User talk:Setras

Theories
Hi, Setras. I've noticed that you really like theorizing (I bet you came here from ZU's group of theorists), which is cool and all. I like theorizing myself. But you have to remember that we are an encyclopedia and we can't just have a ton of theories everywhere. The theories we do allow in articles must have a good deal of evidence to support them and must have received a decent amount of community support and acceptance. It seems you're placing your personal theories, which we don't allow at all. I would like to ask you to read our Quality Standards to get an idea of some of our rules and policies.

One more thing we need to discuss is your tendency to re-revert edits after a staff member has undone one of your revisions. If you feel that your edit has been reverted without sufficient reason, you can speak directly to the person on his or her talk page. However, any staff member will usually have a valid reason for reverting your changes. "Revert warring," the practice of repeatedly undoing changes, is highly frowned upon and can result in a temporary ban. It is best to talk things out instead of cluttering a page's history with reverts.

Just wanted to clear these things up for you so you can have a better idea of how things work around here. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to ask me. Happy editing! 18:56, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Hey
Hey there, Setras.

First of all, I just wanted to say thank you for the continued effort you've been putting into Zelda Wiki these past few weeks. It's much appreciated and we hope you'll stick around. (Can't say I'm big on theorizing myself, but meh :P)

That said, there are a few things you should know. First of all, since most of your edits so far consist of theories, I highly encourage that you source the evidence supporting the theories whenever possible. Text dumps are an incredibly useful tool for this, as it puts all of the games' text right at your fingertips.

Also, please be careful about how you link to certain pages. Try to avoid linking to redirects if you can help it (see this edit, for example). We're especially strict about that when it comes to the games (see here), which is why we have these handy little shortcuts. For example, if you want to link to the Twilight Princess page, all you have to do is type   and that'll generate the full proper pipe link: Twilight Princess.

So yeah, be sure to give the Quality Standards a good read if you haven't already. It's the surest way to get staff off your back. :P 16:40, 1 April 2013 (UTC)