Welcome to the Bob the Builder Wikia! This Wikia strives to be user-friendly for all ages. So please, no matter if you're registered or unregistered, follow these rules:
Our Wiki is here to be enjoyed by everyone. As such, we as the staff promise to do our best to keep it clean, interesting and free of vandalism. For everyone's sake, we promise to try and treat all issues fairly, and to treat all our users the same way, and we ask that you do too. Have fun!
Per FANDOM's guidelines and the law of COPPA, all users are required to be 13 or older before making an account. Anyone who is found to be under the age limit will be banned until they are of age.
No foul or obscene language of any kind is allowed, including but not limited to swearing, racial slurs, or demeaning content, even if it has been abbreviated.
Please always be kind and respectful towards everyone, whether they are a user or not. Disrespect towards anyone (including yourself) will result in a warning by a member of staff.
Do not edit just to increase your own edit count or to get more points or badges.
Do not make counterproductive edits or remove major changes being done on articles by the staff.
You are only allowed to edit your own user page. You may only edit someone else's user page if you have their written permission unless you are staff.
Please refrain from mini-modding. If you see a user breaking the rules, do not give them a warning. Instead, message a member of the staff and they will take care of it as soon as possible.
Removing a warning given to you by staff will result in another warning or ban.
Multiple/alternate accounts and shadow accounts are not allowed. If you make a second account after being banned and you are found out, your other account will be banned with no warning. Making another account in case you lose access to your original one, however, is permitted. Please consult a staff member if this is the case.
Please do not harass or aggravate spammers and vandals, as this will only encourage them to cause more damage.
Do not contact people from the production crew for information on upcoming content.
Do not put any LinkedIn links, or any personal pages for anyone from the production crew (both former and current) on their pages, as this could lead to fans possibly harassing them.
Before making any edits or uploading anything, stop and think if this will help the wiki or if it could serve as a hindrance to others. Also, think about if what you are doing could potentially break the rules. If you are unsure about something, please speak to a member of staff and we will try to answer any questions.
Opinions from the people who have worked on the franchise are allowed on articles. However, fan opinions and speculation/theories are not.
The episode order this wiki uses is the production order as used by most sources. Please don't change the episode order without permission.
Aside from the page for the Rebooted series or promo images, information related to the 2015 reboot goes on the 2015 wiki.
No changing the air dates of episodes or specials without permission.
Specials go in between seasons under the next/previous section of the episode template.
Do not add scroll boxes to characters who made very few appearances. At least only four seasons or less.
Trivia information must go by original production order unless it's about the air date. Sometimes episodes air out of order.
Until new information comes out from either Mattel or Wildbrain, please do not add any alleged/rumoured information about a new Bob the Builder series until it gets confirmed.
Category Rules
Do not add generic categories such as episodes, episode galleries or video galleries. Instead add the season and series where the episode came from. Example: Season 1 episodes, Season 1 episode galleries, Season 1 video galleries, Original Series episodes, Original Series episode galleries or Original Series video galleries. The only exceptions where this rule does not apply are if it's for network or home release categories. This also does not apply for season pages.
Year categories for episodes must be separated form year categories for other products (Example: 1998 UK episodes or 2001 US episodes). If the episode was released on home media before premiering on TV, than that episode will be counted under the year it came out on home media.
Image Rules
Do not upload images from other websites without receiving written permission first. This rule mainly applies to behind the scenes images from crew members' portfolio websites.
All images must be related to the Bob the Builder series in some form. (This includes relevant images from the Children in Need music video)
Make sure that when you name images, you do so correctly (e.g. ScoopSavestheDay32.png). If you upload an image that has been misnamed, please consult an admin and they will rename it.
Additionally, when naming images for episodes, please use the UK title over the US one. This rule does not apply to title card images.
Do not create gallery sub-pages for pages that have only twenty or less images in their gallery.
Extremely small and/or blurry images should not be uploaded to the wiki. The only exceptions to this rule are deleted scenes and promotional material that currently do not have higher quality images.
Do not replace infobox images without receiving written permission by an admin or image controller.
When uploading images from magazines or books, please make sure to crop out or remove any text so as to not spoil the story for anyone else.
When uploading more than one image to a page, please try to do so all at once. This helps keep the history of the page tidy and easy to navigate.
Please make sure that when you upload an image, it is not already on the wiki under a different filename. This helps prevent duplicate images. If you believe your image is higher quality, please let an admin or image controller know before posting and they will decide which one will stay and which one will be deleted.
Do not upload fan-made and/or edited images without permission by a member of staff.
Do not upload images that have been watermarked, unless you receive written permission by both the original owner of the image and a member of staff (however, such features by HiT Entertainment, Mattel, etc. are allowed).
Additionally, do not watermark images that you do not own (e.g. images from books, even if you were the one who took or scanned it). The only exception to this rule are behind the scenes photographs from the production crew that have been sent to and watermarked by somebody else. Watermarks should also be kept at a respectable size and should not be too intrusive.
Do not upload screenshots from YouTube or similar video sharing websites, unless they are of a high quality.
