Community:How to Edit on the Wiki

Welcome to the Polcompball Wiki! Before getting started, you should read this quick guide on how to structure a page on the wiki. Refer to Anarcho-Communism or the rest of our Featured Articles for pages that exemplify our guidelines.

Notability

In order for an article to be created about an ideology, it must be recognized, popular and familiar within the /r/polcompball community or the scientific political community. Personal ideologies or ideologies that otherwise do not meet the criteria may only have their article created on the PolCompBall Anarchy Wiki.

For an ideology to be considered notable enough, it must fulfil one or more of these requirements:

At least one active website that is dedicated to publishing theory about the ideology.
A well-sourced article about it the English version of Wikipedia.
A published piece of political theory that is academically validated and peer reviewed, or appearing in respectable mainstream publications.
At least one publicly-accessible online community (preferably on Reddit or similar forum-based sites), with self-sustaining growth, centered around good faith discussions regarding the ideology.

If a proposed ideology does not have enough mainstream recognition or scientifically validated theory and research, and is similar to another generic or more recognizable ideology, you should not create it as its own article, but as a subpage of said ideology. Ideologies may be removed on the basis of complexity, controversy or unfamiliarity to the general reader.

While meeting any or all of these requirements might be enough to get an ideology on this wiki, removal is still up to moderator discretion, and obscure, regional, niche or personal ideologies are subject to removal or conversion into subpages of a comparatively generic and recognizable ideology.

Writing

First and foremost, write along the lines of the page structure, even if it's barebones. Something is better than nothing. Articles lacking content will be given warnings or marked for deletion.

The writing style should vary based on the seriousness of the ideology. Satirical or eccentric ideologies, such as Stransserism, may adopt the humorous writing style of TVTropes, while serious ideologies should mirror the style and conventions of Wikipedia. Articles should not be written in a condescending manner as observed in RationalWiki, or an exceedingly critical tone like that of Conservapedia.

Copying from Wikipedia or any established Wiki is strictly forbidden and will result in a warning at first and a ban at second.

When describing an ideology, you should be describing only its core ideals, and you shouldn't go too in-depth into what it believes (example: Don't write entire paragraphs on this ideology's opinion on how a migration should look). That's what the further reading section is for.

Page structure

Infobox

The infobox contains a summary and an image of the ideology ball. The {{Ideology}} template is used. All infoboxes should follow the structure of the sample infobox on the template's documentation page. Fields that do not apply to a given ideology may be left blank.

Introduction

A short beginning section, giving a quick breakdown of the political ideology (preferably with where it stands on the cultural, economic and statist axes) and a summary of its philosophy and principles.

History

The history of the ideology and its founder, if applicable, should be summarized in an easy-to-read and objective manner.

Views, beliefs or philosophy

This section is used to describe the ideology's core values, principles and beliefs.

Personality and Behavior

A section detailing the ideology's personality and behavior in comics. A subsection, titled Stylistic Notes, may be included to indicate common visual and behavioral differences from the ideology's canon design and personality, such as Anarcho-Communism wearing cat ears and exhibiting childish behavior.

How to Draw

This section offers a step-by-step guide on how to draw the ball. The hex code, RGB and CMYK values of the colours used should be tabulated using the Flag Color template. Refer to the link for a guide on obtaining the values for each colour and using the template.

Relationships

A section detailing the ideology's relationships with other ideologies, usually written in the first person perspective of the ideology the page is about. The three basic categories are friends, frenemies and enemies, which may be modified or renamed to fit the ideology. All ideologies mentioned should be listed in a bulleted list and have their icon displayed to their left of their name.

Further Information

A section offering readers further information on the ideology, with books, Wikipedia pages, YouTube videos and online communities dedicated to it. Resources should be categorized under the subsections Texts, Videos and Miscellaneous Articles (for Wikipedia articles, blogs and other short sources). Formally published and scientifically validated theory should be prioritized to short-form content.

Free content is heavily preferred owing to its ease of accessibility by the general reader. If no free and safe download of the resource is available, a link to its scientific publication or Amazon link to purchasing the text should be substituted.

Free resources may be found on:

The Internet Archive
Library Genesis
Z-Library
Google Books
University Websites
The Mises Institute (Economic Liberalism, with a focus on Austrian Economics)
Marxists Internet Archive (Far left politics, with a focus on Marxist theory)
The Anarchist Library (Anarchism and Progressivism)

Additionally free resources can be found by searching the name of the source with the phrase "pdf" and the like next to it.

Addition of fraudulent or malicious links to this section will result in an immediate ban from the wiki.

Gallery

Finally, this section showcases popular comics and art on r/polcompball and r/polcompballart. Art in this section should feature the page's ideology prominently, rather than as a background detail or supporting character. A detailed guide to adding galleries through wikitext is available on the Fandom Community Wiki.

All art displayed in this section must be appropriately credited by including the title of the work and creator's Reddit profile in the caption. The original Reddit post and creator's profile must be hyperlinked, if applicable. A sample of a gallery and its source code is available below.

<gallery>
RevenantEgo-THETI.png|[https://www.reddit.com/r/Polcompball/comments/fhbs46/the_birth_of_transhumanist_ego_theocratic/ The Birth of Transhumanist Ego Theocratic Imperialism] by [https://www.reddit.com/user/RevenantEgo RevenantEgo]
TrickleJest-THETI.png|[https://www.reddit.com/r/Polcompball/comments/fhfauv/thetiball_learns_about_praxis_aka_transhumanist/ THETIball Learns About Praxis] by [https://www.reddit.com/user/TrickleJest TrickleJest]
Turtle3210-THETI.png|[https://www.reddit.com/r/Seussianism/comments/hsw2gn/transhumanist_ego_theocratic_imperialism_with/ THETI with Seussian Characteristics] by [https://www.reddit.com/user/turtle3210 turtle3210]
</gallery>

Additional Notes

Adding Icons

Visit the Icon List page to learn how to add flairs and to see what flairs you can add to pages.
Ideologies mentioned in an article, even outside of the Relationships section, should have their articles hyperlinked and have their icon displayed to the left of the link.

Infobox Details

An ideology's infobox must contain its name, icon, quadrant and ideological relationships. A clear image of the ideology must be included.

To prevent an excessive family section, only first-degree relations (parent/child/sibling) with canon ideologies should be included. Second-degree relations (grandparent/grandchild) may be included if the relationship is significant and depicted often in comics. Unless the relative ideology has a fixed gender (such as Anarchism always being female), relations should be labeled in gender-neutral terms.

Pictures

Before you add your own picture, check if someone has already added a picture of the ideology. If they have, check if yours is of better quality than the one currently on the page; if it is, then go ahead and replace it.

Cover images of ideologies must abide by the quality guidelines indicated in this tutorial (Original Reddit post). Low-quality or rule-breaking images may result in the article's removal.
Cover images should depict the ideologyball against a white or transparent background. Detailed backgrounds, such as this, make for good comic panels, but obscure the ball's appearance.
The ideologyball may be given relevant accessories and placed in a pose, as long as the accessories and pose do not obscure the main motif of its flag. This image is a good example of an accessorized ball whose design remains clearly visible.

Redirects

If an ideology has an alternative name or acronym, a redirect page should be created to allow readers to search for the page more easily. Redirect names should follow the naming conventions of regular pages.

Visual Editor

Create a page with the alternate name
Click on the 3 bar icon on visual editor
Choose "Options"
Click the box next to the "Redirect page to" text
Put the name of the page of the ideology there.

Source Editor

Create a page with the alternate name
Insert #REDIRECT [[Name of target page]] in the editing interface.