Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4199666-20140212000445

Hi all. So I've noticed that the issue of housekeeping has always been a minor issue, but as of recently there are more things being ignored, so here's a general reminder of what needs to happen with wiki pages, and if you're new here and didn't read the Get Started guide, you should probably do that because it contains a lot of crucial information on how this wiki operates. It's brief and to the point so don't just say "I have read and agree to the terms and conditions, actually go read them.

Also, for the sake of laziness of people, I'll try to keep this short and to the point.

Face claims:

 * ALWAYS check the face claim list before making a character.
 * Admins and rollbacks should ALWAYS look through the face claim list before approving a character.
 * If you do not add your face claim to the face claim list it is not the admins and rollbacks responsibility to remember the face claim of every character or check every page. It is then your responsibility to organise a compromise with the new face claim holder.
 * All face claims must have a name (unless they are using the portrayer's image, in which case leave your wikia username).
 * It is your responsibility to add AND remove your face claims from the face claim list.
 * No one is obligated to share a face claim. If you ask, and they say they don't want to share, that is the answer. Do not continually pester them.

Birthdays:

 * When an admin or rollback approves your character, the template used has a few links in it. One of these will link you to the calendar for the month of your character's birthday. This then allows their birthday to be featured on the main page and on the Birthday page so that other users can see it.
 * It is YOUR responsibility to add AND remove your characters to (and from) these pages.

Addresses:

 * It is YOUR responsibility to add and remove your character's names to and from street pages. They are designed to help you locate characters that live near your character.

Personality:

 * If you do not have a personality in mind for your character, make one before you make the character form. Find a tumblr survey and fill it in as your character. Imagine your character talking to the most obnoxiously cheery person in the history of ever and think about how they'd react. There are ways of working out a personality, and if you don't have an idea, it just says that you aren't putting much thought into your characters.

Content

 * The content of character pages seems to be mostly in tact. A general note is that if you make a new character and you want them to have been living in the area for a while, you should mention that in their history. If you want them to have just moved, you should mention that in their history. It gives people a better idea of how to react to your character.
 * Always complete your character pages within the day they are made. Typically a character page doesn't take more than half an hour if you use the wiki templates, and you can always edit and change it later. If you know you won't have enough time to finish it or if you are having technical trouble while making it, leave a note in the edit summary, and finish it ASAP.
 * Please refrain from using excessive coding or loads of images which may take longer to load and can sometimes crash people's browsers.

Categories

 * Particularly for newbies, who may not be familiar with the categories guide.
 * When you make a character page, you need to add categories to it. This guide seriously explains everything you need.

Lumblr Network

 * You do not need to make a Lumblr Network for your character.
 * If you don't think they would use it, don't bother, it just means less housekeeping.
 * Please please PLEASE follow the guide.
 * Your character template should be titled "Template:Firstname Lastname". Not anything else. It might make sense for you, but not for other people trying to add your character to their friend list or for people trying to add all characters to the profile page.
 * Seriously just do that it makes life so much easier.
 * PLEASE add your character's lumblr networks to the profile page. No admin or rollback looks at that page and thinks, "Man, I'd really love to go through all of the Lumblr Network pages, and then write out every missing profile and then slot them all into alphabetical order.
 * It is substantially easier when you only have to add one.
 * Also, if you're not good with alphabetical order, just leave their template at the bottom of the page and someone will appreciate that you took the effort to let someone know.
 * If your character goes inactive, so does their Lumblr. Please remember to change it to the Disabled Lumblr template. If you're confused about it, seriously just ask anyone for help.
 * And please remove your character from the Profiles page whe you mark them inactive.

Locations

 * Do not ask to make a city with barely any information about the city.
 * Making a city is hard work.
 * Also, I believe Cece wanted to discuss changing locations to a community decision instead of one rollback or admin's decision.
 * Apartment buildings do not need pages. We got rid of the residential house pages a long time ago. If your character lives in an apartment just add their address to the street page.

Anyways, that's all I've got for now, so yeah. Thank you for reading, and please pay attention to this thread. 