The Laws of Aliferous "I accept you into my pack," said The Guardian. "But here, you are on my lands, and you will follow my rules."

The Rule Book

 🌱 1. Inappropriate Content

• We do not have swearing restrictions in effect; however, we ask that you continue your consideration when using these words. If you have an issue with cursing, please put the user on ignore.
• If you wish to have adult converations, please do so in a priavte setting (Private message/room). We do not allow R-rated content to be discussed or talked about in public. This includes discussion sexual positions,scenarios, or contexts, and linking to shock sites and other inappropriate content. *Linking to shock sites or porn will result in a permanent ban across Chatlands.
• Controlled Substances (including prescription medications and illegal drugs) are allowed to be discussed on Aliferous as long as it is done in an educational or contrsuctive manner. Discussion of controlled substances without the intent to inform in this way is not allowed as it is a home to all variteties of people. Much like alchol., we will not allow users under the age of 21 to talk about being under the influence or usage. Pressuring other users to try controlled substances or glorifying it's use is still against the rules and will be handled appropriatley.
• Subjectings others to or directly linking unfliltered NSFW ("not safe for work") content, such as an image, a gallery or video to others it not acceptable. Linking to offsite content that is filtered for viewing aucience, for example, content that is only viewable to individuals who have the "NSFW filter" on, is acceptable. *Linking to porn will result in a Permanent ban across Chatlands
• Sheaths are acceptable in artwork if there is no detail, it is ia slight bulge and isn't sexualized. Bulges on anthros are acceptable if it is a smooth, round bulge such as the one present on a Ken Barbie Doll; there is no more than one bulge; and there is no indication od a phallic shape. Nipples may only be present on the forum as well as on a flat chested characters on anthros. Nipples are not permitted on any female identifying or male identifying character as long as the breasts are not as big as the characters body.
• Linking to pirated or otherwise illegal software or website that harm the viewer's computer.
• Linking to or publishing images to your profile that may trigger epilepsy.

🌱 2. Spam

Spamming the chat by sending numerous messages rapidly (known as flooding) and rapid movement (clicking all over the screen) is not allowed, as this is highly annoying to others of the community. There is no specific limit to how much you can use capitals, although be aware that in online-lingo it is considered "yelling". If it's determined by the Administration that your messages and/or movements are deemed inappropriately excessive to cause annoyance to others, a warning may be given depending on your current Ban Ladder.

To further clarify changing poses rapidly or constantly, singing song lyrics, continuously typing in all caps, gibberish of random letters or numbers excessively used, using emojis excessively are examples of spam.

🌱 3. Disturbing the Peace

In most cases disturbing the peace refers to behaving in ways that are upsetting or unsettling to people within the community, causing emotional grief, or trauma. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Creating unnecessary drama to intentionally disturb another user. This includes misrepresenting Administrative action and falsifying Administrative statements.
   
• Faking your own, or someone else's trauma (such as death, an accident...etc.). ** Severe DTP such as this will result in a Permanent Ban across Chatlands.
   
• Subjects, images or content that can trigger other members of the community (such as talk of: rape, self-harm, suicide, hate group propaganda or extremist speech, etc.). ** Hate group propaganda and extremist speech are taken very seriously and most instances it will lead to serious consequences, such as a Permanent Ban depending on the severity of the situation.
   
• The impersonation of anyone other than yourself, regardless of context. ** Impersonation can result in a Permanent Ban across Chatlands depending upon the severity of the situation.

🌱 4. Trolling

If you go on any Chatlands Sites (Wolfhome, Cats Paw Island, Felicity, etc) for the purpose of harassing, causing grief, being disruptive, disturbing the peace, being vulgar, malicious behavior, etc the punishment will be a Permanent Ban across Chatlands, not just from the site where the incident occurred. Any attempt to deliberately cause strife or to disrupt others on any Chatlands Site will be treated as an attack against all Chatlands Sites.

