What is this?¶

Well, of course, this is the FAQ for Discord Bots List (https://top.gg)

Where am I?¶

just… look above this.

What is life?¶

I dont know I’m just a smol Neko

Information¶

We are NOT affiliated with https://discordapp.com

We are NOT a support server for bots! Do NOT ask, we will tell you to go to the bot’s support server.

Why am I getting a 500 (or 400) error when doing (x)?¶

Either the server (https://top.gg) had a stroke, or you did something wrong.

Key to web errors (and how to fix them):

5xx

Problem: the server (https://top.gg) did something wrong.

Fix: nothing. Ping a single mod with a image of it and reload the page after a few minutes.

4xx

Problem for 404: You used a incorrect URL.

Fix: make sure your URL is correct.

Problem for 403: You aren’t allowed here.

Fix: you… cant fix it you aren’t supposed to be here..

3xx

That’s a redirect. You need to stay here.

Fix: you dont need to fix it.

2xx

Problem: literally no problem 200 means server and client are happy.

We don’t want that. We want the server to be mad :)

Fix: no fix. You’re fine.

1xx

Something happened, but we dont know what.

Fix: I dont know how to fix it.

Is pinging the @Moderators role allowed?¶

Yes, only if it requires more than 2 mods to handle something.

Raid

NSFW content (being spammed, or multiple posts)

Invite spam (from multiple users)

If none of these apply, any one of the moderators will most likely mute you.

Why am I logged into the wrong account?¶

Make sure you are logged into the right account at https://discordapp.com/channels/@me (Open this in your browser!)

Log out on the web client and log back in to the correct account.

Your desktop client is not the same as on the website.

Where can I submit my bot?¶

You can apply to add your bot here: https://top.gg/newbot

You must be logged in to discord to add a bot.

Why did my bot get declined?¶

Your bot did not follow our bot rules in the rules channel.

View the Mod Log channel for the reason your bot was declined and by what moderator.

Your bot is tested using permissions=0, you should ensure that your bot functions without permissions.

If the decline reason you received is not clear enough, you should contact the moderator for clarification.

How long does bot approval take?¶

There is a queue of bots, so your bot will not be reviewed instantly.

It can take up to a week (or longer) for your bot to be approved or declined due to there being a queue of bots manually reviewed by people with the Website Moderators role.

Upon approval your bot will be added to this server and the “Bot Developer” role will automatically be given to you.

If in the chance your bot is denied for one of the reasons stated in #rules-and-info, you will find out why in #mod-log.

If there is a major holiday, queue may take 3 or more weeks

Please be patient, Mods will get to your bot.

Is minimodding allowed?¶

“Mini-Modding” or “Backseat Moderating” is when a member who is NOT a Moderator, takes up the role (of Moderator) by demanding other members or taking part in Moderator actions such as;

Requesting another member to move to the correct channels in a demanding manner.

Investigating issues that you can’t help with (“Investigations” are done by Moderators and only Moderators).

Pestering a member to display their age to see if they are underage (although this isn’t necessarily bad, some members have been found pestering members who don’t wish to display their age).

Although we follow the Discord Terms of Service, we are not out to witch hunt new members.

Attempting to handle situations in any of the channels when a Moderator is active or handling the situation themselves.

What is starboard?¶

A starboard is, simply put, a system that “saves” your message

Content that is usually starboard worthy:

Memes and other funny community content.

That’s pretty much it, it’s mostly just for fun and games!

Content that is not starboard worthy:

Random messages that aren’t really funny or entertaining at all.

Your own messages, nobody wants to see your “Star this message for…” message.

Advertisements or self promotions (obviously).

Hateful messages of any kind.

Not following the starboard rules will result in a mute.

Also, things that do NOT work:

Starring Luca(bot)’s messages

Starring your own messages

Starring a muted user’s messages

How do I make a bot?¶

If you haven’t made the bot, but you want to, start here:

Figure out if you want to start making a bot using code;

Coding a bot requires the knowledge of a programming language.

If you want to learn from the beginning, you can find a good guide here: https://anidiots.guide/getting-started/getting-started-long-version

You can ask for additional help with bot development in the development channel.

