Rules are in place to keep the wiki organized and make sure this is a welcome and active place. If you have a problem with any of the guidelines, find someone breaking a rule, or need help, please use an admin's Message Wall to discuss the problem. Thank you.
General guidelines
- Treat others with respect
- Try to make everyone feel welcome by being friendly and helpful, and don't be mean. If someone made a mistake, don't be rude about it. Let them know either in the edit summary or on their message wall.
- Be kid friendly
- Since this is a wiki based on a show for kids, many young people will visit this wiki. Because of this, there should be no inappropriate content of any kind here, such as swearing, hateful content, or anything sexual. Try to keep political or religious content to a minimum as well.
- Due to the FANDOM Terms of Use, you must be 13 or older to make an account and edit pages.
- Since this is a wiki based on a show for kids, many young people will visit this wiki. Because of this, there should be no inappropriate content of any kind here, such as swearing, hateful content, or anything sexual. Try to keep political or religious content to a minimum as well.
- No false information
- False information is any type of info that isn't true. This wiki only uses information that comes from the show and related media, so we don't accept any kind of false/fanon info here. Please don't add false information to pages or change details to be incorrect.
- Using the Cite feature to link to websites of where you got your info is recommended, especially if it's hard to believe otherwise.
- False information is any type of info that isn't true. This wiki only uses information that comes from the show and related media, so we don't accept any kind of false/fanon info here. Please don't add false information to pages or change details to be incorrect.
- No vandalism
- Offensive text, removing all the content off of pages, and generally messing up pages is a violation of all Wiki policies and extremely unhelpful. Please do not do this. It's a mainly just wasting your own time, since vandalized pages can be fixed quickly.
- No plagiarism
- Copying and pasting text from a different site or FANDOM community and adding it to a page here is not allowed. Please either write your own text, or reword the text and credit the original source that you got it from.
- The exception to this is official descriptions, such as episode descriptions from Paramount Plus or product listings from Amazon. You can copy and paste the text word for word, as long as you cite the source using the Cite feature, linking to the website you got it from.
- If you find a page with plagiarized text, you should notify an admin and add {{stub}} template to the page and put "Plagiarism in the (section with plagiarism) section.
- Copying and pasting text from a different site or FANDOM community and adding it to a page here is not allowed. Please either write your own text, or reword the text and credit the original source that you got it from.
- No irrelevant content
- Everything must be related to Team Umizoomi. The only place you can discuss things other than Team Umizoomi is in your user page or message wall.
- Warnings
- If you break any of the rules, you should be messaged by an admin or moderator on your Message Wall, telling you what you did wrong. To make things easier for everyone, try to listen to what they said and follow their advice.
- Don't be afraid to ask questions if you don't understand, the administrator's job is to help editors like you. If we have a better understanding of what yo were trying to do, it will make things easier.
- If you break any of the rules, you should be messaged by an admin or moderator on your Message Wall, telling you what you did wrong. To make things easier for everyone, try to listen to what they said and follow their advice.
These are the general rules for this website, please try to follow them as close as possible. There are more rules for specifics as seen below.
Article Guidelines
- Opinions: Try not to add your personal opinions to pages, they should only be based on facts. You can instead talk about them in the page's comment section or discussion, as long as they follow the 4 first rules.
- False Categories: Do not add incorrect categories to pages (like adding UmiCar to Animal category).
Image Guidelines
- No low quality images: Avoid adding images that are low quality, like too pixelated or blurry images. This includes taking pictures of a TV screen or device with a camera instead of screenshotting. Any low quality images may be deleted. If there is no other image quality available, it can be used but please note that in the image description.
- Naming Images: Please change the image's name before uploading them. They should describe the image, like as "Team Umizoomi doing a pose.png". Otherwise, they will be named like "IM0423.png" which is not helpful.
- No fanart or non Team Umizoomi related images: Fanart and non-Team Umizoomi images can only be used on your user page and in the Fanart sections of the Discussions tab. (fanart only) Do not put them in articles.
- No AI Images: Due to the controversial nature of these images, AI generated images are not allowed in any form. They cannot be used or posted anywhere on the wiki.
User pages
- Do not edit a user page if it's not your own - it's rude. If there's a grammatical error or suggestion, you can say it to the user by contacting through their message wall.
- You are free to add links to other Wikia wikis you use, to add own polls for fun, to-do lists, etc. But never link to the adult sites even it's your own page.
Message Wall
- Reply on the other user pages - if someone leaves a message on your page and the discussion is only meant to be between you and him, it'd be polite to reply on their own user talk page so that they find your response easier, this doesn't apply to admin pages.
- Be polite - treat people as you want them to treat you.
- Don't spam - don't insert gibberish (example: aeh0tuw4htuhq34), nonsense text in other people pages.
Blocks
Blocks are the result of breaking rules. Most of the time, you will get a warning depending on what you did wrong. However, repeated action will result in blocks, which can either be from specific pages or sitewide. They can also vary on time depending on the rule broken, from a few hours to indefinitely.
Please try to clearly communicate why you're doing when you get warned so that the admins can better understand what you're trying to do, to avoid any miscommunication. Not talking at all or being rude and continuing to repeat breaking rules will likely result in being blocked.
- If it's a minor rule like incorrect spelling or going off topic, you will most likely only get a warning, unless you repeat it intentionally.
- Severe rule breaking like sexual content and posting scam links will result in an instant permanent block.
But for every rule in between, the punishments will be based off a three strike system:
- Strike 1: You get a warning, either on your message wall or your talk page.
- Strike 2: You get a temporary block, from either 1 day to a month.
- Strike 3: You get blocked for a longer amount of time, from 1 year to indefinitely.
Your punishment will depend on what rules you broke. You may also get multiple warnings, or more than 2 blocks. You will be notified of the specific punishment you will get and how long it will last when you are warned.
NOTE: Creating alternate accounts for the purpose of avoiding blocks is strictly not allowed. If it is found out that you are block evading, both accounts will be blocked, and the amount of time that you are blocked for will increase. General alternate account use is allowed as long as you follow all the other rules and don't go too crazy with them.
Appealing Blocks
If you were blocked, you may try to appeal your block on your message board if you feel like you were wrongly blocked or want to explain your actions and try to clear up any misunderstandings. You should always be able to comment on your own message wall if you are blocked.
Applying for Administration
If you have been an active member in the community, you can be eligible for becoming an admin in for the wiki.
There are 4 major requirements:
- Be active
- Have a lot of high quality edits
- Understand and follow the rules
- Be open, friendly, and understanding
Please read this post if you are interested in applying: https://teamumizoomi.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000019126
- If there is no currently active admins on this server, you can adopt it if you meet certain requirements using this link: https://community.fandom.com/wiki/Adoption:Requests
Page Protection
Protected pages are pages that can not be edited by common users, and are locked only to roles such as admins.
- Most pages will be unprotected so everyone is free to edit them. However, if a page is subject to vandalism or an edit war between users, it will be protected for a definite amount of time, usually from 1 week to 1 month.
- Pages can not be protected for petty reasons, like marking a page as done or similar reasons. It must be only used sparingly and for important reasons only.
If you would like to have a page protected or have the protection removed, contact an admin through their message wall.