Also read the tagging rules.
General Site Rules
1. Under no circumstances will Child Pornography, depictions of children or “CSAM” (Child sex abuse material) be tolerated, NO EXCEPTIONS. This includes realistic simulations and fakes, all "fakes" that portray an underage actor / singer etc. They are not permitted and any Child Pornography posters will receive a permanent ban and your relevant information passed onto your local authorities; we cannot stress this enough. Underage means under 18 years since exiting the womb. More info here.
1.25. Be cautious with fakes in general. Not only should they not show someone who's underage in reality, if we suspect any human part of a fake is underage, we may remove it without warning. We also reserve the right to wipe any other fakes uploaded by you, or on that day, or in extreme cases in that whole tag. The law is generally not kinder to this stuff than the real stuff, and neither are we.
1.5. Do not post erotic/pornographic toddlerkon (drawn images of toddlers), realistic 3d renderings of underage characters, lolicon/shotacon or any images where the character depicted is clearly a child. We consider any character that appears pre-pubescent or underaged, even just in terms of body proportions, to violate this rule. Canon age is not relevant; many pics adjust age up or down. Non-human drawings are exempt. More info here.
1.6. That said, do not use the comments section to imply, argue, or outright state that a character or artwork is underage or illegal; that is useless if you're correct, and annoying fearmongering if you're wrong. Make a proper report to the site staff, then be quiet and let them handle it.
1.7. Role-playing the abuse of children is strictly against the rules. Do not promote communities that promote child sex exploitation or child abuse role-playing and keep it out of the comments. That goes for links to Discord RP servers or individual users.
2. Do not post real photographs or videos that depict animals in an explicit manner. This includes but is not limited to bestiality. (Anything drawn is okay.)
3. If you are under 18 or if it is deemed illegal for you to view pornographic content, then please leave immediately. Simply claiming to be underage, even as a joke, will get you banned until you are of age. This includes the "I'm 12 and what is this?" meme and variants. Don't go on a porn site and say you're underage - this should be common sense.
4. You must read through and accept the Disclaimer on the front page before viewing, posting, commenting, or otherwise using the site in any way.
5. If you are an artist or a copyright holder of images on this site and don’t wish them to be here, then email the moderator team at staff@paheal.net. Don't go ranting in the comments section; be mature about it and contact us directly. Details here.
6. As above if you have any problems with the site, don't agree with our policies, or just plain hate us, contact us directly about it instead of ranting in the comments section.
7. Don't spam useless or irrelevant comments, including but not limited to random song lyrics, Wikipedia excerpts, copypastas, and comments consisting of only slurs or emojis. Spam includes repeating the same useless comment over and over, especially across multiple images, and even with minor variations. Avoid comments that cause the screen to stretch (if a horizontal scrollbar appears on your browser window solely because of your comment, that's bad; this isn't meant to prohibit a lively discussion).
8. If there are under 60 images of "real" porn of a character, then "soft" porn is allowed until there is enough "real" porn. By "soft", we mean ecchi, topless men, lots of cleavage, sex juices, fetish wear, bulges, camel toe, bare ass, and generally less explicit erotica. Otherwise, visible genitals, anuses, or female nipples, or obvious stimulation of those parts is required. There is also an exception for comic pages (see site rule 12).
9. ASCII is nice but in the immortal words of Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth
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ASCII spam is still spam and will be dealt with as such.
9.5. Same goes for embedded images. Keep them reasonable-sized, broadly relevant, and few in number.
10. Do not impersonate artists or staff. This includes using their name or something very close to it as your own login name when you are not really that person. You may be permanently banned.
11. The admins reserve the right to take measures against you if you break the rules, so just don't do it. We also reserve the right to refuse service to anyone, even if they haven't strictly broken a rule but have done something else objectionable. You can make appeals via the staff email.
12. Even if a part of a comic is not porn, it is kept, so that we have the complete comic / manga / doujin. All pages should have the "comic" tag, per the tagging guidelines.
