Difference between revisions of "TWC Wiki Policy & Guidelines"

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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!

As a part of TWC the Wiki is subject to the Terms of Service (ToS) of the site. Wiki Staff are in charge of monitoring content to ensure that it is of high quality and in line with the ToS.

Wiki Staff can edit and/or delete content and ban accounts at will. In addition to this, violation of the ToS in the Wiki will be reported to the Moderation Branch and offending members may receive infractions and bans on the forums.

Bans from the wiki cannot be appealed in the Tribunal or Praetorium, instead, they should be appealed directly to the Wiki Director via Private Message.

Infraction points can still be referred to the tribunal as they are carried out by Moderation.

Conduct

Editing policy

Improve pages wherever you can, and don't worry about leaving them imperfect. It is advisable to explain major changes.
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.
To avoid duplication (and consequent additional update requirements) Wiki Staff may opt to restrict which pages can host certain frequently changing information.

e.g. the Total War Series page should be the only place listing the full list of TW games with release dates.

No edit warring

If someone challenges your edits, discuss it with them and seek a compromise or if the situation is escalated then contact a Wiki Staff member so that they can intervene and resolve the issue. Do not start fights over competing views and versions.
If a Wiki Staff member reverts an edit explaining their reason please do not undo it, if you still disagree please post on the article's discussion page or on the staff member's talk page.
This Wiki has a mix of UK and USA versions of spelling and date format, consistency within a page is welcomed, consistency within the Wiki is unfortunately unlikely! Unless there is a compelling reason to change the 'language' please don't.

No personal attacks

Do not make personal attacks anywhere in the TWC Wiki. If a TWC member is found doing so then he\she will be dealt with according to the TWC Terms of Service.

Copyrights

Please remember that you must not submit copyrighted work without permission. Please see TWC Wiki:Copyrights for more details.

Content

What the TWC Wiki is not

One must keep in mind that the TWC Wiki is not similar to other wikis so articles should be related to the Total War games or related to the www.twcenter.net site.

Article titles

The 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

Everything that our readers can see should be written from a completely neutral point of view. In other words no use of the first person, no unsupported opinion and certainly no advertisement-like language.

Deletion

Attack pages

A TWC Wiki article, page, category, redirect or image that exists primarily to disparage its subject is an "attack page". These pages are subject to being deleted by any Administrator or member of Wiki Staff at any time.

Criteria for speedy deletion

Articles(spam), images, categories etc. may be "speedily deleted" if they clearly fall within certain categories, which generally boil down to pages lacking content, or disruptive pages. Anything potentially controversial should be proposed for deletion by adding the template {{Delete}} to the page.

Proposed deletion

Anyone can propose the deletion of an article if it's not relevant to TW games or TWC, is lacking any useful content, or consists solely of content that breaches the rules. Add {{Delete}} to the page to put it into the delete category so that an administrator can deal with it.

Deletion policy

Physically deleting articles requires a TWC Wiki administrator, any deletion will be at their discretion.

Enforcement

Administrators

TWC Wiki Administrators or Sysops are the overseers of the TWC Wiki, they are assigned to keep the integrity of the wiki intact and they have the power to delete irrelevant articles from the Wiki.

Patrollers

They are the ones that view the changes happening on the Wiki on a regular basis and advise or assist editors if they are doing something incorrectly. All Wiki Staff members are patrollers.

Warnings

The Wiki Director has the power to warn editors if he/she thinks the editor is doing something incorrect or detrimental to the Wiki. Editors must respect the director's decision, ignoring it may force him/her to suspend the editor's Wiki account.

Banning policy

Extremely disruptive editors on the TWC Wiki will be banned, for example spamming the Wiki with irrelevant information, tampering with articles on purpose etc.

Blocking policy

Editors can be blocked from editing for short or long amounts of time. It includes repeated placing of incorrect information; making unnecessary edits; removing hyperlinks and replacing them with dead links; and ignoring Wiki Staff warnings.

