Wikitubia:Rules

Here on Wikitubia, there are rules upon creating a page for any YouTube channel or related article. Please read these rules before editing a page. For more information on how to make a page, please check out our Editing Tutorial page!

You may only use Wikitubia in compliance with the Fandom Terms of Use. Please review this before using the service. Failure to do so many result in your access to the service being disabled.

User accounts

You may only register an account if you are:

16 years of age if you live in the European Union or California
13 years of age if you live in the rest of the world

On this wiki you must also communicate or write good English in order to meet our editing standards.

Subscribers

You may only create a page for a channel if:

The channel has 1,000 subscribers.
- If a channel's subscribers are hidden, proof must be shown that the channel had 1,000 subscribers before they were hidden.
The channel has videos.
- A channel with no videos must have 100,000 subscribers to have a page.

FAQs

Question: Why was the subscriber limit changed from 500 to 1,000?

The main reason for the change was to try and mirror YouTube. In order to be considered for monetization on YouTube, one of the qualifications is that you must have 1,000 subscribers.

Question: Why do we have a 1,000-subscriber rule?

The Wikitubia staff and active contributors cannot keep up with every page on Wikitubia. If we would allow everyone to create a page, there would be way too many pages to maintain. So to make sure there is a chance to monitor pages here and there and to patrol new pages, this rule is used to slow down on new pages being created.

Question: May you please lower the sub count?

No, we won't. Like said before, it helps keep this wiki stable. If it was, for whatever reason, to be changed, it would be raised. You may however visit Minitubia, where this rule doesn't exist.

Images

All images used on Wikitubia must be named in a way that explains or describes the picture.

For example, if the picture is of Felix Kjellberg from PewDiePie, rename it to be PewDiePie.png. If that's taken, you can change the file format to a .jpg, or rename it to PewDiePieIRL.png, PewDiePieIcon.png, or something similar, as long as it's relevant.

This is to keep Wikitubia organized, as well as to avoid image duplicates, help with the creation of galleries, and making image searching significantly easier.

Do not upload duplicates of the same image. This wastes space and clutters Wikitubia. If you have a higher quality version of an image, click on it to head to its image page and click "upload a new version of this file." This will keep the image title the same and replace all existing versions with your new image.
Fan art is also not acceptable on Wikitubia. Official logo images or real images are acceptable, but, in order to respect Creative Commons laws, Wikitubia will NOT allow fanart.
Refrain from uploading sexually explicit or pornographic images on the site. In case they are deemed too inappropriate, they will be deleted and the person who added them will be banned.

If a picture on Wikitubia does not follow these rules, they will be deleted. You will also receive a warning the first time it is noticed by an admin, and if it happens after that you will receive a 1 day ban from Wikitubia. Another day will be added if the rule proceeds to be broken each time after.

Creating a Page

When making a page, please keep in mind Wikitubia is predominantly trying to add channels that make videos and have somewhat of subscriber following in order to maintain a quality standard. This isn't to say that if the page doesn't have a large number of subscribers it's not going to be on here, but we do have to draw the line somewhere. You may not have channels that don't make any videos or have less than 1,000 subscribers, or else your page will be deleted.

If a page is found created with no content (aka, blank) then that page may be deleted immediately.

Please do not just add a small sentence that says something about subscribing to this channel or just pasting the URL. The minimum requirement for information is 5 sentences (or 1 paragraph) regarding the YouTube channel, the person running it, and/or anything else you can think of. Pages that don't follow this format will be deleted within 24 hours.
One page per YouTube Channel/person. All information can be added on one page. If a person has multiple channels, they must also be added to the same page unless an admin changes it or if the channel is run under separate brand identities or creators.
We should always have pages in English. If it's not English, the page will be deleted immediately.
Please write facts, not your opinion of the channel, which will also delete the page within 24 hours regardless of how many sentences.
In order to maintain the quality standard, we encourage you to make sure your page isn't filled with incorrect spelling, grammar or punctuation. You may take sites like thepunctuationguide as a reference.
You may use reference links to prove that the information added to the page is trustworthy. This is in place to minimize edit warrants, which are a wiki offense.

Do not insert birthdays you find on famousbirthdays.com. They have been known to give out false information.

If you add a channel that has less than the required subscriber limit (1,000), you will be sent a message from an admin. But if you add the page again while the channel is still below the required limit (1,000), you will get a block. First block = 1 day, second block = 3 days, and third block = banned indefinite.

If a page about the YouTube channel with less than 1,000 subscribers gets deleted, but the channel later on reaches the minimum requirement (1,000), you may ask a Content Moderator/Admin to restore it, in-case you did insert information before its deletion.

Excessive Usage of Wikipedia

If an article takes to much information from a Wikipedia article of the same topic, so much to the point where it can't even be edited out, it will be deleted.

Behavior

Both rude behavior and hate speech will NOT be tolerated under any circumstance. Wikitubia is both an informative and safe place for users and creators alike – and measures to prevent such a place will result in a very lengthy block or banned indefinitely.

