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A Guide to Getting Started on Olympus Academy Roleplay Wiki
Welcome to The Olympus Academy Roleplay Wiki! Whether you're new to Wiki in general or just this one in particular this guide will answer any questions you might have! However if you find you still have unanswered questions please do not hesitate to ask! 
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Don't have an account yet? To join the wiki, you will need a wikia account. How to get one? Just go to the top right of the page, on My Account, then click Register. Fill out the form presented to you. On choosing your username, please keep in mind that it doesn't have to be your real name, nor does it need any of your personal information. Try to come up with something interesting! Once you are registered, move on to the next step.

Although there might be "anons", or anonymous people who don't have an account yet their edits are kept in track by their IP addresses, joining this wiki requires you to have your own account. In this way, it'll be easier to keep track of all your edits and characters.

Administration

Administration is important to any wiki, including Olympus Academy Roleplay Wiki. What's the difference between all of the administration rights?
Bureaucrats
Bureaucrats also knows as 'crats' have the job of overseeing the wiki. If a dispute comes up that an admin cannot handle or if there is something that needs an executive decision, a bureaucrat is contacted and the matter is then decided by the bureaucrats in office.
There is a total of three crats, One for every department. It is then their job to oversee that department to make sure all the jobs are being performed correctly and that no administrator is abusing their powers.
Administrators
Administrators are the backbone of the wiki. They make sure everything runs smoothly and that all duties of their department are being done. They also have the job of training apprentices and rollbacks.
Rollbacks
Rollbacks are admins-in-training. Their job is to learn and to assist the admins in the way that they are told. Rollbacks are not considered full admins but are still a part of the administration team.

Discord is our main form of communication around the wiki besides User Talk pages. Users are likely to reply quicker to messages on discord than messages left on talk pages so it is highly recommended to join our discord channel. We do have some basic rules around the use of our discord channel mainly that all users must be treated with respect. This includes not harassing other users, no screaming and generally being civil with the other users on Discord. Any person on the admin team can and will kick/ban any user if these rules happen to be broken.
Swearing/Profanity
Whilst users are free to say what they wish within reason in personal RPs and chats, any highlighted thread or post on the announcements board must remain as profanity free as possible. Discord does not censor every profanity word, but that does not mean a user has a right to abuse this privilege. Swearing is to be used sparingly, and not spammed. Any user who abuses this will and can be banned from discord or the wiki based on past warnings.

Blocks and Warnings
Blocking is the means by which an administrator prevents a certain user from editing here in Olympus Academy Roleplay Wiki. Blocks are used to prevent further damages to the wiki community by user accounts who have seriously broken the policies. Block durations may vary, depending on the severity of the policies contravened. Ample written or verbal warnings should be given out first before employing a block, only unless the seriousness of the violation of rules demands a higher form of action other than a simple warning. This can go from a simple verbal warning to a permanent block.
Requesting Blocks
If a certain user thinks that another user should be blocked, they should contact an administrator. The user should give a reason, a specific reason, as to why that other user should be blocked. An administrator will then oversee and decide if the user's merit deserves such block.
Inequitable Blocks
Once a user is blocked (temp or permanent), the admin will monitor their pages, specifically their talk page, for a month after the block is given. If the user blocked argues that he/she doesn't deserve the block, or the admin who gave it to them was unjust, the administration team will look over all the facts and evidence and will, perhaps, hold a vote as to whether that user really deserves a block or not. If it was found out that block wasn't handed out fairly, then the team will take an appropriate action to fix it.
Reasons for Blockings/Warnings
Administrators can give out warnings and blocks to someone for different reasons:
  • Vandalism of the wiki
  • Rudeness or discourtesy
  • Personal attacks
  • Edit or revert conflicts
  • Harassment/bullying/intimidation
  • Policy violation
  • Sock puppetry
  • Immoderate spamming
  • Improper usernames
  • Excessive metagaming, godmodding, and using of OP stuff
Inappropriate Reasons
  • Disagreement with a user or administrator (unless the user is asked to stop arguing but doesn't stop)
Offenses
Users
  • First Offence: First Warning (or, depending on the severity of the issue, a verbal warning may be given before the first warning)
  • Second Offence: Second Warning (or the Final Warning, the depending on the severity of controversy)
  • Third Offence: Temporary ban (for a week or four, depending on number of offenses already given
  • Fourth, or further offense: Permanent block
Sock Puppets
  • Immediate Permanent block
Role playing is what the wiki's all about. It gives life to this community. But sometimes, users take their imagination too far on what general role playing is. Just because the world the wiki is set in is fictional doesn't mean that the real world's decorum and etiquette aren't applied anymore. The happenings in the wiki coexist with the reality right now, except of course for the fictional world our characters are part of. We also keep the wiki's role playing atmosphere at PG-13. We have a wide range of ages of users that are part of this community. In order for everyone to be comfortable and welcome in role playing, we make sure this policy is applied.
Aside that, we have rules that ensure a fair play to all the users involved. We have policies made to avoid things that are inequitable, such as metagaming, godmodding, and having OP characters, weapons, and powers.
When some arguments, disputes, or debates take place, the usual outcome of those is holding a vote. Votes take place for different reasons. A user is to choose one of the given options that they will vote on, and they can give their reason/opinion for voting that particular option. In the wiki, there are votes for users that are Level Three and above, and some of rollbacks and above. But even though a certain user cannot vote, they can still leave their opinions to be heard out and be taken into consideration.

