Wiki Rules

This page contains information, rules and guidelines about how to properly use this wiki.

## General rules

The general server rules of our Discord server still apply if applicable, namely:

1. Don't be offensive or rude. Use you common sense please. Racism, Sexism (does not apply for logical RP) and the like will not be tolerated. The same goes for intentionally cruel, rude or hurtful comments.
2. No spamming please, this includes unrelated pictures or videos.
3. Don't bully or harass others.
4. Do not ask others to divulge personal information.
5. If someone is violating the rules, please inform an admin immediately.
6. Keep all arguing friendly and in the discussion section or the server.
7. The Admin team is made up of humans too, make a mistake, please tell us!
8. Explicit NSFW is not allowed, however NSFW actions may generally be described (e.g. "xy then had intercourse with xz").
9. Changes to the rules may be made throughout the lifetime of the server and are up to staff's choice.
10. Do not edit pages if you don't know what you're doing and do not make dumb or troll edits. We will know if you do.
11. Jumping through Loopholes and skirting around in the rules will not be tolerated. At the end of the day, Staff reserves the right to take appropriate action to assure the server and wiki stay a welcoming, positive and safe space for our members.

## Site creation

* For creating sites, either use the three dots in the top right corner or write
"https://the-three-dragons.fandom.com/wiki/xxx" in your top level navigation bar , with xxx being your site name.
* We want site names to be mostly unified, so if you are making a character, please only use the name of the character (e.g. 'Helaena Targaryen') or if disambiguation is needed a relation to a family member (e.g. 'Helaena Targaryen (daughter of Aegon V)').
* In general, we ask that you keep site names as short as possible while giving the most information relevant, so that other users know what the site is about. Do not create a site about topics that already exist (e.g. two sites for events at Rhaenys' coronation).
* Add categories.

## Site structure

We generally ask sites to have the same pattern to increase user comfort.

* The site is started by a small paragraph containing the most important data about the topic or a short introduction to the topic.
* If applicable insert your heraldry and infobox now, the exact usage of which will be described below.
* Now comes the main information of your page. There are multiple ways on how to structure it.

This is the structure that should be used for characters (e.g. Helaena Targaryen):

1. Personality

1.1 Personality description

1.2 Goals and motivation

1.3 Reputation

2. Backstory

* We ask of these information to be copied from the character sheet of the described character and to only make a few edits. Other data can be added at will, keep it reasonable and within limits though.
* For sites describing other things, please look at other pages discussing a similar topic first and orient yourself at the structure of those pages.
* Always link to other possible pages if they are mentioned for the first time (outside of an infobox).

## Heraldry

If your page is a character, use heraldry after your top paragraph and before the infobox. Heraldry is meant to represent an easy way of identifying a characters allegiance and origins.

The template of the Heraldry is as follows:

* For the left image, put the banner of the original house (or region name if bastard/smallfolk) of your character (e.g. 'Targaryen\_coa.png' or 'Westerlands\_smallfolk.png').
* For the right image, put the banner of the house (if married and took another name) or organization your character now belongs to, or a personal banner. If neither applies, put the same as on the left side.
* For the links, put the site names that the images refer to (e.g. 'Rightlink=Kingsguard').

## Infoboxes

To properly summarize important information (e.g. for a character page), you may require to use infoboxes.

* Infoboxes are placed beneath the first paragraph and, if applicable, also beneath the heraldry, but above the main page information.
* Use already existing templates, but do not create infobox templates yourself.
* Contact staff to make them for you if you don't find any suitable template.

Character infoboxes use the following template, which parts will be explained below:

* Leave **title** blank to have it use the page name or put in the name yourself if there is a suffix like '(daughter of xxx)'.
* For **image1** put your image file, usually a png or jpg/jpeg.
* Leave **caption** blank or insert a caption of one to five words.
* For **house** put "House xxx of xxx".
* For **title(s)** put all titles that exist in-universe (heir to xxx is not a title). Do not make a list with the Asterisk symbol, use the break-tag to seperate them.
* For **nickname(s)** put nicknames that are generally used for the character.
* For **year of birth** put the year the character was born (generally 245-age).
* For **year of death** leave blank if alive or put in the year of the character's death.
* For **descent** either put 'Valyrian', 'First Men', 'Andal' or 'Ironborn', depending on the main culture and genetics of the character.
* For **residence** put where the character lives most of the time or put 'wandering' if the character has no settled place.
* For **allegiance** put all organizations and houses (use 'House xxx of xxx') the character is loyal to or leave blank if the character is just loyal to themselves.
* For **religion** put the faith the character follows. This will mainly just be 'Faith of the Seven', 'Old Gods of the Forest' or 'Drowned God'.
* For **status** put whether the character is alive or deceased.
* For **father** put the characters father, use titles (e.g. Lord/King xxx).
* For **mother** put the characters mother, use titles (e.g. Lady/Queen xxx).
* For **sibling(s)** leave blank if no siblings or put the characters siblings. Do not use titles, only put the name and if given the house they are married into (e.g. 'Alaric Stark', 'Lysara Tully née Stark').
* For **spouse** (**partner**) put the characters spouses/fiancees/lovers, both current and formerly (clarify with '(spouse)', '(betrothed)', '(lover)'. Start with the current. Use titles (e.g. Lord/King or Lady/Queen xxx).
* For **issue(s)** put in any children. Do not use titles, only put the name and if given the house they are married into (e.g. 'Alaric Stark', 'Lysara Tully née Stark'). This does not refer to actual issues the character has, only to children.
* For **additional family** put houses (House xxx of xxx) that are related to the character or the persons the character is related to that don't belong to a house (e.g. Dúghlas of North Spurr).
* Always make links if you can.
* xxx is a symbol for a placeholder.

## File uploading

* For uploading files, either use the three dots in the top right corner or write
"https://the-three-dragons.fandom.com/wiki/File:xxx.yyy" in your top level navigation bar , with xxx being your file name and yyy being the file extension.
* We want file names to be mostly unified, so if you are making a character, please only use the name of the character (e.g. 'Helaena Targaryen.yyy') or if disambiguation is needed a relation to a family member (e.g. 'Helaena Targaryen (daughter of Aegon V).yyy').
* In general, we ask that you keep file names as short as possible while giving the most information relevant, so that other users know what the site is about (two to seven words).
* Only upload pictures, no other files. Use the file extensions png and jpg/jpeg.
* If you want multiple pictures for a character, use numbers behind the name (e.g. 'File:Helaena\_Targaryen\_1.png', 'File:Helaena Targaryen\_2.png', ...).
* Do not upload a picture that already exists (see Special:ListFiles), it will only lead to confusion.
* For house sigils, use 'xxx\_coa.png', with xxx being the house name. If you have a webp, convert it to png. Use the sigils from the AWOIAF wiki, not the GOT wiki.
* Be careful with the size of your files. Do not exceed more than five megabytes, but try to limit it to a maximum of one. Smaller files are always more welcome.

## Staff contact

If you want a template to be created or generally need help, feel free to open a ticket in the staff-help channel of our discord. Lord5002#3753, Saturn#5437 or Dooku#7157 will try and help you with your problem.