Rules

**Notice**

The Skydom Wiki is meant to be a safe place for all fans and wiki editors of Rainimator to collaborate and communicate on information, but to achieve this, there are certain rules in place to make sure everything runs smoothly without conflict.

The Fandom Community Guidelines are also enforced and dedicated on this wiki.

Rules on the punishment of vandalism and other bad faith editing are here.

**The Conduct Policy governs all non-editing-related policies.**

## Editing - *Information and Source*

Only use and reference information from official sources. Official announcements from the discord and Twitter tweets are allowed. Be sure that you are only sourcing from @Rainolaguer, as that is the only official twitter account.

The Rainimator Lorebook definitely is a viable source.

If you are in a dispute of content in a video, please settle it civilly in the comments and use screenshots as evidence, or ask a moderator or admin for help. Always assume good faith unless provable otherwise.

## Editing - *Spam Editing*

Spam editing is defined as purposefully rapid editing in extremely minute pieces such as a few letters in one or a few places. Spam editing fills the activity feed with unnecessary edits, and as such, is forbidden. Another form of Spam Editing is editing for the sake of a badge without the edit having merit. Legit grammatical edits like spelling, punctuation, or correction are exempt.

## Editing - *Character* *Page Format*

Please use the basic character infobox template for characters.

Pages should include in their structure for characters:

* *Data* (faction, species, alive, put in infobox),
* *Overview* (episodes, quote),
* *Appearance* (how they look)*,*
* *Story* (relative to the plot),
* *Abilities* (strengths, powers, style, etc)
* *Sightings* (episode appearances; use Sightings template)

This can be otherwise abbreviated as DAASA, and should be used in its exact order.

Trivia and notes can be put at the bottom (if notable enough).

There shouldn't be a lack of, or, an excessive amount of pictures. Any extra pictures are to be placed in a gallery at the very bottom of the page.

## Editing - *Faction Page Format*

When editing/creating a Faction page, use this template:

* *Overview* (composition and location),
* *Membership* (members and subfactions),
* *Information* (goal, power, alliances/wars, subfactions, location),
* *Sightings* (presence in episodes; use Sightings template),

Please use the template in this order.

Same rule for trivia/notes and the gallery as it is for Character Page Formatting

## Editing - *Equipment Page Format*

When editing/creating an equipment page, please use this template:

* *Overview* (episode appearances),
* *Description* (physical appearance),
* *Background* (weapon history),
* *Users* (usage),

Please use the template in this order.

Same rule for trivia/notes and the gallery as it is for Character Page Formatting

Unless under exceptional circumstances, try to follow the basic outline for character and faction pages.

## Creation - *Existence and Appearance*

A character doesn't have to have appeared in a video to have a page on this wiki. Any character teased or provided by official sources can and should have a page. Characters who were scrapped or are no longer canon should have a disclaimer on them.

Unnamed characters and weapons shouldn't have a page unless:

1. They have appeared in at least two episodes, one of them being a significant appearance.
2. They are historically significant. For example, the False Pig King, who has only appeared in one episode, is deemed historically significant because he is a ruler of the Nether Horde and the Pigmen.
3. They have a NOTABLE skin basis, eg. a Rainimator Production Team member or notable YouTuber.

Otherwise, they should be consigned to a mention on a page, if relevant to that character or faction, inserted in the List of Minor Characters if needed, or otherwise not have a page on the wiki.

There should NOT be duplicate pages, for separate aliases or otherwise.

## Creation - *Relation to Minecraft*

Although Rainimator's series is based around a place named "Minecraftia" and uses rigs and locations almost directly derived from the game, anything that is present or factual in Minecraft is **not** canon in Mincraftia and any animation series unless it is directly referenced or makes an appearance.

This is a wiki for Rainimator's world, not a wiki for Minecraft.

## Media - *Fan Art*

**Any sort of media or content not made by Rain Olaguer and about his productions is fanart.**

Fan Art can only be posted on official character or faction pages in the galleries, and **designated as fanart**, if and only if it is approved by a moderator or admin, or has been featured on the discord or Rain's twitter. When posting Fan Art on profile pages, blogs, or discussions posts, it doesn’t have to meet the above requirements.

## Media - *Images*

Images uploaded from episodes should be cropped to eliminate the black bars. Name images before uploading them instead of letting them default to something like 82282828.png. Don't add images to character pages that don't include them. Don't add thumbnails to character pages. Scrapped thumbnails are the only exception. CubeWorks images are not allowed as this is a Rainimator Wiki. Weapon images should include the user(s).

