Rules & Guidelines

## **General Wiki Rules**

* Vandalism is not allowed.
* Do not post spam anywhere in this wiki.
	+ This includes gibberish, random letters, comments that do not relate to the topic of the wiki page, copypastas, chain messages, and mass blocks of text.
* No harassment or bullying in any way or form.
* Do not advertise any content unrelated to the Awakening of the Rebellion mod or the wiki itself.
* Sexual material and gore is strictly not allowed anywhere in this wiki
* Excessive swearing is prohibited.
	+ Racial and sexist slurs will not be tolerated.
* Do not plagiarize text from other sources.
* Please keep discussions on-topic about mod gameplay or the wiki itself.

## **Editing Guidelines**

* You are required to create your own wikia account before you edit the Awakening of the Rebellion Wiki.
* For all new wiki editors it is recommended to post in the #aotr-wiki channel in the Awakening of the Rebellion Discord server informing the wiki admins of their account name, and activity to make contacting wiki editors easier.

* The format of the wiki pages must stay **consistent**.
* All New pages must use the exact ingame name of a unit or structure for ease of search.
* Description information on numerous heroes, units, structures, gameplay, etc. based on lore are varied since Awakening of the Rebellion mod combines aspects of three different types of Star Wars lore:
	1. Canon **(The official Star Wars Canon lore aka 'Disney Canon')**
	2. Legends **(The original retconned official Star Wars lore aka 'Expanded Universe')**
	3. Fanon **(The unofficial and fan-canon Star Wars lore aka 'Fan Fiction')**
		+ Some wiki page descriptions combine two or all three of the given lore, as each unit/structure are given lore version preference. You may edit the descriptions as long as it closely ties in with its official lore descriptions as much as possible.

* Any Space Unit, Land Unit, or other Awakening of the Rebellion related pictures in the wiki must be taken from the Awakening of the Rebellion mod itself by screenshot unless otherwise stated. For space units or structures, screenshots should be taken at a consistent angle with a background of only empty space, as in this example. No other units or structures should be present in a screenshot. Taking pictures of a computer screen with one's phone and uploading it to the wiki is not acceptable and will lead to the file being removed from the wiki.
* All new uploaded files must be named after the page it was uploaded for and when updating existing files the 'Upload a new version of this file' feature should be used.
* When referring to a person playing the mod, refer the person as "the player" and avoid using pronouns referring to this exact person.
* Contributions should be kept factual and impartial whenever possible.
* Do not put in information from player-altered XML files. Information displayed on the wiki must stay consistent with the original XML file settings of the up-to-date official mod version release.
* If you write a guide for a campaign, try to give the player a series of options rather than telling them to do a certain thing. Even if you strongly believe a certain course of action is best, say 'most players recommend x but you could also do y'. Also try not to include information on what the ai is likely to do. Part of the fun of the game is not knowing that a certain world will almost certainly be attacked by the Black Sun within the first few weeks.

## **Where to get Started**

* Some units are still missing player evaluation.
* Small edits like fixing typos or improving formatting are always appreciated.
* Some images are still missing or are in need of improvement.
* The page on space skirmish is completely missing, feel free to get started on it.
* Many lore descriptions aren't actually lore descriptions, and need improving. Lore descriptions should focus on lore, rather than on gameplay, which goes below them (though the two should make sense when read together). A lore description should tell the reader who built a ship, why it was built, what the design was, how it did in practice, how did it compare to other ships of the time, when did it begin production and when was it obsolete. A gameplay section is about the strengths and weaknesses of a ship in game, what can one expect it to do, how should one use it, which situations one should buy it for and which times one shouldn't bother.
* Once 2.11 releases users should start overhauling ground unit pages with the new Land Unit Infobox V2 as seen below.

## The Infoboxes

* For all ground units, use Land Unit Infobox v2. Vehicle Example, Infantry Example.
* For land structures use "Land Structure Infobox V2". An example.
* For space units use "Space Unit Infobox V5". An example.
* For space structures use "Space Structure Infobox V2". An example.
* For buildable turrets use "Land Turret Infobox Update Ver.". An example.
* For heroes and mercenaries use "Hero Unit Land/Space Infobox". An example. A guide on how to implement this template can be found on this page.

## Additional Info

All info such as stats for units can be found in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\32470\1397421866\Data\XML.

**Info for space units:**

* SPACEUNITSCAPITAL.XML
* SPACEUNITSCORVETTES.XML
* SPACEUNITSFIGHTERS.XML
* SPACEUNITSFRIGATES.XML
* SPACEUNITSSUPERS.XML

**Info for space structures:**

* STARBASES.XML
* STARBASES\_UNDERWORLD.XML
* SpecialStructures\_Space.XML

**Info for land structures:**

* Specialstructures\_Empire.XML
* Specialstructures\_Rebel.XML
* Specialstructures\_Underworld.XML

**Info for land units stats:**

* GroundInfantry\_Empire.XML
* GroundInfantry\_Rebel.XML
* GroundInfantry\_Underworld.XML
* GroundVehicles\_Empire.XML
* GroundVehicles\_Rebel.XML
* GroundVehicles\_Underworld.XML

**Info for land unit building times and credit costs:**

* GroundCompaniesEmpire.XML
* GroundCompaniesRebel.XML
* GroundcompaniesUnderworld.XML

**Info for hero units:**

* Heroes\_Land\_Empire
* Heroes\_Land\_Rebels
* Heroes\_Land\_Underworld
* Heroes\_Space\_Empire
* Heroes\_Space\_Rebels
* Heroes\_Space\_Underworld
* HEROCOMPANIES.XML
* Hardpoints\_Hero.xml