IMPORTANT: Warnings and ban notices for violating Discussions rules are issued on users' talk pages. You are responsible for checking your wiki notifications for talk page warnings.
If your thread or poll is removed, DO NOT repost it. Doing so will subject you to a ban.
Overview
First and foremost, all general rules of the wiki extend to Discussions. This includes the minimum age requirement and the rule against multiple accounts, as well as the rule against blogicles. You must read the site rules before posting here.
Personal Information
Do not solicit personal information from other users. This includes asking for photographs that include someone's face.
Do not reveal highly personal information, such as where you live beyond your general city area or where you go to school. Do not share highly personal social media handles such as your Facebook or Snapchat, especially if you are a minor. Anonymous handles such as Deviantart are allowed under caution. We reserve the right to remove posts that we determine could lead to stalking or doxxing.
Posting Stories in Discussions
Do not post full-text stories in Discussions, including OC stories and fan fiction. These are considered blogicles and will be subject to the same warnings and bans as posting a blogicle anywhere else on the wiki. If you want to post a story to the wiki, upload it as an article instead. Use the "Add new page" button in the top right drop-down menu, or the input box on the home page.
Chatting and Roleplaying
Do not use Discussions as a chat or direct message feature. If you want to hit someone up just to talk, use their talk page.
No roleplaying. Roleplay includes but is not limited to pretending fictional creepypastas are real, pretending to be in a creepypasta, ARGs, and claiming to have summoned a creepypasta entity, as well as dedicated roleplaying threads, roleplay games such as "ban the user above you", inviting others to roleplay elsewhere, etc.
This rule also covers posts asking if certain obviously fake stories are real. Even if you are genuinely asking, answering in the affirmative can cause another user to transgress the roleplay rule. Thus, such posts will be deleted for inviting roleplay.
Posting YOUR Art
Art and fanart is allowed, but must be in good taste. Posts containing gore, nudity, and other NSFW content will be deleted, as will any posts that violate the Fandom terms and conditions. Any kind of ecchi or sexual art is also forbidden, even if it is technically safe-for-work and there is no explicit nudity.
All artwork must go under the "Art" category. If it is not, the post will be moved. Frequently failing to properly categorize your posts will result in warnings and/or blocks from editing/posting.
Anything involving suicide or self-harm is absolutely prohibited, period. It will not be allowed even if you put a "trigger warning" on it.
Art must be the work of the poster and not taken from another website, blog, or source. If you do not own the art, do not post it. Users found to be posting art taken from the internet will be warned and have their posts deleted. Users found to be claiming others' art as their own will be blocked.
Off-Topic Posting
Posts that have nothing to do with creepypasta are allowed under caution, but will be monitored more closely than on-topic posts.
With that said, DO NOT spam memes, copypastas, etc. Discussions is not a chat room or Twitter.
General Chat Etiquette
Do not incite drama. This includes making "call out" posts directed at another user.
Example: you and another user get into an argument and the thread is deleted. You're still upset, so you make a new thread specifically to continue the argument. Please don't do that, or anything similar. If you have an issue with a specific user, feel free to contact the admins about it.
Please also refrain from discussing divisive political topics. Discussions is not the place to talk about such matters.
Do not abuse the ping/mention feature. Unless you are a mod or admin, there is no reason to be constantly pinging people. When in doubt, don't ping unless there is a situation that needs immediate admin attention, in which case you may ping an admin.
Do not abuse the polling system. Use the polling feature with moderation and avoid spamming rapid low-effort polls. Meme polls, joke polls, and otherwise pointless polls will be removed.
Polls must NOT ask anything including, but not limited to, the following:
Who would win in a fight?, Who is hotter?, Who is scarier?, Who is better/which character do you prefer?, Do you like X?, Should I post my OC?, Should I post my fanart?, Should I write a story?, What story should I write?, Should I do X?, Who do you ship/want to date?, Would you rather?, How old are you? (asking for someone's age is against both our rules and Fandom's global ToU)
Chain letter comments will result in an indefinite ban, as the practice actively encourages spamming and others to spam comments.
Abuse Filter
If your post is blocked by the abuse filter, do not attempt to circumvent the filter by any means. The abuse filter exists to cut back on the large volume of spam that at times plagues discussions. To bypass it is to actively spam yourself. Doing so will result in, at the least, a warning on your talk page, and at the most, a block from editing/posting for a minimum of one day. Instead, it is recommended that you contact an admin or content moderator for information about why your post is being filtered, especially if you feel it is in error.
- Current abuse filter triggers are:
which/who is better, Bloodshot Travis, wrong answers only