Realm-Mesh Reality Wiki:Policy/Ratings

This page is rated T for Light Suggestive Content and Mention of Substances.

All pages (including non-article pages, such as user pages) should have a rating at the top of the page to explain what general level of potentially offensive content the article may contain. (The one at the top of this page is an example.) Furthermore, the rating box should give short labels explaining why the article has the rating that it does, to further assist viewers in quickly deciding whether or not they want to read the article in question. (Again, look at this page's rating box for an example.) The ratings can be seen below, followed by a list of labels that apply within a rating. Note that "depressive themes" here refer to anything in a work of fiction concerning sad things going on in-world, even if they are not included for the sole purpose of making the reader unhappy.

Ratings

 * G: Almost certainly contains no inappropriate content (e.g. no profanity, no violence above minimal violence, no crude humor, no horror themes, no alcohol, drugs, or tobacco, and no suggestive content). If there is minimal violence or any light depressive content, this should be labeled.
 * G+: May contain mild profanity, light violence, high levels of minimal violence, moderate or more frequent light depressive themes, mentions of alcohol, drugs, or tobacco, light crude humor (i.e. nothing explicit), and light horror themes. Still can contain no suggestive content.
 * T: May contain moderate profanity, high levels of mild profanity, moderate violence, high levels of light violence, frequent light crude humor, more frequent or intense depressive themes, usage of alcohol, drugs, or tobacco (or frequent mentions of the same), moderate horror elements, and/or somewhat suggestive content.
 * M: May contain harsh profanity, high levels of moderate profanity, harsh violence, high levels of moderate violence, explicit crude humor, high levels of intense depressive themes, harsh horror elements, graphic or frequent usage of alcohol, drugs, or tobacco, high levels of moderate horror elements, very suggestive content, and/or frequent somewhat suggestive content.
 * A: May contain high levels of harsh profanity, high levels of harsh violence, frequent and explicit crude humor, high levels of intense depressive themes, frequent graphic usages of alcohol, drugs, or tobacco, high levels of harsh horror elements, and/or extremely suggestive content. Sexual content is still strictly forbidden; cut to black before starting anything.

Labels
To see what labels exist to know what should apply to a given article, see below.

Profanity

 * Light Profanity: Can apply to any rating G+ or higher.
 * Moderate Profanity: Can apply to any rating T or higher.
 * Frequent Light Profanity: Can apply to any rating T or higher.
 * Harsh Profanity: Can apply to any rating M or higher.
 * Frequent Profanity: Denotes frequent usage of Moderate Profanity. Can apply to any rating M or higher.
 * Extreme Profanity: Denotes frequent usage of Harsh Profanity. Can apply to an A rating only.

Violence

 * Minimal Violence: Can apply to any rating.
 * Light Violence: Can apply to any rating G+ or higher.
 * Frequent Minimal Violence: Denotes frequent usage of Minimal Violence. Can apply to any rating G+ or higher.
 * Moderate Violence: Can apply to any rating T or higher.
 * Frequent Light Violence: Denotes frequent usage of Light Violence. Can apply to any rating T or higher.
 * Harsh Violence: Can apply to any rating M or higher.
 * Frequent Violence: Denotes frequent usage of Moderate Violence. Can apply to any rating M or higher.
 * Extreme Violence: Denotes frequent usage of Harsh Realistic Violence. Can apply to an A rating only.

Crude Humor

 * Light Crude Humor: Can apply to any rating G+ or higher.
 * Frequent Crude Humor: Denotes frequent usage of Light Crude Humor. Can apply to any rating T or higher.
 * Harsh Crude Humor: AKA explicit crude humor. Can apply to any rating M or higher.
 * Extreme Crude Humor: Denotes frequent usage of Harsh Crude Humor. Can apply to an A rating only.

Depressive Themes

 * Light Depressive Themes: Can apply to any rating.
 * Moderate Depressive Themes: Can apply to any rating G+ or higher.
 * Frequent Light Depressive Themes: Can apply to any rating G+ or higher.
 * Harsh Depressive Themes: Can apply to any rating T or higher.
 * Frequent Depressive Themes: Denotes frequent usage of Moderate Depressive Themes. Can apply to any rating T or higher.
 * Extreme Depressive Themes: Denotes frequent usage of Harsh Depressive Themes. Can apply to any rating M or higher.

Horror Elements

 * Light Horror Themes: Can apply to any rating G+ or higher.
 * Moderate Horror Themes: Can apply to any rating T or higher.
 * Frequent Light Horror Themes: Can apply to any rating T or higher.
 * Harsh Horror Themes: Can apply to any rating M or higher.
 * Frequent Horror Themes: Denotes frequent usage of Moderate Horror. Can apply to any rating M or higher.
 * Extreme Horror Themes: Denotes frequent usage of Harsh Horror. Can apply to an A rating only.

Alcohol, Drugs, or Tobacco

 * Mention of Substances: Denotes mention(s) of alcohol, drugs, or tobacco. Can apply to any rating G+ or higher.
 * Substance Usage: Denotes usage of alcohol, drugs, or tobacco. Can apply to any rating T or higher.
 * Frequent Substance Mentions: Can apply to any rating T or higher.
 * Graphic Substance Usage: Denotes graphic usage or graphic mentions of alcohol, drugs, or tobacco. Can apply to any rating M or higher.
 * Frequent Substance Usage: Can apply to any rating M or higher.
 * Extreme Substance Usage: Can apply to any rating A or higher.

Suggestive Content

 * Light Suggestive Content: Can apply to any rating T or higher.
 * Harsh Suggestive Content: Can apply to any rating M or higher.
 * Frequent Light Suggestive Content: Can apply to any rating M or higher.
 * Frequent Suggestive Content: Can apply to an A rating only.

Other

 * Lack of Review: Indicates that the page's contents have not been reviewed and thus the page cannot obtain a proper rating. Warrants a N/A rating.