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Basic Rules

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Code of Conduct

Explicit Content: The Webkinz Guide is G-rated. Please refrain from using swear words on the wiki at all, whether it's in articles, blog posts, or otherwise.
Username: Please do not include explicit, offensive, or generally rude content in your username.
Vandalism: Vandalism is strictly prohibited. Depending on the severity of the vandalism, a ban will be issued to the vandal.
Respect: Most of all, be respectful towards other editors. Do not bully, harass, or insult others. Additionally, please do not block off communication. Communication is key for a wiki, so please allow each other to talk.
Edit Ownership: Try to speak only on behalf of your own edits.

Signature Policy

Your signature should link to your profile and no other page.

Editing Guidelines

More details on editing pages can be found on the Webkinz Wiki:Projects Revival page.

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.
References: It is ideal to include references on article pages, so please source your information when editing. Also, use official sources and files and avoid uploading personally taken photos or videos. More details are under "Files" below.
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.
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.
Large projects or sweeping changes should be consulted with other people
delete redirects after 3mo
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Pages

Visual Master List

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.

Picture Guide

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. These pages are protected to administrators only.

I believe what we were doing in terms of consistency is there should be references explaining how you got the item if it was different than the original release. For example, if a Fall Fest item is released in 2020 and comes back via floating leaves in 2021, there would be no reference. However, if it comes back via the baby monkey in the clubhouse, a reference would be added. We haven't been putting primary sources, but maybe we should.

it's not the wigev, don't put values.

webkinz picture guide has deliberately not included a list of priceless items. "priceless" has never had an official or objective metric, it's only been determined by community consensus, which makes it way out of scope of a fanwiki

Collection Pages

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Information and Guides

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Pet Pages

Regular pet pages are to include a completed 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 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

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:

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 Uploaded Files category.
Format: Different types of files have different rules, which will be listed below:
- Virtual Pet Images: a 5:3 aspect ratio, with the entire pet image within the boundaries of the canvas size, as well as having a transparent background. Many pet images can be found through the Kinzapedia on Webkinz Newz, which require a 300x180px canvas size (for the sake of fitting the infobox). For pet images not in the Kinzapedia, it is recommended to find one with an already transparent background or a white background (if not, then any image of the pet at all) to make into a transparent. Canvas size may be increased as needed, but not decreased.
- 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.
- 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.
- Plush Images: Must be of clear quality. Cannot be personally taken.
- Videos: Unless it cannot be found anywhere else, it must be from an official source.
- Audio: Any in-game audio needs to be recorded from your computer, due to copyright issues with ripping from programming.

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