What is hate speech? Hate speech is NOT stating that you dislike a YouTuber or critiquing their work or any other comment without a positive connotation – but is any speech or display that attacks, threatens, or insults a person or group.

Rude behavior is a much simpler topic – be kind to others while using Wikitubia. This includes limiting curse/mature words. People of all ages view YouTube, and as such, people of all ages are permitted to view Wikitubia. Comments considered creepy (such as saying "I know where this YouTuber lives!" or "I have their Skype if you want it" are an invasion of a YouTubers privacy and also should not be left on an article, or in the comments).

Depending on the comment considered "rude", users will be given a warning from an admin to a ban. This will be up to the admin's discretion.

Spam

If you are found adding spam, unwanted, or untrue statements on a user page (unless you have proof to back it up), you might be given a warning or possibly blocked on the spot it depends on the situation. If you do get a warning and it happens again you will be blocked from Wikitubia. It will be up to the admin for how long you will be blocked.

Inserting spam links on your userpage can lead to a block as well.

Blocked vs Banned

Being blocked and being banned are two different things.

If you are blocked, that means that you can come back on Wikitubia after a certain amount of time.
If you are banned, that means you are not allowed to edit on Wikitubia anymore and your username will receive a ban of infinite duration. If you have been blocked three times on Wikitubia, you will be banned.

Usernames

If you are using the name of a YouTuber in your username (popular or not) you will be blocked. Having the name of a YouTuber in Wikitubia could lead someone to think that their favorite YouTuber is on the site and could tarnish their name, spread false information, and so on. It is only acceptable if the word "Fan" or something similar is at the end of the name (such as, "PewDiePieFan"), indicating you are not the named YouTuber.

Blog rules

Wikitubia Blogs are how the community interacts with each other. However, there are some rules to be followed, or you will end up with severe blocking or even bans.

No spamming, spamming on blog posts are taken as a serious offense and it will not be tolerated. If you spam, you will receive a 1-week block and your blog post will be deleted. If repeated again, it will result in an indefinite ban.
No Hate speech, hate speech is oftentimes very annoying and brings the worst in all users. If you are seen doing this action you will receive a 1-day block and if repeated again, a week block, further until you get banned.
Swearing is allowed, unless used in a hostile way, such as harassment towards other users. Staff will not tolerate this and can give you an immediate ban.
No Harassing, harassing other users is a serious offense. Users will be banned on the first sight of these messages (though message wall talking will still be enabled, so if you want to discuss the situation with an admin, do as you please).
No page making, if you want to make a page, and it cant be created, either because they don't fit quality standards, who you don't know how to do so, don't blog it as an alternative. It will be deleted, and you will be given a warning, if it continues, you will be blocked for 3 days. The block will grow further if you continue.

Privacy

Here on Wikitubia, we try to respect the content creators' privacy. If anyone is caught adding the home address (regardless if it is real or fake) you will be banned. Adding last names are allowed but if we get messages from creators requesting us to not publicly show their last name or their full name, we will honor that request. If someone is adding the last name/name to a page where the creator has asked us not to add it (again, regardless if it is real or fake), they will be banned. Although we don't have to, content creators who ask us to remove a page on them will be honored. There are some people out there who don't want to have any information on them out there and since day one we have honored the few creators who have asked to have their article removed regardless of the reasoning.

Page Removal

If you are a Content Creator and we have a page on you and you would like to get it deleted, please make sure the way you are contacting us (IE: Twitter or Email) is visible on the YouTube channel or in the description of one of the videos (if you have the Verified YouTuber badge, this does not apply and just asking will get the page deleted but will also get the Verified YouTuber badge removed).

Doxxing

If it comes to our attention that a person's name was added due to any form of doxxing, the name will be removed without question. Our site does not condone doxxing in anyway.

Videos

When adding a video to this Fandom, please remember to add it to its respective page. If it is seen that you are just adding videos without adding them to their respective pages you will receive a warning, then if continued you will be blocked.

Nudity/Sexual Explicit Content

Nudity or otherwise sexually explicit content should not be uploaded onto the site.

Further, articles on Wikitubia should not revolve around a channel that purely exists for sexual explicit/pornographic purposes and holds no history on YouTube as a creator. If the YouTube channel is sexual in nature but involves a YouTube personality that has engaged in history revolving around a YouTube community or YouTube itself in which an archive of the event would be necessary and informative, an exception can be made.

This does not include YouTube personalities who are provocative in nature, however, please refrain from uploading images of said personality that are too revealing. In-case they are deemed too inappropriate, they will be deleted.

Bots

At this current time, the only bot accounts that can be used on this wiki are ones that are official and have been marked by Fandom staff as a bot account. In addition, the only people who can run official bot accounts are bureaucrats. Any user editing using the bot feature on there account will be given a warning at first, then blocked other times if used again. Using the bot feature on a non bot account makes it seem like you have more edits then you really do.

