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Posted by Red L.A.M.P. (2828 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago - Show Bio

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Look this is a nice community we’ve got here. I don’t think we need a huge rule set other then saying “Be Nice”. It’s the Road House rules, be nice.

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No profanity on Comicvine.
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Wiki Styles and Guidelines:

Pleas read What is a Plot Summary?

Do not Plagiarize

This means do not copy and paste text from Wikipedia -- or anywhere else -- into our site.
If you are caught plagiarizing your points will be brought back to ZERO (You’ll get a PM first).
Report plagiarism to the mods over a PM here: PM Mods
More on Rooting out Plagiarism .

Where Do I Start?

Check out our Wiki Task system to find what we think are important pages that need to be fixed.

Comic Book Titles:

Should the title of the comic book be the title on the cover or the title on the interior mast head? Short answer, the interior mast head is the proper title. See this post.

Proper Names:

Please please please capitalize names properly. Wolverine and not wolverine. See this post.

What comic information do we want?

Only information from officially published comics and other comic book media like movies/tv.

For more info also see:

Static Shock's Site Rules and FAQs
Inferior Ego’s original Let’s Talk Plagiarism!
Methos’ What Not to Put on Pages
Aztek the Lost’s The Task System!
IcarusFlies Fan Art

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#1 Posted by aztek_the_lost (30738 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago - Show Bio

@Red L.A.M.P.: I like it...but what are you supposed to contact Babs for?

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#2 Posted by Ziccarra_Liafador (48925 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago - Show Bio

Is there a set of guidelines one should follow, for there own video blogs

#3 Posted by .Mistress Redhead. (27022 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago - Show Bio

Darn it, now I am no longer on the first page v_v should have known lol

#4 Posted by Red L.A.M.P. (2828 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago - Show Bio

@aztek the lost said:

" @Red L.A.M.P.: I like it...but what are you supposed to contact Babs for? "

Fixed!

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#5 Posted by The_Martian (36980 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago - Show Bio

Love this!

#6 Posted by xerox_kitty (15758 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago - Show Bio

@Sha said:

" Is there a set of guidelines one should follow, for there own video blogs "

Just to try and make the best video blog you can :)

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#7 Posted by reaper2923 (2778 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago - Show Bio

Yay I like guides for idiots like me :P

#8 Posted by Mercy_ (83472 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago - Show Bio

So much better than the (literally) fourteen pinned threads. Things were getting cluttered.

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#9 Posted by xxCellPhoneGirlxx (17840 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago - Show Bio

Just wondering.. but is the word "Damn" considered Profanity? I've always wondered, but no one ever said anything about it :P

#10 Posted by Mercy_ (83472 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago - Show Bio

@xxCellPhoneGirlxx: I've seen people use damn and hell (myself and mods included) and staff hasn't, to the best of my knowledge, had a problem with it. I think it's the more hardcore swears and derogatory terms that are the issue.

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#11 Posted by xxCellPhoneGirlxx (17840 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago - Show Bio

@The Dark Huntress: Thank god! Because i use to word Damn in like every other post :P

#12 Posted by Mercy_ (83472 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago - Show Bio

@xxCellPhoneGirlxx: I continuously use hell and my favorite derivative of it, hellz. So unless told otherwise by mod or staff member, I don't really see a problem with it. ^_^

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#13 Posted by aztek_the_lost (30738 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago - Show Bio

@xxCellPhoneGirlxx: I don't see anything wrong with it myself, it's not a word that's offensive in that its directed at other people...unless your damning them to THE FIERY INFERNO OF HELL!!!!

But if you feel it's profanity or just want to be cool you could instead say:

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#14 Posted by xxCellPhoneGirlxx (17840 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago - Show Bio

@aztek the lost: LOL I'll keep that in mind :P

#15 Posted by danhimself (18741 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago - Show Bio

can we PLEEEEAAASE add that no information from unpublished books should be added to the Wiki....what I mean is that I hate it when people update a character's page with information from a book that isn't released for another 2 months....there's no possible way for anyone on the site to know if that information is accurate or not and all that's being added is speculation and rumors

#16 Posted by Mercy_ (83472 posts) - 2 years, 8 months ago - Show Bio

@danhimself: I was pretty sure that that was included in the What Not to Put on Pages thread.

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#17 Posted by Augustus Freeman VI (213 posts) - 2 years, 7 months ago - Show Bio

I have a question regarding wiki edits. Are you guys ok with users making grammatical and spelling errors even if they are just really small errors?

#18 Posted by Mercy_ (83472 posts) - 2 years, 7 months ago - Show Bio

@Augustus Freeman VI: It happens from time to time. If you notice that you've made an error, you can always go back and fix it. If you see that somebody else has made an error, then feel free to correct it.

