Warriors Clans Diversity:New User Guide

=Welcome!=
: Hey new users or just curious onlookers, welcome to Warriors Clans Diversity Wiki, a literate, and semi-realistic Warriors roleplay site. Since you are here, you must be wondering how to get around this place or how to do something, and it can be confusing at times! Have no fear, this guide should explain the basics of how to navigate and create your first cat without hassle! Of course, if something about this does not make sense to you, or if this information does not answer your question, always feel free to ask for help from any of the staff or members! Essentially, this guide is here to help you understand what to do before making a cat, requesting a cat, and then how to roleplay your character or characters.
==Explaining the Basics==
===Wiki Overview===
: So in short, , is a very new wiki with lore derived partly from a older communities. It is a smaller wiki with a usual populace of people that stay compared to the few that come and go, so people know each other well on here and get used to new users very fast. This wiki is set in a fictional Southern Hemisphere location with scenery loosely based on New Zealand and fauna from all across the world as were found in the original books. If this intrigues you we can only highly encourage independent research, but, there are also pages to help you in case!
:*The Warrior Code etc - This page simply clarifies the Warrior Code and the Medicine Cat codes and is provided for ease of access for our users.
:*History - This page details the history of our Factions. It's an easy to follow guide of what has happened in the known history of the groups, and it might sometimes be updated to include important in-roleplay events.
:*Territories - The Territories page offers a description of the Clan territories and where the camps are. It should explain how large the clan territories and who borders who are, as well as the landmarks and bodies of water that are within them.
: After having a read through our main pages, and possibly some research to the Warriors books and other source material if you're rusty, you’ll likely be wanting to join a group. Our main Clans are SplashClan, GladeClan and BreezeClan with alternate factions up for development. Most of the Clans live in an uneasy harmony, but, every so often inter-faction fights and internal conflict can flare up and weaken the uneasy alliances between the Clans. Aside from the main Clans, we also have several unique factions. These are The Mystics, The Tribe of Mountain Flame and The Sundown Colony. The Mystics are an unusual group of very secretive cats, with a close connection to the spirits of the land and different role hierarchy, while the Tribe is a solitary faction residing in the mountains and led by a single Stoneteller. The Sundown Colony is the most recent of the three factions and simultaneously the oldest, having existed and then become the Tribe, then reformed during the reign of a particularly cruel Tribe Stoneteller. More information can be found in the lore and history pages, while the in-game world and territory descriptions can be found on the territories page.
: If you don't feel up for faction roleplay we also have Loners, Rogues and Kittypets. Users may create small factions for their rogues and loners, and give the group pages this category so everything is organised neatly. These should be named as User:USERNAME/Group Name, or you can consult a staff member and we can code you a proper user group page if this is above your skill level - zero judgment and the coding is fun, plus we can make it colourful and even add it into the infobox colours!
==Characterisation==
===Creating Your Character===
: After reading those pages above, you should be ready to create your first character! Head to the group's talk page - accessed from the link 'join requests' on the faction's main page; where there is the following form to fill out.
::Name: Character name
::Appearance: Their appearance. It must be relatively realistic to a Warriors standard. Tortoiseshell toms are trans or intersex simply based on how they work in reality and let's not skimp on queer rep, but you may have cats with blue eyes that wouldn't normally or unusual spotting (think Pebbleshine and some examples viewable from the History page such as White Petal), but no bright pink etc cats, wings, horns etc. 
::Character: List their key traits, preferably more than one.
::Rank: You cannot request a high rank if it is your first character.
: Ordinarily I would ask that you don't request a high rank straight off the bat, as they're usually not open until we specifically say so, but currently most roles are open or the cats filling them are adoptable or retireable. If you have questions about high rank availability, make sure you ask our staff members. They'll both be able to tell you when a spot opens up to be claimed. Please refrain from begging for these ranks as that will definitely lessen your chances. Repeated begging can actually incur a short block, as it makes it difficult for staff to do our jobs
: Once you have the skeleton of a character, fill out the form on the join page and remember to sign your application with four tildes (~~~~) on the faction's join page. Our core staff will review your request and accept it as soon as possible. Please keep characters as varied as possible, and more development is always appreciated. If your character seems underdeveloped we will probably still accept it and then work with you to develop them more. We also ask that you follow our naming conventions. These differ depending on faction. The Clans have traditional two-part names, the Tribe has the extended name and nickname format shown in the books, the Sundown Colony has split two-part names as the ancient cats in the books did, and the Mystics usually have individual names.
: Once your character is accepted (don't worry if you get it wrong, staff will guide you to fix it if need be), you can make their page! Head over to the Page Format to see how your page should look. It's easier to just copy and paste the guide's content to your new page and adjust its information to suit your character, such as removing the 'leadership' section. If you are on mobile this may be difficult, so we are happy to do the page code parts for you so you can just fill in the blanks.
: Also, if there is already a cat with the same name as yours, add the abbreviation for the group at the end of the page name. For example, there are two cats named Wolfdawn. The second one is in GladeClan. At the end of the page, the name would be (GC) since that's the Clan the cat is in. If there's already a Wolfdawn(GC), add (GC 2) and so on at the end.
