wplaceCommunity Guidelines
Wplace is a living canvas shaped by its community. We believe players should have the freedom to create on the map, but it is also important to set some ground rules to keep the experience fair and safe for everyone.
Our moderation team now follows a more hands-off approach, stepping in only when a rule is clearly broken. In ambiguous situations, the community has full freedom to overwrite or remove content by placing pixels.
Rules
Explicit, hateful, or illegal content is not tolerated.
Destroying others' work with no creative intent.
One account per person. No automation or exploits.
Competing for space is part of the game.
Erasing spam, inappropriate or suggestive content with transparent pixels.
1. Inappropriate Content
1.1 Zero-tolerance content
The following content is subject to moderation intervention and can result in a permanent ban:
- Explicit sexual content (genitalia, sexual acts, sexual fluids)
- Sexualization of minors or fictitious characters with child-like visual traits, regardless of their fictional age or lore
- Extreme graphic gore or realistic violence
- Clear hate speech, extreme slurs, or symbols of hate (e.g. swastikas)
- Doxxing (sharing anyone's private personal information)
- Extreme hostility or targeted harassment toward others
1.2 Suggestive Content
Drawing in this category shouldn't lead to suspensions. However, the community is free clean up or paint over these artworks. Includes drawings with sexual undertones that don't cross into explicit territory (no genitalia, sexual acts, or sexual fluids).
Highly Suggestive Content
2. Griefing
Griefing means taking actions on the map solely to harass or frustrate other players, with no creative, strategic, or corrective purpose.
2.1 Clear griefing
Cases of clear griefing (such as scribbling over someone's artwork with no creative intent, or deliberately disrupting it by placing random pixels) are subject to moderation intervention.
Scribbling over other people's artwork
2.2 Gray area
Actions that alter or disrupt artwork but may have multiple valid interpretations, such as territorial expansion, cleanup, or style changes. These are not automatically griefing. However, if the behavior becomes excessive, targeted, or clearly disruptive over time, moderators may intervene.
Drawing a flag over other artworks
2.3 What's NOT griefing
Painting over other players' work is a normal part of the game. If your intent isn't to only harass or deliberately frustrate someone, moderators won't intervene.
2.3.1. Territorial Disputes
Space is limited. Players and communities will compete for territory, and that's not just allowed, it's what keeps the map alive. Claiming, defending, and reclaiming space is core gameplay.
Drawing over another drawing
2.3.2. Map Cleanup
Using transparent pixels to remove spam, repetitive patterns, inappropriate or suggestive content is allowed.
Using transparent pixels to remove repetitive patterns
3. Multi-accounts, Automation & Exploits
One account per person. Using bots, scripts, browser automation, or any exploit to gain an unfair advantage is strictly prohibited.