Creatures Wiki:Warnings

When the rules are broken, there is a 3 Strikes and You're Out policy, given in the form of Warning Cards. Upon seing a troublemaker, users must report them to an Administrator, who will then send them the appropriate warining cards. All warning cards are permanent unless i recieve a formal appology via email or PM to my account.

1st Warning
For a first-time rule violation, good faith must be assumed. The offender, for example, may not know that the Creatures Wiki is for discussing facts only and not for fanfiction. To give the user fair warning, a Yellow Card will be posted on their account. They will be warned via email or PM as well. The Yellow Card does not reprent that the user is, for example, a troll or has a vandalism-only account. It simply means that the user has breached the rules once, perhaps mildly. The Yellow Card is no reason to be biased against or treat the user marked with it rudely. If Yellow Carded users are bullied by other users, they themselves will recieve a Yellow Card. Remember, vandalising pages does result in a Yellow Card, so do not insert offensive or false information, no matter how subtle. A Yellow Card will be posted faster than you can say "vandalism alert".

A Yellow Card will be given in the following rule breaches:
 * Mild vandalism in the articles; i.e. posting false facts into an article.
 * Insulting other users.
 * Unnecesary profanity.
 * Trolling between Level 0 and 2.

2nd Warning
If the offender breaks the rules despite the Yellow Card, they will be given a final warning in an Orange Card. They will be warned via email or PM as well. Unlike the Yellow Card, the Orange Card generally means that the user is willingly breaking the wiki rules and their contributions should be watched closely by the Administrators. However, users who bully Orange Carded users will be given a Yellow Card. The Orange Card represents a vandalism-only account, or the occasional troll. Sometimes, Orange Carded users will be blocked from editing high-traffic pages or Featured Articles, depending on the nature of their rule violations. Orange Cards generally cannot be given until a Yellow Card has been given. However, in some circumstances, it might be needed to give an Orange Card right away, including the circumstances listed below.

An Orange Card will be given in the following rule breaches:
 * Breaking the rules even after a Yellow Card has been sent to their account.
 * Personal attacks on users.
 * Excessive or repetitive profanity.
 * Trolling between Level 3 and Level 5.

Banning


If the user continuse to break the rules despite the Yellow and Orange Cards, they will be banned. Like the Warnings, the offender will be notified of the ban, its duration, and the reason for the ban. Generally, a ban cannot be given until both the yellow and orange cards have been given. When a user is banned, a Red Card will be posted on their account.