Rules & Guidelines

Ore & Lore wants to provide a safe and well constructed wiki for players to document the history of their experiences within the server. The Ore & Lore wiki puts worldbuilding at the top of its priorities and to create a safe and effective environment to do so the wiki is built up of the rules listed. This isn't an attempt to limit your expression, but guide it in a way that is enjoyable for all to experience. **These rules are subject to change at any moment and ignorance to the rules is not an excuse for breaking them.** These are only the rules and guidelines for the wiki; to view the in game server wide rules click here.

When using this wiki, use common sense; just because a rule isn't specifically listed doesn't mean it isn't valid. Use common sense.

## Documentation

### Historical Accuracy

Ore & Lore's wiki while it does value historical accuracy events can be slightly altered by writers to fit their lore. For example; Both parties involved in a war want to make it so a speech was given by a leader before the battle but it didn't actually happen. If both parties agree these changes can be implemented. However any events that didn't actually happen and both parties do not agree to the changes, the article will be marked as historically inaccurate and therefore would be breaking the rules. If you are having trouble with understanding the limitations of this rule, open a ticket within the Discord for staff support.

### Documenting Gameplay Mechanics

Ore & Lore's wiki is a place to write the lore and stories of the world of Ilistrus so try to keep gameplay and the wiki separate when writing articles. For example; Try saying something like "The Phantom Pooper was never seen again after the Great Philanthropist War. His current whereabouts are unknown." instead of writing, "PhantomPooper1290 was banned from the server permanently." This applies for all types of gameplay mechanics such as, respawning, lag, commands, glitches and so on. Instead of writing about a videogame try to imagine you are writing about a fictional universe like LOTR or the Elder Scrolls. If you are having trouble with understanding the limitations of this rule, open a ticket within the Discord for staff support.

### Character Deaths

When dying in game most people will not want that to be the permanent end to their character. When writing about your deaths in wars or skirmishes try to come up with imaginative ways to write around them such as maybe roleplaying that your character has an amulet that allows them to come back to life a certain amount of times, or maybe just say that your character was badly injured. Don't say that your character died if they canonically did not die. The wiki is for documenting the fictional universe, not the gameplay. You also can't document killing someone's character canonically if they do not grant permission; a lot of effort can go into creating characters and not many people would take too kindly to you killing them off. If you are having trouble with understanding the limitations of this rule, open a ticket within the Discord for staff support.

### Tone

When writing an article do not speak in first person. For example; "I was angry, so I shit on the floor" would become "The Phantom Pooper was enraged and out of anger he defecated on the floor". Instead of writing like a novel try and imagine you are laying out the information on a historical textbook. If you are having trouble with using the wiki editor, open a ticket within the Discord for staff support.

### Referencing IRL

Since we are worldbuilding a separate universe from our own IRL one there can be no reference to IRL in articles. For example; "The Phantom Pooper was from France and voted for [REDACTED] in the 2020 US election". Keep the real world as separate as possible when talking about the fictional world of Ilistrus. If you are having trouble with finding ways to keep these two worlds separate when writing, open a ticket within the Discord for staff support.

## Format

### Formatting Standard

Wiki articles are required to use basic formatting to avoid being marked for deletion. Wiki's should use info boxes where relevant and follow a consistent and visually pleasing wiki overall. When writing an article try and imagine you are laying out the information on a historical textbook. If you are having trouble with using the wiki editor, open a ticket within the Discord for staff support.

### Article Categorisation

All wiki pages are required to be categorised into the category that represents what your page is about. If a category isn't there that suits your article let staff know by opening a ticket on the Discord for staff support. If you are having trouble learning how to categorise wiki articles, open a ticket within the Discord for staff support.

### Category Creation

Do not create your own categories without staff permission. It can lead to a very messy wiki very quickly. If you want one created open a ticket on the Discord for staff support to get permission to change it. Wiki categories can grow large in numbers very fast so avoid creating them without staff permission

### Category Formatting

When adding a category make sure to make them follow the currently established format. For example; Nations, Settlements, Wars, etc. If creating a category make sure it follows the format like the others. For Example; If you wanted to create a category for a historical book the category would be "**Books"**, not "Book". If you are struggling with creating categories let staff know by opening a ticket on the Discord for staff support.

### Info Box Creation

Do not create your own info boxes that already exist. For example; there is a character info box but you want yours to be slightly different. It can lead to a very messy wiki very quickly. If you want one created open a ticket on the Discord for staff support. Wiki info boxes can grow large in numbers very fast so avoid creating them where there is already an info box for.

### Server Calendar

Wiki articles are required to use the Server Calendar for documenting historical events within the world of Ilistrus. Pages that don't use the in universe dates are subject to be changed by wiki staff. If you are having trouble with using the lore character, open a ticket within the Discord for staff support.