This page is dedicated to outlining the rules and policies that apply here on the Pretty Little Liars Wiki. These apply to the whole wiki and are definite. All the rights that are made for users on the wiki are allowed within a reasonable limit. If you have any questions, please contact an admin.
- WARNING: Not knowing about these rules is not an excuse for breaking them. If you’re warned for breaking rules, “I didn’t know” is not an excuse, it is required that all users read these rules before contributing to avoid any complications on the site.
Messages and Comments
- Bashing the content here, or starting a conflict is unacceptable. It is considered trolling behavior and violates the positive atmosphere that we try to bring to this wiki. Conducting yourself poorly through means of bashing will result in an immediate ban.
- Be concise — Do not flood comment sections or message walls as it makes it difficult for other users to have a productive conversation.
- Harassment — Harassment will NOT be tolerated in this wiki, especially given the show's themes. This includes:
- Insulting someone's race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or any other part of their persona. This also violates Fandom's Terms of Use and may result in a global ban from the Fandom platform.
- Harassing administrators and bureaucrats with pleads for a promotion to become another moderator, admin, or bureaucrat. Promotions are earned by users.
- Profanity — Please forego the use of profanity. It is allowed to a certain degree, however, if you are using profanity to bully users, you will receive a ban depending on the severity.
- Sexually explicit images or content — Sexually explicit images are not allowed here and will result in immediate.
- Spamming — Spamming with gibberish and nonsense is not acceptable.
- Spoilers — Please note that this wiki's Discussions and Comments are not spoiler-free zones. Please review our spoiler policy for clarification on what constitutes a spoiler.
Pages
- See also: Layout guide
- Advertising — Advertising one's business or something that will generate them money is not allowed on this wiki. It will result in a permanent ban.
- Categories — Before making categories, please consult with an admin or view similar pages. Adding random categories without the permission will be classed as spam, or badge gaming. Continuing these actions after ample warning(s) will result in a ban.
- Editing conflicts — When there is an editing conflict, the two editors are expected to try and resolve the issue on their own.
- When an editing conflict occurs, please revert the page to the last edit prior to the conflict, or cease editing on the page entirely, and take the discussion to your message walls.
- If a civil agreement cannot be met in the article comments or on the users message walls, please contact an administrator or content moderator. Please note that an admin or moderator may jump into these discussions at any given moment.
- Episode discussion — Please do not discuss different episodes in the comments of other episode pages. (i.e. Do not discuss the events of Episode 5 in the article for Episode 3, or visa versa).
- Fake pages — Making fake episode pages or character pages is not allowed. This wiki focuses on canon material and does not allow fanfiction on the public namespaces. Please consider using Wattpad or another self-publishing site.
- GIFs — GIFs are allowed on article pages such as relationship articles and event articles, however, to a reasonable limit as they should work, and be no more than 3-5 seconds long. It is recommended that a GIF feature only important scenes relating to the article. GIFs are also allowed in galleries and user pages! Please do not add GIFs in an infobox.
- Important pages — Tampering with templates or MediaWiki pages is not allowed without permission from an administrator. They will usually be protected. If you want to change something, consult with a site admin.
- Infobox Images — These images are important as they are usually the official representation of the episode or character discussed in the article. Please do not change these images without cause. Images used in infoboxes should be HD (720p or higher), a clear view of whatever is being discussed, and properly named. Moreover, please refrain from changing episode infobox images unless you have a clear reason to.
- Unreliable information — Inserting false or unreliable information is frowned upon, as this wiki is an encyclopedia database rooted in fact and canon. If you have any questions regarding the verifiability of a source, please review our verifiability police or ask an admin for help!
- Videos - ALL videos on this wiki must be directly/tied to the show. Examples include trailers, promos, sneak peeks and clips. The only video source allowed here is on YouTube.
- Vandalism and Spam — These are serious offenses and, given the size of our wiki, one the more egregious offenses. This can include removing large chunks of pages for no apparent reason, renaming pages/files without consulting a team member, adding nonsense/gibberish to pages, or making bad faith edits.
- Irrelevant Images — Do not add random images that have nothing to do with the article, or remove information that is important to the article. This is considered spam and/or vandalism.
- Irrelevant pages — Please do not make pages that are not directly related to Pretty Little Liars and its respective content, including spinoffs. If you are unsure of the canonicity of the franchise, please reach out to an admin!
- Redirect vandalism – This is the act of committing vandalism by moving a page to a nonsensical or inappropriate title. We ask that all users contact a team member before moving a page. Failure to do so, or committing redirect vandalism, is grounds for an immediate ban. Warnings may be handed out at the admins leisure.
