HOI2Wiki:About

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Background

This site was set up by Rafiki after having seeing much positive feedback for VickyWiki and hearing from several different people that a similar site would be a good idea for HOI2. Hopefully, it will prove as useful to the HOI2 community as VickyWiki has been to the Vicky crowd.

The Wiki itself runs on MediaWiki-software on a Linux host, complete with an Apache webserver and MySQL database.

Rules and guidelines for using this site

Users and registering and suchlike

  1. All who wish to add and/or edit articles must be registered. Nothing special is required to be allowed to register.
  2. When registering, use the same nick you use at the Paradox boards. If you aren't active there, please make note of the next points.
  3. If someone sees someone else using "their" nick, simply send a PM to an admin's account at the Paradox forums, and he/she will transfer the account. This will usually happen by changing the password and giving the new password to the rightful owner.
  4. Refrain from using offensive nicks. What is deemed offensive is at the admins' discretion, but if you're wondering if your choice might be, it probably is, and you might just as well choose something else. The admins are at liberty to change offensive nicks into whatever they might like, preferably with warning given, but not necessarily. Humour is encouraged in selecting substitute nicks in these cases.

Content

  1. This is a wiki. That means that all content is "owned" by all editors, and anyone can edit anything. In fact, the philosphy is that the more people that get involved in editing articles, the better those articles will get.
  2. To learn how editing works here and which possibilities/restictions the wiki offers, take a look at Mediawiki's help pages
  3. If an article has a talk-page, make sure to take a look at it before editing; there might be a discussion there, relevant to what you're thinking of editing.
  4. If users disagree to what should be in a given article, it's better to discuss it in the article's "Talk"-page than to resort to "edit-wars". If you really can't agree, ask an admin to arbitrate or even decide.
  5. Some pages are protected from editing (e.g. this one). This is to protect them from vandalism. If you have suggestions for changes to protected pages, use the page's "Discussion"-page.
  6. Vandalism will not be tolerated. Even if there are tools to repair vandalized articles, it's still annoying and a waste of people's time. The admins will handle vandalism in any way they see fit, including determining what is vandalism and not (common sense usually governing this).
  7. Make sure you are familiar with the copyright regulations for this site, found in HOI2Wiki:Copyrights
  8. Keep the content here relevant to the game. Also, keep it family-friendly. Offensive and abusive content has no place here, and will be dealt with appropriately.

General

  1. The admins may take whatever measures they deem necessary to keep this place friendly, informative and HOI2-relevant. Hopefully this won't be called for :-)
  2. If you have questions or comments you wish admins to see, you can e.g. use a given admin's "Talk"-page.
  3. Keep in mind that this is an English wiki, and non-English content will be edited/removed. If you add a link to a non-English page, please make a note of which language it is at the link.

What HOI2Wiki is not

To clarify the wiki's purpose and what we'd like to see here, it can be handy to say what the wiki isn't meant for:

  • It is not a discussion forum. The Paradox forums are much better suited for this.
  • It is not a place for people to brag about their l33t skills at playing HOI2. If it's not informative and helpful for others, you're probably better off writing an AAR of some kind
  • It is not meant for general information about WW2, other than what is relevant for modding the game. Wikipedia is by far a better place for finding and putting together such info.
  • It is not a place for commercial activites. Advertisments are best placed elsewhere. Only exception is if Paradox might be interested in doing anything.
  • It is not better than what the users make it. If you can't find what you're looking for, don't complain. Instead, do something about it! Start putting together articles about the subject you're interested in, and hopefully others will come along and help you out.
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