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A.1: Article Criteria[]

A.1.1: Article Creation[]

All warriors that meet criteria and feature in completed battles should have articles. Creating articles for warriors without articles that a user intends to use in a reserved battle is encouraged, but not necessary. If a user posts and closes a battle featuring warriors that still do not have articles, it is their responsibility to make the necessary articles.

A.1.2: Titling[]

  1. Articles must have grammatically correct titles. The title for a warrior's article should be what they are best known as in the real world. (e.g., Thomas Anderson and Edward Teach are Neo and Blackbeard, respectively). In cases where there are multiple well-known real-life names, the title should be the most formal one (e.g., Captain America is Captain America, not Cap).
    1. Naming convention depends on the type of warrior in question. Strictly fictional warriors follow the western standard of the given name followed by the surname. Real-life and fictionalized versions of real-life warriors follow their local custom standard (e.g., Sasaki Kojirō (Fate)). It is up to a page's creator to use reasonable discretion to determine whether or not including a middle name or surname is appropriate.
    2. Warriors that have pseudonyms or aliases can be given redirect pages titled with said alternate names.
  2. In the event of multiple articles having the same name, including signifiers in parentheses is necessary. The signifier should be the most distinct choice possible, even if a more official but less distinctive option is available. If an acceptable abbreviation is available, it should be used. For example, the Captain America featured in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is titled as Captain America (MCU) rather than Captain America (Marvel Cinematic Universe) or Captain America (Earth-199999).
    1. Real life or mythological warriors with fictional counterparts on the wiki should have no signifier at all and only their same-named counterparts must be identified with one.
    2. If a warrior originates from an adaption and only has one adaption of note, it is acceptable and preferred for the signifier to simply be the type of media for conciseness (e.g., Jon Snow (TV Series)).
  3. If one feels the titling of a page is inappropriate, they may make their case for a different titling via Discord policy discussion and a forum post on the wiki. The page should not be renamed until a decision is reached so as to prevent edit wars (see A.5).

A.1.3: Page Contents[]

  1. All warrior articles must meet the Warrior Page Criteria. Mandatory elements include a brief biography (approx. 250 words), an infobox, categories, and headings for each of the battles the warrior has taken part in. These headings should be displayed in chronological order, excepting in the case of rematches. At the end of each battle's section, there should be a link to the corresponding blog post where the vote count can be verified. See Creating an Infobox for details on creating and using infoboxes.
  2. Warrior articles do not exist for their own sake, but rather to showcase completed battles. Thus, warrior articles without any battle status should not be made and, if they are, shall be marked for deletion. The only exception to this is warriors who have battles that were closed and were later declared invalid or unfair. In this case, the article should have "None." entered into the reserved section of the infobox.
  3. Expired battle reservations (see B.13) can be deleted from an article at the discretion of any editor.
  4. Team Warriors should only list members who have been used as team members on this wiki. For example, while Urdnot Wrex is on the wiki and a member of Shepard's Team in Mass Effect, he has not been used as a team member on this wiki and thus does not go on the page. Similarly, Javik is a member of Shepard's Team in Mass Effect 3 but is not on the wiki, so he does not go on the page.

A.1.4: Expert's Opinions[]

  1. After a battle has been closed, a brief explanation on the reasoning behind the battle's outcome (the "expert's opinion") should be placed after the simulation of every written battle on a page.
  2. If the battle's author personally writes an expert's opinion for said battle, then it may not be edited without their express consent. If the author does not write an expert's opinion, any user may write one themselves based on the reasoning of the voters. The author of the battle reserves the right to alter this explanation at any time.

A.1.5: Plagiarism[]

Using text word-for-word from another media source, including Wikipedia and other wikis, for biographies on articles should not be done. The editor that originally introduced the plagiarized content has the responsibility to replace the content with original work. Articles that have plagiarism should be marked with the {{Plagiarize}} template until the matter is resolved. If the matter is not fixed in a reasonable period of time, the offending content will be deleted.