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#19 Posted by Mercy_ (83472 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago - Show Bio

@Red L.A.M.P.: The PM mods link needs to be updated to include Morpheus_

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#20 Posted by xyberdawg (60 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago - Show Bio

@Red L.A.M.P. said:

What comic information do we want?
- Only information from officially published comics and other comic book media like movies/tv.

I am just wondering if Novels based on Comic Books should be included in the wiki? Such as the Novelization of Death of Superman. or The .40 Caliber Mouse series of Books by Stephen Pytak, published by Mazz Press (Uses characters and illustrations by Norm Breyfogle). According to the info in this post I would think they would. I just want to make sure. And if they are allowed, what should they be added as?

#21 Posted by Red L.A.M.P. (2828 posts) - 2 years, 4 months ago - Show Bio

@xyberdawg said:

" @Red L.A.M.P. said:
What comic information do we want?

Only information from officially published comics and other comic book media like movies/tv.

I am just wondering if Novels based on Comic Books should be included in the wiki? Such as the Novelization of Death of Superman. or The .40 Caliber Mouse series of Books by Stephen Pytak, published by Mazz Press (Uses characters and illustrations by Norm Breyfogle). According to the info in this post I would think they would. I just want to make sure. And if they are allowed, what should they be added as? "

No we do not have a section for novels. We only index comic book issues (and unofficially we allow trades).

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#22 Posted by Red L.A.M.P. (2828 posts) - 2 years, 3 months ago - Show Bio

@The Dark Huntress said:

" @Red L.A.M.P.: The PM mods link needs to be updated to include Morpheus_ "

This is done.

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#23 Posted by damswedon (490 posts) - 2 years, 1 month ago - Show Bio

I'm sure I know the answer but I'll ask anyway.
Are you okay with swearing if it comes from twitter? I swear a whole bunch on there.

#24 Posted by Mercy_ (83472 posts) - 2 years, 1 month ago - Show Bio

@damswedon said:

" I'm sure I know the answer but I'll ask anyway.Are you okay with swearing if it comes from twitter? I swear a whole bunch on there. "

I think as long as it's not on the forums you should be all set.

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#25 Posted by xerox_kitty (15758 posts) - 2 years, 1 month ago - Show Bio

@The Dark Huntress said:

" @damswedon said:

" I'm sure I know the answer but I'll ask anyway.Are you okay with swearing if it comes from twitter? I swear a whole bunch on there. "
I think as long as it's not on the forums you should be all set. "

No swearing in ANY public areas of Comic Vine. That includes blogs, reviews & wiki pages (although characters with swearing in their name is the obvious exception). You think kids wont look on your profile? Do you want to be the one to apologise to G-Man if Li'l G-Girl looks at your profile & sees you F-ing & Blinding?

That's why I don't have my Twitter account synched with Comic Vine... so I CAN swear on Twitter.

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#26 Posted by Rudyftw (987 posts) - 2 years, 1 month ago - Show Bio

You should make a sequel to this post and write instructions for following these instructions, and *if up to it*, make a trilogy about how to follow the instructions for following instructions, instruction guide! ... Then pretty soon, we'll be like DUDE LOOK AT ALL THESE INSTRUCTIONS!

#27 Posted by Iron Apollo (2167 posts) - 2 years, 1 month ago - Show Bio

so this is probably not the right place for this but maybe? Why does this guy have so many points on diffferent wiki pages but no wiki pts. on his page?
http://www.comicvine.com/myvine/mike20/

#28 Posted by Mercy_ (83472 posts) - 2 years, 1 month ago - Show Bio

@Iron Apollo: That happens when somebody has their points reset to zero, which occurs when they've been found guilty of plagiarism multiple times.

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#29 Edited by Iron Apollo (2167 posts) - 2 years, 1 month ago - Show Bio

@The Dark Huntress: a ha!

and it would be too time consuming to delete that persons points from each page? i assume.

#30 Posted by pikahyper (6624 posts) - 2 years, 1 month ago - Show Bio

@Iron Apollo said:

" @The Dark Huntress: a ha!and it would be too time consuming to delete that persons points from each page? i assume. "

That would have to be something a staff member would do, a mod caught the user and reset the points but mod powers don't go up high enough to remove stuff like that.

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#31 Edited by Iron Apollo (2167 posts) - 2 years, 1 month ago - Show Bio

@pikahyper: obviously.

I wasn't implying a mod should do it.

#32 Posted by Mercy_ (83472 posts) - 2 years, 1 month ago - Show Bio

@Iron Apollo said:

" @The Dark Huntress: a ha!and it would be too time consuming to delete that persons points from each page? i assume. "

Yeah...the thing with that is that there's no revision history, so there's no telling what they wrote and what somebody else wrote. Also, there are people who just copy the page, then delete the copied info, rinse and repeat. So technically, they didn't even put any info on the page. Unfortunately, there's no way (that I'm aware of) for them to completely rollback the page (and if there is, I'm fairly certain that it's a pretty arduous process), or else they would have done it recently when somebody did the copy and delete thing.

