Sword Art Online Wiki:Chat Rules

Chat feature is an additional feature provided by Wikia Labs, as a place for fellow editor to discuss about something, both related and unrelated to the wiki. Chat also exist for editors to interact and develop a bond of mutual friendship between each other. Thus, a simple rule or guideline need to be implemented to make everything keep in the right track. Below are the list of rules and its penalties implemented for this wikia.

Chat Rules

Our wikia's chat rules are simple:

1. No spam, vandalism, profanity on the chat.
2. Please use appropriate language (preferably English) while chatting.
3. Do not insult, harass or bully anyone in the chat.
4. If possible, please refrain from giving or discussing spoilers in the chat.
5. Do not post any links to sexually explicit sites, images, or any other media, especially child pornography.
6. Do not join the chat solely for advertising anything: other wikia, other stuffs, etc. 
   The chat exists as a place for fellow editors to interact, so don't act as a "Marketer" of other stuff in the chat.
7. Be careful with all of your actions in the chat, or in short, behave well.
8. Comply to all local wikia rules and Wikia Terms of Use.

Users violating the chat rules will be "awarded" with a warning, but only up to three warnings. The warning given will take form as a message posted on your wall and/or a warning chat ban. Banned users will also have their name posted in the list below, along with the reason, the expiry date and who performs the ban. Here's the list of warnings/penalties available based on points above:

Rule Point No.	First Warning	Second Warning	Third Warning	Next Warnings
1	3 Days Ban	1 Week Ban	1 Month Ban	1 Year Ban
2	On Chat Warning	Message Warning	Message Warning	Kicked from Chat
3	1 Week Ban	1 Month Ban	1 Year Ban	Infinite Ban
4	Message Warning	Kicked from Chat	3 Days Ban	2 Weeks Ban
5	Infinite Chat Ban - Breach of Wikia Terms of Use
6	3 Days Ban	2 Weeks Ban	3 Months Ban	1 Year Ban
7	1 Week Ban	1 Month Ban	6 Months Ban	Infinite Ban
8	Infinite Chat Ban - Breach of Wikia Terms of Use
Banned from Wiki	Based on the Ban duration "awarded" by the Administrator.

* All bans listed above are "Chat Bans". The user is still able to visit and edit in the Wikia, but such a ban prevents the user from joining the "Chat" feature.

Notes

1. The "Next Warnings" column lists the action that will be taken once third warning has been issued and the user violates the rules again, or in a special case when the violation of a point is very severe.
2. "Message Warnings" will be followed by 2 hours Chat Ban, while "Kicked from Chat" will be followed by 1 day Chat Ban.
3. The warning issued is based on the severity of the violation. In cases of severe violations of the rules, some levels of the warnings may be skipped to adjust the punishment appropriately.
4. All user that have reached "Next Warnings" phase, will be reported to a Local Adminstrator for their further moderation. Chat Moderators are no longer responsible for what will happen towards them.
5. Message Warning means that one of the Chat Moderators will post a [Chat Warning] message on your wall, as well as warn you on the chat.
6. In case of multiple violations in the same instance, the severity will be accumulated and an appropriate ban duration for the violation will be chosen.
7. Regarding Chat Rule Point #5 and #8:
   • In the case of a violation of rule point #5, the violator will be banned from the chat infinitely and reported to both the Local Administrator and the Wikia Staff. Posting such kinds of links/content is a breach of Wikia Terms of Use.
   • In the case of violation of rule point #8, the violator will be banned from the chat infinitely and reported to both the Local Administrator and the Wikia Staff. We don't accept anyone who cannot uphold the rules.
   • There will be no preceding warning for violation on these two points. Violators of these points will be immediately punished with maximum indefinite ban.

Current Moderators

Head of Chat Moderators

• SAO Wiki Overlord: Dim1
• Chairwoman : Athletiger
• Head of Rule Enforcement : Ethrundr
  Currently also act as "Temporary Chairman" as the actual Chairwoman is not around.
• Head of Chat Supervisor : Gsimenas

Members of Chat Moderators

• Ethrundr
• Insanemaster
• Gsimenas
• MyProjectAlicization
• G-rios27

• SAO Wiki Administrators:
  1. Dim1 (Wiki Overlord)
  2. Hao-sama
  3. KDTV
  4. TUSF

Banned From Chat

This section contain the complete list of all registered users that have been banned from chat, along with the reason of banning, ban expiry and the Moderator who responsible on banning them.

For security reason, the list are kept in this blogpost, hosted by Ethrundr.