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Welcome to the new and improved DanTDM Wiki. Please read our rules to figure out the correct etiquette and behavior that is expected of all users in both the discussions and pages. Looking to reclaim your edit history from the Fandom wiki? conctact User:ScrapBlox

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The following are the Rules for this wiki.
The DanTDM Wiki has a set of rules that needs to be followed carefully. Please respect these rules and treat them so that way the DanTDM Wiki will have a nice environment of other users who also wants to engage with the community. Following these rules is a serious matter. So please read through the rules and keep them in mind whenever you come across the DanTDM Wiki. The rules are categorized in 4 sections: General, Content, Discussions, and Categories.


If you break a rule once, that may not be good, but it could be by accident, so you get a warning, if you break a rule again you get your last warning, if you break a rule for the third time, you'll be banned NO EXCEPTIONS, unless you have your reasons, then if you NEED and only if you NEED to break a rule, contact an [[User:IanTEB|Admin]] first, of course an Admin won't have to ask an Admin, but if an Admin breaks these rule said Admin will still be banned.
==General==
===Behavior===
==== 1. Be civil. ====
It is important to stay civil and keep conversations on topic or anything related to DanTDM. Be civil in discussions by not starting any agruments and cause an argument. It doesn't matter who started the argument as long the two users stop their argument and respectfully move on and not try to continue to argue or bother with the user anywhere else.


== Rules ==
Fail to abide this rule will be resulted in a warning.


=== Basic Rules ===
==== 2. Do not create any NSFW messages. ====
* No Swearing What-so-ever, unless you're editing a Transcript article and [[DanTDM|Dan]] swears.
NSFW (or simply known as Not Safe For Work) is content that is associated around like nudity, sexuality, or anything that deems inappropriate.
* Respect each other, disrespect is not tolerated, not even to people who are disrespectful to you, just contact an Admin about this user and he'll get a Warning or be Banned.
* NEVER delete something on your Message Wall unless it's Inappropriate and if it's something you don't want to talk about, just leave a message saying "''I don't want to talk about it''".
* For pages that doesn't need to exist on this wiki, use External Links to a wiki for the matter.
* If a page is gonna have a Category with the name of the game (eg. Minecraft) than [[Daniel Middleton|Dan]] has to have: 1. Made over 5 Videos on the game and or series. 2. There's a Playlist for the game on his Channel.
* No linking other wiki's in comments, in the past people, have been leaving links for the ZephPlays Wiki, even do we here at the DanTDM Wiki have nothing against the ZephPlays, promoting yourself or anything isn't allowed, you can, however, leave links to social media's on your User Page.
* If a FANDOM User without an account breaks one of these rules, they'll get banned instantly.


* If an Admin leaves a message to you, you'll have 2 Days to respond before you get 2 Warnings for avoiding an Admin.
Fail to abide this rule will be resulted in a warning.
* A game can have an article so long as [[DanTDM]] has played it once.


=== Rules About The Rules ===
==== 3. Don't be harrassive towards others. ====
* You don't need to read this entire page, you can skip over certain parts of the rules if you're never planning on editing pages that those rules apply to (eg. Rules about Video Pages).
Being a harassment is a type of behavior towards other users and it means people will try and be overly aggressive and trying to insult and intimidate them.
* If you haven't read the rules in a week of editing, you will be Banned.


=== Video Article Rules ===
Fail to abide this rule will be resulted in an instant block.
* Every video article should be stationed like this [["minecraft is so easy.."|one]].
* If you can't finish a section of an article (eg. Plot) then put ''WIP ''on it, the text has to be ''Italic'' (to get Italic press Ctrl I.)
* If there's a character you don't know, just put ??? where his name would be, maybe someone will know who he is and help you out.
* No characters from the Treasure Room, only characters who appear outside it can be on the character section, but if a character does appear in the treasure room, you can put that on said characters appearance section. Articles prior to these rules do not apply.


=== Character Rules ===
==== 4. Don't engage with biogtry or hate speech. ====
* All Character Articles should be stationed like this [[Candy Creeper|one]], articles made before these rules are an exception.
Hate speech briefly means abusive or threatening speech or writing that expresses prejudice on basis of ethncity, religion, sexual orientation, or similar grounds. So that's like using the word "gay" to other people as in insult.
* No saying that the character your writing about sucks or that they should never exist, you can post this in the comments instead, but you can't type stuff such as This is the Best Character on the page either.
* Only Original characters can have a page, instead, use External Links for non-original characters, unless [[Daniel Middleton|Dan]] gives the character a name. (eg. [[Bobby]])


=== Item Rules ===
Fail to abide this rule will be resulted in a warning, but if it gets too severe, then it will be most likely a permanent ban.
{{Rule WIP}}
* Only original items are allowed (eg. [[Wolf Trophy]]), books are also allowed, so long as they have a different name than book.


