Dumbledore's Army Role-Play Wiki:Character Policy

Characters
Characters must be wizards/witches, or one of the other characters as outlined in J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter books. If they do not conform to this genre, then they will be deleted. Remember to get your character sorted.

Character Names: Full
You must have both a First and Last name, or your character will not get sorted.

Character Names: Language
Your character names must be appropriate. (younger people on here) No swearing in the names.

Character Names: Nonsense
Listen guys, you must have a NAME. Not random letters. The name can be very very very very very creative. In fact, it doesn't have to be real. But please, your name SHOULD NOT be random letters.

Example: ufo yo po jo

Same Name as a Character
Your character should not be the exact same name as a character from Harry Potter. Please, do not name your character Harry Potter or Hermione Granger. It can be Harry, or Luna, but not "Harry Potter" or "Luna Lovegood" If you created your character on or before August 25th, 2011, then this does not apply to you.

Relationship with Characters
(I.e. John Potter)

You are not allowed to be directly related to any important character in the Harry Potter books. This means you cannot be the son or daughter of Harry Potter, or Severous Snape. You may be related to a magical family, such as the Blacks or the Weasleys, but there is no reason to have to spell out the direct connection.

Character Limit
Users who have been active on this wiki for less than one month are limited to 2 student characters. After one month, there is no limit to the amount of characters a user can have, though do not allow yourself more than you can handle.

Character's Magic/Abilities
Your character should not be able to perform magic above their year in school. For example, anyone below 6th year should not be able to preform any spell on the Spell List above their year, unless they learned it in role-play. Another example is that students below 5th year shouldn't be able to produce a Patronus. Adult character's don't have spell lists, but should not be overpowered. They shouldn't know every spell, or be able to preform magic more powerful than other characters. There may be special cases decided by admins, but unless you get special permission from an admin, don't assume your character can do these things.

Adoption
To adopt a character whose user is inactive, you must have written permission from an admin, and you are under obligation to change any aspects of the character that may not agree with our policies.