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#33 Posted by RazzaTazz (7931 posts) - 2 years, 23 days ago - Show Bio

Just a question - shouldnt there be some mention in the FAQ about violencein the forums? I mean it is ok to talk about violence but when it is personally related (like a recent thread about if anyone had ever punched a child) shouldnt there be some guidelines on that?

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#34 Posted by Mercy_ (83472 posts) - 2 years, 22 days ago - Show Bio

@RazzaTazz: That could actually fall under this.

From the site's Terms and Agreements.

You are responsible for all content that you post on or transmit through the site. You may not post content that:
infringes the copyright, trademark, patent right or other proprietary right of any person or that is used without the permission of the owner;
you know to be inaccurate;
is pornographic, sexually explicit or obscene;
exploits children or minors;
violates the rights of privacy or publicity of any person;
is libelous, slanderous or defamatory ;
contains any personally identifying information about any person without their consent or about any person who is a minor;
may be deemed generally offensive to the site community, including blatant expressions of bigotry, prejudice, racism, hatred or profanity;
includes advertisements, promotions, solicitations or offers to sell any goods or services for any commercial purpose;
promotes or provides instructional information about illegal or illicit activities; or
contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to destroy, interrupt or otherwise limit the functionality of any computer software, computer hardware or other equipment.

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#35 Posted by pikahyper (6624 posts) - 2 years, 22 days ago - Show Bio

@The Dark Huntress: I'm still pretty confused about why it is ok to swear on other whiskey sites but not here o.o?

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#36 Posted by Mercy_ (83472 posts) - 2 years, 22 days ago - Show Bio

@pikahyper: I'm assuming it has to do with the fact that we have the youngest fanbase. I don't necessarily agree with the policy (there are a lot worse things posted on here than swearing, just check some of the threads in off-topic), but I do understand it. G-Man's daugher has an account here, Lil G-Girl (she's actually done a good amount of reviews, they were adorable) and I'm sure he wouldn't be pleased if she encountered the f-word somewhere (as XK pointed out) and that holds true with most parents and their children.

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#37 Posted by Red L.A.M.P. (2828 posts) - 2 years, 17 days ago - Show Bio

@pikahyper: @The Dark Huntress: It's just always been the rule here. It's part of our charm. CV is a gentile website.

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#38 Posted by Mercy_ (83472 posts) - 1 year, 10 months ago - Show Bio

@Red L.A.M.P.: The PM mods link in this thread is broken and needs to be updated to exclude Morpheus_ and Nobody, as does the one here.

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#39 Posted by sEsposito7 (454 posts) - 1 year, 9 months ago - Show Bio

I'm curious about how the selections for the "Rad Stuff Made By Our Community" front-page features are made... What are the criteria?

#40 Posted by teoP_ehT (154 posts) - 1 year, 9 months ago - Show Bio

@sEsposito7 said:

I'm curious about how the selections for the "Rad Stuff Made By Our Community" front-page features are made... What are the criteria?

a curiousity of mine as well, though perhaps for a different reason...

#41 Posted by ZombiePie (103 posts) - 1 year, 9 months ago - Show Bio

PM Mods button is broken.

#42 Posted by CrimsonAvenger (1162 posts) - 1 year, 8 months ago - Show Bio

@Red L.A.M.P.:

The PM All Mods link is broken. Just so you know.

#43 Posted by Red L.A.M.P. (2828 posts) - 1 year, 7 months ago - Show Bio

@ZombiePie said:

PM Mods button is broken.

@CrimsonAvenger said:

@Red L.A.M.P.: The PM All Mods link is broken. Just so you know.

It's 1/2 fixed. I need to get a few missing mods into the js code still.

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#44 Posted by franco2011 (78 posts) - 1 year, 7 months ago - Show Bio

jajajajaja

#45 Posted by thanosrules (514 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio

How does one become a moderator @ comicvine? What does it take?

#46 Posted by pikahyper (6624 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio

@thanosrules: Basically be awesome at whatever you are here for (wiki, forum, battles, rpg), make lots of friends, get noticed/well known and if you are lucky when a spot opens up you might get considered.

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#47 Posted by thanosrules (514 posts) - 1 year, 6 months ago - Show Bio

@pikahyper: Thanks! Great to know. I will keep at it - gotta have goals in life! :)

#48 Edited by kartron (387 posts) - 1 year, 4 months ago - Show Bio

Love this article. I will dig deep into the rules esp with respect to wiki coz that's what I love to do!!!!!!!!!!

#49 Posted by Ziccarra_Liafador (48925 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

O_o do we have any rpging Mods? I mean don't get me wrong it's not like we need them, i was just wondering.

#50 Posted by Mercy_ (83472 posts) - 1 year, 3 months ago - Show Bio

@Ziccarra_Liafador Icky. That's it. Gambler hasn't been on in about a month and Arr

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What comic information do we want?

What comic information do we want?