elanthipedia:Town Green (policy)
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New users with strange names
Four new users have been created within the last week with similarly weird, code-like names:
Gj0Vxn, LyuZsg, TycZzv, and CpaPqe. Seems kind of fishy to me. Is it possible to run an IP check on them and/or otherwise see whether they're legit or not? None have performed any edits yet. --Farman 16:51, 8 July 2007 (CDT)
- If it becomes a problem we can utilize the captcha extension, and make new users enter a string. And/Or we can utilize SpamBlackList which protects us from malicious edits. --Callek 21:14, 8 July 2007 (CDT)
I noticed that too. We'll watch them.--Naeya (talk) 22:08, 8 July 2007 (CDT)
IG Secrets
I think it would be useful to state the policy on revealing in-game secrets in articles. Please correct me or add to this if I am wrong.
- Posting in-game secrets or solutions to quests is discouraged on a main article page, as this might reveal the information to someone who came to the article seeking general info only.
A good way to segregate info on secrets is to make a sub-page off the main article. --Farman 16:28, 20 October 2007 (CDT)
How does one make a sub-page? --Kraelyst 18:04, 20 October 2007 (CDT)
Yup, it's just like subfolders in Windows. Dummy Article would have a subpage Dummy Article/Secrets. The reason I'm bringing this up now is that I'm running across some articles written in the last month or two that include what look like quest walkthroughs. --Farman 13:28, 21 October 2007 (CDT)
Posting Policy in general
Actually, I think it would be a good idea to draft a simple posting policy to cover a few basic things:
- secrets policy
- language/respect for fellow posters etc.
- opinion/commentary vs. facts (akin to wikipedia's NPOV?)
- copyrighted material
Any other thoughts? I'm hoping this can be something pretty simple and casual as opposed to a huge legal document, and have a prominent link on the main page. Growth has been slowing down a little here lately but I still think it would be useful to have a clear posting guideline while Elanthipedia is still relatively new. --Farman 13:28, 21 October 2007 (CDT)