Trolls Trollpedia:Wiki Policy

This is the main wiki policy page. It lists a number of rules that all users are expected to follow at all times. If you disobey them, you will be held responsible for your actions, and could be punished in many different ways.

Please keep in mind that these policies are constantly updated if necessary, so we recommend reading them constantly.

For the wiki's general rules, see the Rules and Regulations page. To see the subject-specific policy pages, go to the Policy page.

General Policy

The wiki's guidelines is applied to Discussions as well.
No swearing is allowed anywhere on the wiki. Users of all ages are welcome to view the wiki's content and shouldn't be subject to cussing. Only the use of mild words like "crap", "crud", "darn", "damn" or "goddamn" is acceptable. Leniency may be given for this rule in the future, but as of now, any kind of swear word (other than the aforementioned ones) is disallowed anywhere on this wiki, even if it is censored or shortened in any way.
Do not use a language other than English on the wiki. The only place where another language would be acceptable is when talking on someone else's wall.
Sock-puppetry, evading a block by creating additional accounts, is strictly prohibited. Any account that can be confirmed as a sock account should be brought to an administrator or a bureaucrat so they can block it indefinitely.
Be careful with your account security. There is no way for us to know if a friend, a relative, or any other person went onto your account and broke any of our rules. You would be held responsible for their actions in this case.
Do not mini-mod or take manners in your hands. Please report to a content moderator, administrator, or bureaucrat to take care of rule breaks.
Do not link to, request or mention unofficial ways to view pirated Trolls content (e.g. watching movies or full episodes unofficially, reading full comics/magazines unofficially, etc.).
If a staff member reminds or warns you, do not close or remove the reminder/warning thread. Continuing to disobey the staff's orders will result you in a temporary block.
If you have a question, feel free to ask any of the wiki's admins.

User Policy

Do not harass or cyberbully other users.
Be respectful of someone else's views and their opinions. If you have contradicting opinions, you can talk about it in a friendly manner.
Try to not discuss politics. It is a very sensitive topic that should be kept away from. Politics should only be brought up in a side neutral manner. Be cautious with what you say if you do choose to talk about politics.
Do not discriminate other users. This includes their religion, race, or sexuality.
Do not spread rumors of other users. If you do, an immediate block will take place, whose length will depend on the severity of the rumor.
You are allowed to have names of characters in your username (eg. Queen Poppy, Branch, etc.); however, do not act as if you are that character. This is considered roleplaying and is strictly prohibited.

User Page Policy

Do not edit another user's profile page without their approval unless reverting vandalism from someone else or if you're assisting in fixing something that is broken on their page. If a user page has content that is against the rules, notify an administrator to fix it.
You are not allowed to say negative things about other users on your profile. If an administrator notices something insulting on your user page, you will be kindly asked to remove it. Refusing to do so will lead to removal of the content without further input.
Only staff members may have the staff templates and staff category on their profiles.
For your safety, do not add any personal information about yourself (e.g. your real name, where you live, etc.).

Message Walls

Do not discuss another wiki's matters on this wiki. This includes unjustly blocks from another wiki (this should be done on Community Central), or advertising another wiki here.
Respect others' space. If you see some users having a conversation, don't join in just to say "hi". If you do want to join in, keep it relevant to the topic.
If you want to ask someone for their personal information, do so in a polite manner. If the other user doesn't want to give their personal information, don't pester them to give it out.
If you message someone just to throw insults at them, you will immediately be blocked.
Don't spam on message walls. If possible, use one message thread for a couple days.
Don't message someone to bother them. If they didn't respond to your first message, don't send them a new message in hopes they will respond sooner.

Badge Hunting

Badges are included to help show how much you have helped around the wiki. "badge hunting" or "badge farming" refers to contributing to the wiki purely to obtain badges. If someone is suspected to be badge hunting, they will be warned for their actions, and if it continues, they will be blocked for a certain amount of time.

Some examples of "badge hunting" include:

Making multiple smaller edits to one page in a short amount of time for editing badges, or the special "Caffeinated" and "Lucky Edit" badges.
Adding unnecessary categories to pages for category badges.
- This also includes intentionally misusing templates that include categories, such as {{Delete}}, {{Merge}} and {{Stub}}.
Making insignificant edits every day for wiki love badges.
Creating an article and immediately marking it for deletion for the special "Pounce!" badge.
Blanking a gallery for no reason and immediately reverting the blanking for picture badges.

