Rules (April 2019)

Article VI: User conduct

 * A. User interaction
 * 1. Do not personally attack other users. This includes, but is not limited to threatening the wiki and/or user(s), name-calling (including, but not limited to idiot, jerk, stupid, retard, etc.), derogatory statements, and use of profanity directed toward other users.
 * 2. Do not discriminate other users based on their religion, political affiliation, sexual preference, or anything else. It is strongly recommended that users do not discuss these topics as these may cause distress.
 * 3. Do not use profanity. "Damn" and "hell" are acceptable, but only if used in context and not directed toward other users. Censoring of words (such as "f***) even when used as an expletive, is prohibited.
 * 4. Do not add or link to content that is inappropriate for younger readers and contributors.
 * 5. Do not correct other people's use of spelling and/or grammar on discussion pages, message walls, or the forums unless it is in regards to spelling and/or grammar use in an article.
 * 6. Do not pose as an administrator if you are not one. any other user, including one with expanded user rights, such as moderators and administrators.


 * B. Vandalism. Do not vandalize the wiki. This includes, but is not limited to: spam, nonsense edits, removing good quality content, and blanking pages.
 * C. Multiple Accounts. Using multiple accounts is strictly prohibited unless it is the bot account of an administrator or an approved bot account of a non-administrator. If a user has multiple accounts, they must choose one to use and the others must be blocked.

Article VII: Communication

 * A. General
 * 1. ESB is a community of multiple different users, and so the use of good communication is necessary to maintain a civil and productive editing and social environment.
 * 2. Off topic discussions are allowed, but must be kept on the off topic forum. The administration reserves the right to remove discussion they deem unnecessary.
 * 3. If an administrator requests a response from a user regarding an issue, that user must respond to them. If the user makes more than twenty (20) edits and twenty-four (24) hours have passed since the time of the administrator's message without the user responding, this will be considered ignoring and the user may be warned and/or blocked, depending on the nature of the issue.
 * 4. Do not discuss another wiki's issues on this wiki.
 * 5. Necroposting. Do not reply to forum threads, messages on other user's walls, or blog posts that haven't been replied to in three (3) months or more without an administrator's permission.


 * B. Discussion areas
 * 1. Forums.
 * a. The primary purpose of the forums is for topics relevant to the mission of the wiki and discussion of SpongeBob SquarePants.
 * b. No type of forum game may have more than five (5) games going at once. This is to avoid cluttering of threads. [moved]
 * 2. User Pages. You do not own your user page, it is given to you to help people know you better. The administration reserves the right to remove any content they feel is inappropriate.
 * 3. User Walls. Do not forbid anyone from leaving you a message on your message wall.


 * C. Reporting rule violations. Any violation of the rules may be reported to the report user page.

Article XXII: Games

 * A. The following games are not allowed in any form, whether it is forums or discussions. All such games will be immediately removed.
 * 1. Games requiring the involvement of a certain user or users without the user's or users' permission.


 * B. The following games are allowed on Discussions, but not the Forum.
 * 1. True or False
 * 2. Never Ending Story
 * 3. Describe the Picture Above You
 * 4. Games that follow the format "Post X before someone posts Y."
 * 5. Games involving counting to a particular number, whether or not there is an interruption that would reset the counter.
 * 6. Ban the user above you.


 * C. Hurt and Heals
 * 1. Hurt and Heals are allowed on the Forum.
 * 1. All Hurt and Heals must have proper formatting within one (1) week after the game begins.
 * 2. Hurt and Heals cannot have a voting span longer than 5 hours.
 * 3. If the Hurt and Heal involves users, you must ask for permission before you use them in your Hurt and Heal or variation of Hurt and Heal, otherwise it will be closed.


 * D. The administration reserves the right to remove new games or request they be moved to Discussions.
 * E. No type of forum game may have more than five (5) games going at once. This is to avoid cluttering of threads. [moved from discussions article]