Spinpasta Wiki:Site Rules/Category Rules

Anyways, these are rules for the Category Listing, to get more specific into things, set up needed regulations, and etc.

They are also meant to clarify things about the Category Listing.

General Category Rules

 * Neither Minecraft pastas or Herobrine go in the Computers/Internet or Video Games categories.
 * Mario, Pokémon, Zelda and Sonic pastas don't need the Video Games category.
 * BEN pastas do not need to go in the Zelda category.
 * Haunted Files don't go with the Computers/Internet category.
 * Lost Episodes do not need the Television category.
 * Anyone can add Marked for Review, but only admins add Flagged for Deletion.
 * Marked for Review should only be added to pages with multiple spelling/grammar errors, trollpastas, and/or walls of text, not because an article isn't very "good."

Marked for Review Rules

 * The Marked for Review category is  not  to be added just because you don't like the pasta.
 * It must have at least enough errors that you can't edit it.
 * Be a Wall of Text.
 * Have Every Word Capitalized Like This, OR
 * Be shorter than a half-page long (normal pastas, with the exception of poems), or a full page long (Unfinished Diary/Journal.)
 * If you can fix it, fix it. If you can't, add the category and it will be reviewed within  7 days.
 * You may not remove Marked for Review from your own pasta. Doing so will result in a one-day ban.
 * If it is a trollpasta, or seems to be one but you are unsure, feel free to mark the article for review.
 * You may only remove the Marked for Review category from articles IF you have permission from an admin, OR
 * The Marked for Review category becomes larger than 3 pages long.

Other Rules

 * Flagged for Deletion, Needs Editing, Weird, Meta, Admin, and Site Rules are Admin-Only categories. If you are not an admin and you add these, you will recieve an automatic 3 day ban.
 * You must categorize your article within thirty minutes of adding it, UNLESS you are unsure of what categories it belongs in. In this case, contact an admin via their talk page and they will assist you.
 * If you think a category should be added, leave a message on an admin's talk page. They will look at it and check its validity.
 * Add Categories  ONLY  if they are on the Category Listing. If they aren't, they will be considered False Categories and dealt with accordingly.

Removing the Marked from Review Category

 * First offense is a one day ban from editing.
 * Second offense is a one week ban from editing.
 * Third offense and on- We will double your block for each time you do it.

Failure to Categorize Articles (without notification to an Admin)

 * First offense is a warning plus categorization by an admin.
 * Second offense is categorization by an admin accompanied by a one-day ban.
 * Third offense will be a 3 day ban, and the article will be marked as Unfinished.
 * Fourth offense and on- Page given the "Unfinished Page" category, accompanied by a one-week ban.

Adding Administrator Categories without Admin rights

 * This will be an automatic three day ban the first time.
 * The second offense will be one week.
 * The block will double for each offense afterward.

Adding False Categories

 * First offense will be a warning on your talk page.
 * Second offense will be a one-day ban for each category added not on the Category Listing.
 * Third offense will be a two-day ban, and afterward, the block will double.