Wiki Staff Guidelines

General Guidelines

• Wiki Maintainers may only edit and/or create pages within their jurisdiction. This means any additions, removals, or tweaks that do not fall within their jurisdiction must have an authorizing acknowledgement from those that oversee such pages. Exceptions to this rule are the correction of spelling and grammar, provided they do not change the overall message of the page or meaning of a sentence. It is still encouraged to double-check with the maintainer of a page, to ensure no mistakes are made.
• Maintain consistency with other pages. This means to follow the style guide and ensure other pages are kept in-line with style, to best present a coherent and readable experience to the playerbase.
• Ensure that any content added to the wiki is permitted to be added under the Creative Commons License. It is preferred that images or photos that are added to the wiki have the CC BY-SA 4.0 License; essentially, this means the creator of the image has permitted their work to be used and remixed freely so long as the usage is non-commercial.
• Be sure to coordinate with all relevant persons prior to any developments, and ensure that they are compliant with the standards set by the Lore Administration Team.
• Avoid Work-In-Progress projects. It is preferable that Job Guides and/or Mechanical Guides (or any other such pages) are completed prior to being merged to the AuroraWiki. Any AuroraStation user may create a sandbox page to develop a page and share it with Wiki Maintainers and Lore Masters for editing.
• Avoid the creation of superfluous pages. Where possible, merge superfluous pages to an existing page so as to not create needless clutter.
• Lore Team Management reserves the right to curate all AuroraWiki content. If pages are sufficiently unnecessary, underused, or do not contribute to player engagement they may be subject to moderation such as edits, additions, changes, and deletions. None of these actions will occur without prior notice and discussion of alternatives.
• All wiki additions must respect the server rules. Your work is not separate from the rules, and if it is found to be bigoted or not safe for work, it will be removed and you will incur staff action as necessary.
• Wiki spelling is based on British English and not American English.
• All resignations must take place by informing the Head Wiki Maintainer and/or the Lore Team Administration. While the Head will discuss the resignation intent with the relevant Wiki Maintainers, Lore Team Administration must be informed of any opening vacancies in order to notify the community and prepare the recruitment and staffing for the relevant team.

Approval Process

Generally speaking, Wiki Maintainers reserve the right to freely edit any page which pertains to the mechanical functions of the game, including job, department and general guides. Seeking the editorial opinion of other wiki maintainers is heavily encouraged, but only enforced when the creation or deletion of entirely new pages is required - in which case the approval of the Wiki Liaison is necessary.

• When pages concern roleplay allowances or possible rule-breaking behavior, one of the Head Administrators must be consulted on any edit that meaningfully changes the wording, content or meaning of the page. This does not include stylistic or grammar changes, which may be freely edited.

• When pages concern the in-character Corporate Regulations, the CCIA team (and in particular, the CCIA Leader) must be consulted on any edit that meaningfully changes the wording, content or meaning of the page. This does not include stylistic, grammar or consistency changes, which may be freely edited.

• When pages concern in-universe lore, the Lore Team (and in particular, the relevant department’s lead Lore Writer) must be consulted on any edit that meaningfully changes the wording, content or meaning of the page. This does not include stylistic, grammar or consistency changes, which may be freely edited.

• When pages concern new or complicated mechanical concepts, the relevant coders may be consulted, but their approval is not necessary. Frequent discussions with the development team are otherwise heavily encouraged.

Hierarchy

The Lore Team Administration consists of the Loremaster and the Deputy Loremaster. They oversee both the Lore Team and the Wiki Development and Maintenance Team – cooperating to ensure a consistent and easily-accessible avenue for players, old and new, to be able to learn about the universe in which their characters are within. They are responsible for the appointment of a Head Wiki Maintainer, staffing the Wiki Development Team, curating content created by the Wiki Development Team, mediating disputes that may arise, and ensuring the rules and regulations are followed.

The Head Wiki Maintainer is appointed by a unanimous agreement between both the Loremaster and the Deputy Loremaster. The Head Wiki Maintainer shall act as an intermediary between the Lore Team Administration and the Wiki Development and Maintenance Team. They will ensure that projects are completed and that there is reasonable activity from Wiki Maintainers. They will be considered a senior position within the Wiki Development and Maintenance Team, where Wiki Maintainers must defer to their authority when necessary. The Head Wiki Maintainer is also obligated to ensure the rules and regulations are followed, and any infringements of such are to be reported to the Lore Team Administration so that disciplinary action can be undertaken. The Head Wiki Maintainer is also the informal first point of contact for inter-department communication, such as when extra permissions are required, or handling requests from outside the Wiki Development and Maintenance Team. Pure Wiki Maintainers are preferred over other staff members to ensure focus, but this is not a requirement.