: Once you've finished making your character's page, don't forget to add them to their Clan's allegiances! To add them, go to the Clan page you want and used the template {{a}} under their rank. The proper way to fill out this template can be found already used in the Clan's allegiances, but, just in case here's how you do it; {{a|[[Character's Page]]|short description.|[[User:Your Username|Username]]}}.
===Adopting a character===
:Once a user goes inactive for more than a month without explanation, their characters go up for adoption and can be taken on by other players. You can request these from the adoption page. Admins and bureaucrats only can accept adoption requests, and as with joining requests feel free to message us if you have seen no response either way to a request.. There is no exact character limit but we request that you try and keep it within what you know you can manage.
:Only admins/bureaucrats or the character's owner may put characters up for adoption. Mark a character inactive by placing {{Inactive}} at the top of their page.
:NPCs are characters who pretty much just float around, they may mentor cats off-screen or take their own mates but they aren't actively roleplayed. They're just here to make up numbers and fill the necessary roles. If there is a NPC you really like and wish to adopt, check who their player is from the infobox on their character page and ask them politely if you may adopt them, but bear in mind they are not obligated to say yes. As a general rule, if a cat is available for adoption, they will appear on the adoption page.
:NPCs can be used in several ways. Mostly they are just here to bulk up patrols or mentor characters when there's not enough warriors, but they also can take their own mates and sometimes have kits. Occasionally NPC kit litters may appear on the adoption page, but if you wanted something to happen such as your cat having kits with a NPC, requesting a kit from a specific NPC couple who weren't yet expecting, or for them to mentor your cat or something else, again, contact their owner. This is usually a staff member and it's easiest to get us through Discord, though with staff guidance you are welcome to make your own NPCs to flesh out your cat's family!
==Roleplaying==
===The Basics & Rules===
:As this is a roleplay wiki, it's good to know how to roleplay. Here's a basic refresher, which goes for all users regardless of experience.
:*No god-modding or power playing, and no excuses. If you god mod or powerplay, your post will be considered invalid and an admin may rewrite the god-modding or powerplaying parts so that they comply with the rules.
:*Neutral actions may be powerplayed for NPCs, such as placing them on a patrol or having them follow your cat while training, etc. Any actions that could have an impact of any kind require the permission of the NPC's owner.
:*If you wish your character to become mates with another, or kill somebody or maim them - anything, really; you must have permission from the character's player. Negotiation of this should be carried out in discord, we even have a matchmaker channel for this purpose.
:*When it comes to birth scenes, just imply them with the use of fade in/fade out tags. This goes for personal story writing too, not just roleplay
:*As with birth scenes, sex scenes and extreme violence must also remain implied within fade tags.
:*Play along with the plotlines - it'll make things go smoothly. If you want to include your character in a prophecy or major plot ask a staff member or the creator of the plot.
:*Don't tutu (mess with) with any main pages; including allegiances, lore, descriptions and more. We can see who edits what and this will result in a warning to short ban depending on what is tampered with.
:*If you want to roleplay a neurodiverse or trans+ character, see the main rules for details of how to go about this appropriately.
:*While forcemating (rape) is permitted as a theme, we request you keep it within the fade tags and be mindful of triggering others. Ignoring this will result in a warning and ban if it continues. As with other significant actions, ALL roleplayers involved must consent. Taking this action without consent from other players involved will be considered serious powerplaying and will likely incur a block.
===How to Roleplay===
:For your first post, read everything above it. You don't have to necessarily respond to all of it but knowing what's going on for context is useful. Just have your cat enter camp, or wake up, or something. Don't start them with any major actions, though maybe saying hi to a faction-mate is a good start. Try and make your post easy to respond to, if they're joining a patrol or something have them interact with the patrol, if they're just eating or waking up write them looking around for others, try and portray them as open to interaction. We can always help you in the discord channel, which is accessed from the right hand sidebar.
===Terminology===
====General RP Terms====
:*Godmodding - One over-roleplays their character, controlling the environment and things around them as well as just them to the point where the character is essentially God and completely untouchable.
:*Powerplaying - Related to godmodding, powerplaying is when a roleplayer controls another user's character, either briefly or for a prolonged series of interactions such as fight scenes. This most often occurs in battles but can occur elsewhere as well.
:*Muse - our energy or ideas for roleplaying. If we have lots of muse we have lots of ideas and inspiration to roleplay, if we have no muse we're basically in a state of roleplay writer's block.
:*RP - abbreviation of roleplay
:*ERP - erotic/explicit roleplay. This is NOT permitted in any form on this site.
:*Fade in/Fade out - tags used to imply an explicit action such as birth or sex occurred, as explicit roleplay is not permitted.
:*IC - in character, e.g IC Rules - rules for characters vs OOC Rules - rules for players.
:*OOC - out of character, e.g OOC chat (users talking) vs IC chat (users roleplay cats talking)
:*OC - original character
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