GuildWiki:New User FAQ

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Taking part in discussions

 * do it!
 * reply to user talk on the same talkpage, use your watchlist

How do I create a custom signature?

 * Text
 * Image

Deleting a page
Typically, the way to delete a page is to put on the page and wait for a sysop to notice. Of course, if asking a sysop directly works for you, that's ok, too. ;)

What are these admins doing?
But i still don't really know what a sysop is. Probably some sort of Master of wiki. Protector of the weak eraser of the wrong. Creator of all!!! or just someone who is an Admin or something like that. -- † The Falling One© 10:42, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

You probably have already noticed that some users are given to vandalism, or ill-considered actions. Imagine the horror that would befall us if these people could change the very core of the wiki! Therefore, some sensitive wiki functions are available only to trusted users directly; these are the "sysops" or "admins". Since we want everybody who is not a vandal to be able to delete a page that is no longer needed, we have this system where you can request that and have an admin do your bidding (within reason, of course) — for everything else you want to do and can't, leaving a message on the admin noticeboard is usually a good idea. I've been doing that extensively. ;-) So you see that admins are just a high-class kind of janitor. Of course, to become a trusted user, you must have shown experience and wisdom, and you do that by meddling in wiki affairs, so the admins really are the masters of the wiki --- oh, and all the other users who like to meddle in wiki affairs are masters, too. Hmm. --◄mendel► 11:41, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

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Uploading Images
When uploading a Guild Wars screenshot, be sure to select the option that says "This is a screenshot from the game" in the Licensing drop-down box. This tags the image with the template, which basically allows us to use said screenshots on the wiki. I've tagged the image you uploaded earlier, so just remember to do this in the future. And for any non-screenshot images, just pick the option that fits. Thanks! }}{{#ifeq: {{{1}}}|-| &mdash;Dr Ishmael 03:00, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Weird Licenses
Ok, the picture concerned is Abel from here, the page says : "Usage: If you use these renders anywhere, you must credit us with a link back."

Randomtime cites Ziedrich's Terms of Use, and they state: You may not repost anything from our sites anywhere ever, except as used personally as your forum avatar and such.

I think it is ok to use one of these renders here, but what are you going to use it for? You can't use the full size that you posted on any page because it would just be too big. So if I were you, I'd crop and/or resize the image (to use it as an "avatar"), reupload it, put the link to the pages and a quote of the "Graphics and Other Original Content" section of the license on the Image page, and you/we ought to be legally in the clear.

But.

Not so long ago, I wanted to make it easier to post images under licenses such as this one. Then this discussion ensued, and the upshot is that it's really more in keeping with the spirit of an open wiki to only use open licensed images. If Ziedrich had put these images under the CC BY-NC license, this would be clear, and they'd pretty much get the rights that they have now. Maybe you could email them and suggest that? --◄mendel► 01:05, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

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