** Trolling will result in a Permanent Ban across Chatlands.

🌱 5. Harassment

Harassment, which is “to irritate or torment persistently" members of this community, is not acceptable. There are many different types of harassment, but harassment of any kind will not be tolerated on this website. This includes but not limited to:

• Irritating, annoying or tormenting members of this community persistently through means such as "flaming", "egging on", or "shaming".
• Uncalled for and inappropriate name calling, racial slurs, inappropriate and hurtful slang (such as terms against homosexuality, racial groups, political affiliations...etc.).
• Sexual harassment or sexual innuendos. ** Sexual harassment may easily lead to a lengthy ban depending upon the situation.
• Stalking members of this community. ** Stalking may easily lead to a lengthy ban depending upon the situation.
• Targeting other users in regards to personal issues or differences. Using the chats to criticize or upset others you have personal differences with is not tolerated.
• Doxing members of this community (making someone's address, information, identity, or other information public) ** Doxing may easily lead to a lengthy ban depending upon the situation.
• Uncalled for or negative criticism against your fellow community members.
• Demeaning an artist for their skills level in artistry (such as mocking, making fun of, or speaking ill of another user and their works of art, literature, etc.).
• Prejudice against religious or spiritual beliefs and extremist points of view. Please keep these to yourself and do not force them upon others.
• Naming & Shaming and/or pointing out Art Theft. If you do see Art Theft, please contact a member of the Wolfhome Administration and we will handle it.
• Cursing at other users if it is done so in a belittling, demeaning, or malicious manner. This includes flipping off other users, a group, or an affiliation with a pose or other image that includes the middle finger. Jokingly cursing at friends or calling them names is allowed in moderation, as long as all parties involved understand that it is in jest. If it is reported to the administration and there is no clear joke intended, action will be taken against your account. Any racial, derogatory, or gender slurs will absolutely not be allowed under any circumstances.
• Begging in public rooms and/or continuous and repeated solicitation is a type of harassment and could get you kicked from the chat. This also includes continuously posting GoFundMe links in public rooms. All members regardless of their Subscription level, are able to use the !Away feature. We highly suggest using this feature instead of continuously posting links on chat that could result in further action taken against your account. If you have a fundraiser such as PayPal, GoFundMe, or any other fundraising site you must have a forum topic so you are able to post updates on it to where the money is going. If you do not have a forum account and you are posting to receive funds you will go up your ladder accordingly.
• Using your avatar (pose) to harass others; disturbing them, playing with them against their will, invading others space.

To further clarify, slurs/names that may seem ok to you and not to others, is not allowed. We want everyone on Wolfhome to have a safe, and calm chatting atmosphere. We accept every person as they are no matter where they are from, what they do, what they look like, or what gender/orientation/ etc they are and prefer. If someone asks you to stop calling them a name, nickname, etc, you stop; the same applies if you are asked to use the correct pronouns for each person.

**If we have credible evidence of offsite harassment directed towards another Chatlands user appropriate action will be taken, to help prevent further harassment here on site.**

Aliferous is not responsible for off-site harassment unless it specifically includes the following: Doxxing, Death Threats, Assault Threats (physical/sexual), or Releasing of Private Information (addresses/phone numbers). If you are being harassed off-site, we suggest blocking that individual immediately. If the harassment contains one or more of what's mentioned, please report it to us with as much information as possible so it can be handled swiftly. 

🌱 6. Protecting minors

Aliferous is extremely serious when it comes to protecting minors. We make every effort to keep this site safe and enjoyable for all users. Adult users (18+) are subject to additional expectations when interacting with underage users. It is unacceptable for any adult user to expose an underage user (minor) to explicit content of any kind. This Rule also covers propositioning minors, exposing them to any Not Safe For Work (NSFW) material, or any other potentially unsafe activities. Anyone caught doing so will be Permanently Banned from ALL Chatlands Sites. Instances of propositioning minors will be reported to the appropriate Internet Service Provider (ISP) and/or local legal authorities.

**A Permanent Ban across ALL Chatlands Sites will be placed for any cases of propositioning a minor/a minor propositioning an adult, or adult users exposing minors to explicit content of any kind

Instances of propositioning minors will be reported to the appropriate Internet Service Provider (ISP) and/or legal authority as possible law enforcement. This also goes for any minor who is caught propositioning an adult. Action will be taken against any minor who does so. This includes but not limited to:
 

• Offering minors drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, sex, cybering, yiffing (this includes role-play)

🌱 7. Safety Threats

Safety Threat Rules do not follow the normal Ban Ladder procedure, as ban lengths vary for each safety threat (higher ban lengths may be given if deemed necessary). If a user has made a safety threat or is threatening to harm another user in any way even in a private room, they are still subject to a Reminder/Warning and Bans.

