Warhammer - The Old World - Lexicanum:Guidelines

Lexicanum is a joint project with the goal of creating as complete an encyclopedia of the Warhammer universes as possible. In order to make things easier to navigate (and edit), Lexicanum has a general formatting "style" that should be followed when editing articles. To work on Lexicanum, you must follow the guidelines below. They are presented in no particular order. Questions about these can be asked at the Open Discussion page or by joining our Discord.

Guidelines

• Do not infringe on copyright: The publication of text or pictures without permission of the rightful owner can lead to serious problems for the project. This is especially relevant to Games Workshop and the patent rights regulations are here.

• Lexicanum is an encyclopedia: Lexicanum should be used to develop an encyclopedia. It is not a dictionary or fan site, and is not a carrier for business interests.

• Lexicanum is no rulebook: this Lexicanum will not replace rulebooks so it's not allowed to include text that belongs to that category, e.g. no posting of rules, point costs, wargear options, army lists etc.

• Respect other users: The participants of Lexicanum come from many different places and backgrounds and often have a different point of view. Disagree with their arguments, not with the person making them.

• Neutrality: The neutral point of view tries to present ideas in a way that both those who agree with, and disagree with, can accept the way it is written. It does not demand the acceptance of all, as some ideologies reject all points other than their own. Therefore, the goal should be to create a place where all rational ideas can be collected together in a presentable way.

• Categories: In order to keep the encyclopedia clear from the beginning, we have created some categories. Whether they are all sensible will show in time. It is compulsory to use the categories provided. The location of the category link should always be at the bottom of the article with every category in its own, separate line. For further information see Lexicanum:Categories

• Orthography: Lexicanum does not commit itself to old or new spelling rules. Both are to be respected. The author who wrote the article follows their set of rules and as such subsequent changes must follow the same sets. This avoids having different spellings throughout one article.

• Naming Conventions: the article title should only consist of the name, so no titles or addendums are allowed (for example colonel, Warlord, the Slaughterer, Planet, Sector etc..). If there is more than one article with the same name, a disambiguation or see also has to be created with the corresponding articles listed differentiated with explanation in brackets e.g. XY (Empire), XY (Tilea) for persons or XY (Person), XY (City), XY (Novel) etc.

• Images: when uploading images follow the style and rules here and here.

• Regional GW Content: articles which are based on information created by national subdivisions of Games Workshop and which are not included in the general background have to be marked with the corresponding country templates.

• Fan Fluff: background information written by fans but not published on official sources is only allowed on user pages and will be removed if encountered elsewhere.

• Sources / Citation: it is compulsory that every article includes sources for every bit of information presented. This also applies to changes and additions. Revisions without proper citation will be removed. Paragraphs from different sources have to marked as such.

• Registration: To prevent vandalism and especially spambots, all users must first request to register an account. Any changing of articles by unidentified users is not acceptable and will be reverted. This does not apply to changes of orthography, grammar and style.

Who is going to enforce these rules?

You as a Lexicanum editor are effectivly an editor-in-chief. Active members look at recent changes and correct contents and format. Each participant is at the same time an author and editor and is just as responsible for the content as the next person. Moderators and Administrators are here to help, but the quality of this wiki relies on its editors.

This article is based on the guidelines from the free encyclopedia Wikipedia and stands under the GNU license for free documentation. Within Wikipedia is a list of authors available, and there you can work on the article.