Content policy

Sensitive personal information should not be shared in entries or user profiles.

Do not add machine translated/romanized titles or lyrics.

Song entries where the main producer is listed under forbidden artists should not be added.

Each artist entry (including voicebanks) should be included in at least one song or album.

Exceptions:

1. Base (“Unknown”) voicebank entries.
2. People who play a large role in a vocal synth event (e.g. DJ).
3. Associated artists for voicebanks.

Artists that are not voice-synth-related should not be added to the database.

For illustrators, this rule can be ambiguous.

• Stock photo credits should generally be credited with the custom artist feature (no entry).
• Illustrators with voice-synth related artworks should have an entry.
• Illustrators who collaborate a lot with different voice-synth artists should have an entry.

Artists that are directly participating/collaborating (including illustrators) should/can have artist entries: Animators, lyricists, other individuals, etc.

Artist entries require at least one external link or description.

Do not add artist entries for forbidden artists.

Additionally, do not add song or album entries for forbidden artists if they are the main producer.

Artist entries for voicebanks created through any of the following methods are not allowed:

1. The use of unlicensed, leaked, or otherwise illicitly obtained development kits
2. Generated from existing voices without explicit consent from the author or appropriate terms of use.

Song credits should be added with the “custom artist” feature along with the unofficial voicebank/Jinriki tag. It is possible to further specify the methods used by tagging the song with the relevant child of the imported voicebank tag or with the VOCALOID V3 Developer Kit tag.

For example, a voicebank made with the VOCALOID V3 Developer Kit would fall under the first case, and most RVC models (besides those that have consent) would fall under the second. Note that some voicebanks, for example, Adachi Rei, have permissive licenses that freely allow for derivative creation, so consent is already granted.

Fan-made derivatives such as pitchbends and genderswaps such as Hagane Miku, should not be added as artist entries, as they are not voicebanks of their own. Corresponding tags should be used instead: https://vocadb.net/T/92/derivative.

• Official derivatives made or commissioned by the original creator of the voicebank, whether for Vocaloid or UTAU, are allowed.

Real-life names should not be added as aliases.

Real-life names can still be added, if that’s the main artist name.

Demo and work in progress (WIP) songs/albums should not be added, unless:

• The song is part of a valid album entry
• The song is a voicebank demo
• The song is in its finalized form due to external circumstances (i.e. death of the creator)

Teasers that are different from the actual songs that they promote are allowed (example).

The album needs to have at least one track with voice synth vocals.

The album must have a physical or digital release at some point in time. Sometimes artists “publish” their song collections as a playlist which is insufficient for an album entry.

Unofficial, fanmade compilation albums (bootlegs) where the author(s) are not involved in creating the songs are not allowed.

Some widely known fanmade albums are accepted. These are decided on a case-by-case basis by moderators. The tag fanmade compilation album should be included.

Include a PV link, external link or description as a source for the album.

Do not add artist entries for forbidden artists.

Additionally, do not add song or album entries for forbidden artists if they are the main producer.

Demo and work in progress (WIP) songs/albums should not be added, unless:

• The song is part of a valid album entry
• The song is a voicebank demo
• The song is in its finalized form due to external circumstances (i.e. death of the creator)

Teasers that are different from the actual songs that they promote are allowed (example).

Do not create song entries for AI-generated songs, such as those generated with Suno.

Songs without voice-synth vocals (Vocaloid/UTAU/CeVIO/etc.) should not be added, unless:

• The song is part of an album entry.
• The song has at least 5 voice-synth covers (these can be added as cover unifier entries).

Song entries where the main producer is listed under forbidden artists should not be added.

Song entries require a PV or an external link or an attached album entry for proof of existence. A description may be set instead if the only applicable links are direct downloads or profile-less file sharing sites.

Do not add artist entries for forbidden artists.

Additionally, do not add song or album entries for forbidden artists if they are the main producer.

Artist entries for voicebanks created through any of the following methods are not allowed:

1. The use of unlicensed, leaked, or otherwise illicitly obtained development kits
2. Generated from existing voices without explicit consent from the author or appropriate terms of use.

Song credits should be added with the “custom artist” feature along with the unofficial voicebank/Jinriki tag. It is possible to further specify the methods used by tagging the song with the relevant child of the imported voicebank tag or with the VOCALOID V3 Developer Kit tag.

For example, a voicebank made with the VOCALOID V3 Developer Kit would fall under the first case, and most RVC models (besides those that have consent) would fall under the second. Note that some voicebanks, for example, Adachi Rei, have permissive licenses that freely allow for derivative creation, so consent is already granted.

Song entries should not be created based on unpublished YouTube premieres.

• Adding links that have not yet premiered to existing song entries is fine, as long as the song entry has some other playable link.

Event entries must be related to vocal synths.

All tags should specify the tag cateogry.

All tags should have at least one valid purpose:

• Discovery: Tag is used for discovering related entries (all genre tags for example).

• Search: Tag is used for searching or locating something already familiar (animated PV for example).

• Statistical: Tag is used for calculating different statistics (western producer for example).

• Informatory: Tag is used to convey information that doesn’t fit into the entry (entry missing artists for example).

All tags should include a valid description.

A tag’s description should explain its intended usage in clear English language.

For normal tags, skip generic usage instructions such as “tag for albums/artist/songs…”.

• Use “Valid for” restrictions instead.

Include source links when quoting information from external sources (such as Wikipedia).

Generally, tags should not be created or used for tracking visual details.

Some exceptions:

• Tags for MMD-related models (ISAO)
• Tags for the general PV style (comics PV)
• Tags for information/meta-details (mismatching vocalist PV)

Tags should add new information to the entry. Creating new tags or adding tags to entries that replicate or derive information from the existing fields is not allowed, unless the tag provides significant value (for example for the search feature).