Community code

Last updated: 19 October 2026

WhizArts is a room full of people making things and showing how. This code covers everything that gets published here: posts, profiles and comments. We kept it short. When in doubt, ask one question: does this help somebody learn, make or think?

Off-limits, full stop

These have no place anywhere on WhizArts, in any form:

• sexual content of any kind involving minors;
• anything against the law;
• threats, hate or harassment aimed at anyone;
• malware, phishing, or links built to trick or hurt whoever clicks them;
• posting another person’s private information;
• passing yourself off as another person or an organisation;
• plagiarism, or publishing work you have no right to publish.

Turn it up

Now the fun part. The posts that light this place up tend to have:

• The making. Steps, slip-ups, second tries. The how is what turns a post into something useful.
• A real voice. Yours, in the language you think in, in the style that sounds like you.
• Hard detail. Tools, measurements, places, sources. Readers learn in the specifics.
• Generous credit. Name the people, pictures and references you built on.

Borrowed brushes

Publish only the words and images you made or have permission to use. Built on somebody else’s work? Say so, and link to it. If you find your own work here without your permission, let us know on the contact page with the “Copyright claim” topic.

Links that tell the truth

Link to your website, your portfolio and your sources as much as you like. Each link should land where it promises and be safe to open. Links that hide where they go, or send people somewhere harmful, get taken out.

Your profile is a canvas too

Name, portrait, bio and website link should all honestly represent you, and every off-limits rule above applies there just as it does in posts. Think of your profile as a calling card for your own work, not ad space for somebody else.

In the comments

Stay on topic and stay decent. Argue with an idea or a technique as fiercely as you want; leave the person out of it. Every comment is read before it goes live, and moderators won’t let through ones that wander off the post or cross the off-limits list.

Who makes the call

Moderators look into reports and can remove posts or comments, or close blogs, that break this code. The heavier or more frequent the breach, the likelier a blog is to be closed. Moderators are people, so context counts: a guide that teaches readers to recognise phishing scams belongs here; an actual phishing link does not.

Raise a flag

Spotted something that breaks the code? Go to the contact page, pick “Flag a post or comment” and paste the link. A line or two on what is wrong helps us move faster.