Inactivity Policy
  • A User who has not edited in over a month will be considered Semi-Active.
  • A User who has not edited in over four months will be considered Inactive.
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  • Take into account the species of your character, in Olympus Academy Roleplay Wiki universe hybrids are not possible therefore:
  • Werewolves cannot perform witchcraft and vice versa
  • A nymph cannot also be part demon and the same for the other species
  • Keep in mind the weaknesses and strengths of species
  • Some won't even know of the modern day world
  • EX: The Fey - They have withdrawn from humans due to the difference in opinions. Keep that in mind

Before you can start using a character on the wiki you have to get them accepted!

This is where your first real decision comes in, would you like your character to be a student or an adult? The sorting page for each can be found below!

Adult Acceptance

Student Acceptance

Now this is where you will be using your character. All roleplays here take place in a location around the campus. Feel free to message another user and ask for a roleplay in one of the many locations available!

Some Important Rules:

  • Keep it PG-13
  • Make it realistic
  • No all powerful all knowing stuff (GodModding)
  • Keep into account your character has weaknesses
  • No replicating other fandom-related characters. (Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker, etc)
  • No OPing, especially in fights. A RI official will GM all fights and sports games.
  • No metagaming.

After having your character approved, the next step is to create their own profile page. Just type the name of your approved character in the box below and click Create A New Character. If ever you have accidentally spelled the name of your character, don't worry. The page can be renamed. Also, keep in mind that you don't need to put up fancy coding and the like for your character page.

<createbox> width=30 break=yes buttonlabel=Create A New Character </createbox>

For fancy coding stuff and word bubbles, keep on reading.

Word Bubbles, Character Pages, Fancy Coding, Oh My

Creating a word bubble or a fancy character page isn't all that hard. We promise. As of now, we have 1 working character pages, and 2 working word bubble, all of which can be used to match your character.

The second character template is a bit more complicated and is recommended for users who are more intune and familiar with coding and using wiki templates. That character page template can be found here. Again, please feel free to contact the one who made it if you have questions.

We have one working word bubble here on Olympus Academy Roleplay Wiki. What is a word bubble? A word bubble gives quick information on your character when you role play. On a forum, a word bubble will only be used once, and again, it's to quickly give basic information on your character. In comments it is used all the time.

Alice ~ The Wild Child ♡

♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡

AliceGray1

I'm not crazy, I'm perfectly insane

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Character Info

Age: 19
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 143 lbs.
Sexuality: Straight
Relationship Status: Single
Birthplace: Greece
Owner: Natalia

This is an example of a word bubble.

After your character is accepted, and you have created a character page, your next step is to create a word bubble. To create the template, simply type Template:(insert the name of the template here). If you have any questions, feel free to ask anyone on the Administration Team or anyone who has been here a while and is willing to help you.
<createbox> width=30 break=yes buttonlabel=Create a Template: </createbox>

Choosing Images
  • The image you choose must not be already used by another character that was created first unless the user who owns the character that currently uses the image gives you their permission.
  • The images should be modest, no nudity or any showing of a person's private parts.
  • The images chosen shouldn't have copyrights or logos stamped on them. Please be respectful, too, of copyright laws. If an image owner/artist has stated clear and concise rules on that page asking it to not be used by anyone in any way, show common courtesy and do not use the image.

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If you feel that the guide hasn't answered all your questions and you still need help, please do not hesitate to ask any of the administration team or any user of the wiki who knows their way around here. In behalf of the wiki, I do hope you enjoy your stay here and help the wiki progress further!
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