The About Everything Wiki chat is a way for Wiki users to connect with each other in a relaxed, fun, and dynamic environment. These rules are in place to ensure that the chat room maintains a hospitable environment for all Wiki users to enjoy and feel welcome in. Users must be registered with Wikia and accept their Terms of Use in order to use Chat. Users should not enforce the Chat Policies unless they are a Wiki Staff member.
Wikia's Terms of Use states that a person must be thirteen (13) or older to have an account on the wiki. "In addition, the Service is intended solely for users who are thirteen (13) years of age or older. Any registration by anyone under 13 is unauthorized, unlicensed and in violation of this Agreement." - Wikia's Terms of Use
Chat Polies
When you use the chat, you agree NOT to:
- Harass any other members of the wiki.
- Post links with explicit sexual, violent, or otherwise offensive content.
- Impersonate any other person. This includes making multiple accounts.
- Post any personal information about yourself or anyone else.
- Ask for personal information (address, password, etc.) from another user.
- Excessively type in capital letters. It is considered "yelling" in chat, and overuse is regarded as rude.
- Writing one or two words in all capital letters for emphasis is acceptable
- Typing entire sentences and paragraphs is excessive use of capital letters.
- Use "swear words" or vulgar words.
- Some words may be considered "swear" or vulgar by some, but not by others. It is the discretion of the Chat Moderator or Administrator if a word is being used in an offensive manner.
- Post an excessive number of emoticons, pictures, emojis, or gifs into chat. Chat is for CHAT.
- Using emoticons, pictures, or emojis in chat more than once per sentence or statement is considered excessive.
- Spam. Anything. At all.
- Post or spam malicious or inappropriate/vulgar external links.
- This includes excessive links to About Everything Wiki blogs.
- Try to enforce the Chat Policies without Chat Moderator status.
- Failure to heed will result in a temporary chat-ban until the issue is resolved; multiple offenses will result in longer bans from chat.
Other Policies
- Users should use common sense and respect each other. If a user wants to be treated well they should treat others well in return.
- The rest of the Wiki Rules and Policies apply within Chat as well.
- The Wikia chat system allows for users to "sneaky message" with each other, which is hard for the Wiki Staff to moderate. The same rules outlined above for Main Chat apply in Sneaky Messaging.
Banning
- About Everything Wiki Staff retain the right to ban a user from chat and/or from editing the Wiki itself (including posting comments) if the user does not conform to the policies.
- Disciplinary action against breaking or violating the Chat Policies can be viewed on the What are Chat Captains? page.
Contacting Staff
If you need to contact Wiki Staff about Chat issues or problems with other users in Chat please go to this page for more information: Contacting About Everything Wiki Staff