## Categories - *What's a Category?*

Categories are tags on the Rainimator Wiki that have all articles related to it within it. A category page, however, is the page that is viewed when you click on the category, describing the subject of the category and the requirements for a page to be placed in that category. When editing a category page, for the most part, you can just refer to the media and editing guidelines.

When creating a new category, first confirm that it is:

* devoid of any spelling and/or grammatical issues;
* not a duplicate of an existing category, or;
* is not already covered by an existing category.

Also make sure that the Rainimator Wiki *absolutely needs* the new category before creating one, and is not pointless or trolling/joking. If in doubt, consult an admin or content moderator. If you have any concerns or wish for a particular category to be removed, consult an admin or content moderator.

## Categories - *Fractures, Dimension & Location Tags*

The Fractures category SHOULD NOT be added to character, equipment, people, band, location or mob pages and/or categories. Instead, it should be added to all faction, season, episode and series pages and categories.

A dimension and/or location is not sentient. They shouldn't be put on character and people pages, as characters belong to factions. Factions should also not be put on people and voice actor pages; a person is NOT the character they are acting. Also, protagonist and antagonist categories should NOT be put on character/location pages.

## Citations - *What's a Citation?*

Citation is the crediting of sources used. Like any other wiki, this wiki pulls its info from sources. The point of citations is to make vandalism/plagiarism/mistakes easier to spot, credit sources, and provide a way for the reader to read further.

## Citations - *Citation Formatting*

The proper formatting for citations is as follows:

* Publisher - Who put up the info originally (Book author or website editor)
* Location - Where the info can be found (page number for books or website url for online sources)
* Date Published - When the info was originally put up (Book publishing date or when a website added a piece of info) This should be formatted as DAY MONTH YEAR. Example: 1 April 2009.
* Date Retrieved - When the info was added to the wiki (This can be found in the page history) This retains the same formatting as above

## Citations - *Linkrot*

### Avoiding Linkrot

Linkrot is when a website's info is corrupted, changed, or wiped entirely. To avoid this, don't use direct external links such as [www.rainipedia.fandom.com]. Instead, you should archive the link destination via an archival website such as WayBackMachine and use that link.

### Linkrot Detection and Replacement

Citations shouldn't be deleted just because the link is dead. Rather, the link should be replaced or repaired. The steps to detecting and replacing dead links is:

1. Verify the link is actually dead (The website could be down or the page could've been moved) isitdownrightnow is a useful tool for telling if a website is down.
2. Search in internet archives such as the WayBackMachine and different locations on the website.

## Citations - *What To Cite*

You don't need to cite for anything that can be found within a Rainimator video. You do need to cite for a piece of trivia if it refers to a tweet (or other website). As for Youtube videos, you don't need to cite anything from there lest whatever being cited is exclusively in the description.

## Content - *Alternate Universes and Timelines*

As of right now, we cannot support pages based around fan made content. We simply don't have the guidelines or staff to. However, it is completely okay to use your user page or blogs to make that sort of stuff (just don't abuse it). This may change if we get enough support and moderators.

## Content - *Fan/Popular Theories*

Theories are to go under their theory page. For example, a theory for Stella would have its own section at Theory/Stella. The theory should be about an unexplained significant topic. A significant topic is one that relates to the plot. The theory should have at least two pieces of evidence that can’t be debunked easily.

Theories should NOT be put on non-theory pages unless under exceptional circumstances (so far, none have occurred).

## Content - *Template Documentation*

Please use this template when documenting templates:

* General Description (Template Purpose)
* How To Use (Where and how)
* Parameters (Purpose, if they exist)
* Parameter Abbreviations (Purpose, if they exist)
* Example (Plain template code and the result)

Use the MessageBox document or the Fractures Fillers document as examples.

## TL;DR

This is a shortened version of the rules. Note this doesn't cover page formatting.

### Do

* Use official sources such as Discord, twitter or the Rainimator Lorebook.
	+ Resolve disputes civilly with evidence, and if needed, a moderator.
* Create pages for officially revealed characters

### Don't

* Be toxic
	+ Use slurs
* Spam edit
* Treat anything from Minecraft as canon to Fractures unless it's shown or directly referenced.
* Don't post fanart on a page (not blog post) unless it's shown on Twitter or Discord or is allowed by a moderator. If on a page, it should be labeled as fanart and can only be in the gallery.
* Put AU's on actual pages.
* Create theories unless they have 2 pieces of sound evidence. If created, they should be put on the page's respective theory page.