Terraria Wiki:Forum Guidelines

These forums guidelines present a default standard of conduct that all users who utilize the forums should practice. Administrators and forum moderators (clearly identified by their respective tags) will enforce these guidelines at their sole discretion.

General Guidelines

 * Assume good faith &mdash; As with the rest of the wiki, it should be assumed that users are not looking to actively disrupt the forums unless proven otherwise.
 * That said, it's suggested that forum moderators utilize polite verbal warnings before resorting to any disciplinary action and only use their extra rights in the case of users who continue being disruptive in light of the warning.
 * Do not toe the line &mdash; Trying to "push your luck" to see how much you can get away with is a bad idea. If you do so repeatedly, forum moderators will be less likely to assume good faith in future incidents.
 * Leave the moderation to the forum moderators &mdash; Feel free to aid other users in navigating to these guidelines, but please do not attempt to enforce them if you are not a forum moderator. Doing so may just escalate the issue negatively.
 * Note that English is the main language here — It is fine to speak in other languages to some extent, but please make an effort to be fairly understandable in your conversations with other users.
 * With this in mind, do not speak in different languages for the goal of hiding your intentions to get around any of the other guidelines shown on this page.
 * Avoid spamming &mdash; The usage of excessive caps, posting a bunch of random gibberish, and starting every word in a sentence with a capital letter has a high tendency to annoy other users, so please refrain from doing so.
 * Respect other users &mdash; Do not try to force opinions or conversation topics when other users have clearly expressed that the topic makes them uncomfortable or that they are not interested. If a number of users asks you to refrain from doing something, please stop doing it.
 * Use common sense &mdash; There are lots of things which should just not be done in public internet locations. Specifically, posting links to pornography, shock sites, or screamers is a swift way to get indefinitely blocked.
 * Stay on topic &mdash; Please do not stray away from the topic of the thread on anything unrelated to it. Doing so will potentially result in a warning from forum moderators to stay on topic. If a forum moderator sees that a thread is badly derailed, they may choose to close it.
 * Post threads on their respective boards &mdash; Posting threads on their respective boards is a simple, yet important thought to keep in mind. It is important because it keeps the forums relatively clean and lessens the amount of work forum moderators have to do, so please respect this guideline in particular.
 * Avoid necro'ing dead threads &mdash; Necro'ing a thread is responding to a thread that has not been responded to for a few months. This is not advised because there is absolutely little to no need to bring a thread back that's months old, so please refrain from doing so.
 * Avoid double posting &mdash; Double posting is when a user posts two responses to a thread, one right after the other, rather than editing in the content of the second post into the first one. Please avoid doing this as it fills up the forums with your doubled posts, which can be an impediment and annoyance to other's reading experience.
 * Respect other user's opinions &mdash; The respect of other's opinions in arguments or debates is very important, and this guideline should be followed very carefully. The following is a few notes along the lines of "debating and arguing" that should be kept in mind when engaging in one or the other.
 * By definition, an opinion is "a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge." It is important that opinion are respected, so keep in mind that everyone is allowed to have their own opinion. Calling someone's opinion invalid or irrelevant is unacceptable, and will most likely result in a warning from a forum moderator.
 * While respecting other user's opinions is important, it is also important to know when someone (even when that someone is you) is being subjective. Being subjective, by definition, is "[a statement based] on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions." Being subjective in arguments or debates is never a good idea and can result in a flame war.
 * An example of this would be: In a debate (or argument) over a topic, being subjective would be entering the debate (or argument) and stating your opinion like it's a fact, rather than making it clear that it's your opinion. This can be avoided by being sure that your statement clarifies that it's your opinion.
 * Avoid logical fallacies at all costs. The definition is pretty much self-explanatory: "[logical] fallacies are common errors in reasoning that will undermine the logic of your argument. Fallacies can be either illegitimate arguments or irrelevant points, and are often identified because they lack evidence that supports their claim."
 * Statements that are ad hominem should also be avoided. The definition is: "(of an argument or reaction) directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining." Debate the topic, not the person.

Forum Moderator Guidelines
The following are instances which require no warning to the user who did it, rather, they are just regular tasks that should be managed and maintained: Light warnings asking users to refrain from something should be given to users who are: Heavy warnings or even blocks should be given to users who:
 * Necro'd threads.
 * The necro'd thread should be closed with a final post on the thread notifying the user who necro'd it (and anyone else) what happened.
 * Double posts.
 * The double post should be merged into one post.
 * Threads in the wrong section.
 * Threads such as these should be moved to the correct section with a note in parentheses left on the said thread notifying the poster of the move.
 * Double posting out of control.
 * After merging the posts, the user should be politely asked to stop double posting.
 * Spamming
 * Spam comments should be removed.
 * Disrespecting others. (This pertains to both sections above regarding respecting others and their opinions.)
 * The user in question should be notified of their disrespectful posts and asked to keep their conversation with others respectful.
 * Upload and post offensive and/or vulgar images to the forums.
 * The offensive image(s) should be swiftly removed and the user who posted the image should either receive a heavy warning or be blocked, depending on the severity of the image.
 * The removal of the image should be done by editing the post containing the image and leaving a note similar or alike to this: . After leaving that note on the offensive post, the user guilty should be warned on the thread or blocked.

Who are the forum moderators?
(At the moment, there are none. This can be filled in once the nominations are completed.)

In addition to all admins, the following users are forum moderators on this wiki. Users in this group are also always listed at Special:Listusers/moderator.

Becoming a forum moderator
Any user can be nominated for this role by any other user at, though no user will ever be given this right without their consent. Users considered for this role should have a history of good contributions to the forums and should be generally trusted by the wiki.