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The '''WikiExclusive''' is a highly-revered project here on Zelda Wiki, an idea that our founder, [[User:Jason|Jason]], came up with in 2007 as an avenue to spark creative interest on the part of our userbase here at Zelda Wiki. | The '''WikiExclusive''' is a highly-revered project here on Zelda Wiki, an idea that our founder, [[User:Jason|Jason]], came up with in 2007 as an avenue to spark creative interest on the part of our userbase here at Zelda Wiki. | ||
== | ==For the Prospective Author== | ||
The WikiExclusive is quite possibly the closest thing to ''creative writing'' here on Zelda Wiki, a place where referencing every comment is placed on the same level as accurate content. | The WikiExclusive is quite possibly the closest thing to ''creative writing'' here on Zelda Wiki, a place where referencing every comment is placed on the same level as accurate content. | ||
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So you've written your potential WikiExclusive! You have two trials yet to face. | So you've written your potential WikiExclusive! You have two trials yet to face. | ||
# Submit your article for review by the Zelda Wiki staff (contact any Administrator via their talk page as to where your article can be sent for review). To be published, ''your piece must be supported by a clear majority of the administrative staff'' here at Zelda Wiki. If you are unsure if your piece meets the qualifications, look above at the Rules section. Don't hesitate to contact an adminstrator concerning the status of your article at any time, especially if there is a large timespan between submission and a verdict. | # Submit your article for review by the Zelda Wiki staff (contact any Administrator via their talk page as to where your article can be sent for review). To be published, ''your piece must be supported by a clear majority of the administrative staff'' here at Zelda Wiki. If you are unsure if your piece meets the qualifications, look above at the Rules section. Don't hesitate to contact an adminstrator concerning the status of your article at any time, especially if there is a large timespan between submission and a verdict. | ||
# If your piece is published to the site, you have the option to add images and edit it at your own discretion. The article | # If your piece is published to the site, you have the option to add images and edit it at your own discretion. The article may be protected from the regular users (at the author's discretion, although it is strongly encouraged), and thus to edit it yourself, you must contact an admin to unprotect the page for you. | ||
That's about it! '''We'd love any and all of you, especially new users, to join in on this project!''' | That's about it! '''We'd love any and all of you, especially new users, to join in on this project!''' | ||
== In Regards to Other Users == | |||
Because WikiExclusives are different from mainspace articles in that they are inherently the "property" of the author, it is not advised that other users to edit and make changes. ''Only if'' one receives explicit permission from the author is this allowed. A WikiExclusive is a user's own work, immortalized just as a personal essay or diary would be - it would be inconsiderate to edit someone else's work without their permission. | |||
However, during the writing process, if the original author gathers help from other users, and other users contribute written segments of the WikiExclusive, they must be cited as co-authors. This goes only for WikiExclusives created and compiled on the wiki itself, simply because we cannot attest to the validity of off-site contributions. | |||
[[Category:Wiki Exclusives]] | [[Category:Wiki Exclusives]] | ||
