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'''The TWC wiki is a content resource aimed at providing information about Total War, Modding and any other [[Total War Center]] community activity!When editing the Wiki if you do something wrong then always remember that pages can be reverted back to their former state and so nothing is permanent, so don't hesitate to jump in and start editing!'''

==Things to know==


Remember that no edits are permanent - if you do something wrong, no biggie, you can revert or it can be corrected in time. If you plan to make a large sweeping array of changes or add a new dimension to the wiki, you may want to work with a wiki veteran or wiki content staffer, or the Wiki's Director to best spend time and avoid a circumstance where changes cannot be accepted and need to be reverted. We can also be rather informal. Some of this is more what we wish, not what we demand or you're in trouble. Please use your good sense...

As a part of [[TWC]] the Wiki is subject to the [[TWC Official:Terms of Service|Terms of Service (ToS)]] of the site. The [[TWC_Wiki#TWC_Wiki_Team|Wiki Team]] is in charge of monitoring content to ensure that it is of reasonable quality and in line with the [[ToS]]. Despite this, there may still be inaccuracies and obsolescence - the Wiki Team cannot keep every area up to date singlehandedly. We hope on your support for this!

The Wiki Team holds discretion to remove pages that are out of scope, inappropriate, or otherwise in breach of the policy. If warnings are issued and ignored, or if an offense egregiously breaches these guidelines or the Terms of Service upfront, a block on the offending account(s) may be used - temporarily, or permanently. This policy is not perfect and some actions may be justified by Wiki Team discretion in the best interests of the wiki; if so, reasonable room to comply will be offered and the circumstance will be updated in these guidelines. 

Violation of the Terms of Service on TWC Wiki will be forwarded to TWC's [[Moderation Staff]]; offending members may receive infractions or even a ban from the forum depending on the severity of the issue. Infraction points related to wiki ToS violations can be referred to the [[Praetorium]] or the [[Tribunal]]. '''TOS Violations are noted even if you do not have a forum account.''' 

Wiki editing is treated as a privilege and not a right; editing access to the wiki and wiki-specific sanctions are issued at the discretion of the [[Content Staff]] branch. Wiki Team actions may be appealed to the Wiki Director and/or the [[Content Hex]] if the former is absent or the same, preferably through private message on the forum, potentially on your talk page on the wiki if permitted.

==Conduct==
===Editing policy (general)===
*Improve pages wherever you can, and don't worry about leaving them imperfect. It is advisable to explain major changes through edit summaries.
*If a page is protected and you cannot edit it please use its discussion page to suggest any alterations.
*Templates, portals and other pages using multiple tables can be complicated to edit. If in any doubt copy the content to the [[Sandbox]] to experiment or use the discussion page to suggest alterations. If you're unsure, always ask!
*The Wiki Team may set guidelines on how certain areas should be edited if they contain frequently changing information or there is a high chance of confusion.
:e.g. the [[Total War Series]] page should be the only place listing the full list of TW games with release dates.

===Edit warring===
*If someone challenges your edits, please discuss it with them and seek a compromise. If the situation is escalated, please contact the Wiki Team to make a decision based on policy.
*If a Wiki Team member reverts your change, please use the talk page or reach out to them to resolve any disagreement.

===No personal attacks===
*Personal attacks, insults, and threats are against the Terms of Service. Engaging in these may result in revoked access and infraction on the forum.

===Copyrights===
*Copyrighted work must not be submitted without permission. 'Fair Use' can go far but not indefinitely. Please see [[TWC Wiki:Copyrights]] for more details.

==Content==
===What TWC Wiki is about===
* Pages on the wiki must have a relation to Total War Center in scope. Be it something TWC covers on the forum, a mod hosted through TWC, a project that is a part of the wider Total War Community (and thus relevant for the forum), and so forth. 
*TWC supports a wide range of things including history, general gaming interest, and more. We will accept articles on these things, nut the wiki is not primarily focused on them.
* TWC allows blogs! First person (or what have you) articles expressing your opinion. These should be clearly marked as such and you are encouraged to make these a subpage of your wiki user page.

===Article titles===
*Page titles should be easy to find, precise, concise, and consistent with other titles. 
*Please use the search function before adding articles. 
*If an article on the subject exists already, it's better to edit that than make a new one.

===Neutral point of view & article perspective===
*Articles should strive to be written from a "neutral" point of view - not taking a stance on particular events or observations, merely reporting what ''is''.
*Content should generally be written in the third person, may make appropriate use of the second person (or you would rightly note this page is rather hypocritical) but should '''not''' use ''first person''. ''I'' should not be writing this sentence. The author should usually be nondescript. For your own userpage this is naturally relaxed.
*Content should be based on supportable facts. Sources are encouraged.

===Writing Style===
* TWC Wiki is written in common American '''or''' British English. Pages can be written either way, please respect the prevailing style or make the page consistent if it is heavily mixed. 
* Please do '''not''' change pages existing in another style unless you are doing a total rewrite of the content, and please stick within these styles to ensure the wiki is consistent reading.
* Perfect grammar is not expected! As long as the writing is clear and shows attempts to improve it may be accepted. However strong literacy in English is expected, and we may regrettably issue blocks if low-quality or non-compliant content is repeatedly submitted. 
* This wiki is written in English, and articles should be primarily written this way.

