Community Guidelines

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Community Guidelines
(last updated: 9/10/24)

Below is a list of community rules that should be followed at all times while on Warrior Cats Online. When unsure if something is allowed on the site or official Discord, check here or send in a ticket to the Support Hotline. If you see someone disobeying the guidelines on the forums, report it by using the red triangle on top of the post. If a user is disobeying guidelines on the official Discord, you can screenshot the offending messages and send them to an active staff member via the private messaging system. Note that it's crucial not to impersonate staff or attempt to address the issue yourself, as this could lead to unintended consequences, including potential infractions for your actions.

Rules are in place to maximize your experience and everyone else's, too. Note that these guidelines are subject to change. As a user, it is your responsibility to remain acquainted with them as you agreed to upon registering.

• Vulgar language on the forums and official Discord is not allowed, including references to, substitutions, acronyms, and censorship. Damn, crap, hell, and ass are fine, however repeated use by a user is punishable at a staff member's discretion.

• Bullying, in any form, is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: using offensive language, taunting/coercive behavior, antagonizing fellow roleplayers, trolling, flaming, baiting, intentionally excluding specific users from threads, inciting users against each other, discrediting members or staff, and intolerance. Warrior Cats Online is open to all roleplayers, regardless of writing skill, age, race, sexual orientation, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, etc.

• Pornographic, sexual, or suggestive material is not allowed on Warrior Cats Online under any circumstances.

• Members having multiple or sharing accounts is heavily frowned upon and could result in termination from Warrior Cats Online. Please inform a staff member if someone within your household would like to join to prevent confusion and/or potential punishment. In the message, include your relation to this person.

• Do not ask for or give away personal information, including face reveals or revealing pictures of yourself, location, phone numbers, addresses, and family/teacher names. While it's okay to share your age and first name, we ask you only do so if you are not prompted.

• You may only have four images in your signature without the use of a spoiler, and they can not be flashy or exceed 600 (width) x 300 (height) in total. Signatures may not exceed these dimensions. If using a header in a post, they should not exceed 600 (width) x 300 (height); images that do should be put in a spoiler.

• Threads and messages are not to be posted for shock value or sympathy and will be removed. If you'd like to speak to the original poster or reach out to a friend to talk, use the private messaging system.

• Warrior Cats Online takes art theft seriously. Unless the artist has specified otherwise, generally do not use or claim artwork that is not made by you or made for you. If you are unable to credit the artist or photographer, avoid using the images in question. Additionally, AI-generated imagery is currently not permitted on our platform per its uncertain sources. Character artwork can be either purchased through the Kitty Koins Market or requested in the Visual Arts category.

• AI-generated writing is currently not permitted on our platform. While we allow members to use AI generators for inspiration purposes and as a tool to get your ideas down, it should not be used as a substitution for the creative process. Content generated by AI should not be copied and pasted onto Warrior Cats Online. If you use AI generators, you must edit the content into your own words.

• For the comfort of other users, refrain from linking to potentially-upsetting or frightening pages or images.

• Discussion of violence or illegal activities is prohibited on the site and the official Discord. This includes threatening or stating you will partake in said activities, and by law, the staff are required to report you to authorities even if said jokingly. Age-restricted activities, such as alcohol and smoking, are permitted through roleplay only. Additionally, triggering topics such as self-harm, extreme mental distress, descriptive violence, and suicide must be hidden within a spoiler box with an obvious content warning. These subjects must be written tastefully and for creative purposes only.

• Because the majority of members are native to the English language, English is the only language allowed on the forums and Discord. Small phrases of foreign languages are okay but must be widely known.

• Your official Discord username must match your WCO account name, and impersonation will not be tolerated. The official Discord is open to members of Warrior Cats Online only.

• Do not excessively roleplay in the site chatbox or the official Discord. Phrases like *waves* and *smiles* are okay, but do not roleplay as if it is a forum.

• Please refrain from double posting, spamming, or sending chainmail on the forums or the official Discord, as it's generally unnecessary and disruptive. If you must bump a thread, please wait at least three hours between posts and avoid posting more than five times in a row. If a thread hasn't received a new post in over a month, please refrain from posting in it. If you wish to continue the topic, create a new thread.

• Kitty Koin farming, or making spam-like posts for the sake of earning Koins, is not permitted on Warrior Cats Online. If you are found to have done this, your Koin amount will be reset back to 0.

• Advertising external websites or content is not allowed anywhere except the designated Advertising thread, unless the link is specifically requested by another member. All outgoing links must adhere to our content policy, or the link will be removed.

• Auctions should only be hosted in the Auction Arena or the Auctions channel in the official Discord, and the same auction should not be ran on both platforms concurrently. If you wish to host an auction visible on both platforms, create a thread in Auction Arena and link it in the Auctions channel but do not run the auction in the Discord; it should be within the thread only. Once a bid has been placed, an auction cannot be retracted and must be seen-to completion. You can read more about Auctions here.

• Drama should be kept off the forums and the official Discord.

• Skirting limitations or bans placed on your Warrior Cats Online or official Discord accounts may result in a permanent ban.

If there are questions or concerns regarding these rules, please contact the Support team.

Our Roleplay Guidelines can be found here.