Ice Hockey Wiki Guidelines " Just like the remainder of the Ice Hockey Wiki , this page is in its early stages and will need further improvements . Please bear with us . For the moment though , it should be clear enough to give you a very good idea of how the Ice Hockey Wiki works ; feel free to ask any question at smelly _ socks _ suck @ hotmail . com " . Please read what is written here before beginning to contribute . This will give you the basic guidelines to follow in order to make this project reach its goals and spare you from making some mistakes that may have a small or large impact on the project as a whole . Goals . The Ice Hockey Wiki ( IHW ) has been created with a goal : to become a thorough , complete and accurate encyclopedia on everything ice hockey . This encyclopedia is made so that everyone can edit it to add his or her own knowledge to that already gathered , making the encyclopedia larger , better and more complete with every new edit . Ultimately , the encyclopedia should become a reference for people looking for specific information on hockey , as well as a great way for neophytes to learn the rules of the game , its basics and history . While such a project exists on , the Ice Hockey Wiki intends to be more complete and much deeper than its Wikipedia counterpart , mainly since the IHW is specifically dedicated to the topic , whereas Wikipedia is a general encyclopedia , where ice hockey is no more than one of the countless topics covered , and where the rules make it so that many very important , not to say vital , aspects about documenting ice hockey , such as statistics , are seriously limited . Here , if it is ice hockey , it has its place . Any organised league deserves its article . Every team , past or present , of such league deserves its article . Every pro player worldwide deserves his / her article , just as do most semi - pros . Every amateur player having played in an international competition deserve his / her article . Every element of the game , every rule , every equipement part . . . you get the point ? If it ' s hockey , it ' s Ice Hockey Wikia . However , please note that your recreational league or beer league does not have its place here , and that your best friend who scored 6 times in that memorable match against the neighbouring body parts shop ' s staff team don ' t have his either . IHW is about organized hockey , from junior to pro . Legal stuff . The IHW is available under the GNU Free Documentation License ( GFDL ) licence , meaning that everyone can edit the texts here and link to them or distribute them freely . This means you do NOT own the article you have written , and that you should NOT take that nifty article written on a copyrighted website or in that amazing book and copy it on IHW - you have to write a new one yourself . You may inspire yourself from original material , you certainly may use the information the source provides , but what you write here has to be your own writing ( except what is from another site using the same licence , if you acknowledge its source in the proper manner ) . Same goes for pictures uploaded . Most pictures found online are copyrighted and should not be uploaded to the IHW , as it constitutes a legal infringement . There are some exceptions to the copyright rule , however . You actually may upload and insert copyrighted team or league logos on the IHW without permission of the copyright holder to " illustrate your articles " . This is called " fair use " or " fair dealing " and exists because the use of such image can ' t be replaced by a licence - free image ( could you replace the Montreal Canadiens logo by something else to illustrate the Montreal Canadiens logo ? Certainly not . In such circumstances , fair use applies ) . You should however " only " use those copyrighted logos and pictures for the aforementioned purposes , as it otherwise may be considered copyright infringement . In order to avoid such situations that could harm the project and its participants , please avoid copyrighted materials . Anything copyrighted that does not respect fair use will be deleted . Respect . When it comes to cooperative projects involving many people , the most important thing to do is to respect each other . Not only will they respect you back , but it will diminish the chances of quarrels and disputes among members . We ' re all hockey passionates brought here by the same love for the sport and the same will to share knowledge and build the greatest hockey encyclopedia ever , so we shouldn ' t waste our energies quarrelling with each other . That ' ll make the project much less fun to work on . You should respect and consider every single contributor as your equal , wherever he / she comes from and whatever opinion he / she has . And should a divergence of opinion arise . . . stay cool . No need to drop the gloves , no need to call for penalties and have people sent out for game misconduct , just discuss with the other party calmly . Would you happen to be unable to solve the conflict solely with discussion , you can always bring the discussion to the attention of a third party or make it public so that it can be solved collectively . But the best way to solve a conflict is and will always be to actually not have any conflict , so please do everything you can to avoid such things - that ' ll make everything much easier for everyone . Also , do not verbally attack , flame , or insult any user under any circumstance . It is the best possible way to get yourself banned , along with spamming and vandalizing . Neutrality . When writing an article , write it in a neutral way , i . e . so it is simply stating facts and not opinions . You have your favourite teams and players , so does everyone . But when writing about these , do not write in such a way that they appear greater than they are ; in the same vein , don ' t write about teams and players you dislike in such a way that they will appear as worse as they are . Stay neutral , bring facts , and keep your opinions for yourself . Adjectives are great , but be sure to use them correctly . Saying " Wayne Gretzky is considered by many as one of the best hockey players ever " is correct . Saying " Mario Lemieux is indoubtedly the best player to ever have laced up skates in the NHL " is incorrect - no matter how good he was , you just can ' t say he ( or anyone else , for that matter ) was the best , as it ' s a very arguable question ( additionally , there was a spelling mistake in the word " undoubtedly " , which is something else you should pay close attention to . Re - read what you write ! ) And saying that " Tie Domi is unarguably one of the best player of the NHL " is just silly . And saying " XX totally rocks " , " YY is cool " or " " ZZ really sucks " is totally inappropriate and unacceptable here . Maybe you should take a look at several articles before beginning to contribute , just to get a feel of the kind of style prescribed by the IHW . A Manual of style exists to help you get started with writing .