13. (obsolete, disregard, deleteme tag no longer used)
14. Don't abuse the "Report Image" button. Also, always fill in the "reason" box, with something better than "please delete". If you don't have a valid reason, don't report. Rule violations only. In particular, do not report "gore" or "racial slur". In the case of dupes, provide an image link in the reason box, pointing to the image to be kept ("dupe of >>000000", where 000000 is the image ID). Unless staff tell you otherwise, artist takedown requests are handled via staff email as described in the FAQ, not via image reports.
15. Do not post fakes (photomanipulations) of actors, unless they are in character (ex. >>318692 and >>190610). Drawn celebrity images are welcome. Also: the "in character" requirement does not apply if the actor has less than 60 pics. Note that "in character" doesn't mean just tagging or displaying the name of the fandom somewhere in the frame. The pic has to look like it came from the show/movie/whatever. That means backgrounds, costumes, etc. The whole point of the in-character rule is to eliminate crap images where faces were just slapped onto a generic porn pic that was originally not 34. You have to put some effort into it. This is a concept similar to that of Rule 30.
16. Do not post misleading, malicious, and/or advertisement links (including referral linking). This includes adf.ly and similar. Friends of Paheal may advertise when they are open for commissions and such.
17. Avoid posting thumbnail sizes of images unless we have very few of that character (less than 60 pics) or the image is supposed to be that size (e.g. sprites)
18. Do not post images with original / fan characters only. If they are paired with real characters, that's okay. In either case, do not tag such characters.
19. Do not erase an artist's name/mark and replace it with your own. That is the worst form of "art theft" and will result in a permanent ban.
20. Ban evasion will result in a permanent ban. If you have been banned, do not try to access the site until the ban has expired. If you believe the ban was incorrectly applied, and you are not guilty of the offense, send an email to plead your case and try to get the ban lifted. If you access the site in any way while the ban is in effect, such as using a computer at a different location, this is considered ban evasion and is itself an offense. You may wind up turning your temporary ban into a permanent ban, including deletion of your account. Just wait it out.
21. Don't upload screen captures or photographs of source material (such as photos or nude scenes taken of a celebrity in the flesh) or other official art unless we have fewer than 60 pics of it.
22. Do not upload images with watermarks of commercial sites that do not hold the rights to images (eg. Aerisdies, Rule 34.com, Free-Famous-Toons, Ecchi.me, cfake, Hentaimate, HentaiZA, 8muses.com, etc.) Watermarks of the copyright holders are fine (artists' names, artists' sites, etc.) and in fact are encouraged when unobtrusive. Sites that commission art or produce their own works are fine as well.
23. Comics can also be uploaded to rule34c.paheal.net.
24. Do not create multiple accounts. When we find them, we usually delete them with no warning. For deleted accounts, votes will be removed, comments/uploads will be deleted or reassigned to anonymous. Creating still more accounts after such an administrative action may result in your original account being deleted as well, plus a permanent ban. If you forget your password, don't create another account. Email us to get your password reset. (For this reason, everyone should set an email address on their account, so we can verify who you are.) Along similar lines, if you want to change your username, ask us to do it rather than creating a new account. See the FAQ.
25. Do not add or remove the "featured_image" tag. Only admins are allowed to do either. (It doesn't actually make a pic the featured image anyway, as it's just a tag. There is a separate mod-only operation for that.)
26. Do not remove valid tags from an image for any reason. Some people do this on pics that they think should be deleted - this is stupid, because the tags will go away with the pic, and if we reject the deletion, we have to restore them. "tagme" stays until character and series have been tagged, and may stay if artist is not tagged but probably could be. Deliberately breaking this rule may get you banned. Do not remove valid sources either. Be aware that tag and source changes show up in the logs, so we know who does them. The punishment for source and tag vandalism is harsher than for most offenses, even the first time. Don't do it.
27. Do not invent new tags that no other image has (except for character, series, or artist tags we previously had zero images from) without consulting the admins (they'll probably say no). This means most tags that other image repositories would consider "content tags" are not allowed. Further note that making up alternate names for existing characters is not included in "character tags we previously had zero images from". They had images with the real tag, just not your bullshit tag.