**A Permanent Ban will be placed if the safety threat is deemed serious enough.

Chatlands has zero tolerance for death threats. Talk of killing, how to kill, threatening someone with murder or anything of the sort is not allowed. Death threats made in a joking manner amongst friends, is the only exception to this rule. Keep in mind, if the death threat is deemed too severe / graphic or it's unclear that the threat was made in Role-Play and/or friendly banter, a ban can be placed on your account. Please note that if a Role-Play death threat is deemed too graphic / violent in nature, it will fall under a breach of PG-13 (gore). In regards to private rooms, Administrators will not handle Role-Play death threats unless the user feels that the threat is genuine and they file a report.

As members of a community, we want to look out for one another and be sure that everyone is okay. The Aliferous Administration does take suicide threats and self-harm threats very seriously, because we want to ensure that our users are safe and have access to help if they need it. Equally, we want to ensure that users who may be triggered are not negatively impacted by this type of talk, which is why we do not allow public discussion of suicide or self-harm threats. Talking about recent self-harm or talk of suicide, either on your behalf or the behalf of someone else on the site, will result in an e-mail being sent with helpful links. This is in order to make sure individuals get the help they need. If talk of suicide or self-harm persists, it will result in warnings or bans being given. The authorities or Internet Service Provider (ISP) may also be contacted if the case is severe.

We also have zero tolerance for rape threats. Talking of raping, how to rape, or threatening someone with rape is not allowed. This applies to both serious, joking, and role-play contexts.

To further clarify, discussion of current or prior abuse, molestation, eating disorders, violence, etc should not take place on Aliferous and should be instead taken to a professional or highly trusted adult.

🌱 8. Specific Prohibited Content

• Pornographic videos, artwork, literature, images or themes **Linking to shock sites or porn will result in a Permanent Ban across Chatlands

• Non-consensual themes and sexual assault themes in writing, artwork, as well as discussions

• Promoting, describing, and sharing videos/images of self harm & eating disorders

• Encouraging / Promoting for other users to do drugs & alcohol

• NSFW real life selfies, videos or anything of the sort

• Videos containing other explicit content (such as abuse, animal cruelty, pornography, gore, violence)

• Pirated or otherwise illegal software or websites that harm the viewer's computer

• Child abuse, pedophilia descriptions and themes in writing, artwork and discussions as well as any explicit online content containing child abuse and pedophilia

• Describing & discussions of incest

• Graphic descriptions, depictions of death & dead bodies

• Discussion, depictions, encouragement, promoting, referencing, artwork, & writings of suicide

• Themes, depictions & discussions of zoophilia

• Themes, depictions, & discussions of torture

🌱 9. Transparancy reports

Our Mission at Aliferous is to create welcoming spaces where people can find belonging. We recognize safety is one of our most important investments and priorities. Safety is a collaborative and cross-functional effort at Aliferous. Our Staff team builds with safety principles in mind. Our Staff team works to detect and respond to abuse, both proactively and from reports received from users, moderators, and other chatland websites. These Transparency reports provide insight into our continued investment to keeping Aliferous a safe space for people to find belonging.

🌱 10. Art rules

To ensure a safe, respectful, and visually consistent community, all submitted artwork must follow the rules below:

🖼️ Originality & Permissions Only upload art you created yourself or have explicit, documented permission to use. No tracing or heavy referencing of other people's art. Even altered or recolored stolen art is not allowed.

📐 Technical Standards Please refer to the ART FAQ.

🎭 Style & Content Art must fit within PG-16 guidelines: no sexually suggestive themes, or graphic violence. Light blood or fantasy wounds may be allowed but are reviewed case-by-case. No hate symbols, offensive gestures, or discriminatory content. No animated flashing effects that may trigger photosensitivity.

⚠️ Art Theft Consequences Uploading stolen artwork will result in warnings or bans, depending on the offense.

Repeat offenses can lead to permanent suspension of your account.

If you're unsure whether you can use a piece of art, contact a moderator before uploading.

This page is subject to changes at any time. If you need more clarification, don't be afraid to ask a staff member!

Last Update: 6/5/25