If you don’t want to learn how to program and start from scratch, you can jump into bot development with: https://store.steampowered.com/app/682130/Discord_Bot_Maker/

Hosts

Free:

Heroku (if you use this you need help)

Repl.it (same as heroku. These lie to you about their uptime.)

Self Hosting

Paid:

Digital Ocean

GalaxyGate

Vultr

OVH

Amazon Web Services

Contabo

Languages¶

https://anidiots.guide/getting-started/getting-started-long-version

Beginner:

JavaScript

Java (slightly more complex)

Harder languages:

C family

Important things you should know:

If you created a bot on https://discordapp.com/developers/applications/ you must code that bot yourself and then run the code for it to come online. There is no way to “turn on the bot” or “power it on”. Bot’s are run using code and require code in order to have functionality.

Bot development does NOT start with adding your bot to https://top.gg/. Create your bot and make the code first.

You can ask for help in the Development channel, but do NOT expect to be spoon fed.

(https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/spoon-feed)

Are rainbow roles allowed?¶

No, Rainbow roles go against Discord TOS and will not be accepted into DBL.

What’s appropriate for the off topic channel?¶

Things that are okay to say (or send):

Memes

Funny comments

Normal conversation

Things that are NOT okay:

Extreme cursing (n-word, etc.)

Rude comments

NSFW

Luca’s commands¶

Please use these in the bot channels.

Prepend commands with the prefix - or @Luca#0393.

Please refrain from using these commands in non testing channels.

-botinfo @bot Shows bot info, title redirects to site listing.

-bots @user Shows all bots of that user, includes bots in the queue.

-owner / -owners @bot Shows all owners of that bot.

-prefix @bot Shows the prefix of that bot.

Add -noembed to the end of the command to get a mobile friendly version.

Where can I speak other languages?¶

(nerede konuşabilirim)

You can speak in other languages in the Off Topic channel.

(İngilizceden başka diller için off-topic kullanın.)

Rules¶

Don’t be a dick
Follow the Discord Terms of Service
No discrimination, hate speech or arguing (over stupid stuff; Take that to DMs), this includes trash talking:
1. Other users
2. Bots
3. Programming languages, etc
No self promotion / advertising including but not limited to:
1. Server invites (providing official Discord guild invites or bot support guild invites when asked for is allowed), these can be in the guild or in DMs.
2. YouTube/streams
3. Begging people to use your bot
Don’t spam. (includes mic spam in voice channels)
1. This includes copypastas/chain mails.
2. This also includes spam joining bots to voice channels
3. Don’t spam / abuse bot commands
Speak english. This way everyone can understand you. It is our lingua franca after all.
1. Don’t spoon-feed or attack beginners.
  
  Everyone starts somewhere and asking questions is smart.
  
  Do not attack people for not knowing how to code.
  
  Point them to great learning sources and help them with problems.
  
  However, you shouldn’t just give them finished code because then they only learn to copy more.
2. If you are a beginner, have a will to learn and do not expect to be spoon-fed.
Be friendly to other users.
1. Please refrain from posting memes in the general channel, (Including but not limited to off-topic content and/or conversations) they belong in the off-topic channel.
2. Keep the general channel to friendly / neutral / intellectual conversations
Do not evade punishments.
No political arguments/discussion.
No NSFW content, in this server we have no NSFW channels.
1. This includes communicating access of any kind to NSFW content outside of Discord e.g a picture ID on imgur

Web Admins reserve the right to issue mutes/bans without providing reasons.

Moderators can issue punishments at their own discretion regardless of if the rules don’t specify an offence at the time.

Requests about bots¶

“I need help setting up (x) bot”

“I can’t get (x) bot to work”

“Why isn’t (x) bot working?”

“Could someone help with the mee6 bot”

All of these questions will be answered with one thing, and one thing only.

-Go to the bot’s support server.

You can easily find it by clicking the [Support Server] button on the bot’s top.gg profile.

(Other questions)

“What is a good bot for (x)”

“what bot is like (x)”

just go to https://top.gg please… for the love of god

What is “DBL League”?¶

The Discord Bot List League is an activity based, league-style competition that takes place in this server among all members.

Essentially, the basics is that you send a message, and a bot will record it, as points.