==Deletion==
Note that there are some users, generally trusted ex-staff or very prolific member editors, who have the 'administrator' right but are not members of the wiki team. They are expected to defer to the wiki team especially in resolving disputes, but they may delete particularly unacceptable content. "Page" in this section refers to any article, category, redirect, image, or other submission to the wiki.
===Candidates for speedy deletion===
*Any page that exists primarily to disparage its subject is an "attack page". These pages are subject to being deleted by any Administrator or Wiki Team member at any time and will be referred to Moderation.
*Spam, vandalism, attempts to disrupt or troll the wiki are unacceptable. We are not a vessel for any commercial advertising.
*Pages without content (very short stubs), extremely messy/abandoned works in progress, plainly out of scope content and 

===Requests for deletion===
* Requests may be made by adding <nowiki>{{Delete}}</nowiki> to the top of the page.
* If a page is in clear violation/a candidate for speedy deletion, it will be removed at earliest wiki administrator convenience.
* If a page is merely controversial or disputed, it may need to be discussed before removal. This can be done on its talk page. Non-team sysops are encouraged to defer if the page falls into a grey area.
* Deletions by non-team wiki administrators can be appealed to the Wiki Director.

===Deletion policy===

==Enforcement==
===TWC Wiki Team & Director===
*The TWC Wiki Team is the line of defense in resolving disputes and taking action. The Wiki Director may also resolve issues personally, or be a line of appeal if Wiki Team discretion is questioned.
*Actions by the Wiki Team can be appealed to the Wiki Director. If absent, the Content Hex will fill in. In absence of either, any available forum administrator has jurisdiction. 
*Appeals to the Wiki Director, if declined, are unlikely to be picked up by the forum administration unless you have a strong case that they have abused their powers or totally misunderstood the situation. In this case please message any active administrator through the forum.
*Forum administrators are considered ex officio wiki team members. They may fill in if the Wiki Team, Director, or Content Hex (administrator of site content including the wiki, who may fill in or be the same as the Wiki Director) are absent.
*The Site Owner may override all actions and has final authority on all matters.

===Non Wiki Team administrators & Patrollers===
* Certain trusted ex-staff or highly trusted editors may have administrator rights. These rights may be used if necessary, but their usage is supervised by and appealable to the Wiki Director.
* These rights are only granted at Wiki Director discretion.
* Patrollers are active users who review recent changes, advise other editors, and may offer guidance to edit correctly.

===User Rights note===
* The [[Staff]] page is the definitive guide who is Wiki Team, who are forum administrators, etc. Rights on the wiki do not necessarily mean Wiki Team membership and are granted as-needed.

===Warnings===
*The Wiki Director or Wiki Team members may issue warnings for incorrect or detrimental conduct. If they are unclear, you are welcome to ask for explanation. Ignoring these warnings may result in partial, temporary or permanent block.

===Blocking or banning from the wiki===
*Blocks may be issued if warnings are not heeded or acknowledged. They may be issued outright for severe offenses. Users will be notified on their talk page.
*Permanent blocks without talk page access are considered bans. These may be duration based or permanent. They can only be issued by and appealed to the Wiki Director. They may be issued by forum administrators. They are reserved for repeated ignoring of warnings, severe violations of wiki policy or severe Terms of Service breaches. Users will be notified on their talk page and/or through the forum.

===Accounts===
*People wishing to post on the TWC Wiki should first register via the main website at www.twcenter.net and then request a wiki account [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?796550 here]. Direct request through discord for example without a forum account may be permitted.

==Uncategorized==
===User/'people' pages===
*Any Wiki user can create a user page for themselves in User: space to talk about themselves as a wiki editor, they can also make sub-pages there to experiment with wiki formatting or draft articles.  
*TWC Members can also make pages in mainspace about themselves (or for another member) in order to add something about their history on TWC etc. Only TWC members, or prominent TW figures, can have pages written about them, other pages may be deleted at the discretion of the Wiki Team. Remember that the TWC Wiki is not a blog, webspace provider, or social networking site and any controversial or irrelevant information will also be removed by the Wiki Team. 
*Certain styling rules are relaxed on user pages; if you are making your own userpage you may do so as you like, and other members should take care to respect these choices and the structure of the page. Generally users should only update their own pages unless they are fixing substantial errors. However, the guidelines and Terms of Service should not be ignored..

===Total War Pages Naming Convention===
Names used to refer to the Total War Games should be structured be as shown below, with the full name including "Total War" and the ":" used where practical, shortened name used within articles or where titles are too long, and abbreviations used for category names and if used in brackets after titles.  Numbers in full/shortened names should be as shown on the trademarked game names, e.g. 2 versus II:

*RR ------- Rome Remastered ------- Total War: ROME REMASTERED
*TW3K ------- Three Kingdoms -------Total War: Three Kingdoms
*ToB ------- Thrones of Britannia ------- Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia
*TWW/TWW2, etc ------- Warhammer, Warhammer II etc ------- Total War: Warhammer / Total War: Warhammer II etc
*TWA  ------- Attila ------- Total War: Attila 
*TWR2  ------- Rome II ------- Total War: Rome II 
*TWS2  ------- Shogun 2 ------- Total War: Shogun 2 
*NTW ------- <small>(use abbreviation instead)</small> ------- Napoleon: Total War
*ETW ------- <small>(use abbreviation instead)</small>  ------- Empire: Total War
*M2TW  ------- Medieval II ------- Medieval II: Total War
*RTW  ------- <small>(use abbreviation instead)</small>  ------- Rome: Total War
*MTW  ------- <small>(use abbreviation instead)</small> ------- Medieval: Total War
*STW  ------- <small>(use abbreviation instead)</small> ------- Shogun: Total War

As the early games are frequently known by their abbreviation, that would be preferred as a reference instead of shortening the name (ie "Med 2").





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