Little Nightmares Wiki:Rules and Guidelines

Note that outdated threads (posts, comments, messages) aren't affected by these rules.

Editing

1. Do not vandalize articles, templates, or profiles.
2. Content added to this wiki must be officially endorsed by Bandai Namco Entertainment or any official social media made to promote the series. This includes content that may not be canonical to the main series. For anything else, view this page's policy on fan-made content.
3. In regards to titles, this wiki prioritizes the most commonly used name or alias used to address a character.

Fan-Made Content

While the Little Nightmares appreciate all fan-related content made based on the Little Nightmares characters and franchise, this wiki is very strict about how it is displayed. Please consider the following:

1. Do not add "Fan-Canon" or "Fanon" to any articles on this wiki. For example, while many fans may believe that The Runaway Kid should be named "Seven," this name is not confirmed by developers, and so it will not be allowed. This includes renaming pages.
2. Do not add any "fan-art" to the galleries of any of the Little Nightmares articles. This includes pieces of media that were recognized or reposted by the Little Nightmares social media platforms.
   1. Do not upload any files pertaining to fan-made content.
3. Do not create articles about your personal fan-made media, content, or characters.

Theories

Because of the enigmatic nature of the Little Nightmares story, this wiki has elected to allow theory sections to exist within articles. The following is a list of guidelines to follow when adding a theory or theory section:

1. Please do not add "shower-thoughts" or personal ideas to theories or trivia. The information included in these sections must pertain to conclusions reached by a majority of the Little Nightmares community or from a proven reliable source.
   1. We maintain the right to request proof of your theory's notability. If we find that what you have added is not up to our standards for the wiki, your theory will be subsequently edited or removed.
      1. We currently do not have a specific standard for how theories are judged to determine notability. Generally, we ask that there be significant discussion on the theory on public social media platforms and that the discussion is left relatively unbiased to prioritize the accuracy of the information collected.
2. Avoid adding theory sections to any form of content that has yet to be released.
3. Theories must say something of substance. Mundane speculation, such as why a character or group of characters are in a room, may be subject to removal.
4. Please make your theory coherent. Theories with confusing language or bad grammar will be removed rather than corrected.
5. Theories established based on anything other than verifiable context clues delivered in the series will be subject to removal, even if they have received significant coverage by the fandom. Examples of this include the aforementioned Runaway Kid's name being "Seven" or the yellow character pictured in Very Little Nightmares being named the "Aeronaut."
6. Avoid "reaching" or filling in the gaps when writing your theories. For example: "The Tall Figure may play a similar role to the Thin Man based on X Y and Z" is acceptable because it comes to a single conclusion based on different pieces of evidence, whereas "The Tall Figure was most likely in charge of the Signal Tower, and to avoid having Mono usurp him, he trapped him in a burning building and X Y Z" is not. While a story like this may make sense in your mind, the series did not provide enough substance to warrant such detail.
   1. Never assume, only present what was directly provided or implied by the story. Updates to theory sections will occur accordingly with the release of any new information or details uncovered within future content. Information from datamining will be limited and should not be taken as entirely factual for the content released as per requested by the franchise creators.

Socializing

1. Do not harass or insult other members. Bullying, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, antisemitism, ableism, and any other form of targeted hate or discrimination towards other users will be met with harsh punishment. This includes using slurs.
   1. Usersnames that include slurs/content that promotes hate will be blocked.
2. Do not share any NSFW content. Not only is it inappropriate, but minors that are apart of this community might be exposed to it. This includes lewd or otherwise inappropriate media and discussions. (see Wikipedia:Not safe for work).
3. Please credit creative works that aren't yours.

Administration and moderation

1. Do not ban or punish users for making you upset for reasons other than breaking the rules.
2. Do not delete users blog posts or posts in general without their permission. This is unless they go against our guidelines.

Miscellaneous

1. Please make your blog posts related to the topic of Little Nightmares. Blog posts may be deleted my administration, especially if they do not relate to the subject of this wiki.
2. Follow Fandom's ToS/ToU. Violating the Fandom Terms of Use will end up in a 6-month block unless the Membership rule was broken, as you'll be blocked depending on how old you are.
3. Do not upload files that have already been uploaded. Check through all the photos to make sure it's there first.
4. Do not participate in any form of "spamming" in direct messages, discussions, replies, or comments.

Consequences

1. Consequences may vary depending on the rule broken. Bans may last from days to months depending on the number of rules broken and the number of times that they were broken.
2. Users who's only contributions involve obvious vandalism or harassment will receive indefinite bans.