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=Basic Rules=
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=Editing Guidelines=
Anyone who creates an account and confirms their email address can edit the wiki.
Some pages are administrator-protected. Administrator permissions are granted on a case-by-case basis.
▲== User Permissions==
▲Anyone who creates an account and confirms their email address can edit the wiki. Some pages are administrator protected. no formal process for adminship, it's vibes-based
==General Rules==
#'''Scope''': Keep to the topic of Webkinz, including Next, Junior, Friends, and physical merchandise. Please do not upload unrelated files or write unrelated articles. Keep all off-topic conversation within personal talk pages.
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#'''Bias''': Keep all information accurate and factual and do not post speculation or opinions onto articles. Non-canon information may only be included if it is notable.
#'''Duplicates''': Make sure you're not posting a duplicate file or article before creating or uploading one.
# '''Spelling, Grammar, and Punctuation''': Make sure to write articles conforming to American English proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The spelling of a word relating to Webkinz should follow how either the game, Webkinz Newz, and/or a physical item released by Webkinz spells it.
# '''Partitioning''': There does not need to be a page for every one subject. For example, the [[Employment Office]] jobs wouldn't need their own pages, and are able to be easily organized on the Employment Office article. This goes for categories as well: for example, there are existing categories to list characters and would not need an article page to list them out too.
==Best Practices==
*'''Conciseness''': When writing, be concise. Only include notable information and summarize if information is lengthy. For example, a pet's page should include the day they were released. However, it would be unnecessary to point out if that pet came out after a certain other pet. While the statement could be true, it wouldn't be noteworthy enough to write.
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*'''Redirects:''' Avoid redirects by naming pages conscientiously. If you need to rename a page, remember to edit the page everywhere else it appears via What links here. If the page requires a redirect due to being referenced externally, delete them after three months.
*'''Discord:''' We have a [https://discord.gg/QTbpqQp9X6 Discord server] for talking shop; feel free to join if you need more help.
==Pages==
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The Visual Master List is a list of all the in-game assets ordered by asset number. It is updated once per month, mirroring Webkinz maintenance. If you are not responsible for the Visual Master List, do not edit it during maintenance. These pages are protected to administrators only.
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The Picture Guide contains pictures of every item in Webkinz sorted by how the item was obtained/released. These are manually added after they're canonically announced or are released in-game after the assets are uploaded to the Visual Master List and they're open to the public.. These pages are protected to administrators only.
===Item Guide===
The Item Guide is a list of every officially released Webkinz item, sorted by how the item was released. Release date, availability, and tradeability are mandatory fields; others are added where relevant. Reference with the method of obtaining the item if different from its original release and add primary sources where possible. Do not include trading values for items that are not directly purchasable. These pages are protected to administrators only.
Where a conflict exists between the Item Guide and any other page regarding an item's availability, the Item Guide is almost always correct.
===Archives===▼
These are historical logs of items available on wheels, newspaper articles, eStore promotions, or other relevant subjects. These pages are protected to administrators only.
===Theme Pages ===
These pages showcase room themes. Include minimal or future-proof ledes and item availability, and try to follow the canon source on inclusion where available.
▲===Archives===
===Collection Pages===
Collectors of certain items can reference these pages. Some pages are bound by a canon Webkinz feature (e.g. [[Border Buildings Collection]]), others are based off of editor judgement (e.g. [[Red Clothing Collection]]). These pages are manually maintained, and anyone can add a page for a collection of their interest.
===Information and Guides ===
Information and guides. Feel free to write your own on your Webkinz area of expertise.
===Pet Pages
These filespace pages contain information about Webkinz pets. [[:Category:Regular Pets|Regular pet]] pages are to include a completed [[Template:Pet Box|Pet Box]], an intro, the official description, a gallery for images related to the pet, and navboxes befitting the pet. Lil' Kinz pet pages should have the same information but with a [[Template:Lil Box 2.0|Lil Box (2.0)]], e.g. [[Aries Ram]], [[Lil'Kinz Budgie]].
Pet images for infoboxes are currently recommended to be .png files, sized 300x180px (or simply a 5:3 aspect ratio), and to include a transparent background. More details are given under "Files" below.
===Item Pages===
These filespace pages contain information about in-game items. Item pages are to include either an [[Template:Item Infobox]] or a [[Template:EStore Item Infobox]], an intro paragraph, the official description, and a navbox if applicable. Details on item images are under "Files" below.
==Templates
*'''Editing''': For the time being, outdated navbox templates are free to be updated. Navboxes are to be remade similar to these:
**[[Template:Navboxcats]]
**[[Template:Navboxmythical]]
**[[Template:Navboxancientcivilizationstheme]]
==Files==
*'''Names''': In-game assets need to be its in-game name, with no spaces or punctuation e.g. "Will 'o the Wisp Floor Lamp" becomes "Willothewispfloorlamp.png", and any pets are named its in-game name + "avatar", e.g. "Lil' Kinz Oriole" becomes "Lilkinzorioleavatar.png". In the case of an in-game name conflict, add the year of the later item before the regular file name e.g. "2021elephantavatar.png". For non-assets, try to follow the naming conventions of preceding files in the same collection. Otherwise, give files short and appropriate names that relate to the content of the files.
*'''Organization''': When uploading an image, please sort it into one of the subcategories in the [[:Category:Uploaded files|Uploaded Files]] category.
*'''Format''': Different types of files have different rules, which will be listed below:
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** '''Item Images''': Same rules apply to item images, except item images must be in a 1:1 aspect ratio, which many Kinzapedia item images already are.
**'''Room Theme Images''':
**'''Game Images''': Must be a screenshot, whether using the screenshot tool in Webkinz World itself, or with a built-in tool from your computer or phone. Personally taken pictures using a camera is not allowed, unless no other versions of that image exists.
**'''Webkinz Social Media/Blog Images''': Must source what article or post the image originated from on the file's page.
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