Rules

Site Rules

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General Rules

• You must be at least 15 years of age to be a member of the site. If a user is found to be underage, they will be removed.
• You cannot have more than one Wikidot account on the site.
• Do not vandalize or raid the site.
• Do not dox or harass other users.
• Do not impersonate users or staff.
• Do not vote maliciously against an author or call for downvotes.
• Do not advertise external sites.
• Do not rewrite portions of an article without permission from its author. Only minor changes to correct errors in spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. are permitted without author permission.

Behavior

• Be respectful on the site and forums.
• Do not incite conversations about politics.
• Do not role-play.
• Keep threads on-topic and do not spam them.
• Keep threads in the proper forum categories.

Writing

• Do not coldpost. You must receive required crit before posting an article. This can be forum or Discord crit.
  • Option 1: Get feedback from at least 2 different people. Each crit should have at least 5 points of feedback.¹
  • Option 2: Participate in mutual critique with another writer.² Both critiques must have at least 10 points of feedback.
• After posting, you must go to the article's discussion page and post evidence that you received at least the minimum required crit. The easiest way is to copy the link to the draft thread on the Discord or site forums. You can also link screenshots of crit if you prefer. Note that if you are not able to provide evidence that you received the minimum required crit, staff reserve the right to remove your article if it does not meet quality expectations, and you will have to get more crit before posting again.³
• Get permission before using someone's art in an article, and give proper credit.
• Do not plagiarize. Posting articles with content not created by you must be credited.
• Give credit for any code used.
• If a limspace system is marked as a Closed System on the limspace systems hub (signified by the ⦸ symbol), then you must have permission from the system's primary author(s)⁴ before contributing articles to it. This rule does not apply to articles posted to the non-canon section of the site.
• Do not write needlessly sexualized works or fetish material.

Joining the Site

• If you wish to join the site, you will need to include the following passcode in your application: "I will respect the rules of the Liminal Archives."

Appeals

• If you've been banned from the site or Discord server and wish to appeal, do so in the appeals server.

Related Page: Deletion Policy

Footnotes

1. A point of feedback is defined as any single suggested fix or change. This could be a spelling/grammar fix, formatting fix, suggestion for improving the story, etc.

2. Mutual critique is defined as critiquing another user's Liminal Archives draft in exchange for them critiquing yours.

3. This rule applies to articles posted after March 26, 2022.

4. The primary author(s) of a closed system should be listed on the system's hub or in the hub's discussion page.