28. Do not pretend to be multiple people (known as samefagging). For instance, to agree with yourself about something, argue with yourself, praise yourself, or vouch for yourself. Absolutely don't samefag with named accounts, especially since multiple accounts are themselves forbidden.
29. Do not upload pics from artists/sites on the Do Not Post (DNP) list, with the following exceptions: some artists/sites allow free pics to be uploaded while prohibiting other pics they are charging for. The pics themselves typically say which type they are (for instance "promo" or similar). See the specific entry for the artist/site.
30. Don't upload a non-porn pic altered to be pseudo-porn by editing in a dick, pussy, cum, tits, etc. unless the quality of the edited part is comparable to that of the original pic or we have less than 60 pics of the character or fandom. Sex parts from a photograph are not considered to be of comparable quality to a drawing, or vice versa. All of this also applies to altering a generic porn pic to be pseudo-34 by editing in the face of an established character or celebrity.
31. If your upload is rejected, do not try to get around the block by changing the size/resolution/compression/etc of the pic and trying the upload again. That is deliberately creating a duplicate. Let it go and find new pics to upload. If not a dupe, and you think it shouldn't have been banned, the proper procedure is to email and present your case for having it unblocked. In addition to the image hash and block message, you will need to attach a copy of the pic in question, or provide a link to it.
32. Indiscriminate or excessive harassment of a person who has not earned it may be punished at the admins' discretion, especially if the person is an artist. That said, our definition of excessive is much less strict than most sites. Definitely forbidden are threats and the posting of information that could harm or identify a person in real life, such as phone numbers or pics that include the person's face (even if you claim it is you, it could be a lie).
33. If you continue to re-upload an image that was deleted and hash-banned you may receive a lengthy ban up to a permanent ban. Editing an image to get around the hash ban is grounds for an immediate ban.
34. All material which is wholly or partly AI-made must be tagged "AI-generated" and follow the AI guidelines, as well as all usual rules.
Also read the tagging rules.
General Site Rules
1. Under no circumstances will Child Pornography, depictions of children or “CSAM” (Child sex abuse material) be tolerated, NO EXCEPTIONS. This includes realistic simulations and fakes, all "fakes" that portray an underage actor / singer etc. They are not permitted and any Child Pornography posters will receive a permanent ban and your relevant information passed onto your local authorities; we cannot stress this enough. Underage means under 18 years since exiting the womb. More info here.
1.25. Be cautious with fakes in general. Not only should they not show someone who's underage in reality, if we suspect any human part of a fake is underage, we may remove it without warning. We also reserve the right to wipe any other fakes uploaded by you, or on that day, or in extreme cases in that whole tag. The law is generally not kinder to this stuff than the real stuff, and neither are we.
1.5. Do not post erotic/pornographic toddlerkon (drawn images of toddlers), realistic 3d renderings of underage characters, lolicon/shotacon or any images where the character depicted is clearly a child. We consider any character that appears pre-pubescent or underaged, even just in terms of body proportions, to violate this rule. Canon age is not relevant; many pics adjust age up or down. Non-human drawings are exempt. More info here.
1.6. That said, do not use the comments section to imply, argue, or outright state that a character or artwork is underage or illegal; that is useless if you're correct, and annoying fearmongering if you're wrong. Make a proper report to the site staff, then be quiet and let them handle it.
1.7. Role-playing the abuse of children is strictly against the rules. Do not promote communities that promote child sex exploitation or child abuse role-playing and keep it out of the comments. That goes for links to Discord RP servers or individual users.
2. Do not post real photographs or videos that depict animals in an explicit manner. This includes but is not limited to bestiality. (Anything drawn is okay.)
3. If you are under 18 or if it is deemed illegal for you to view pornographic content, then please leave immediately. Simply claiming to be underage, even as a joke, will get you banned until you are of age. This includes the "I'm 12 and what is this?" meme and variants. Don't go on a porn site and say you're underage - this should be common sense.
