The Lord of the Rings Minecraft Mod Wiki:Forum Rules & Code of Conduct

This thread is all about the forum rules and code of conduct.

Read the FAQ first!

Users who request an item on the FAQ risk getting banned and slowly, painfully vaporized. Save yourself from death and pain by simply reading the FAQ first.

Some things should not be suggested

Please read this article before posting suggestions.

Keep your suggestions canon

This mod is based primarily off the The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and Tolkien's other books, and not the movies by Peter Jackson. The following sources, while based off Tolkien's books, are not considered canon:

• Peter Jackson's films
• Lord of the Rings Online
• Lord of the Rings: War in the North
• Any other LotR film, video game, or adaption

Suggestions from these sources can be OK, but they must fit into the general LotR storyline, and they must not interfere with any existing feature of the LotR mod.

Please note that The Atlas of Middle-Earth, by Karen Wynn Forstand, is considered canon.

Suggestions should be well thought-out and specific

When posting suggestions, make sure to provide details for your ideas so that staff can better evaluate them. For example, instead of just suggesting the addition of Elven cloaks, also provide a description of them. This can include what they look like, how they function, how they are crafted, what NPCs wear them, etc.

No CAPS

Caps is seen as shouting. Think about it -- would you like to be shouted at? Then don't shout at people who break the rules (see below)

No shouting "GROND" at people who break the rules

Shouting "GROND!" at a new contributor who suggests something already on the FAQ doesn't do anything good. The admins will deal with him in due course (they read these boards frequently, remember). Shouting GROND! is essentially spam (see below for more examples of spam) and portrays us wiki users as arrogant, which is not the impression that we want to give to first-time contributors.

No spamming

There are many definitions of spam, but on these forums, spam is essentially any comment that is unwelcome. Another term for spam is "clutter". Clutter is a problem because...

• Clutter slows us down
• Clutter makes us cringe
• Clutter scares us away and makes us not want to come here as often because we have to wade through so much...clutter!

Use the "Thumbs up" button

If you agree with somebody's suggestion and think it's good, but don't have anything to add to it, click the "Like" [thumbs up] button on the top right corner of their post. It's neater and faster than typing "I like this" "Me too" "Good idea" or "Awesome!"; in fact, short comments such as these are considered spam by the moderating team.

If you want to see what's going on in the thread, click the "Follow" button right next to the thumbs up. You will be alerted via your notifications every time somebody posts on that thread.

Don't use the forums for meeting people in chat

The forums are not an instant messager. If you want to meet somebody in the wiki chat, leave a comment on their message wall telling them this; by default, they will receive a notification. Afterwards, the user who received the comment can delete the message (and any replies) or leave it up there.

No mini-modding

Mini-modding is essentially random wiki users (non-admins) acting like they're admins. For example, when someone posts "Please add Minas Tirith to the mod" and another user posts "GROND!" immediately afterwards, it is not helpful. Mini-modding has been a growing issue on this site; repetitive mini-modding could land you in trouble. Let the admins do the moderating and enjoy yourselves on the forum!

No jibberish posts

Jibberish comments are considered spam and will be dealt with as such.

No profanity

People of all ages and backgrounds play this mod, and read these forums. Profanity simply doesn't belong here, although mild profanity may be acceptable.

No sexism/racism/etc.

Any discrimination will cast you through the door of night and into the Void with Morgoth.

Respect the admins

If you were the an admin of this wiki, you would want to be respected, right? The admins of the wiki want the same kind of respect; believe it or not, they're just mortals who enjoy playing this mod just like you, and they want to have fun. Treat them with the same courtesy with which you would like to be treated.

No admin power abuse

If you're an admin, don't ban people, close threads, etc. unless it's there's a legitimate reason for doing so. Anonymous users who have not been on the wiki for more than a month are to be warned for FAQ ignorance, but FAQ ignorance after they've been here for a month or registered users suggesting things on the FAQ or the list of things not to suggest should be banned. Also, any threads that discuss an unoriginal LotR suggestion should be removed. According to Glaerdir, Mevans has changed banning for FAQ ignorance: anons should have it explained, but user with accounts ARE to be banned for FAQ ignorance. Have a good day.

Keep discussions on topic

When you start a discussion about a new topic, make a new thread in the suggestion forum, leave a message on that person's message wall, or post in a new thread in the appropriate subforum.

Post your original suggestions!

After all, that's why we have the suggestions forum.

Admins: Please remove threads instead of closing them.

When it comes time to clean out the forums, closed threads simply take up space and leave more work for the rest of us. Please remove threads that ignore the FAQ and What not to Suggest. It makes all our lives easier. As said above, clutter is a problem.

Go on to the Suggestions Forum