- Community Policy
- Spoiler Policy
- Editing Policy
- Discussion Policy
- Chat Policy
Please note that these rules are to be in effect throughout the RWBY Wiki.
1. Age Requirement
Preferably, users on the wiki should be at least 13 years old. Only users of ages 13 and above may enter chat. Any user determined to be under the age of 13 will be banned from chat until they reach the minimum requirement.
2. Civil Behavior
All users are expected to keep a civil manner in the wiki. Avoid making comments that are likely to offend a user, and keep profane wording to a bare minimum. This also includes having a non-incendiary user name. If a user shows exceptional profanity or disrespect, please use the Report button to alert our moderation staff.
All users must show basic respect to one another, as well as the employees of Rooster Teeth and the various people involved in RWBY. Abuse, directed swearing, and insults will not be tolerated. When a staff member enforces a policy, due respect is to be given to their decision. Users seeking to appeal a decision may do so by contacting an administrator or bureaucrat.
If you feel that another user has been violating this policy consistently over a period of time and in multiple places, you may request a temporary block on that person. In such a case, a moderator should be contacted via their message wall. Please be aware that examples will be required to accurately judge a situation; screenshots and links from the offending party are welcome and encouraged to expedite any judgements on behalf of moderation. Without examples, investigation will take longer and we may miss evidence, resulting in offenders not being warned or blocked.
New users to the wiki are not to be targeted as untrustworthy or having poor opinions. Everyone is a fan, and the wiki is a place to express yourself about what you love.
3. Excessive Hate Toward the Show
While criticism is healthy and encourages growth and improvement, it is against the rules to make excessively hateful or aggressive statements or insults about the show, its writing, and the crew behind the show, including the writers and voice actors. Making aggressive posts outright bashing the show and/or its crew accomplishes nothing but causing hurt and creating a toxic environment.
Furthermore, we absolutely do not allow any and all statements referring to the desecration of Monty Oum’s remains, even if it is a joke or a comparison to the quality of the show.
4. Spam
Spamming the same comment across multiple pages is frowned upon, as is posting comments unrelated to the page itself. Please keep page comments on the topic of the page. If you wish to discuss something unrelated to RWBY, use the Off Topic Discussion Board to open a forum thread.
Another form of spamming is replying multiple times in a row in quick succession without allowing others the chance to reply. Please edit your posts to avoid this, as it makes your comments much easier to read and reply to. Whether someone is considered to be spamming after posting multiple times can be up to moderator discretion.
If you feel someone is spamming, please use the Report button and a moderator will review it.
5. Baiting
Baiting users for specific reactions, also known as “flamebaiting” or “trolling”, is not tolerated on this wiki. Baiting in this instance includes purposefully making statements or observations that are designed to anger another user or incite arguments, or making statements or observations that keep arguments going for an extended period of time even after a discussion has been resolved. This policy can also fall under harassment and civil behaviour policy violations. If you feel someone is baiting, please use the Report button and a moderator will review it.
6. Discussion and Voting
When an idea for a change to the wiki occurs, any user can bring it up on a specific article, on a staff member's message wall, or in the Administrative Requests forum linked above. All users can weigh in with their opinion. Bringing it up for discussion allows the wiki to grow with its users. A member of the staff, preferably an administrator, should be involved in the discussion before any changes are implemented.
7. Harassment
The direct targeting of an individual user on the basis of their race, gender, religion, interests, spelling, grammar, intellect, psychological state or physical appearance qualifies as harassment, and is not to be tolerated.
This covers the threats of violence, legal action and the use of media to harass an individual. The act of getting users to gang-up on or mob the harassed individual is also prohibited.
When a user is targeted for harassment, they should contact a moderator or an administrator immediately, rather than reciprocate and escalate the situation. Please be aware that examples will be required to accurately judge a situation; screenshots and links from the offending party are welcome and encouraged to expedite any judgements on behalf of moderation.
8. Explicit Violence
No explicit violent content is to be written, linked or uploaded to the wiki, including images, sites, audio or videos. This also involves explicit descriptions of violence towards characters in the show or toward real people. Posts of this nature will be removed and admins may be informed to deal with the offending users. Conversations regarding violent content are allowed under keen observation, but explicit descriptions are not permitted.
