Terms and Policies

Here on the IPF Fandom, rules must be followed to keep the Fandom wiki stabilized and readable for the viewers. Please read the rules before creating or editing an article on the IPF Fandom.

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## Creating an Article

Before creating an article on the IPF wiki, you must understand how to create and use tables. These tables are used on both IPF meets and on an athlete who competed. Creating an article on a meet or an athlete will require to use third-party websites. The most reliable and trusted websites are GOODLIFT and Open Powerlifting. These websites are allowed to be used as research when creating a page on an athlete who competed in the IPF. If you are looking to create a table on an IPF meet, you can find the information on the IPF website.

### Creating a table

#### Full Power

If you are creating a table for a full power powerlifting meet, there must be 9 main columns; Rank, Name, Birth Year, Age, Bodyweight, Squats, Bench Press, Deadlift, and Total. There will be a secondary column that will allow you to implement all three attempts in each compound lift. The total must be in bold text, and the results of each compound lift must be in italic text. Make sure the ranks start from top to bottom to prevent randomizing the list of athletes.

* Example:

```
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |Rank
! rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Birth year
! rowspan="2" |Age
! rowspan="2" |Body weight
! colspan="4" |Squat (kg)
! colspan="4" |Bench Press (kg)
! colspan="4" |Deadlift (kg)
! rowspan="2" |Total (kg)
!1
!2
!3
!Result
!1
!2
!3
!Result
!1
!2
!3
!Result
310.0
205.0

```

#### Bench Press only

If you are creating a table for a bench press meet, there must be 6 main columns; Rank, Name, Birth Year, Age, Bodyweight, and Bench Press Results. There will be a secondary column that will allow you to implement all three attempts in the bench press. The result must be in bold text.

* Example:

```
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |Rank
! rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Birth year
! rowspan="2" |Age
! rowspan="2" |Body weight
! rowspan="2" |Weight Class
! colspan="4" |Bench Press Result (kg)
!1
!2
!3
!Result
265.0

```

#### Athlete's results

If you are creating a table on an athlete, there must be 9 main columns; Rank, Name, Birth Year, Nationality, Bodyweight, Squats, Bench Press, Deadlift, and Total. Implementing all three attempts will not be needed, you will only need to put their best performing compound lift and their total. You will also need to add a *colspan* to name the event the athlete took part in.

* Example:

```
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!'''Rank'''
!'''Year'''
!'''Age'''
!'''Weight Class'''
!'''Body Weight'''
!'''Squat''' (kg)
!'''Bench Press''' (kg)
!'''Deadlift''' (kg)
!'''Total''' (kg)
! colspan="9" |''The World Games''

```

### World Record and World Record attempts

If there are any successful or unsuccessful world record attempts in each attempt in the table, you must add a size-1 text that says WR or WRA, depending on the succession of the world record. If it's an open world record, the text can remain as "WR" or "WRA". If the world record attempt is for a certain age group, you can add their initials. Some examples:

* **WR** = World Record
* **WRA** = World Record attempt
* **J WR** = World Record in the Junior division.
* **J WRA** = World Record attempt in the Junior division.
* **SJ WR** = World Record in the Sub-Junior division.
* **SJ WRA** = World Record attempt in the Sub-Junior division.
* **M1 WR** = World Record in the Masters 1 division.
* **M1 WRA** = World Record attempt in the Masters 1 division.
* **M2 WR** = World Record in the Masters 2 division.
* **M2 WRA** = World Record attempt in the Masters 2 division.
* **M3 WR** = World Record in the Masters 3 division.
* **M3 WRA** = World Record attempt in the Masters 3 division.
* **M4 WR** = World Record in the Masters 4 division.
* **M4 WRA** = World Record attempt in the Masters 4 division.

Here's a script to manipulate the text size:

```
<font size="1">(EXAMPLE)</font>

```

### Events

When creating an article on a user, it's important to know where to implement the athletes results in a table, in this order:

#### Equipped

* ***The World Games***
* ***World Equipped Championships***
* ***World Masters Equipped Championships***
* ***World Junior Equipped Championships***
* ***World Sub-Junior Equipped Championships***

#### Classic

* ***World Classic Championships***
* ***World Masters Classic Championships***
* ***World Junior Classic Championships***
* ***World Sub-Junior Classic Championships***
* ***World University Powerlifting Cup***

**Note:** A full power chart should always be above the bench press only charts, as full power meets stand out more than bench press only. If the athlete did not take part in some of these events, the event name does not need to be implemented onto the table. This example is only demonstrating the order of events.

