Changes: Growtopia Wiki:Rules

Revision as of 03:52, 25 August 2019

Last Change: 25 August 2019
Summary: Now allowed to include undiscovered items in internal wikia data so that no needed to keep updating when items are found.

The Growtopia Wiki has a set of rules in order to maintain everything in a proper manner. In order to prevent mischief, all users are strongly encouraged to read and understand the rules.

General Behavior

Advertising phishing sites is strictly prohibited. Do not post any links to such websites.
Evading punishments by using another account is not allowed. You may get a harsher punishment.
Vandalism and making purposeless posts are strictly prohibited. This includes, but it is not limited to, emptying pages, spamming or inserting false information, and making posts which either hold no value, or are intended to derail the current topic.
Bullying and discriminating an individual or a group of people are strictly prohibited. Be nice to other people, avoid accusing and calling out other people, and discuss things calmly and appropriately.
Publicizing data-mined materials is not allowed. Do not post anything about unreleased items.
Making redundant edits and achievement-farming are not allowed. This includes purposely making minor and negligible edits on articles, especially when this is done excessively.
Publicizing a fraud item is a serious offense. Do not use this wiki to mislead players in game about items which do not actually exist.
Exploiting loopholes in the rules to bypass punishments is not allowed.
Provoking a user into participating in an argument is discouraged.
Impersonation by either posing as a different individual or creating a different account and posing as another person is prohibited.

Articles

Please follow the Editing Guide.
Advertising is not allowed. Do not post any links to any social media site or any In-Game world.
Do not provide false information. This includes non-existent items and recipes. Make sure to confirm information before inserting it.
Do not add useless categories to any page.
Do not insert the current price of an item, except store items in terms of Gems or Growtokens.

Images

Data-mined images are strictly prohibited without permission from a Wikia Admin.
Inventory images of items should not be added to an article. This includes seeds as well.
Do not upload other people's images without the original image owner's permission.

Comments

Advertising is not allowed. Do not post links to any social media sites or any in-game worlds.
Do not use the comments section to buy or sell any in-game items.
Do not talk about the content of the page, send a message to any staff member regarding problems with any page.
Be polite, be nice to other people.

User Page

Do not edit other user's user page.
Advertising is allowed only on your own user page, on message walls (without spamming) or in personal blogs.

Internal Item Data

All sprite images and item data are made for INTERNAL USE within Growtopia Wiki only.
Disclosing any parts of internal data and image publicly anywhere else without permission is prohibited.
Using any part of the internal data and image without permission is also prohibited.

Punishment

The following section displays the general punishment if any rule is broken. It is worth noting that the table is subject to change at any time and punishment durations may vary depending on what the user has committed.

Wikia's Terms of Use apply to the Growtopia Wiki as well.

Offense	Duration of Punishment
Inappropriate Contributions
Advertisement of Phishing Sites	INFINITE
Publication of Fraud Items	INFINITE
Vandalism and Purposeless Posting	1 MONTH
Publication of Data-mined Materials	2 WEEKS
Advertisement of Unofficial In-Game Worlds¹	3 DAYS
Advertisement of Social Media Sites¹	3 DAYS
Redundant Editing and Achievement-Farming	3 DAYS
Misbehaviour
Punishment Evasion	INFINITE
Loophole Exploitation	INFINITE
Impersonation	INFINITE
Bullying and Discrimination	2 WEEKS
Provocation	1 WEEK

Such advertisements are allowed only in one own's user page.