9. Sexual Content
No explicit sexual content is to be written, linked or uploaded to the wiki, including images, sites, audio or videos. This also involves erotic pictures, like licking, touching private parts, etc. Posts of this nature will be removed and admins may be informed to deal with the offending users. Conversations regarding sexual content are allowed under keen observation, but explicit descriptions are not permitted.
10. Subject Matter
Discussing sensitive subject matter, such as religion, politics, gender, sexuality, or race must be kept in order by a moderator.
If a user feels uncomfortable or offended by a topic of a particular discussion, they may make their opinion known to a moderator, who will assess the situation. If the topic is found to violate any other policies, moderators may close the thread, remove offending comments, or delete the discussion entirely.
If the topic is found not to be in violation of any policies, the offended user is asked to not participate in the thread.
11. Worrisome Behavior
If a user should become worried about the indications of another user's comments or behavior, whether it be suicidal, harmful or concerning in any way, they should definitely bring it to a member of staff for assistance.
If a user should themselves be feeling like they are in a place to need some help, Fandom has a list of resources available: Suicide Prevention.
12. Sockpuppeting
Any account found to be a "sockpuppet", including but not limited to a second account being used to avoid a block or prior warning, or to artificially influence discussions, will be banned indefinitely from the Wiki by an administrator. Intentionally logging out of an account and posting as an anonymous contributor is also considered a form of sockpuppeting and will likewise not be tolerated. If this is found to be the case, the primary account may also be blocked if the act was deemed to be subversive or malicious in intent.
13. Individual Profiles, Message Walls and Blogs
A user's profile is their own, and as long as it doesn't violate any of the wiki rules, it can generally be whatever that user likes. One exception to this is that autoplaying audio (such as music) is prohibited due to being disruptive to users not expecting to hear it. Changing another user's profile without their permission is not allowed.
Message walls are a place to communicate with each other directly. They can be utilized for simple reaching out and to address particular issues, like when there's a disagreement about an edit or when a problem needs to be handled by staff.
Blogs posts are various and can be ideas for discussion, games, or a place to make a particular kind of post. Unless a blog's content goes against wiki rules, what goes on the blog is at the sole discretion of the user who posted it, and this needs to be respected.
14. Links
Linking to certain types of content is prohibited. Prohibited content includes, but is not limited to: excessive gore and violence, "shock" or "screamer" sites, illegal content, and malware. Links to these materials will be removed immediately.
Users are asked to avoid using link shorteners when possible, as they hide the actual destination of the link. However, certain links do require shortening, as they would be excessively long otherwise. When linking an image from Google, click "View Image" to link to the image itself, rather than a long Google referral link.
Please note that enabling illegal activities by explicitly promoting websites by name, or otherwise giving instructions on how to access illegal content, is also heavily discouraged, even if direct functioning hyperlinks are not provided. Threads or replies of this type may be removed at the discretion of a moderator.
15. Spoilers
Main article: Spoiler Policy
Discussing or divulging leaked content before it is officially released is prohibited. Moderators are asked to remove the offending material and inform an administrator. Offenders may be banned on their first offense.
It is also not permitted to link to or leak newly released episodes before they are available to the public.
Content that is intended to remain exclusive to paying members of Rooster Teeth’s website is an exception, as this content can contain information that should be catalogued on the wiki. Example: RWBY Rewind.
16. Cross-wiki Incidents
Actions such as organizing mass disruption of other wikis or websites ("brigading" or "raiding"), or encouraging users to do so is prohibited. Any actions done to another wiki or website, or by another wiki or website to this wiki (such as a mass influx of users from another Wiki or website with malicious intent) are to be reported to a moderator or administrator immediately to handle. In addition, airing personal issues with the users or staff of other wikis is not tolerated.
If another wiki causes an incident with this wiki, do not go back to their wiki to get revenge or investigate. Allow for RWBY Wiki staff to assess the situation.
17. Report Button
The Report Button is a very useful tool, but overuse merely clogs the Reported Comments page and makes it harder for moderators to accurately police the wiki. Please only use the report button if the content is against our wiki policies; spamming Report because you disagree with someone can result in receiving a warning for yourself instead.
18. Necroposting
"Necroposting," posting a reply to a discussion that has been inactive for more than 3 months, is discouraged. Whilst usually not a bannable offense, users are kindly asked to avoid necroposting and encouraged to start new discussions. Repeat offenders may be dealt with by an administrator or bureaucrat.