Accounts

People wishing to post on the TWC Wiki must first register via the main website at www.twcenter.net and then request a wiki account here

Vandalism

Vandalism is any addition, deletion, or change to content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the TWC Wiki. It is an inappropriate behaviour and this may lead to temporary block or ban depending upon the user history. Spambots will be instantly banned and all their edits deleted.

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 Wiki Staff. 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 Wiki Staff.
Wiki Staff can be contacted for advice on how to do user pages, however, they will only make a member's page if the member in question has done something seriously important for TWC.

Images

Relevant Images can be used in articles to make them presentable, however, one can only use pictures of the mod/site institution/member in question in its own article, unless permission has been given by the original artist or the Wiki Director.

Total War Pages Naming Convention

Names used to refer to the Total War Games should preferably 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:

TW3K ------- Three Kingdoms -------Total War: Three Kingdoms
ToB ------- Thrones of Britannia ------- Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia
TWW ------- Warhammer ------- Total War: Warhammer / Total War: Warhammer II
TWA ------- Attila ------- Total War: Attila
TWR2 ------- Rome II ------- Total War: Rome II
TWS2 ------- Shogun 2 ------- Total War: Shogun 2
NTW ------- (use abbreviation instead) ------- Napoleon: Total War
ETW ------- (use abbreviation instead) ------- Empire: Total War
M2TW ------- Medieval II ------- Medieval II: Total War
RTW ------- (use abbreviation instead) ------- Rome: Total War
MTW ------- (use abbreviation instead) ------- Medieval: Total War
STW ------- (use abbreviation instead) ------- Shogun: Total War

As the early games are frequently known by their abbreviation that would be prefered as a reference instead of shortening the name.