Editing Policy

Do not vandalize pages. Removing content on or unnecessarily renaming a page can result in an instant block if serious enough.
If you want to create a new category or template, ask a content moderator or admin before doing so.
Do not add theoretical, speculative, non-canon material, and fake information in the article pages.
When adding information like when an movie or TV series episode airs, or adding a new page for a recently announced movie or TV show episode, make sure the information comes from a reliable source, and add said sources to the page's references.
Try to provide an edit summary of what change(s) you have made whenever possible.
If you are creating a new page, make sure that there is some content in it. A page shouldn't be made just to remain blank until a certain time. You should also search to see if the page has already been created before.
If you think an edit made is incorrect, try talking to the user about it on their wall to avoid an edit war. Repeatedly undoing each other's edits would cause consequences for both users. If a third party is needed to settle a dispute, contact an admin to resolve the issue.
If you are unsure about how an edit will look, use the preview button to prevent mistakes before they happen.
Do not plagiarize from another wiki or any other site. All information displayed here should be kept as original as possible. If you find something from another site you'd like to add here, try to put it in your own words.
Review and check the Manual of Style to learn how to write articles effectively.

Article Commenting

Episode discussions can be allowed in the Discussions.

Your comment must be related or on topic to the article you are leaving a comment on. Nonsensical comments will be subject to deletion.
Do not use comments as means for boosting. This includes, but is not limited to comments such as "first".
Do not "necropost". Leaving a reply to a comment that hasn't had activity in over a month is considered necroposting.
Keep your comments and replies of a reasonable length.
Other rules and guidelines (i.e. the general rules of our wiki, the User Policy, and the rules listed in the Comment Policy page) also apply to comments.

Talk Pages

Talk pages are only used for talking about improvements on articles. Trolls-related media should only take place in Discussions or blog posts.
Entries on talk pages should be relevant to the article.
Please limit the use of talk pages to conversations related to editing.
Editing disputes should not be posted on talk pages, but instead directed to a message wall.
All talk page sections should be labeled with a subject heading (created with two equal signs [=] on either side of the heading text; example: ==Heading==).
All users must sign off on their messages using four tildes: ~~~~.
- Replies to a message must be indented once over from the original using a colon.
- Replies must be made at the bottom of the previous message.
Talk page entries that do not meet these standards will be removed.

Blog Policy

Blogs on this wiki must pertain to at least one of the following:

Trolls movie and its series and fandom.
Trolls Trollpedia or its users.
If you want to talk to other users about a movie or a TV series episode, you should do it in the Discussions or in article comments. Blog posts that are only made for such thing are not allowed.
- Although, blogs such as "Thoughts on Trolls" are still fine.
Blogs must contain sufficient information. Blog posts that are too short and/or deemed nonsensical are subject to deletion or editing.
A user can only make one blog post per day. Any posts over the maximum are subject to deletion.
If the post is about a fanfiction, be sure to put it in the Fanfictions category.
- Users are only limited to only one fanfiction blog post per week.
Do not add any additional mainspace categories to your blog posts.

Blogs which do not pertain to any of these will be deleted.

File Policy

Note: Due to technical restrictions, filenames cannot contain the following characters:

# < > [ ] { } | / \ :

Please ensure to apply the appropriate licensing template to each file.

Image Files

A screenshot from the movie should include which scene (based on the screenshot parts from the gallery page) it is from and named properly in the title (e.g. a screenshot labelled as "TWTRIT" would correspond to the scene "Rock Invades Techno").
- A screenshot from a TV series episode should also include which episode it is from and named properly in the title (e.g. a screenshot labelled as "TBGOS1E1a" would correspond to "A New Bergen-ing").
- Any uploaded files should not contain any watermarks or edits.
- Any files uploaded to the article pages should be named accurately as well.
When adding an animated GIF to a gallery page, it should only be placed in those of characters, not their TV series' seasons page and its media. A TV series' season or media gallery page should only include normal JPG or PNG image files.
- Both JPG and PNG or any non-GIF formatted images are allowed anywhere on the wiki.
If you find a file that's in need of replacing (like it's too fuzzy/not at its best resolution or has a watermark), please use the Replace function instead of uploading/deleting a duplicate image to replace it, as this will leave less unused images drifting in the wiki (referred to as housekeeping).
Non-Trolls images may only be placed on user pages, Discussions, and blogs, and should be kept to a limit.
A gallery must be completed before any image can be moved into a character page.
Images for a character or episode's infobox are to be left alone. Contact a Content Moderator, Administrator or a Bureaucrat if an image should be replaced.
If an movie or TV series episode were to be released somewhere other than streaming sites where Trolls movies or TV shows have aired so far, or get leaked online, please refrain from adding images to their respective galleries until the movie or TV series episode premieres in any of said sites. The only images that will be accepted are the ones used for reference (templates, cultural references, etc.). Any image that breaks this rule will be promptly deleted.