4. You must read through and accept the Disclaimer on the front page before viewing, posting, commenting, or otherwise using the site in any way.
5. If you are an artist or a copyright holder of images on this site and don’t wish them to be here, then email the moderator team at staff@paheal.net. Don't go ranting in the comments section; be mature about it and contact us directly. Details here.
6. As above if you have any problems with the site, don't agree with our policies, or just plain hate us, contact us directly about it instead of ranting in the comments section.
7. Don't spam useless or irrelevant comments, including but not limited to random song lyrics, Wikipedia excerpts, copypastas, and comments consisting of only slurs or emojis. Spam includes repeating the same useless comment over and over, especially across multiple images, and even with minor variations. Avoid comments that cause the screen to stretch (if a horizontal scrollbar appears on your browser window solely because of your comment, that's bad; this isn't meant to prohibit a lively discussion).
8. If there are under 60 images of "real" porn of a character, then "soft" porn is allowed until there is enough "real" porn. By "soft", we mean ecchi, topless men, lots of cleavage, sex juices, fetish wear, bulges, camel toe, bare ass, and generally less explicit erotica. Otherwise, visible genitals, anuses, or female nipples, or obvious stimulation of those parts is required. There is also an exception for comic pages (see site rule 12).
9. ASCII is nice but in the immortal words of Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth
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ASCII spam is still spam and will be dealt with as such.
9.5. Same goes for embedded images. Keep them reasonable-sized, broadly relevant, and few in number.
10. Do not impersonate artists or staff. This includes using their name or something very close to it as your own login name when you are not really that person. You may be permanently banned.
11. The admins reserve the right to take measures against you if you break the rules, so just don't do it. We also reserve the right to refuse service to anyone, even if they haven't strictly broken a rule but have done something else objectionable. You can make appeals via the staff email.
12. Even if a part of a comic is not porn, it is kept, so that we have the complete comic / manga / doujin. All pages should have the "comic" tag, per the tagging guidelines.
13. (obsolete, disregard, deleteme tag no longer used)
14. Don't abuse the "Report Image" button. Also, always fill in the "reason" box, with something better than "please delete". If you don't have a valid reason, don't report. Rule violations only. In particular, do not report "gore" or "racial slur". In the case of dupes, provide an image link in the reason box, pointing to the image to be kept ("dupe of >>000000", where 000000 is the image ID). Unless staff tell you otherwise, artist takedown requests are handled via staff email as described in the FAQ, not via image reports.
15. Do not post fakes (photomanipulations) of actors, unless they are in character (ex. >>318692 and >>190610). Drawn celebrity images are welcome. Also: the "in character" requirement does not apply if the actor has less than 60 pics. Note that "in character" doesn't mean just tagging or displaying the name of the fandom somewhere in the frame. The pic has to look like it came from the show/movie/whatever. That means backgrounds, costumes, etc. The whole point of the in-character rule is to eliminate crap images where faces were just slapped onto a generic porn pic that was originally not 34. You have to put some effort into it. This is a concept similar to that of Rule 30.
16. Do not post misleading, malicious, and/or advertisement links (including referral linking). This includes adf.ly and similar. Friends of Paheal may advertise when they are open for commissions and such.
17. Avoid posting thumbnail sizes of images unless we have very few of that character (less than 60 pics) or the image is supposed to be that size (e.g. sprites)
18. Do not post images with original / fan characters only. If they are paired with real characters, that's okay. In either case, do not tag such characters.
19. Do not erase an artist's name/mark and replace it with your own. That is the worst form of "art theft" and will result in a permanent ban.
20. Ban evasion will result in a permanent ban. If you have been banned, do not try to access the site until the ban has expired. If you believe the ban was incorrectly applied, and you are not guilty of the offense, send an email to plead your case and try to get the ban lifted. If you access the site in any way while the ban is in effect, such as using a computer at a different location, this is considered ban evasion and is itself an offense. You may wind up turning your temporary ban into a permanent ban, including deletion of your account. Just wait it out.
