OK K.O.! Wiki:Rules and Regulations

Rules and Regulations

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• Rules and Regulations
• Userpage Policy
• Blog Policy
• Fanon Policy
• Discussions Policy
• File Policy

Please note that rule punishments may vary based on the severity of the issue and past violations done by the suspected user.

General

• See Help:Editing for editing advice.
• In accordance to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the Terms of Use, all users under 13 are prohibited from making any form of contribution to the wiki.
  • If a user is found to be underage, respectfully report it to an Admin, providing proper evidence.
• Observe civil behavior; respect other users. Please do not argue, insult, threaten, harass, purposefully offend, or disrespect users or their opinions.
• Always assume good faith.
  • Avoid outright reverting edits that seem to have been made in good faith unless it is very obvious vandalism.
    • If you must do so, explain why, either in the edit summary or on the user's message wall.
  • Treat new contributors with respect, and if they make a bad edit, give respectful criticism so they can learn how they can improve their contributions.
• Respect the staff when they ask you to stop doing something harmful or disruptive.
• Users should never beg for administrator/staff rights.
  • These positions are granted only to those trusted and deemed suitable for the responsibility.
  • If you show you are a responsible and trustworthy user dedicated to improving the wiki, you may apply for for a position here.
• If you would like to create a new template or category, ask a content moderator or administrator doing so.

Do Not...

• Engage in edit wars with other users. Doing so can and will lead to blocking. Please refer to here.
• Advertise non-affiliated wikis (excluding Community Central) or commercial websites with the intent for someone to view your product.
  • Linking to OK K.O.! related material or a post on your Twitter, Facebook, or Tumblr (or other) account(s) is allowed, so long as it is appropriate and without the intent of purchasing or joining a program, group, activity, or event.
• Insult or fabricate false information about other users.
• Troll.
• Spam.
  • Spam is deleted immediately when discovered and appropriate action will take place against the spammer.
• Discriminate. (Hate speech, ethnic slurs, etc.)
• Discuss or share sexually explicit content.
• Use strong language.
  • Minor profanity is permitted (such as hell, damn, piss, ass, or bastard when not frequently used or directed at another user) but severe profanity such as the F-Bomb, S-Bomb, "Female Dog" and any slurs are prohibited, even when censored or shortened.
    • Acronyms and abbreviations that are typically known to contain one of the prohibited swear words are not allowed.
    • Linking to content with profanity is not permitted unless a warning is given.
• Support or encourage vandalism or breaking of the rules.
  • Vandalizing a page is a serious offense as it always result in a block, usually of indefinite length.
  • Creating pages that are completely unrelated to OK K.O.! can also be considered vandalism.
  • If a user intentionally renames or creates a page with an inappropriate or nonsensical name, it can also be considered as vandalism.
• Impersonate other users or evade bans by using multiple accounts.
  • This is known as Sockpuppetry and is a serious offense.
  • Users caught doing this will have all of their known accounts blocked indefinitely.
• Add theoretical, speculative, or non-canon material to articles.
• Link to unofficial or illegal ways to view, share, or post OK K.O.! content.

Privacy & Safety

• You are not required to share any personal information with anyone on the wiki. It's recommended that you do not post personal information about yourself, such as your school, home address, etc. Remember, anything on this website can be seen by anyone on the internet. So please, consider this before expressing yourself to the community.
  • To learn more about how to stay safe on the internet, read here.
• You may not share the personal information of others unless they allow it.

Userpages are personal pages where a user can write and share with others about themselves. See Help:User page for more information.

• Do not edit another user's profile page without their approval unless reverting vandalism from someone else, if a user page has content that is against the rules, notify an administrator to fix it.
• You are not allowed to say negative things about other users on your profile. If an administrator notices something insulting on your user page, you will be kindly asked to remove it. Refusing to do so will lead to removal of the content without further input.
• Only staff members may have the staff templates and staff category on their profiles.
• For your safety, do not add any any personal information about yourself (e.g., your real name, where you live). Please refer to the Rules and Regulations.

Blogs must contain sufficient information. Blog posts that are too short and/or deemed nonsensical are subject to deletion or editing.

• At least 2 lines of text or sufficient information about the blog content in images.
• Related images, if any.

Discussion within the blog comments must relate to the content found within the blog. Off-topic comments are subject to deletion.

Do not add additional categories to your blog posts.

Blogs containing fanon content must comply to our Fanon Policy.

You are only allowed to post fanon content on your user page, your blog or the off-topic Discussions board as long as it doesn't violate the rules.

• Preferably, you would post full length fanon stories at the fanon wiki.

Threads/Message Walls

• Avoid reviving a discussion or comment if the proceeding post is 14 days old or more.
• The topic of discussion should be clearly defined in the thread title.
  • Nonsensical, inappropriate, and off-topic threads and discussions are subject to editing and/or deletion.
• Keep your replies of a reasonable length.
• Do not discuss another wiki's matters on this wiki. This includes unjustly blocks from another wiki (this should be done on Community Central).
• Don't message someone to bother them. If they didn't respond to your first message, don't send them a new message in hopes they will respond sooner.

Comments

• Comments should be of some relation to the content found within the page.
  • Pointless comments such as "First", "Second", or what could be seen as randomly inserted characters will be removed.
• Keep comments of a reasonable length.

Discussions

• Discussions Guidelines can be found in here.

Images that are posted for articles, like episode galleries should be in PNG format.

Please follow the image naming system. Ask an admin, content moderator, or image controller if a file needs to be named.

• Titlecards: Episode name Titlecard (i.e. Let's Be Heroes Titlecard)
• Episode Screenshots: Episode name number (the episode gallery must be in chronological order) (i.e. Let's Be Heroes 1)
• Storyboards: Episode name Storyboard with description (i.e. Let's Be Heroes Storyboard)
• Promotional Artwork: Episode name Promo (i.e. Let's Be Heroes Promo)
• Model Sheets: Character name Modelsheet (i.e. K.O. Modelsheet)
• Staff Artwork: Description of art (suggested to add the artist name)
• Other: No set naming system but be more clear.

Categorization is not mandatory, but if you understand the category system, feel free to do so.

Files that are not in use will be deleted without warning.

• If you wish to have a file restored, please contact a Content Moderator or Admin.

Any photos not canon to OK K.O. such as fan-art and edited files do not belong on articles. They should either be posted on a blog, user page or board thread.

Do not replace episode or character images with your own image, relevant or not.

• If you have a higher-quality picture than an image found on a gallery, feel free to replace it.

Please contact an Admin if you wish to reshoot an episode gallery for purposes of replacing old images to improve quality while following the image naming system.