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| + | No build articles may be posted to the GuildWiki in the main article namespace. By "build articles," we mean anything that primarily consists of skill bars and numeric information. This does not preclude posting guides about developing your own builds or guides that describe different playstyles. In fact, such guides are strongly encouraged! |
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| + | No articles may exist in the build namespace. This namespace exists for historical reasons -- we once had a builds library, but it [[GuildWiki:Builds wipe|was removed]] on May 1, 2007 because it caused more trouble than it cured. No red links may exist to the build namespace. If you feel a profession guide could be an appropriate reference, feel free to link to that. No redirects may exist to the build namespace. |
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| − | [[Builds]] are a major part of the GuildWiki. However, builds differ from other articles, because they can rarely or never be ''objectively'' evaluated. Yet evaluating builds is necessary to provide our users with articles of a quality that is of the same standard as the rest of the wiki. Everyone involved should make sure that, despite conflicting views about the subjective quality of builds, arguments are constructive and not derogatory. |
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| + | Any article disallowed by these guidelines will be speedily deleted by an administrator, regardless of its edit history. Some administrators may be willing to retrieve a previously-deleted article for your personal use, but that's up to the individual admin. |
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| − | ==Submitting builds== |
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| − | Everyone is free and welcome to add new builds to the builds section of the guildwiki. [[GuildWiki:Style and formatting/Builds]] gives some guidelines to ensure their builds conform our standards of presentation. To prevent our build section from being flooded with builds, authors are asked to only submit builds which they have tested and which are sufficiently different from previous builds to warrant a new article. |
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| + | Note that this policy does '''not''' affect user space! Anyone can post any builds they like in user space, providing they don't violate any user space policy. |
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| − | ==Testing builds== |
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| − | When testing builds, testers should try their best to look at builds unprejudiced. The usage description of the author and also the types of gameplay (GvG/Farming/etc) for which the build is intended for should be checked carefully. Testers who are not 100% sure of their vote should take the build to Guild Wars and run it before casting the vote. It is helpful to try to improve the build by suggesting changes on the talk page. |
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| + | Like all policies, this policy can be modified or replaced via the guidelines at [[GuildWiki:Policy]]. |
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| − | *''Do not take a negative vote for one of your builds as a personal attack on yourself. The vetting process tries to ensure the quality of builds on this wiki.'' |
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| − | *''Do not use personal attacks on the author while voting. It is always the build which is evaluated, not the author.'' |
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| − | *''Testers are highly encouraged to leave a note stating the reason for their vote, especially in case of a negative vote.'' |
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| + | [[Category:Policies|Builds]] |
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| − | ==Build vetting procedure== |
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| − | The procedure currently used for build vetting can be found at [[GuildWiki:Build vetting procedure]]. |
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Latest revision as of 23:48, 22 February 2009
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This page is an official policy on GuildWiki. It has wide acceptance among editors and is considered a standard that all users should follow. Please use the talk page to propose changes. |
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No build articles may be posted to the GuildWiki in the main article namespace. By "build articles," we mean anything that primarily consists of skill bars and numeric information. This does not preclude posting guides about developing your own builds or guides that describe different playstyles. In fact, such guides are strongly encouraged!
No articles may exist in the build namespace. This namespace exists for historical reasons -- we once had a builds library, but it was removed on May 1, 2007 because it caused more trouble than it cured. No red links may exist to the build namespace. If you feel a profession guide could be an appropriate reference, feel free to link to that. No redirects may exist to the build namespace.
Any article disallowed by these guidelines will be speedily deleted by an administrator, regardless of its edit history. Some administrators may be willing to retrieve a previously-deleted article for your personal use, but that's up to the individual admin.
Note that this policy does not affect user space! Anyone can post any builds they like in user space, providing they don't violate any user space policy.
Like all policies, this policy can be modified or replaced via the guidelines at GuildWiki:Policy.