Rule Changelog

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This page lists all the relevant updates and clarifications to VocaDB rules/guidelines starting from February 2024.

These changes have been planned, discussed and decided by trusted users and moderators on the VocaDB discord server: #mods-and-trusted

For smaller clarifications, see the commit history.

This list should roughly match the rule table sorted by the “date” column.

Please see the relevant wiki pages for more detailed instructions (use the wiki search if necessary).

  • [9. Oct 2025] - Rule 73: Extend rule to cover VOCALOID V3 Devkit voicebanks (and any that use illcitly obtained devkits).
  • [2. Oct 2025] - Rule 176: For original songs with faint vocals that are almost fully instrumental, use the faint vocals tag.
  • [28. Aug. 2025] - Rule 167: Pools (public song lists) should start with a category name.
  • [11. Jun 2025] - Rule 78: Clarify that having both producer suffixes (e.g., P and -P) is also redundant. The artist entry should use the most common format.
  • [30. May 2025] - Songs entries for AI-generated songs are not allowed.
  • [27. Jun 2024] - Songs entries with “AI generative music synthesis with uncontrolled vocals” are not allowed.
  • [20. Jun 2024] - Other voice synth engines need to tagged and included in the name.
  • [20. Jun 2024] - Removed limitations on UTAU append entries.
  • [17. Jun 2024] - 2 or more individual lines is enough to qualify as an additional lyrics language.
  • [17. Jun 2024] - Added guidelines for artist entry splitting
  • [17. Jun 2024] - More detailed content removal guidelines
  • [9. Jun 2024] - Added Out-of-scope arrangement tag.
  • [2. Jun 2024] - Circle/Group entry can be added if all members are participating.
  • [1. Jun 2024] - Added Visual/Audio transcription guidelines.
  • [1. May 2024] - Skip off-vocal harmony vocalist credits.
  • [1. May 2024] - Use the instrumental tag for songs with faint vocals instead of marking them as support.
  • [1. May 2024] - For crediting original artists of out-of-scope songs, use the description. (example).
  • [2. March 2024] - Lyrics can be modified without creating new lyrics, always mention the modification in the source.
  • [2. March 2024] - Changes to the “Do not reupload” tag, most notably that it now requires a verified artist account.
  • [2. March 2024] - Real-life names should not be added as aliases if they’re not used as an alias by the artist or by other artists/sources.
  • [6. Feb 2024] - New non-English translations should not be added without a good reason (example), detailed here.
  • [6. Feb 2024] - Remixer names should not be removed from the song title: “Love is War (Mwk Remix)“.
  • [6. Feb 2024] - Simultaneous uploads tag changes.
  • [6. Feb 2024] - Single albums are no longer discouraged.
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