A.1.6: Targets for Deletion[]

Articles that do not meet policy will be marked with the ({{Delete|reason goes here}}) template until the issues are resolved or the article is deleted at the discretion of the staff.

A.1.7: Automatic Deletion[]

An article is liable to be deleted immediately if it meets one of the following criteria:

  • It has excessive grammar, spelling, or coding errors to the point of illegibility.
  • It is inappropriately used to post an entire battle, as all battles should be displayed on blog posts.
  • It features a warrior that does meet the warrior criteria and does not already have a closed battle.
  • It is clearly a work of spam or trolling.

A.2: Categories[]

  1. Each warrior article must be placed into all applicable existing categories. Each category page should feature a brief description to help editors decide whether or not a category is applicable. New categories may be created only after publically proposing them to the community and receiving support from at least five other users. A potential category must have at least fifteen applicable articles before it can be considered.
  2. A warrior should be placed in a media-related category if they either originate from the type of media in question (e.g., Movie Warriors for Darth Vader (Canon)) or the type of media is in reference to an adaptation of the warrior's original source that is more well-known (e.g., Video Game Warriors for Geralt of Rivia).
  3. A warrior should be placed in an activity-related category (e.g., Zombie Hunters, Time Travelers, and Vigilantes) if they regularly engage in such activity in their canon as warriors.
  4. In the case of warriors from open-ended video games with a wide variety of options for customization (e.g., The player could make The Last Dragonborn applicable to Vampire Warriors and Berserker Warriors, but this is not required by any main quest.), the article should only be in categories that are made applicable by mandatory actions for the player.
  5. Real warriors should not be placed into any category that describes a warrior's morality (e.g., Anti-Hero Warriors). Deadliest Fiction is completely and utterly neutral on the subject of the morality of historical figures.
  6. Warriors that originate from religious and mythological sources should be placed in the Mythological Warriors category. Such warriors should not be in any category that would suggest that they definitively did or did not exist (e.g., Real Warriors, Fictional Warriors, and Fantasy Warriors).
  7. A team warrior shall go into any category that its individual members on the wiki would belong to. Refer to A.1.3.4 for determining qualifying team members.
  8. If one feels a trend of category use is inappropriate, they should make their case via the Discord server or a forum post. No action should be taken until a decision is reached.

A.3: Rematches[]

  1. If a rematch has occurred or permission has been granted for one, both the original battle and the rematch will be on the warriors' articles. The rematch should be identified as such and displayed directly underneath the original battle. The article's battle status will display only the status of the latest rematch, whether it be an outcome or a reservation.
  2. If a battle that has been rematched is declared invalid or unfair and disregarded, the rematch, if still valid, should not be identified as a rematch.

A.4: Original Characters[]

Original characters, also known as OCs or user warriors, are not to be given pages. Battles between OCs and proper warriors with pages are not to be present on any pages. OCs include:

  • a character who is created by a user and does not exist in any published work.
  • a fusion of multiple distinct canon versions of a character, known as a "composite."
  • a team made up of multiple characters whose canons do not intersect.

The following do not count as OCs:

  • a representation of a character whose existence and abilities are canon, but does not have a defined personality (e.g., Commander Shepard).
  • names and personalities given to otherwise generic characters for the purposes of a written battle (e.g., Adventurers (Final Fantasy XIV)).
  • a non-canon version of a character who is presented as an option for the player in an interactive medium (e.g., Evil Cole MacGrath).

A.5: Edit Wars[]

An edit war is when multiple users disagree about the content of an article and repeatedly override each other's edits. If an edit war occurs, a staff member should lock the page until the matter is resolved. The offending users are liable to be banned for a length of time left to the discretion of the staff member taking action. Users with differing opinions on an article's content should discuss the matter through comments or the Discord server before edit wars happen.

A.6: Editing Other Users' Battles[]

Editing another user's battle is permitted only if one has received express permission from the original author, is removing a dead link, or has received specific authorization from a consensus of the administrators. Under all other circumstances, it is strictly forbidden. Violation of this policy is grounds for an immediate ban, the length of which is left to the discretion of the admin taking action.

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