Edit Warrant

An edit warrant is where 2 users undo each of their edits in one page due to a disagreement between each other. If you are in a situation where you are edit warring with someone, please message them on their message wall. Explain your reasoning as to why your edit should be published with research to back-up your reasoning. If the edit warrant continues after discussing, please contact an Admin or Content Moderators. If you are the user with incorrect information, or your edits were not published, please do not harass or get frustrated with the people that were involved. This can result in getting blocked or banned if continued. You can also get blocked after continuing the edit warrant that was already concluded.

Edit Farming

Edit farming is the act of making useless edits for the sake of getting edits. It can also mean making useless edits and then removing those useless edits. This is against the rules, as it is unfair to many other users. If an administator catches you doing it, they will give you a warning. If they see you continue doing so after the warning, you will be blocked for a week. If it happens again, a two week block will be put in place. If it happens again you will be banned.

NOTE: This rule also goes for post farming, which is more rare, but still happens.

Vandalism

Vandalism is a common problem inside Fandom and, of course, on Wikitubia. If you are caught vandalizing a page on Wikitubia and depending on how strong your vandalism was, you will be blocked between one day or up to an indefinite ban. This can also result in getting blocked across Fandom, meaning you cannot edit on any wiki inside Fandom.

Candidates for deletion

Pages on Wikitubia must be a certain length on here in order to remain a page. The byte count must be at a minimum of 1,200 bytes as well as following all the other rules and regulations we have in set for a page. If a page doesnt meet the 1,200 byte threshold, it will be added to our candidates for deletion page and will have a certain amount of time (usually 24 hours) for it to be edited to meet that threshold. Pages that don't meet this, will be deleted. If it has very close to 1,200 bytes, don't put the deletion template on it, simply just add more to the page in question.

Wikitubia is predominantly for YouTube channels. Unless an admin adds or approves of it, all pages that are not about a YouTube channel or highly relevant to YouTube will be given 24 hours or days to change it appropriately, and if not done, will be deleted.

Admins will have the final say on how the pages look. There is a certain layout in which articles are organized on each page, please use other pages as examples on how the article should look (for example, take a look at Dream, PewDiePie and KonekoKitten pages for reference). Refer to those pages and ensure the page you're making at least looks similar to those.

When naming the page, please remember that Wikitubia goes by whatever the name used is on the official YouTube channel itself.

If there are any other questions, contact one of our admins.

For wiki editors

Things you should do

Correct mistakes by fixing grammatical errors and code issues.
Help others by answering questions and giving tips.

Things you should not do

Doxxing is the act of publishing private information. This includes home addresses and phone numbers.
Edit farming is the act of making useless edits for the sake of increasing your edit count.
Upload spamming is the act of uploading several files (images, videos) without using them for articles.

For discussions users

Things you should do

Be kind to other users
Report harassment to a bureaucrat, moderator, or administrator

Things you should not do

Falsely accuse another user of their age
Create off-topic posts that do not relate to Wikitubia or YouTube

For content creators

Verifying yourself

If an article about your channel exists and you would like to verify ownership of the channel, create a Fandom account. Then, you may do the following:

Join the Discord server with a Discord account connected to your channel
Message us on Twitter @TheYouTubeWiki stating your channel name and Fandom account
Email us at theytwiki@gmail.com stating your channel name and Fandom account

Content removal

If an article about your channel exists and you would like to delete or remove information from it:

Contact an active bureaucrat or administrator to request a removal.
Do not remove the information by yourself, as this will be mistaken for vandalism.

Here are the ways you can contact a staff member:

Message them on their message wall (required: Fandom account)
Join the Discord server for help (required: connected YouTube channel)
Message us on Twitter @TheYouTubeWiki (required: Twitter account shown on your channel)

Blocks and bans

If you are blocked, you can return to Wikitubia after a certain amount of time.
If you are banned, you will receive a block of infinite duration.
If you have been blocked on Wikitubia three times, you will be banned.

Three days

Nonsensical vandalism
Misbehaving (insults, name-calling, false accusations)
Creating an article with less than 1,000 subscribers

One week

Vandalizing an article
Removing content from an article
Spamming in the discussions
Edit farming

One month

Extensive article vandalism
Harassing or threatening a user (racism, sexism, ageism, death threats)

Infinite

Doxxing (publishing private information)
Sockpuppetry (using another account to evade a block)
Having an inappropriate username
Uploading an inappropriate file
Being less than 13 years old

Wikitubia:Rules

Contents

User accounts

Subscribers

FAQs

Categories

Images

Creating a Page

Excessive Usage of Wikipedia

Behavior

Spam

Blocked vs Banned

Usernames

Blog rules

Privacy

Page Removal

Doxxing

Videos

Nudity/Sexual Explicit Content

Bots

Edit Warrant

Edit Farming

Vandalism

Candidates for deletion

For wiki editors

Things you should do

Things you should not do

For discussions users

Things you should do

Things you should not do

For content creators

Verifying yourself

Content removal

Blocks and bans

Three days

One week

One month

Infinite