Illegal & Harmful Content
Content that promotes, facilitates, or instructs on illegal activities or poses direct harm to individuals or communities is strictly forbidden.
Violence & Physical Harm
Content that promotes, glorifies, or provides instructions for acts of violence, physical harm, self-harm, suicide methods, or dangerous challenges targeting any individual or group.
Critical ViolationWeapons & Explosives Manufacturing
Instructions, schematics, or detailed guides for creating illegal weapons, explosives, chemical agents, or biohazards. Academic or historical references must be clearly contextualized and approved.
Critical ViolationControlled Substances
Recipes, distribution networks, or facilitation of illegal drug manufacture, sale, or use. Scientific and medical content about substances must cite peer-reviewed sources and include appropriate warnings.
Critical ViolationCybercrime Facilitation
Tutorials, tools, or guidance for unauthorized access to systems, identity theft, malware distribution, ransomware, or other cyberattacks. Security research must follow responsible disclosure practices.
Critical ViolationNon-Consensual & Abusive Content
Any content that exploits, harasses, or endangers individuals — particularly minors and vulnerable populations — is zero-tolerance.
Child Exploitation
Any sexualization, exploitation, or abuse of minors. All reports of this nature are immediately escalated to relevant authorities and NCMEC. Zero exceptions.
Critical ViolationNon-Consensual Intimate Imagery
Sharing or distributing intimate or private images without the explicit consent of all parties involved. This includes revenge porn, deepfake sexual content, and surreptitious recordings.
Critical ViolationHarassment & Threats
Sustained harassment, stalking, doxxing, or direct threats against any individual. Targeted abuse campaigns, hate speech, and coordinated harassment are also prohibited.
Severe ViolationTrafficking & Exploitation
Any content facilitating human trafficking, labor exploitation, or forced servitude. Includes recruitment material, facilitation networks, and related propaganda.
Critical ViolationMisinformation & Integrity Violations
As an encyclopedia built on trust, Aevum enforces strict standards against deliberate misinformation and manipulation.
Deliberate Misinformation
Purposefully fabricated facts, falsified citations, or manipulated data presented as authoritative knowledge. Content must be truthful and properly sourced per editorial guidelines.
Severe ViolationDangerous Health Misinformation
False medical advice, anti-vaccine propaganda, or debunked health claims that could cause real physical harm. Health-related content must cite current peer-reviewed research.
Severe ViolationElection & Civic Manipulation
Disinformation campaigns targeting electoral processes, voter suppression tactics, or manipulated civic information designed to undermine democratic participation.
Severe ViolationPlagiarism & Copyright Theft
Copying content from other sources without attribution, AI-generated content passed off as original research, or systematic violation of intellectual property rights.
Moderate ViolationSpam & Platform Abuse
Activities that degrade the platform experience, manipulate systems, or exploit the encyclopedia for unauthorized purposes are prohibited.
Automated Spam
Bot-generated content, mass self-promotion, SEO manipulation through repetitive link-building, or any automated posting that degrades content quality.
Moderate ViolationUnsolicited Advertising
Commercial promotions, affiliate marketing links, cryptocurrency shilling, or any paid promotional content not clearly disclosed as such.
Moderate ViolationVandalism & Edit Wars
Repeated destructive edits, persistent insertion of false information, sockpuppet accounts used to bypass restrictions, or systematic undermining of editorial consensus.
Moderate ViolationSystem Exploitation
Attempts to scrape content at scale, exploit API endpoints, reverse-engineer systems, or gain unauthorized access to platform infrastructure or user data.
Severe ViolationEnforcement & Consequences
Violations are assessed based on severity, intent, context, and contribution history. Actions are progressive and may be escalated.
| Tier | Violation Level | First Offense | Repeat Offense | Escalation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | Minor / Unintentional | Warning + Content Edit Request | 3-Day Edit Restriction | Up to Tier 2 |
| Tier 2 | Moderate | Content Removal + Warning | 30-Day Suspension | Up to Tier 3 |
| Tier 3 | Severe | Content Removal + 30-Day Suspension | 1-Year Suspension | Up to Tier 4 |
| Tier 4 | Critical / Zero Tolerance | Immediate Permanent Ban | N/A | Law Enforcement Report |
How Enforcement Works
Our moderation process is transparent, fair, and designed to protect both the community and individual rights.
1. Detection & Reporting
Violations may be flagged by automated systems, community reports, or our editorial team. Every report is logged and timestamped for review.
2. Triage & Assessment
A trained moderator evaluates the reported content against these guidelines. Severity, context, intent, and contributor history are all considered.
3. Notification & Review Window
Contributors are notified of the violation and given a 72-hour window to respond or appeal (except for Tier 4 violations, which are immediate).
4. Action & Communication
Appropriate enforcement action is applied. The contributor receives detailed documentation of the decision, reasoning, and any appeal process available.
5. Appeal Process
Contributors may appeal decisions through our formal appeals board within 14 days. Appeals are reviewed by senior editors not involved in the original decision.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Aevum Encyclopedia covers all legitimate topics of historical, scientific, and cultural significance — including controversial ones. The key requirement is that content must be factual, properly sourced, written in a neutral tone, and not promote violence, hatred, or illegal activity. Historical atrocities are documented with appropriate context and sensitivity.
We take accuracy seriously. If you believe your content was incorrectly flagged, you can submit an appeal through our editorial dashboard within 14 days. Our appeals board — composed of senior editors — will review your case independently. We aim to resolve all appeals within 5 business days.
You can report content directly through the "Report" button on any article, edit, or user profile. For urgent safety concerns (especially involving minors or imminent harm), email safety@aevum-encyclopedia.org for priority handling. All reports are treated confidentially.
Yes. AI-assisted content is welcome and increasingly common, but it must be clearly disclosed as such, fact-checked by a human contributor, and still fully comply with these prohibited content guidelines. AI hallucinations presented as verified facts are treated as misinformation violations.
Creating alternate accounts to circumvent bans (sockpuppeting) is itself a violation. Our systems detect patterns of evasion, and repeat offenders face permanent device-level restrictions. Legitimate new users are always welcome, but evading enforcement is treated as an escalation of the original violation.
Academic research and educational content are core to our mission. However, even in these contexts, certain content (such as child exploitation or instructions for illegal acts) has no exceptions. Topics like pharmacology, cybersecurity, or historical violence are covered through rigorous, peer-reviewed, and appropriately contextualized articles.
Questions About This Policy?
If you need clarification on whether specific content violates these guidelines, or if you need to report a concern, our team is here to help.