Not knowing the rules is not an excuse for rulebreaking behavior, nor an exemption from moderative action.
Questions or concerns regarding understanding the rules or the Wiki should be addressed to a Wiki Administrator on the Northwind Wiki Discord.
Reporting an Infraction
Rulebreakers on a Wiki page should be reported through the Wiki Discord. Users should provide the name and page of the violating user.
Rulebreakers on a Wiki Discussion page can be reported using the "Report Reply" function found in the relevant post's kebab menu. Reported replies will be sent to a Wiki Administrator for review to determine if they require moderative action.
All other infractions, such as reporting an underage Wiki user, should be done with evidence through the Wiki Discord.
Enforcement
The Northwind Wiki possesses a simple three-step moderation policy.
- One week: A full week block for violation of Wiki rules.
- One month: A full month block for continued violation of Wiki rules, or a severe infraction.
- One block: An indefinite, unappealable block from any form of editing the Wiki.
Enforcement decisions are made and judged depending on severity of the infraction.
Wiki Rules
- Discrimination, harassment, bullying, etc. is prohibited, especially when in regards to, though not limited to, ethnicity, race, gender identity or orientation, age, et cetera. Violators are subject to an indefinite block.
- Users must adhere to the FANDOM Terms of Use.
- Users must adhere to the Roblox Terms of Use. This includes refraining from profanity or vulgarity.
- Users must be 13 or older (16 in the European Economic Area) to be able to create, use, and edit using a FANDOM account under the FANDOM Terms of Use. Violation of this rule will result in the user account being blocked until they have reached the appropriate age.
- Impersonation of Wiki or FANDOM staff is prohibited.
- You are responsible for your account. Accountability and responsibility of user accounts is a chief concern of the Northwind Wiki. All actions performed by an account are considered to have been made by the owner of that account, regardless of excuse, and disciplinary action against that account will be carried out as such without exception.
- One user, one account. Creating one or more alternative accounts and using these accounts to violate a Wiki block or conduct rulebreaking behavior, known as "sockpuppeting", is prohibited. All such accounts, as well as the user's primary account, will be indefinitely blocked from the Wiki.
- No bots. Bots can potentially interfere with Wiki actions by staff and other contributors.
Report infractions to a Wiki Administrator.
Editing Rules
- Contributors are expected to be able to adhere to the Contributing to the Wiki and Manual of Style pages.
- No edit warring. Users who disagree on an edit or piece of information, and who continually overwrite each other's edits are subject to this rule. You are expected to establish a line of communication and discuss the relevant edit or information on the user's profile Message Wall, or the Wiki Discord.
- No shitposting. Shitposts, memes, irrelevant discussions, and related pages and images are not allowed on the Wiki. Keep all hysterics and hilarity contained on Discord.
- No vandalism. Adding or replacing Wiki content with disruptive content or material, and destruction of Wiki material is prohibited.
- No fan art, including modified screenshots. All images uploaded to the Wiki are to be intended for informational use.
- No advertising of factions, Roblox groups, Discord, et cetera, by the creation or alteration of a Wiki page.
Report infractions to a Wiki Administrator.
Discussion Rules
- No harassment. Be civil. Be respectful. There is always a fellow person on the other side of the screen.
- No soliciting upvotes. This includes "First!" posts.
- No discussions or threads that do not contribute to the purpose of the Wiki. This includes posts about irrelevant topics, sharing game exploits, and about ingame trades; a channel for trading exists on the Northwind Discord. Some posts, such as those regarding game bugs/glitches, are permitted only if the topic is brief and succinctly addressed; complaints should be addressed to the Northwind Discord, and continued or constant complaints will be deleted on the Wiki.
- No advocating or encouraging piracy, especially in the form of links.
- No advertising of factions, Roblox groups, Discord, et cetera, by creating or replying in a Discussions or Wiki page thread.
Violating Discussions and Discussion posts are subject to deletion without warning by a Wiki Administrator.
Report infractions to a Wiki Administrator.