=== Transcript Rules ===
==== 5. Don't troll or engage with trolling. ====
{{Rule WIP}}
Trolling happens if a user starts to engage and troll in a inflammatory or in a obnoxious manner in purpose to provoking other users.
* All Transcripts should be stationed like this [[Minecraft Default Dance!/Transcript|one]].
 
==== 6. Don't impersonate DanTDM or any other content creators or users. ====
Impersonation is a common problem for YouTubers who has a big profile. Many YouTubers who has a big profile can be impersonated. Same goes for users.
 
Fail to abide this rule will be resulted in an instant block.
 
==== 8. Do not say slurs. ====
Any type of slur words will be monitored such as: the N****r, F****T, and many other variations.
 
Failure to abide this rule will be resulted in a permanent ban.
 
==== 9. Do not say death threats or anything that involves threatening words to other individuals including animals, or disrespecting or ridiculing one's death. ====
This means that a user wished upon someone's or an animal's death.
 
Failure to abide by this rule will be resulted in an instant block.
 
==Content==
This section will include contents and specific rules when it comes to editing on the DanTDM Wiki.
==== Pages ====
==== 1. Use correct infoboxes. ====
Infoboxes can be used on a page whether if it's a video or a character or even a youtuber. If you are making a page of a new DanTDM video, make sure to use the "Video" infobox. Don't use the "YouTube Video" infobox. And if you are making a page of a YouTuber, use the "YouTuber" infobox. Or if it's a minor character, then use the default "Character" infobox.
 
Fail to abide this rule will be resulted in a warning.
 
==== 2. Don't insert NSFW into pages. ====
NSFW (or simply known as Not Safe For Work) is content that is associated around like nudity, sexuality, or anything that deems inappropriate.
 
Fail to abide this rule will result in a block, the length of the block depends on the severity.
 
==== 3. All pages must be written in English. ====
If pages aren't in English, they will be removed immediately.
 
Fail to abide this rule will be resulted in a warning.
 
==== 4. Pages must include proper grammar, punctuation and spelling. ====
All pages that are created must include some proper grammar, punction and spelling. With this, people could understand and read every page easily. For some reference, read [https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/ the Punctuation Guide].
 
Fail to abide the rule after being notified about this once will be resulted in a warning.
 
==== 5. Don't vandalize or create spam/unecessary pages. ====
Vandalizing is when a user adds unneeded information or changing everything in a page. Spam pages includes random language and gibberish nonsense that is not related to DanTDM or the DanTDM Wiki itself. Spam also means that a user is repetitively doing the same thing (but for this, it's pages.) Unecessary pages are pages that isn't needed or needs to be added and it will be deleted.
 
Fail to abide this rule will be resulted in a instant block.
 
==== 6. Do not edit farm. ====
Edit farming is when a user repeatedly edits the same thing in a way to gain edits.
 
Failure to abide to this rule be a warning.
 
==Discussions==
This list will cover all rules for the Discussions.
==== 1. Do not necropost in the discussions. ====
Necroposting is when a user replies to an old post that is over 2 weeks old or more.
 
Fail to abide after being notified about this once will be resulted in a warning.
 
==== 2. Do not spam discussion posts. ====
Spamming the discussions is when user repeatedly makes a new post.
 
Fail to abide by this rule after being notified about this once will be resulted in a warning.
 
==== 3. Do not post/create off-topic posts in discussions. This includes replies also. ====
Creating posts that aren't related to DanTDM.
 
Fail to abide by this rule after being notified will be resulted in a warning.
==Categories==
This list will include rules of adding appropriate categories within the articles of the DanTDM Wiki.
==== 1. Don't spam categories. ====
Spamming categories is when a user repeatedly adds random nonsense and spammy categories to pages.
 
Fail to abide this rule will be resulted in a warning.
 
==== 2. Don't create unrelated categories. ====
Unrelated categories means that when a user adds an unrelated category to pages that are not related to the DanTDM Wiki. This also goes for userpages and content pages.
 
Fail to abide this rule will be resulted in a warning.
 
==== 3. Add specific categories for video pages, including all pages. ====
Specific categories means that you got to add the right category into that page. This makes it easy for the categories to be well-organized and not over the place.
 
==== 4. Don't add deleted categories to pages. ====
Deleted categories are self-explanatory. Categories are only deleted if they don't seem necessary. Please make sure to not put deleted categories into pages if they are deleted since they are pretty much useless.
 
Fail to abide this rule after being notified once, will be resulted in a warning.
 
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