Content Policy

Version 1.4 — effective 2026-11-09.

Waidrn hosts user-submitted fiction and discussion. It is free to read and free to publish. This policy describes what may be published, what must be labelled, and what will be removed.

Allowed

• Original fiction, poetry, essays and serialised works of any genre.
• Transformative fanworks (fanfiction and fanart) for existing media, published free of charge.
• Discussion, criticism, worldbuilding, creative advice and community projects.
• Links to your own external support pages and portfolios.

Required labels

Every work must declare a rating (General, Teen, Mature, Explicit, or Not Rated), content warnings (or an explicit "Chose Not To Warn" / "No Warnings Apply" choice), a category, and a language. Works rated Mature or Explicit are behind an 18+ confirmation gate and are excluded from default listings for users who have not opted in.

Prohibited

• Content that is illegal in the jurisdiction of the hosting operator, including CSAM, sexual content involving minors, and content that incites violence or terrorism.
• Harassment, hate speech, doxxing, credible threats, and targeted abuse.
• Spam, malware, phishing, and attempts to compromise the site or its users.
• Texts you do not have the right to publish. Copyright complaints are handled through the Copyright & takedown process.
• Commercial solicitation, paywalled or gated access to hosted content, and any attempt to charge readers for hosted works.

Enforcement

Reported content enters the moderation queue (Moderation). Moderators can hide content pending review, remove it with a public tombstone and reason, lock threads, suspend accounts, and record every action in the audit log. Severe violations may be removed and the account suspended without notice. You can appeal a moderation decision to an admin through the report flow or moderation@waidrn.com (see Moderation); copyright matters follow the formal copyright notice and counter-notice process.

Adult content and minors

Waidrn is not directed at children. Users must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority in their jurisdiction, to create an account. Adult content is gated and labelled; mislabelling adult content is itself a policy violation.

Communities and organizations (v1.4)

Communities and organizations are social structures on Waidrn, not a licence to publish content that violates this policy. Community owners and moderators and organization owners/admins moderate their own spaces under these rules and the Moderation policy; Waidrn staff remain responsible for platform-wide enforcement, reports, and appeals.

• Impersonation is prohibited: names, pages or badges may not pretend to be Waidrn staff, another creator, another entity, or a verified organization. The product rejects names implying platform endorsement, and organization verification is reviewed by moderators; a verified badge is a statement that evidence was checked, not a guarantee.
• Communities and organizations may not be used to organize harassment, doxxing, fraud, or evasion of a suspension.
• Organization pages may link their own projects and boards; the projects remain subject to the same rules (including the rights matrix for project money).

Political content (v1.4)

Political speech and civic discussion are allowed on Waidrn, including debate about policy and public issues. Candidate or party campaign financing is prohibited: project funding, contributions and community/organization support may not be used to finance electoral campaigns, political parties, or candidates. Political projects, if any, must be clearly civic/informational and may not raise money for campaigns. Waidrn does not endorse candidates or parties.