Help:Contents

Just like any other wiki, the HoboWars Help Wiki has both community and editing standards, for the purpose of maintaining a user-friendly, helpful, consistent resource for everything related to HoboWars.

Keep in mind that the contents of this page can change over time; therefore, be sure to check this page periodically for changes.

General Rules

Any action that is illegal to do on any HoboWars version is also illegal to do on this Help Wiki. This is includes but is not limited to:

• Creating multiple Help Wiki accounts.
• Sharing Help Wiki accounts (letting someone else besides you access your Help Wiki account).
• Uploading or posting pornographic or prejudiced content (this includes links to sites that host such content).
• Selling your Help Wiki account.
• Advertising in-game services and events, other online games, referral links, and real-life products and services.
• Abusing bugs or glitches.
• Giving away your Help Wiki account upon deciding to stop editing the Help Wiki.
  
  

Additionally, any action that is generally condemned or prohibited by other wiki communities is also condemned and prohibited on the HoboWars Help Wiki. This includes but is not limited to:

• Vandalism.
• Trolling.
• Griefing.
• Sock puppetry.
• Using the Help Wiki as a personal file host.
• Disrespecting the administrators.
  
  

Finally, there is one very important rule unique to the HoboWars Help Wiki:

• All Help Wiki editors must be in good standing on all of the HoboWars versions they play.
  

"Good standing" means that that Help Wiki editor is not currently jailed. If a Help Wiki editor is jailed on any HoboWars version they play, they may be blocked from editing the Help Wiki until their jailing sentence is complete. Additionally, if a Help Wiki editor is permanently jailed (366'd) on any HoboWars version, or had their account deleted on any HoboWars version as a form of punishment, their Help Wiki account will either be blocked indefinitely or deleted.

Punishments

Any Help Wiki editor that engages in any of the aforementioned illegal activities, or any kind of activity that is deemed harmful to the growth and helpfulness of the HoboWars Help Wiki, will be blocked from editing the Help Wiki, with the length of the block reflecting the severity of their offense. Repeat offenders will expect to see progressively longer blocks from editing.

Also, if deemed necessary, Help Wiki editors who violate the rules of the HoboWars Help Wiki can also face punishment across all of the HoboWars versions they play.

General Policies

As a Help Wiki editor, your main duties are to add content to, maintain, clean up, organize, update, and verify the information in the HoboWars Help Wiki; in other words, your job is to make changes to the Help Wiki so that the information it contains is up-to-date and factually correct.

However, there are a few policies you need to adhere to while editing the Help Wiki, in order to guarantee that your changes are constructive and useful.

• Know your facts!
  • Think for a second. Do you really know anything about the subject you're writing about? Don't start a page that would be better off as a simple footnote in a full article. If you think something deserves a full article, find some people who know more things and collaborate.
• Is it important?
  • Let's say you own a cat named "Fluffy". Or a gang named "The Fluff". Or you named your racing cart "Fluffykins". Do we need to know? No, not really. Please refrain from including irrelevant and relatively unimportant information or facts. When in doubt, ask yourself, "Does anyone care?"
• Don't speculate.
  • You may have a theory on some part of the game. However, unlike with science, theory will get you nowhere. Don't post your beliefs until you can back it up and make it law. Of course, if there is currently no law on the subject, only speculation, it can't hurt to post popular theories. Just make sure you explicitly state that no one really knows. That is the important part.
• Don't be vain.
  • Certain pages need to be signed, such as userpages and discussion pages. Other pages, such as actual tutorial or reference pages, should not be signed. It looks sloppy and remember: you're not the only contributor. There's no need to weigh down the bottom of the article with signatures.
• Use your userpage as your sandbox!
  • If you don't know if something is notable, important, or factual, you can always create a page under your userpage (e.g. User:<yourname>/<pagename>) and put it there. This is also useful for creating "rough drafts" of pages. Once you are finished, you can ask someone to stop by and review the page. If it qualifies as a page in the Help Wiki, it can be moved to the appropriate place.
• Use lists sparingly.
  • Don't just simply write off facts in list form; actually combine them into a paragraph. The information will flow more easily that way.
• Link, link, link!
  • Link articles! Make connections, so people can go on a yellow brick road adventure through the HoboWars Help Wiki and come out with ruby red slippers and a cardboard tutorial diploma. Just make sure are links are meaningful! Please don't insert a link into a page that doesn't deserve it.
• Your userpage is not your main contribution.
  • Don't focus too much time prettying up your userpage; your userpage should be a simple page with information on which HoboWars versions you play, and how you can most easily be contacted. You do not need to show off your accomplishments or brag about how many you've been message board banned on your userpage.
• Userpages exist for a reason!
  • Do not create a normal Help Wiki page about yourself without asking permission first. Usually, the only people who deserve their own Help Wiki page are HoboWars staff members, especially if they are historically significant or important. If you desire a place to post information about yourself, use your userpage instead!

A work in progress...