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-'''The TWC wiki is a content resource aimed at providing information about Total War, Modding and any other Community Activity. When editing Wiki if you by mistake do something wrong then always remember that pages can be reverted back to its former state thus nothing is permanent so don't hesitate from editing it.'''
+'''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!'''
-As a part of TWC the Wiki is subject to the Terms of Service (TOS) of the site. Wiki Staff are in charge of monitoring content to ensure that it is of high quality and in line with the TOS. They have the same status as local moderators which are present throughout the community.
+As a part of [[TWC]] the Wiki is subject to the [[TWC Official:Terms of Service|Terms of Service (ToS)]] of the site. [[TWC_Wiki#TWC_Wiki_Team|Wiki Staff]] are in charge of monitoring content to ensure that it is of high quality and in line with the [[ToS]].
-Wiki Staff can delete content and ban accounts and edit content at will. In addition to this, violation of the TOS in the Wiki will be reported to the Moderation Branch and offending members may receive infractions and bans on the forums.
+Wiki Staff can edit and/or delete content and ban accounts at will. In addition to this, violation of the ToS in the Wiki will be reported to the Moderation Branch and offending members may receive infractions and bans on the forums.
-Bans from the wiki cannot be appealed in the Tribunal as they are not carried out by the Moderation Branch, instead they should be appealed directly to [[Wiki Director]] or [[Content Manager]] via Private Message.
+Bans from the wiki cannot be appealed in the Tribunal or Praetorium, instead, they should be appealed directly to the [[Wiki Director]] via Private Message.
-Infraction points can still be referred to the tribunal as they are carried out by the moderation branch.
+Infraction points can still be referred to the tribunal as they are carried out by Moderation.
 ==Conduct==
 ===Editing policy===
 *Improve pages wherever you can, and don't worry about leaving them imperfect. It is advisable to explain major changes.
-*Protected pages are not be edited except staff members as they are on watch lists already, a regular member can always drop a suggestion though to change pattern etc.
+*If a page is protected and you cannot edit it please use its discussion page to suggest any alterations.
-*Templates & banners are to be modified and changed by the staff members only as they are complicated & require experience thus it's advisable not to edit or modify them.
+*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.
+*To avoid duplication (and consequent additional update requirements) Wiki Staff may opt to restrict which pages can host certain frequently changing information.
+:e.g. the [[Total War Series]] page should be the only place listing the full list of TW games with release dates.
 ===No edit warring===
-*If someone challenges your edits, discuss it with them and seek a compromise or if the situation is escalated then contact a wiki staff member so that he can intervene and resolve the issue. Do not start fights over competing views and versions.
+*If someone challenges your edits, discuss it with them and seek a compromise or if the situation is escalated then contact a Wiki Staff member so that they can intervene and resolve the issue. Do not start fights over competing views and versions.
-*If a wiki staff member reverts an edit explaining his reason then one is not allowed to undo it, you can always talk to him on his talk page or if on TWC send a Private Message to him or to the Wiki Director or Content Manager.
+*If a Wiki Staff member reverts an edit explaining their reason please do not undo it, if you still disagree please post on the article's discussion page or on the staff member's talk page.
+*This Wiki has a mix of UK and USA versions of spelling and date format, consistency within a page is welcomed, consistency within the Wiki is unfortunately unlikely!  Unless there is a compelling reason to change the 'language' please don't.
 ===No personal attacks===
-Do not make personal attacks anywhere in TWCWiki. If a TWC member is found doing it so then he\she will be dealt with according to TWC rules.
+*Do not make personal attacks anywhere in the TWC Wiki. If a TWC member is found doing so then he\she will be dealt with according to the TWC Terms of Service.
+===Copyrights===
+*Please remember that you must not submit copyrighted work without permission. Please see [[TWC Wiki:Copyrights]] for more details.
 ==Content==
-===What TWCWiki is not===
+===What the TWC Wiki is not===
-*One must keep in mind that TWCWiki is not similar to other wikis so articles should be related to the Total war games or site related that is www.twcenter.net only.
+*One must keep in mind that the TWC Wiki is not similar to other wikis so articles should be related to the Total War games or related to the [https://www.twcenter.net www.twcenter.net] site.
 ===Article titles===
-*The Titles should be easy to find, precise, concise, and consistent with other titles. It's better to search sometimes as most of the times articles exists already so it's better to edit them rather than make new ones.
+*The 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===
-*Everything that our readers can see should be written from a neutral point of view.
+*Everything that our readers can see should be written from a completely neutral point of view. In other words no use of the first person, no unsupported opinion and certainly no advertisement-like language.
 ==Deletion==
 ===Attack pages===
-*A TWCWiki article, page, category, redirect or image that exists primarily to disparage its subject is an "attack page". These pages are subject to being deleted by any administrator at any time.
+*A TWC Wiki article, page, category, redirect or image that exists primarily to disparage its subject is an "attack page". These pages are subject to being deleted by any Administrator or member of Wiki Staff at any time.
 ===Criteria for speedy deletion===
-*Articles(spam), images, categories etc. may be "speedily deleted" if they clearly fall within certain categories, which generally boil down to pages lacking content, or disruptive pages. Anything potentially controversial should be proposed for deletion.
