Board Thread:Administrative/@comment-61022-20150818130902/@comment-61022-20150907022827

Okay thinking of sending this out to users next week. Any thoughts/revisions/omissions? Please let me know by Wednesday.

As many of you are aware, earlier this year the admins made a decision to put a moratorium on any edits pertaining this summer's Secret Wars events. With the event coming to a close we will be making a slow transition into allowing edits about the event and beyond.

Please keep in mind these policies have been determined among admins while the event is still on-going and may be subject to change once the event is finally over. However all users should keep checking the News and Announcement boards. Any changing pertaining to the Post-Secret Wars edit policy. But if all else fails: IF YOU ARE UNSURE OF ANYTHING ASK AN ADMIN BEFORE EDITING.

This new policy will be explained four key points, please read them carefully:

Comic Summaries

(a) Summaries by themselves are fine, but we stress that you need to write as detailed as possible when writing a comic summary. Writing "So and so fights such and such" is not sufficient.

(b) Assume your reader has not read the comic itself, keep that in mind when you are writing a summary. If there are any pertinent continuity notes to be referenced, please do so in the notes section of the page (For a good example of this, see my continuity notes written for - for examples)

(c) Character appearances: Right now all pages only list generic character names. Mister Fantastic instead of Reed Richards (Earth-616) for example. Please do not change any of these appearances to specific characters until there is concrete proof which version of the character is appearing in a given story. You will be asked to back up, so be prepared to explain yourself. If you can't, your edits will be rolled back.

Earth-616 & Earth-1610 Characters:

Once the event is over edits for Earth-616 and Earth-1610 characters will be lifted and users will be able to add any information after Time Runs Out. But please be sure that you do the following, however the expectations we have on users as follows:

(A) Research your edits and cite references. If your edits do not cite references, they will be rolled back. If you don't know how to put references on a page, please read the basics on how to contribute to our site. Again, I stress, if you are unsure ask an admin for help, but to put it plainly, if you don't have the reference material to back up your edits (IE: You haven't read the comics and are basing it from third party information) do not edit. You're doing us any favors.

(B) Make sure that the character's information is accurate. Whenever possible please refrain from making edits until a story arc is over. This way edits can be made as completely as possible and you will have all the relevant facts to explain what is going on with that character without any gaps in information.

Alternate Universe Characters from "Familiar" Realities

As many of you know, some of the domains in Battleworld are very familiar territories. Based off of Days of Future Past, House of M, 2099, 1602, Future Imperfect, Old Man Logan, ETC.

However, what we don't know if these are the original realities or new alternate versions of those realities. Until we know for sure, all edits are currently on hold for these characters. If you edit these characters in any capacity (creating a TRN version or adding Secret Wars related info to a pre-existing version) your edits will be rolled back.

Please Be patient as admins make a decision on how to categorize these versions. We will be considering the following:

(1) Information published in the upcoming Secret Wars Handbook that will be released in October.

(2) If this resource does not provide any clear answers, the admins will be opening discussion regarding how to classify these "familiar" realities.

Realities Unique to Secret Wars

Some realities (such as Killville, 1872, ETC) are obviously original realities previously unseen prior to Secret Wars. Edits will soon be opened up for people to add to these realities.

HOWEVER please be aware of the following:

(1) Edits will not be allowed until the Secret Wars handbook comes out and we can determine which realities are given universe numbers and which have not. (We will also accept designations that are listed in the Unofficial Appendix, provided they adhere to the Marvel standard of Earth-####)

(2) Realities that do not have any official reality numbers provided will need to be assigned a TRN. Please be aware that only admins can assign TRNs If you create a TRN without permission, it will be deleted. If you wish a TRN to be created that has been omitted for any reason, please state your case to one of the admins. You must cite references to justify your request.

That about covers everything for now. Again if you have any questions please contact an admin for assistance and/or clarification.

Please follow the rules set out in this post until you have been advised differently, admins will be keeping track of things as we move forward and will keep you advised.

'''Again, we want to stress that if anyone does not follow these rules, their edits will be rolled back. Repeat offenders will have their editing privileges revoked and/or result in a ban form the site'''.