- Replacing content — Replacing real content with fake or incorrect content as a joke is not taken lightly and is considered spam. This behavior will result in an immediate ban.
- Trolling — Trolling, or posting things that make no sense just to be funny is strongly frowned upon, and may result in an immediate ban.
- If you see a vandalized page, please report it to an admin. The administrators will take proper action in dealing with the vandal.
User Guidelines
- Achievements — on this wiki is here to encourage contributions, reward individuals, and promote community growth. Pointsgaming (poor edits performed in order to accumulate points and badges) is not acceptable and will result in being warned and eventually blocked from the wiki, particularly if the edits are harmful to the wiki.
- Impersonation — Impersonating an administrator or any other authority user is never allowed and will result in an indefinite ban without warning.
- Respect copyright — Fandom uses the CC-BY-SA license. Everything you contribute must be compatible with that license.
- Avoid directly copying content into articles in verbatim, whether from other websites, such as Wikipedia, or other official sources. Instead, add in your own write-up. An exception would be book, film, and episode synopses, in which case they should be copied in verbatim from an official press release and must be referenced.
- Sockpuppeting — using more than one account, especially to circumvent a ban or block, is not permitted on the PLL Wiki. If it becomes known that a user is sockpuppeting, their sockpuppet will be infinitely blocked, and the block/ban on the original account will be extended.
- This rule does not apply to admin-sanctioned bots or approved instances of multiple account usage.
- Usually, when a user is going to be blocked, FANDOM's systems/servers identify any other accounts associated with the IP address in question. If you believe your account has been blocked by accident, please contact an admin on Community Central.
- User pages — Editing or deleting another user page(s) is not allowed unless you have been granted permission from the user in question. It would be seen as an act of harassment and you will be warned before a block is implemented.
Warnings and Bans
Stages
The wikia's warning system will provide multiple opportunities for editors to resolve any policy violations before they are banned. Editors who are found to be acting in malice are exempt from this warning system and may be immediately sanctioned.
- Reminder — Reminders are given for minor first-time policy violations and serve to officially notify the editor of this wikia's policies. This will not apply to severe offenses.
- Warning — Most of the time, after a user breaks a wiki rule, they will receive a warning. Some serious offenses will go without a warning, but with minor violations, a user will receive ONE warning.
- Ban — If a user has already received a warning and continues to violate the wiki policies, or they commit a serious offense, they will be blocked depending on the severity of the action.
- Extended Ban — If you are blocked and harass administrators using other accounts or on other wikis to get you unbanned, your ban time will be extended and you will be banned on the alternative wikis or accounts.
- Indefinite — If you continue violating major rules, including repeated and severe vandalism or vandal attacks after being banned, or commit a heinous act against a user or this wiki, you will be banned indefinitely on this wiki.
Duration
The sanction system comprises of eight different ban lengths that range from a one day bans to indefinite. The length of a ban will rely heavily on the severity of the violation, and it will be up to the discretion of the issuing administrator.
Appealing a Block
If you are blocked and either believe it was done unfairly or wish to be unblocked, please contact the admin who blocked you through their Community Central message wall. This can be achieved by going to Central (community.fandom.com) and searching User:Usernamehere. If you're unsure who blocked you, please include that in your message. Do not use a secondary account to message the admin about a block, as that violates our sockpuppet policy. When messaging an admin, it's important to acknowledge your wrongdoings and engage in polite conversation. Not only is kindness/politeness the preferred method of communication on Fandom, it will also be received better by the admin you're appealing your block with. Admins will reconsider your offense and your punishment, and decide whether the block will be lifted or stay in place. Please allow three (3) business days before messaging again, as admins are real people and often have other obligations. If you message an admin just to yell or harass them, your existing ban will be extended.
Federal Laws
- If you are under 13 years of age and live in the United States, you come under the US “COPPA” law (Children Online Privacy Protection Act). If you are found to be under the age of 13, you will be banned for the amount of time until you reach the age of 13 (for example, 2 years if you’re 11). For citizens in the European Union, the age limit is 16.
- Users shall not perform “cybersex” on the server.
- Users are not permitted to share or promote Warez. This includes links or talk of illegal Mp3, Games, Movies and Software or anything that is covered under international copyright laws.
- Users shall not perform acts of hatred. This includes: racism, sexual discrimination, homophobic acts and other discrimination.
- Users shall not use harsh language, especially sexual references (c*nt, sl*t, wh*re etc…), unless when referring to aspects of the series that revolve around said words. 2 warnings will be given before kickban. Please censor sexual related.