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 The '''{{SITENAME}}''' has a set of rules in order to maintain everything in a proper manner. In order to prevent mischief, all users are strongly encouraged to read and understand the rules.
 =='''General Behavior'''==
-* '''Vandalism''' is strictly prohibited. This includes but is not limited to emptying pages, spamming or inserting false information.
+* '''Advertising phishing sites''' is strictly prohibited. Do not post any links to such websites.
+* '''Evading punishments''' by using another account is not allowed. You may get a harsher punishment.
-* '''Advertising Hack/Phishing Sites''' are strictly prohibited. Do not post any links to such website.
+* '''Vandalism and making purposeless posts''' are strictly prohibited. This includes, but it is not limited to, emptying pages, spamming or inserting false information, and making posts which either hold no value, or are intended to derail the current topic.
-* '''Flaming''' is strictly prohibited. Be nice to other people, discuss things calmly and appropriately.
+* '''Bullying and discriminating''' an individual or a group of people are strictly prohibited. Be nice to other people, avoid accusing and calling out other people, and discuss things calmly and appropriately.
-* '''Shaming''' is not allowed. Do not call out a player for being a scammer or hacker.
-* '''Spoiling''' is not allowed. Do not post anything about unreleased items.
+* '''Publicizing data-mined materials''' is not allowed. Do not post anything about unreleased items.
-* '''Achievement Farming''' is not allowed. Do not add just a few words on every articles.
+* '''Making redundant edits and achievement-farming''' are not allowed. This includes purposely making minor and negligible edits on articles, especially when this is done excessively.
+* '''Publicizing a fraud item '''is a serious offense. Do not use this wiki to mislead players in game about items which do not actually exist.
-* '''Ban Evade''' by using another account is not allowed. You may get a harsher punishment.
+* '''Exploiting loopholes''' in the rules to bypass punishments is not allowed.
+* '''Provoking''' a user into participating in an argument is discouraged.
+* '''Impersonation''' by either posing as a different individual or creating a different account and posing as another person is prohibited.
 =='''Articles'''==
 * Please follow the [[Growtopia Wiki:Editing Guide|Editing Guide]].
-* '''Advertising''' is not allowed. Do not post link to any social media site, or any In-Game world.
+* '''Advertising''' is not allowed. Do not post any links to any social media site or any In-Game world.
 * Do not provide false information. This includes non-existent items and recipes. Make sure to confirm information before inserting it.
 * Do not add useless categories to any page.
-* Do not insert the current price of an item, expect store items in terms of [[Gems]] or [[Growtoken]]s.
+* Do not insert the current price of an item, except store items in terms of [[Gems]] or [[Growtoken]]s.
 =='''Images'''==
-* Data-mined images are strictly prohibited without permission from Wikia Admin.
+* Data-mined images are strictly prohibited without permission from a Wikia Admin.
-* Inventory images of items should not be added into an article. This include seeds as well.
+* Inventory images of items should not be added to an article. This includes seeds as well.
-* Do not upload other people's image without the consent of the original image's owner.
+* Do not upload other people's images without the original image owner's permission.
 =='''Comments'''==
-* '''Advertising''' is not allowed. Do not post link to any social media site, or any In-Game world.
+* '''Advertising''' is not allowed. Do not post links to any social media sites or any in-game worlds.
+* Do not use the comments section to buy or sell any in-game items.
+* Do not talk about the content of the page, send a message to any staff member regarding problems with any page.
 * Be polite, be nice to other people.
 =='''User Page'''==
 * Do not edit other user's user page.
-* '''Advertising''' is allowed only in your own user page.
+* '''Advertising''' is allowed only on your own user page, on message walls (without spamming) or in personal blogs.
 =='''Internal Item Data'''==
-* All Sprites images and item data are made for '''INTERNAL USE''' within '''{{SITENAME}}''' only.
+* All sprite images and item data are made for '''INTERNAL USE''' within '''{{SITENAME}}''' only.
 * Disclosing any parts of internal data and image publicly anywhere else without permission is prohibited.
 * Using any part of the internal data and image without permission is also prohibited.
-* Undiscovered items are not allowed to be included in the internal data and image.
 =='''Punishment'''==
-The following section displays the general punishment if any rules is broken.
+The following section displays the general punishment if any rule is broken. It is worth noting that the table is subject to change at any time and punishment durations may vary depending on what the user has committed.
-{| class="article-table" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width=100%
+[http://www.wikia.com/Terms_of_Use Wikia's Terms of Use] apply to the [[Growtopia Wiki]] as well.
+{| class="article-table" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="100%"
 |-
-! Rules
+! Offense
-! Base Punishment
+! width="30%" | Duration of Punishment
 |-
+! colspan=2 | Inappropriate Contributions
-| Advertising Hack/Phishing Site
-| <span style='color:red'>'''BAN'''</span> infinite
 |-
+| Advertisement of Phishing Sites
-| Ban Evade
+| INFINITE
-| <span style='color:red'>'''BAN'''</span> infinite
 |-
+| Publication of Fraud Items
-| Vandalism
+| INFINITE
-| <span style='color:red'>'''BAN'''</span> 1 month per page
 |-
+| Vandalism and Purposeless Posting
-| Flaming / Shaming
+| 1 MONTH
-| <span style='color:red'>'''BAN'''</span> 2 weeks
 |-
-| Spoiling / Upload Data-mined Content
+| Publication of Data-mined Materials
+| 2 WEEKS
-| <span style='color:red'>'''BAN'''</span> 2 weeks
 |-
+| Advertisement of Unofficial In-Game Worlds<sup>1</sup>
-| Advertising Social Media Site
+| 3 DAYS
-| <span style='color:red'>'''BAN'''</span> 3 days
 |-
+| Advertisement of Social Media Sites<sup>1</sup>
-| Advertising In-game World
+| 3 DAYS
-| <span style='color:red'>'''BAN'''</span> 3 days
 |-
-| Excessively useless editing / Achievement farming
+| Redundant Editing and Achievement-Farming
+| 3 DAYS
-| <span style='color:red'>'''BAN'''</span> 3 days per page
+|-
+! colspan=2 | Misbehaviour
+|-
+| Punishment Evasion
+| INFINITE
+|-
+| Loophole Exploitation
+| INFINITE
+|-
+| Impersonation
+| INFINITE
+|-
+| Bullying and Discrimination
+| 2 WEEKS
+|-
+| Provocation
+| 1 WEEK
 |}
+#''Such advertisements are allowed only in one own's user page.''
-Breaking any other rules that is not listed here doesn't mean that you won't get any punishment.
-This table is subject to change at any time and punishment times may vary depending on what the user has done.