Plants vs. Zombies Wiki:Rules

These are the rules of the Plants vs. Zombies Wiki.

General

 * You must be at least 13 years old. If you say you are under 13 or heard about it on another wiki, you will be blocked until your 13th birthday! More about that on this blog.
 * No cussing or profanity of all sorts so use * for censoring. However, some swear words are not swear words worldwide so you can say them as long as you don't use them purposely to annoy/offend a user who it is a swear word to. If you use the worldwide swearing you get a block without a warning. 1 week for minor, 1 month for medium, 3 months for major and 6 months for racist cusses.
 * No spamming or vandalism. This includes spamming minor edits to get badges; please only make two or three edits in a row per page.
 * No reverting good edits without a good reason.
 * No offensive or innapropriate content.
 * No harrassment.
 * No racism, sexism, or bigotry.
 * Two accounts are not allowed. It is an exception if you forgot your password on an account. A bad name is not a reason to have 2 accounts, as Rename Account will allow you to change your username without the need to create a second account.
 * No advertising.
 * No backseat moderating or mini-modding. That means you must not tell someone to stop doing something that breaks the rules. Just report them to admins, b-crats, chat mods, rollbacks, VSTF members and Wikia Staff. If you backseat moderate, you get a 2 weeks block after seven warnings.
 * Please, do not leave links to the same page, or redirects leading to the same page. This won't get you blocked, but they are annoying.
 * Keep editing to your userpage at a minumim. Mainspace edits are more important.
 * No removing warnings.
 * Do not create duplicate pages.
 * Don't make pages in the Plants vs. Zombies Wiki namespace without permission from the administrators.
 * Don't reveal your password.

Talk pages

 * On talk pages (both user talk pages and article talk pages), always sign your comments.
 * Do not leave messages on talk page archives that are archived.
 * Do not remove talk page messages unless they are spam. Inappropriate talk page behavior should be reported to admins rather than removed. If you want to clean up your talk page, make an archive.

Discussions

 * Only autoconfirmed users with at least 25 edits (equivalent to the Backyard Shielder Badge) can participate in votes about Wiki maintenance or management.
 * Discussions are closed automatically after three days without a vote.
 * Discussions can be restarted after 1 month. This is to be used exclusively for disputed or tied results.

Forums

 * All talk page and general rules apply on the forums, with the exception of signing posts.
 * Do not spam on the forums.
 * No fighting in the forums.
 * No discussions about PVZCC plants and zombies. None of them are real.
 * Admins need to close threads if discussions are over or if they are spam.

Uploads

 * The only pictures allowed besides those about Plants vs. Zombies or the wiki are avatars, emoticons, and pictures about the making of the game.
 * No inappropriate content on images.
 * Don't create duplicate images.
 * Don't steal other users' images.
 * Fan made images of plants should be posted and made on the Plants vs. Zombies Character Creator Wiki, not here.

Promotion rules
See Plants vs. Zombies Wiki:Requests for adminship.

Chat

 * Follow the above rules.
 * No spamming or trolling in chat.
 * No "Chat Wars."
 * If you are a chat moderator, don't abuse kicking or banning priveleges.
 * No random gibberish or hidden cussing.
 * You must have 20 mainspace edits (equivalent to the Nighttime Survivor Badge) before chatting. If not, you'll be kicked and banned until you have that many. VSTF, Helpers and Wikia Staff don't count.
 * No "door spamming" on Chat. Door spamming consists of rapidly exiting and entering chat to fill up the chat log.
 * Keep private things in private message.
 * Don't abuse the emoticons.
 * Don't abuse caps.

Rollback Rules

 * Follow the above rules.
 * Don't revert good edits.

Admin Rules

 * Follow the above rules.
 * No abusing power.
 * No unfair rules should be on this page.
 * Only close Forum threads if they are spam/vandalism, your own, or if you have permission from the author.
 * No abusive editing of comments or replies.
 * Do not open up Announcement Forums for replies. They are an announcement, and thus, are not meant for replies.
 * If a staff member has not edited for 2 weeks, they are considered inactive.
 * If they haven't active for 6 months, they may be demoted if the active administrators decide to do so.

Bueaucrat Rules

 * Follow all of the above rules.
 * No using your powers to take a good user's rights.
 * No "Wikia Dictatorship."
 * Do not remove an inactive user's rights without a vote by the active admins.
 * No "Friendship Promotions."