Five Nights at Freddy's Wiki:Rules and Guidelines

General Rules

• Do not vandalize anything on the wiki.
• Do not spam anywhere on the wiki.
  • This includes, but is not limited to, posting gibberish, random letters, comments that have nothing to do with the topic that is being commented on, chain messages, "copypastas," and huge blocks of text.
• Do not edit other users' profiles.
• Do not harass or bully other users.
  • Do not flamebait either.
    • Responding to flamebait with harassment will result in a warning to both parties.
• Do not advertise.
• No explicit sexual material or gore.
• No excessive swearing.
  • The use of racial and sexist slurs will not be tolerated.
• Use of hate/terrorist group language and imagery will not be tolerated.
• No alt / sock puppet accounts are allowed and should be reported immediately.
• Non-admin users should not give warnings to other users. Friendly advice and tips are one thing, but only admins will give out warnings.
• Do not remove admin warnings and block messages from your message wall; such actions will extend your ban.
• Do not create a Message Wall Greeting for yourself, this is only for admins.
• Do not have gender debates in blogs or forum posts. Any gender debates will result in an automatic warning or a ban.
• Roleplaying is no longer accepted on this wiki. RPs will be issued an initial warning and directed to other options to turn to for your roleplaying needs. Further attempts will result in a ban.
• Do not use Zalgo text or other "corrupted" texts.
• Users found to be "warring" with other wikis (such as trolling, spamming, or vandalizing them) in the name of this wiki will be given less leniency depending on the severity of their behavior. In such instances, the minimum punishment for this kind of behavior will be a one week ban.

Uploading Files

• Do not upload anything that is not going to be used in a mainspace article.
  • This includes fan art and other similar works.
    • Of special note, LadyFiszi and Claudia Schröder are fan artists who work in official capacity on FNaF properties. The only artwork of theirs that should be uploaded is those from official sources.
  • If you want to post such things, upload your image to Imgur or Photobucket first, then paste the direct image link into where you want the image to show up.
    • If you need help with this, follow this guide.
• Make sure file names are relevant to the image.
  • For example, do not upload with names such as "image.png" or "1sdfkbaaw345ne4r.jpg" as this can make editing difficult.
• Do not upload duplicate files.
• Do not upload low-quality files.
  • This includes screencaps of gameplay videos as in-game screenshots are much cleaner.
• Do not upload files with Let's Player's faces on them.
• To prevent backlashes, please upload your own VR/AR character model renders instead of taking someone else's off from any sites (e.g: DeviantArt and other Wiki FANDOMs) unless given permission.

Editing Rules and Guidelines

• Read each article in its entirety before editing.
• Do try to be as accurate as possible when editing articles.
• Do your best to use proper grammar.
• Remain objective - use "the player," not "you."
• Do your best to keep any abbreviations that may be used consistent. Commonly used abbreviations are as follows:
  • Five Nights at Freddy's would be FNaF.
  • Five Nights at Freddy's 2 would be FNaF2.
  • Five Nights at Freddy's 3 would be FNaF3.
  • Five Nights at Freddy's 4 would be FNaF4.
  • Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location would be FNaF:SL.
  • Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator would be FFPS.
  • Five Nights at Freddy's VR: Help Wanted would be FNaF VR.
  • Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery would be FNaF AR.
  • FNaF World would be FW.
  • Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes would be TSS.
  • Five Nights at Freddy's: The Twisted Ones would be TTO.
  • Five Nights at Freddy's: The Fourth Closet would be TFC.
  • Freddy in Space 2 would be FIS2.
  • Fazbear Frights would be FF.
• Do not make the articles redundant.
• Do not add speculation and/or theories to articles.
• When making new articles, make sure the subject does not already have a page and is not already covered elsewhere.
  • Sometimes it may seem like something needs a page when in reality, it doesn't contribute a lot a information. In these cases, these tend to be added to other related pages, such as Freddy Frostbear links to the Animatronic Delivery Catalog. In this case, it is because Freddy Frostbear is basically a reskinned Freddy Fazbear who doesn't contribute anything to game lore outside of a fun appearance in FNAF AR.
  • Do not rename or redirect pages. If one needs renaming, ask an admin.
    • This also applies to pages that are marked for deletion.
• Do not create unnecessary/spam articles.
  • If you want to theorize about the story, a character, or anything of the sort, create a blog or forum post instead.
• Do not add unnecessary categories to pages - including your profile, blog posts, etc.

Forum Rules and Guidelines

• All general rules apply to the forums.
• If there is an issue, please contact an admin as soon as possible.
  • Avoid adding to a problematic situation by arguing, making a big deal out of it, calling names, and so forth. Doing so may land you in trouble as well.
• There is a limit of 250 posts per thread. Threads are usually closed after it is noticed that they have reached or surpassed this limit.
  • Do not fight over who gets to make the next thread in a series of threads, should the previous ones be closed. Anyone can create the next thread.

General Ban Guidelines

Vandalism will land you an instant permanent ban.

• First Offense: Warning
• Second Offense: 3 day ban.
• Third Offense: 1 week ban.
• Fourth Offense: 2 week ban.
• Fifth Offense: 1 month.
• Sixth Offense: Infinite ban.
• In some cases, the offense may be so serious that warnings and lighter bans may be skipped and the offending user may be given a heavier ban. Admins give bans at their discretion but follow these ban guidelines.
  • It should also be noted that, should the majority of an account's activity be nothing more than spam, advertising, or some other form of disruptive behavior, admins reserve the right to give an infinite ban without warning as the account is clearly only here to be disruptive.
  • Inter-wiki warring carries a minimum punishment of a one week ban with the severity of the offense constituting more drastic bans. An infinite ban may be implemented in the case of multiple offenses or if a user's behavior on the targeted wiki is just that bad.