Video Rules
When you upload videos please name them in this way: "Henry to the Rescue - American narration" or "Thomas and Gordon - British narration". For episodes with more than one narrator per territory name them as such: "Thomas gets Tricked - Ringo Starr American narration" or "Thomas gets Tricked - George Carlin American narration".
When uploading videos of music videos, just name it after the song. For example: "Never, Never, Never Give Up", "Let's Have a Race", etc. When there are different versions of the same song, see an admin for help or use your best judgement.
Don't upload duplicate videos.
Do not upload videos with watermarks or any similar features.
Do not upload "YouTube Poops" or any other type of fan video. The only videos allowed here are official episodes and music videos. (i.e. Not edited in any way.)
Talk Page/Message Wall/Comments Rules
No content except vandalism, broken links, and profanity may be removed from any user talk page/message wall. Off topic posts may be removed from article talk pages.
While not mandatory, we are asking users to not change their signatures to only words. Signatures are required on talk pages to identify messages. And, if a user's signature doesn't link to their user page or user talk page, it makes it difficult to tell who left which post.
While not really a "rule", we ask that all members please remember to sign all comments with four tildes (~~~~).
Article talk pages, like the template header at the top states, are there for discussing changes to the article, not for a discussion about the topic in question.
Don't rewrite other user's messages.
Don't answer messages left for other users.
Leaving messages on your own wall is considered spam. Doing so is not "talking to everyone" as no one gets a notification saying that you've left the message.
No arguments over character's changed genders in alternative dubs or arguing over which dub is the best/worst.
Discussion board rules
Please do not use any foul language or hate speech of any kind, even if it is abbreviated. Off-topic posts, spamming, or vandalism will be deleted.
Please be kind and respectful to all users and others.
Please refrain from mini-modding. If you see a user breaking the rules, do not give them a warning. Instead, message a member of the staff or report the offending post and a staff member will deal with the issue as soon as possible.
Please do not aggravate vandals or spammers.
Please do not reply to threads that are over two weeks old unless you have something meaningful to contribute to the discussion.
Please keep threads and posts relevant to Bob the Builder or the Wiki at large. Do not bring outside matters from other sources onto the wiki.
Please create posts in the proper categories so that Discussions can remain uncluttered and easy to follow for all users.
As stated in the general rules, do not remove warnings or strikes by the staff.
Please keep messages you may have relevant to this site only. Do not bring outside matters from other sources onto the wiki, as it could lead to more trouble. The staff are here to deal with matters on this site only and not on others. If you need to contact somebody on another site, please do so privately and on a site other than the wiki.
Do not spread misinformation about upcoming revivals in the works. The franchise is currently on an infinite hiatus but you can create fanon ideas on the fanon wiki.
Blog Rules
All blog posts must pertain to Machines.
Nothing overly personal or pointless should even be considered worthy of a blog post. (Pointless subjects include but are not limited to: Games, number of edits one has, spam from other websites, certain types of polls, announcing an acquisition to your collection, etc.)
Blog posts can have a certain degree of freedom from Blog Rule 1 if they're a series of train related stories.
Blog comments must keep on topic as the blog post dictates.
Comments left on blogs must be longer than one word and must say more than just "I like this", "This is cool", etc.
The Wikia wasn't created to be a blogging site, so keep blogging to a minimum.
Admin/ChatMod Rules
As well as the above rules, admins have other obligations to help keep the Wikia fair and clean at the same time. These include, but are not limited to:
So that order is kept on the wiki, there is a three strikes system. Staff members with image control or discussion rights have the power to give strikes in their areas of authority, while admins and bureaucrats have the ability to give strikes for any offense(s) and are the only ones who can issue a block.
# All admins are required to contact "offending" members and warn them before issuing a block for however long the admin in charge of the case sees fit. This is done to give the member being warned time to explain their actions. NOTE: This rule does not apply to users who spam, vandalise or ones who are exceptionally rude.
Should a member of the staff be inactive on the wiki or the staff discussion chat for three months or more, then that person will be considered inactive and will be placed on rollback. If at a later date they wish to rejoin the staff, all they have to do is submit their name once again for consideration.
There is also a three strike warning system for members of staff (admins and below) that can be given only by a bureaucrat for breaking the rules or misconduct. After the third strike is issued and before the offending member is demoted, a written warning sent privately by them by the staff must be given a minimum of 24 hours beforehand.
Additionally, a member of staff can be dismissed immediately for gross misconduct and/or severe breach of the rules. Any person who is removed from the staff for breaking the rules will not be given rollback status, unlike staff members who resign or are considered inactive.
A vote of no confidence can be triggered against a bureaucrat if a minimum of one-third of the staff believe they are not fulfilling their duties. If a vote of no confidence is triggered, then ALL staff (except the bureaucrat in question) must take part in a vote. If more than two-thirds of the staff vote for the bureaucrat to step down, they must do so immediately.
"Strike" Gallery
You have received a strike. Two more and you will be blocked.
You have received two strikes. One more and you will be blocked.
You have received three strikes. You will be blocked after this.