### Creating a sentence or paragraph

When creating an article on a meet or an athlete, it is important to make sure the information placed on the article is unbiased and accurate. When creating an article on a user, share their names, their birthyear (the birthyear can be found on GOODLIFT), the country they currently represent (the country represented can be found on GOODLIFT), and how many gold/silver/bronze medals they've earned inside an IPF meet. You are allowed to add any more information about the athlete or the meet, but please make sure the information is true and is not an opinion. If there is a controversy on the athlete/meet that started off from opinions, the information can be added as it's an event of the meet/athlete, and not an opinion directly from the article.

## Categories

When creating categories on an athlete, please remember the categories that are allowed. **Note:** Make sure to not miss any capital or lower case letters.

Some examples of approved categories that can be used to describe an athlete:

### Countries

**Note:** This is only an an example of what a category of a country represented should look like when creating one:

* **Representing the United States of America**
* **Representing Ukraine**
* **Representing Italy**

### Weight classes

If an athlete currently or previously competed in a weight class, all the weight classes an athlete competed in can be put in the category, regardless if it's retired or not.

* **43 kilogram weight class**
* **47 kilogram weight class**
* **52 kilogram weight class**
* **57 kilogram weight class**
* **63 kilogram weight class**
* **69 kilogram weight class**
* **76 kilogram weight class**
* **84 kilogram weight class**
* **84+ kilogram weight class**

* **53 kilogram weight class**
* **59 kilogram weight class**
* **66 kilogram weight class**
* **74 kilogram weight class**
* **83 kilogram weight class**
* **93 kilogram weight class**
* **105 kilogram weight class**
* **120 kilogram weight class**
* **120+ kilogram weight class**

* **Retired 48 kilogram weight class**
* **Retired 56 kilogram weight class**
* **Retired 60 kilogram weight class**
* **Retired 67.5 kilogram weight class**
* **Retired 72 kilogram weight class**
* **Retired 75 kilogram weight class**
* **Retired 82.5 kilogram weight class**
* **Retired 90 kilogram weight class**
* **Retired 100 kilogram weight class**
* **Retired 110 kilogram weight class**
* **Retired 110+ kilogram weight class**
* **Retired 125 kilogram weight class**
* **Retired 125+ kilogram weight class**

### Divisions

If an athlete has taken part in the division, it can be added.

* **Raw Competitor**
* **Equipped Competitor**

### Age Groups

If an athlete has taken part in any of these age groups, it can be added.

* **Sub-Junior Category**
* **Junior Category**
* **Open Category**
* **Masters 1 Category**
* **Masters 2 Category**
* **Masters 3 Category**
* **Masters 4 Category**

### Meet description

If the athlete has taken part in this specific meet once, it can be added.

* **Full power competitor**
* **Bench press competitor**

### Gender

* **Male competitor**
* **Female competitor**

## Plagiarism & Wikipedia

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## Edit Warring

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## Vandalism

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## Behavior

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## Privacy

Any personal information on an athlete must be public. Any information that is private will be removed immediately. Any intentional action of adding private information will get you banned from editing on the IPF Fandom and from Fandom in general, depending on the severity of the situation. **Doxxing is strictly prohibited on the IPF Fandom.** If you wish for any information to be removed from an article, contact an IPF Fandom staff. If a staff is not active, contact a Fandom staff.

## Conclusion

If you are still having trouble understanding the function of the IPF Fandom, the best thing to do is to have a look at already-existing articles and study how each article is commonly worked, and implement the similarities onto a brand new article that correlates with the IPF. You may use this page to copy and paste, so you can spare some time. If there is any vandalism taking place on the Fandom, contact an admin on this Fandom. If no admin is active, get in touch with a Fandom staff. Happy editing, powerlifting fans!