How Things Work Around Here
From Battleground Europe Wiki
Assorted notes on the usage and policies of the Battleground Europe Wiki community.
Boring stuff first, juicier stuff after.
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Purpose
The purpose of this wiki is to jointly collect and record information regarding the game Battleground Europe, and it's community.
Scope
Appropriate topics for this Wiki include subjects having to do with (in order of priority)
- Battleground Europe
- Playnet
- Officially sanctioned BE organizations (the High Commands, etc)
- Unofficial BE organizations (player squads, etc)
- World War II History
with the exception of items which are defined in the #Inappropriate Subjects list.
Appropriate Subjects
- Copyright-free material
- Works to which you own the copyright and want to put in the public domain
(Comment: this list is awfully short -- but taken with the Scope, it pretty much covers everything.)
Examples of appropriate content
- game help guides
- jargon definitions (see Glossary)
- contest results/winners and champions
- original research results, research articles, research guides (bear in mind that all content on this site becomes part of the Public Domain)
- annotated booklists
- vehicle and unit descriptions
Inappropriate Subjects
- Copyrighted material
- Material concerning subjects outside the #Scope of the Battleground Europe Wiki
- Personal contact information (privacy issues)
- Official Playnet or Battleground Europe Policies (provide links to the authoritative source)
- Anything forbidden by the Playnet Terms of Service
- Spam, profanity, libel, personal attacks, arguments, ...
Examples of Inappropriate Content
- stuff that doesn't have anything to do with Battleground Europe, Playnet, etc
- Advertising
- material copied from other websites (link to them)
- anything you don't want changed (post it elsewhere and link here)
Important Bits
- Everything posted here is covered by the Terms of Service. Do not contribute copyrighted materials without permission.
Specifically: MATERIALS PROVIDED TO PLAYNET INC. OR POSTED AT ANY PLAYNET.COM WEB SITE
Playnet Inc. does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to Playnet Inc. (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Playnet.com Site/Service or its associated services for review by the general public (each a "Submission" and collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you are granting Playnet Inc., its affiliated companies and necessary sub-licensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.
No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. Playnet Inc. is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and Playnet Inc. may remove any Submission at any time in its sole discretion.
By posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in this section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input or submit the Submissions.
- Selected community members have had accounts manually created for them. At this time, we are working on enabling all Premium Subscribers so that they can contribute as well, but at this point, you will need to contact BLOO if you wish to contribute.
- Use your in-game name
- Add your signature to discussions or memories with --~~~~ (dash-dash-tilde x 4)
- Feel free to create links to pages that don't exist yet. Someone (maybe you in a few days) will come by, see the need, and start it.
- Keep it positive. Don't get bent out of shape if someone edits "your" page. It's not your page. With a few very minor exceptions, all pages belong to all the community.
- Keep it positive. Apart from After Action Reports, pages should be written neutrally and without personality.
- Keep it positive. Keep personal bias out of articles you edit. If you're writing or editing an article on a controversial subject, include opinions from all sides of the debate. If you don't feel capable of writing from the opposing view, include an invitation for someone else to contribution that part.
- Keep it positive. If an issue hasn't been dealt with fully in your opinion, don't assume your needs are being ignored. Assume instead that we've been waiting for your input.
- Looking for a place to start? Visit How Can I Help for lists of pages that need attention.
