Rules of the War Dragons Wikia
Introduction
These are the rules laid down to reasonably protect our wiki. They may be changed through votes to ensure that they are fair, but may only be edited by admins to make sure nobody makes negative changes to them that are not beneficial.
Articles
No Vandalism to the Main Page
This includes spam, advertisements, and removing important messages. The main page is not a giant ad.
What is acceptable:
- Coding to make it look more professional
- Adding interesting or helpful features
- Fixing errors
No Badge Farming*
We don't even have badges, so don't even try. This website is not supposed to be accolade heaven; this is a website made to benefit learning about War Dragons.
*Badge farming is the unnecessary and deliberate editing of a page (sometimes leading to spam) to achieve badges and rank up.
No Counterproductive Pages
Please, do not add any unnecessary pages to this wiki. Adding information about Skyrim, for example, is unrelated to War Dragons and will not supply useful or organized information to viewers who come here for help.
Chat + Forum
No Flamewars
Flamewars are often time-consuming -- and a waste of time. Please be respectful to one another and don't fight over everything, especially if it's not worth fighting over.
No Cursing
Not everybody likes to hear other people spewing curse words, and some users are still rather young yet. Please keep it clean.
Please Keep your Personal Information
We might not know you, but we still care about your safety. Please keep your personal information to yourself, such as your age, name, and password.
Stay on Topic
This is just a suggestion, but it's a good one. If you're having a conversation, for example, about which dragon is the best, and suddenly the topic changes to unicorns, a lot of people will get left behind or confused.
Ranks
Please Don't Ask for a Rank
We can't stress this enough. It gets really irritating. The wiki is not all about being the best, and getting a rank does not make you the best. We're not saying you can't ask, but we're also not saying that you can get a freebie.
Qualifications for Ranks
We know being an admin or a bureaucrat is super cool, but if you're new and we don't really know you, you haven't been around long, have been inactive, or you haven't done anything productive, then we're not about to hand out a free rank.
To get a rank is not up to a single user who can just give out a rank, either, even if that user has good judgement. It is up to the community as a whole and all rank placement be voted on in a thread.
How to Get a Rank
No Freebies
To those who have ranks and are able to grant them to others, please do not promote someone just because they are your best friend.