Video Files

If a video will not be used in a gallery or template, please used the EmbedVideo embed tool. Not only does this leave less unused files lingering around the wiki, but it supports many more websites than the previous video embed tool.

Audio Files

Tracks that can be found on music-streaming platfroms must not be uploaded in full; no exceptions! Instead, use embedded SoundCloud, Spotify or YouTube links.
- Please note that songs shorter than 30 seconds (examples include some songs from "New Anthem") cannot be played via embedded Spotify links.
- Additionally, please embed auto-generated music tracks from YouTube rather than music videos. Auto-generated music tracks can be identified by the disabling of comments, the video content only being the cover art, and the channel usually suffixed by "-Topic".

Fanon Content

Fanon content is allowed on the wiki, but should not be placed on articles.
Fanfictions are only to be included in blog posts. Remember to include the "Fanfiction" category on such blog posts.
Mature material is not allowed. If you want to include material with mature content, you can leave a warning message on a blog post that states what the material contains, then leave a link to another website where it can be found.
- Note that linking to any site that is inappropriate for the wiki's content (i.e. adult material or notable amounts of depicted violence) is not allowed.
- The same should be done when it comes to material that crossovers Trolls with other franchises.
If you wish to discuss fan content, it should only be done on message walls, blog posts, or Discussions.
Fanart is only permitted on blogs, user pages, message walls, Discussions and the Discord chat server.
- Do not upload inappropiate fanart. We do not allow fanart with sexual content, explicit nudity, extreme violence, drug use, etc.

Voting Policy

Voting proposal threads are typically set up by the staff, but other users can ask them for permission to create a voting proposal thread. It is made in the Discussions. In order for the voting thread to be valid, it must...

Be a proposal to change something about the Trolls Wiki.
Be a non-poll vote and contain:
- General information about the subject and/or why it's being created.
- What the users will be voting for when using the support/oppose choices.
- As a side note, the original poster is allowed to vote on the thread.
If a landslide/majority vote is present, the voting thread closes in 2-3 days. Otherwise, it stays open until 7 days.
Voting threads require a 30-day waiting period after the last change before being voted on again.
Staff reserve the right to void any vote or voting option for any reason at any time.
You may not debate with other users or attempt to change user's opinions.

Staff-Related Rules

See also: User rights

These are the rules made specifically for the wiki's staff. If a staff member breaks any of these rules, please report it to the bureaucrat or a trusted admin, with evidence, so the situation may be taken care of.

Admins and bureaucrats are not to abuse their powers in any way. Their actions should only be to benefit the wiki and not themselves. Administrators and bureaucrats are in no way above normal users on the wiki, and are simply users entrusted with powerful editing tools. If an admin or a bureaucrat is caught abusing their powers, they will be demoted and potentially blocked depending on the severity of the situation.

Promotions

Please read the guidelines for nominations to see if you are qualified for a right.
Do not ask for a promotion request. Anyone who requests a position will be denied, and those who harass/demand for it will be punished.
Admins will nominate a user, and then ask the community if they support the promotion.
A promotion proposal should only be set up by an Admin or Bureaucrat.
Do not post replies about supporting or opposing your own promotion. Doing so will have your replies removed. You can leave a comment, but you can't vote.

Demotions

Demotion can happen with an election and the same election guidelines. Any admin with irresponsible behavior will be impeached by the other admins, with the wiki's support. Demotion can occur if a staff member:

Does not follow wiki rules. Rules apply to everyone no matter their position.
Intimidates or is rude towards another user multiple times. An admin will be warned about their behavior, and if they continue to misbehave will be demoted as this is improper and unprofessional behavior.
Does not edit properly.
Unjustly blocks users.
Abuses their power in any way.
Is not an active user.
Do not post replies about supporting or opposing your own demotion. Doing so will have your replies removed. You can leave a comment, but you can't vote.