. There are rules on contests on the [[Warriors Fanfiction: Contests Page|this page]].
 ===Pictures===
 Pictures are allowed on Warriors Fanfiction Wiki.
 *Any inappropriate pictures will be '''DELETED.'''
-*Any pictures using warriors wiki charart will be '''DELETED.'''
+*Any pictures abusing copyright laws will be '''DELETED.'''
+*Work drawn by other users are considered their art and any art theft (stealing work by others without giving credit) that occurs will result in '''WARNING/BANNING'''.
-====Uploading====
-There is a ten picture limit per user each month. Any person who goes over this limit will suffer the following consequences:
-*all pictures over the limit that month will be '''DELETED.'''
-*the user will be banned for a day.
 ====Use====
 Pictures are used all over the place on Warriors Fanfiction Wiki. The following places are where pictures are allowed:
 *Article/article talk pages
 *User/user talk pages
+*Blogs
-*Blogs (although these are limited)
 ==Communication==
-===IRC===
+<span style="font-size:17px;line-height:22px;">IRC</span>
-See [[Warriors Fanfiction:IRC#Rules|here]].
+*See [[Warriors Fanfiction:IRC#Rules|here]].
+===Live! Chat===
+WFW chat is the Live! Chat box on the wikia.
+*Chat Rules:
+**No Cussing. There are younger users around!
+**No Flooding (Repeating the same thing/spamming up the chat with gibberish)
+**Do not chat inappropriate things such as sexual things or things that could be offensive.
+**You must be active to be on chat, and have at least 1 mainstream edit per month.
 ===User pages and User Talk pages===
 User pages and user talk pages are places where you can personalize to be your own.
 *User page rules:
 **No inappropriate content
+**No giving out your address or phone number.
-**No cursing
-**No giving out your address or phone number.
 *User talk page rules:
+**No inappropriate content.
-**No cursing
-**No personal attacks (See [[Warriors Fanfiction:No Personal Attacks|here]] for more information).
+**No personal attacks (See [[Warriors Fanfiction:No Personal Attacks|here]] for more information).
 **Please put '''ALL''' new messages at the '''BOTTOM''' of the page.
+**Leave your signature after ever message you make.
 ===Signatures===
 Signatures have the ability to be personalized.
-*Please include a link to your talk page.
+*Include a link to your talk page.
-*No more than 10 words, please.
+|}