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The '''[[Creatures Wiki]]''' is a cooperative attempt to record information of use to the [[Creatures Community]]. Yes, that's a broad statement! If it's related in any way to the [[Creatures series]], chances are it's worth mentioning on the Wiki.  There are {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} pages right now, but we could always do with more! '''You''' can make that happen.
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The '''[[Creatures Wiki]]''' is a cooperative attempt to record information of use to the [[Creatures Community]]. Yes, that's a broad statement! If it's related in any way to the [[Creatures series]] or [[Grandroids]], chances are it's worth mentioning on the Wiki.  There are {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} pages right now, but we could always do with more! '''You''' can make that happen.
  
==Requests==
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==Copyright==
Please remember the following things as you work to improve the wiki:
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The copyright of work submitted to this wiki remains with the copyright holder - which, if you wrote it, will be you. Submitting your work does not restrict what you can do with it; it just permits sites like us to do certain things as well.  Specifically, all work submitted to this wiki is licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license] (CC-BY-SA) and, unless otherwise specified, the [[Creatures Wiki:GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License]].  See [[Creatures Wiki:Copyrights]] for more information.
  
===No personal attacks===
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==Guidelines==
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Official policies which serve as rules governing what should or should not be put on the wiki can be found at [[Creatures Wiki:Guidelines]]. '''Read these, as they are very important!'''
  
One thing - there has often been and probably always will be conflict between people and groups within the community. It would be nice if these conflicts did not spread to here. '''Please do not use the Wiki as a platform for your personal disagreements.''' If you think something you type is likely to be taken as a personal attack, or derogatory to another person in the community, please consider whether you could phrase it in a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|more neutral way]]. If in doubt as to how to do this, ask one of the [[Project:Administrators|administrators]] how to word it, or even to add it in for you.
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==Requests==
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In addition to the guidelines, please remember the following things as you work to improve the wiki:
  
 
===Keep it appropriate===
 
===Keep it appropriate===
 
[[Image:Paigonfull.png|right|Remember the rating, or Pai Gon will thwap you with her starry wand of pain!]]
 
[[Image:Paigonfull.png|right|Remember the rating, or Pai Gon will thwap you with her starry wand of pain!]]
In addition, please remember that this is a site about a game intended for children, and we are very likely to have 8, 9 or 10-year-olds surfing around the wiki. '''Write appropriately'''!
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Please remember that this is a site about a game '''intended for children''', and we are very likely to have 8, 9 or 10-year-olds surfing around the wiki. '''Write appropriately'''!
  
===With regard to the future and the things it holds===
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===Keep to the truth===
Finally, when posting information relating to future projects and mysterious secret happenings, keep in mind: "Do I have anything to offer to readers of the wiki besides secrecy or general lack of information?"  Often, if you're trying to keep something secret or have not decided much about your project, it is likely better to wait until it isn't secret anymore or until you have something to show the general public before posting it on here.  This will prevent the wiki from ending up with a collection of dead pages about projects that were started but never saw the light.
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When you're looking for Creatures-related info, you almost certainly expect tips and information you find to be accurate and reliable.  On the Creatures Wiki we'd like to keep it that way.  Make sure that, unless an article's tone is deliberately humorous, you don't add anything untrue or misleading to it.
  
 
Thank you for reading. :-)
 
Thank you for reading. :-)
 
==Statistics==
 
There are several forms of statistics that can be viewed if you're interested:
 
*The [http://www.wikicities.com/wikistatsnew/EN/TablesWikipediaCREATURES.htm wikistats] give a good idea of how we're doing, both singly and [http://www.wikicities.com/wikistatsnew/EN/TablesRecentTrends.htm  compared to other wikicities]
 
*[http://google.com/analytics Google Analytics] is used to monitor sitewide web usage patterns, and gives a variety of information on how users get to the wiki, where they go, and much much more. Please [[User talk:GreenReaper|contact GreenReaper]] if you want access to these (you need to get a GMail or other google account first).
 
*The [http://creatures.wikicities.com/webalizer/ web usage statistics] used to give good information on what pages people are going to, and where they're coming from - useful for knowing who has linked to the wiki and how much it is being used. Unfortunately, they're now disabled.
 
*The [http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=6m&size=large&compare_sites=&y=p&url=creatures.wikicities.com Alexa stats] give another idea of how the site is being used, although the ranking covers the whole of wikicities.
 
 
Creatures Wiki also scores a 5 on the Google PageRank calculator - pretty nifty for a fan site!
 

Latest revision as of 04:02, 12 March 2018

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The Creatures Wiki is a cooperative attempt to record information of use to the Creatures Community. Yes, that's a broad statement! If it's related in any way to the Creatures series or Grandroids, chances are it's worth mentioning on the Wiki. There are 5,969 pages right now, but we could always do with more! You can make that happen.

Copyright[edit]

The copyright of work submitted to this wiki remains with the copyright holder - which, if you wrote it, will be you. Submitting your work does not restrict what you can do with it; it just permits sites like us to do certain things as well. Specifically, all work submitted to this wiki is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license (CC-BY-SA) and, unless otherwise specified, the GNU Free Documentation License. See Creatures Wiki:Copyrights for more information.

Guidelines[edit]

Official policies which serve as rules governing what should or should not be put on the wiki can be found at Creatures Wiki:Guidelines. Read these, as they are very important!

Requests[edit]

In addition to the guidelines, please remember the following things as you work to improve the wiki:

Keep it appropriate[edit]

Remember the rating, or Pai Gon will thwap you with her starry wand of pain!

Please remember that this is a site about a game intended for children, and we are very likely to have 8, 9 or 10-year-olds surfing around the wiki. Write appropriately!

Keep to the truth[edit]

When you're looking for Creatures-related info, you almost certainly expect tips and information you find to be accurate and reliable. On the Creatures Wiki we'd like to keep it that way. Make sure that, unless an article's tone is deliberately humorous, you don't add anything untrue or misleading to it.

Thank you for reading. :-)