21. Don't upload screen captures or photographs of source material (such as photos or nude scenes taken of a celebrity in the flesh) or other official art unless we have fewer than 60 pics of it.
22. Do not upload images with watermarks of commercial sites that do not hold the rights to images (eg. Aerisdies, Rule 34.com, Free-Famous-Toons, Ecchi.me, cfake, Hentaimate, HentaiZA, 8muses.com, etc.) Watermarks of the copyright holders are fine (artists' names, artists' sites, etc.) and in fact are encouraged when unobtrusive. Sites that commission art or produce their own works are fine as well.
23. Comics can also be uploaded to rule34c.paheal.net.
24. Do not create multiple accounts. When we find them, we usually delete them with no warning. For deleted accounts, votes will be removed, comments/uploads will be deleted or reassigned to anonymous. Creating still more accounts after such an administrative action may result in your original account being deleted as well, plus a permanent ban. If you forget your password, don't create another account. Email us to get your password reset. (For this reason, everyone should set an email address on their account, so we can verify who you are.) Along similar lines, if you want to change your username, ask us to do it rather than creating a new account. See the FAQ.
25. Do not add or remove the "featured_image" tag. Only admins are allowed to do either. (It doesn't actually make a pic the featured image anyway, as it's just a tag. There is a separate mod-only operation for that.)
26. Do not remove valid tags from an image for any reason. Some people do this on pics that they think should be deleted - this is stupid, because the tags will go away with the pic, and if we reject the deletion, we have to restore them. "tagme" stays until character and series have been tagged, and may stay if artist is not tagged but probably could be. Deliberately breaking this rule may get you banned. Do not remove valid sources either. Be aware that tag and source changes show up in the logs, so we know who does them. The punishment for source and tag vandalism is harsher than for most offenses, even the first time. Don't do it.
27. Do not invent new tags that no other image has (except for character, series, or artist tags we previously had zero images from) without consulting the admins (they'll probably say no). This means most tags that other image repositories would consider "content tags" are not allowed. Further note that making up alternate names for existing characters is not included in "character tags we previously had zero images from". They had images with the real tag, just not your bullshit tag.
28. Do not pretend to be multiple people (known as samefagging). For instance, to agree with yourself about something, argue with yourself, praise yourself, or vouch for yourself. Absolutely don't samefag with named accounts, especially since multiple accounts are themselves forbidden.
29. Do not upload pics from artists/sites on the Do Not Post (DNP) list, with the following exceptions: some artists/sites allow free pics to be uploaded while prohibiting other pics they are charging for. The pics themselves typically say which type they are (for instance "promo" or similar). See the specific entry for the artist/site.
30. Don't upload a non-porn pic altered to be pseudo-porn by editing in a dick, pussy, cum, tits, etc. unless the quality of the edited part is comparable to that of the original pic or we have less than 60 pics of the character or fandom. Sex parts from a photograph are not considered to be of comparable quality to a drawing, or vice versa. All of this also applies to altering a generic porn pic to be pseudo-34 by editing in the face of an established character or celebrity.
31. If your upload is rejected, do not try to get around the block by changing the size/resolution/compression/etc of the pic and trying the upload again. That is deliberately creating a duplicate. Let it go and find new pics to upload. If not a dupe, and you think it shouldn't have been banned, the proper procedure is to email and present your case for having it unblocked. In addition to the image hash and block message, you will need to attach a copy of the pic in question, or provide a link to it.
32. Indiscriminate or excessive harassment of a person who has not earned it may be punished at the admins' discretion, especially if the person is an artist. That said, our definition of excessive is much less strict than most sites. Definitely forbidden are threats and the posting of information that could harm or identify a person in real life, such as phone numbers or pics that include the person's face (even if you claim it is you, it could be a lie).
33. If you continue to re-upload an image that was deleted and hash-banned you may receive a lengthy ban up to a permanent ban. Editing an image to get around the hash ban is grounds for an immediate ban.
34. All material which is wholly or partly AI-made must be tagged "AI-generated" and follow the AI guidelines, as well as all usual rules.
Also read the tagging rules.