Fan-Fiction Encyclopedia Wiki:Wiki rules

General Rules

 * 1) Keep it civil: Do not make personal attacks on other people. If you need to criticize another user’s argument, do so without attacking them as a person. Do not use bigoted language, including slurs which degrade another person or group of people based on gender, race, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, etc.
 * 2) Be a productive member of the wiki: Contribute to the wiki in line with the established processes and conventions. Need help? Ask an administrator! Disrupting the wiki with “edit warring” over differing opinions of a topic with another user or group of users is not productive.
 * 3) Do not harass other users: If somebody asks you to stop posting certain content on their wall, respect their wishes. It is their wall.
 * 4) Do follow community guidelines for formatting: When a community has established formatting, it’s important to adhere to that, especially when spoiler content is involved.

What this wiki is for
This is a wiki dedicated to cataloging the mass amount of fan-fiction on the internet. It is not, however, a place for you to make fanfiction. All fanfic must come from another site. We are an encyclopedia; our role is to document fanfic.

What is not allowed
Anything officially licensed is not allowed here. No matter how much you dislike a certain film or novel, you cannot classify it as fanfic if it is officially released. To have a page on here, the work must be unlicensed and made by a fan.

No "Real" continuity
Unless stated or show in the fanfic, nothing from the original licensed work is allowed. It must be stated in the fanfic to be be covered. This includes characters, settings, species, love interests, etc.

Fan Films
Despite our name being "Fan-Fiction", we do allow fan-films, as they are a part of the fan produced works that we cover

Fanfics
To create a page for a standalone fanfic, use the template Template:Preload/Fanfic and enter in the relevant information. On the bottom, you MUST link the fanfic. If you do not, the page will be deleted. This is to insure that the pages are created to catalog real fanfic.

Characters
To create a page for a character from a fanfic, use the template Template:Preload/Character. When creating a page for a character, you must name the page Character (Fanfic/Fan Series the character is from). This is due to the fact that many popular franchises have millions of fanfics and as such, the characters will be used in different ways, depending on the fanfic.

Original Characters Policy
Original characters are allowed, but only if they appear in a fanfic. A work that has no connection to an existing franchise and is purely original is a wonderful thing, but it is not what we cover on the wiki

Fan Series
If a piece or production of fan-fiction has multiple episodes/chapters/sequel fanfics, use the template Template:Preload/FanSeries. The page should look like Series name (series) You may also create individual pages for the chapters/episodes/sequels using the Fanfic template.

Please note that "by the same author" does not mean series. The titles must indicate if works are part of a series or not. Also please note that a series that has multiple chapters titled "Chapter One, Chapter Two, etc", must have their page name titled Chapter One (Fan Series name), to avoid having thousands of pages named just "Chapter One".

If a series has multiple works and each work has multiple chapters, than you must cite the chapters (if they do not have individual names beyond Chapter #) with Chapter # (Series: Individual Work)

Also note that trailers and promotional material are not parts and should not get their own pages.

Same Name?
If two fanfics, have the same name, then you must put Fanfic (series name). If one of the fanfics is not part of a series, then you only need to put the series name on the one that does.

Mature Content
Part of fanfic is deviating from the original source and as such, much of the fanfics here contain mature themes. Make sure to use the Template:ContentWarning for fics that contain controversial, mature, and violent content.

Fan-Fiction of Fan-Fiction?
There are occasionally cases where a fanfic itself is so well known that people decide to make fanfics based off the fanfic. This is allowed, but it must be a separate page from the original fanfic page, as it is not created by the same author/group.

Blocking Policy
A number of actions can get you blocked. The amount of time is determined by the severity of the offense, how many times the offense was committed, and admin judgment
 * 1) Intentional vandalism intended to lower the quality of a page (Infinite Block)
 * 2) Bigoted comments (Infinite Block)
 * 3) Doxxing or leaking personal information (Infinite Block)
 * 4) Personal attacks (One Month for first offense, One Year for second, Infinite Block for third)
 * 5) Refusal to listen to admin instructions (Warning for first offense, One Month for second offense, Three Months for third, One Year for fourth, Infinite for fifth)
 * 6) Misusing the Discussions section (Warning for first offense, One Month for second offense, Three Months for third, One Year for fourth, Infinite for fifth)

Appealing the Block
If you feel that the block was unjustified or unfair, please contact an administrator. You may appeal your block once.