+*Articles(spam), images, categories etc. may be "speedily deleted" if they clearly fall within certain categories, which generally boil down to pages lacking content, or disruptive pages. Anything potentially controversial should be proposed for deletion by adding the template '''<nowiki>{{Delete}}</nowiki>''' to the page.
 ===Proposed deletion===
-*Anyone can propose for the deletion of an article if it's non-relevant to TW games and TWC or controversial when spotted and a Wiki administrator will deal with it. Put those pages in the delete category so that an administrator can spot them quickly.
+*Anyone can propose the deletion of an article if it's not relevant to TW games or TWC, is lacking any useful content, or consists solely of content that breaches the rules.  Add '''<nowiki>{{Delete}}</nowiki>''' to the page to put it into the delete category so that an administrator can deal with it.
 ===Deletion policy===
-*Deleting articles requires a TWCWiki administrator and only they can do it they see the need.
+*Physically deleting articles requires a TWC Wiki administrator, any deletion will be at their discretion.
 ==Enforcement==
 ===Administrators===
-*TWC Wiki Administrators or Sysops are the overseers of TWC wiki they are assigned to keep the integrity of the wiki intact & they have the power to delete irrelevant articles from wiki.
+*TWC Wiki Administrators or Sysops are the overseers of the TWC Wiki, they are assigned to keep the integrity of the wiki intact and they have the power to delete irrelevant articles from the Wiki.
 ===Patrollers===
-*They are the ones that view the changes happening in wiki on a regular basis and advise or assist editors if he\she is doing something incorrect. All Wiki Staff members are patrollers.
+*They are the ones that view the changes happening on the Wiki on a regular basis and advise or assist editors if they are doing something incorrectly. All Wiki Staff members are patrollers.
 ===Warnings===
-*Wiki Director has the power to inform editors if they think he\she is doing something incorrect or unnecessary. In this case they must respect their decision and ignoring it will force him to take actions against his\her wiki account.
+*The Wiki Director has the power to warn editors if he/she thinks the editor is doing something incorrect or detrimental to the Wiki. Editors must respect the director's decision, ignoring it may force him/her to suspend the editor's Wiki account.
 ===Banning policy===
-*Extremely disruptive editors on TWC Wiki will be banned from TWCWiki for example spamming Wiki with irrelevant information, tampering articles on purpose etc.
+*Extremely disruptive editors on the TWC Wiki will be banned, for example spamming the Wiki with irrelevant information, tampering with articles on purpose etc.
 ===Blocking policy===
-*Editors can be blocked from editing for short or long amounts of time. It includes repeated placing of incorrect information making unnecessary edits and removing of hyperlinks and replacing them with dead links & ignoring Wiki Admin warnings.
+*Editors can be blocked from editing for short or long amounts of time. It includes repeated placing of incorrect information; making unnecessary edits; removing hyperlinks and replacing them with dead links; and ignoring Wiki Staff warnings.
 ===Accounts===
-*A guest must create a wiki account if he\she wants to edit wiki & for a TWC member there is no need for him\her to create a new account as he\she can use the same account. Use of multiple accounts is not allowed only exception is when he\she forgets his account details.
+*People wishing to post on the TWC Wiki must 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]
 ===Vandalism===
-*Vandalism is any addition, deletion, or change to content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of TWCwiki. It is an inappropriate behavior & this may lead to temporary block or ban depending upon the user history.
+*Vandalism is any addition, deletion, or change to content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the TWC Wiki. It is an inappropriate behaviour and this may lead to temporary block or ban depending upon the user history. Spambots will be instantly banned and all their edits deleted.
 ==Uncategorized==
-===User pages===
+===User/'people' pages===
-*Any Wiki member can create a user page of himself\herself for adding a little information about himself for the sake of better communication or put his history and achievements of TWC if he\she is a member there. However remember TWC wiki is not a blog, webspace provider, or social networking site & any controversial or irrelevant information will be removed by a Wiki staff member.
+*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 always contact any wiki staff member to make pages on themselves if he\she has done and achieved something for and on TWC respectively however it's not obligatory for staff members to make them as our main priority is TW articles not user pages.
+*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 Wiki Staff. 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 Wiki Staff.
+*Wiki Staff can be contacted for advice on how to do user pages, however, they will only make a member's page if the member in question has done something seriously important for TWC.
 ===Images===
-*Relevant Images can be used in articles to make them representable, however, there are exceptions like artwork meant for some mod can't be used in another mod article as the artist has done it for that particular mod only of course one can always ask his permission if he\she wants to use it.
+*Relevant Images can be used in articles to make them presentable, however, one can only use pictures of the mod/site institution/member in question in its own article, unless permission has been given by the original artist or the Wiki Director.
+===Total War Pages Naming Convention===
+Names used to refer to the Total War Games should preferably 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:
+*TW3K ------- Three Kingdoms -------Total War: Three Kingdoms
+*ToB ------- Thrones of Britannia ------- Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia
+*TWW ------- Warhammer ------- Total War: Warhammer / Total War: Warhammer II
+*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 prefered as a reference instead of shortening the name.
+[[Category:Wiki Administration]]