User blog:SsVivid/Historical Article Policies

Regarding historical articles on the wiki, a couple of things have come into question and, responding in kind, I have discussed with the other admins what our policies are going to be regarding those questions. I'm posting this so that everyone can stay informed, so thank you for reading!


 * 1) History of City articles are not to be used as History of Kingdom articles. If they are kingdom capitols, they can be used to record events about cities in the same kingdom which are relevant to the capitol, but not of minor events in different cities that are not relevant to the capitol or the kingdom as a whole. For example, a threat of war against Camelot which Ardougne responds to by sending military aid is relevant to the History of Ardougne article; a small dispute between Camelot nobility that disrupts the city but does not escalate to require larger intervention is not relevant to the History of Ardougne article.


 * 1) If there are events in those other cities that editors wish to record historically,  they can make of further develop history pages specific to those cities. For example, Camelot is in Kandarin and is a subject-city to Ardougne, the Kandarin capitol. Events relevant to Camelot but not Ardougne or the kingdom at large, such as the above mentioned dispute between members of Camelot nobility, should go in the History of Camelot article.


 * 1) History of Kingdom articles are not appropriate, because in our roleplaying community, kingdoms are transient. While a kingdom is major and wide-spread right now, it probably has not always been major in the past and will not always be major and cover all of the same area in the future, or even exist. This is in contrast with cities which, while they may not always be powerful, the territory always exists.


 * 1) Articles about a certain era in a kingdom are appropriate. Like the Holy Asgarnian Empire article, an article about a kingdom during a certain period is fair given that it starts when that incarnation of that kingdom is formed, and will end when it disbands. More than one article about a kingdom's history may exist if both articles refer to different eras/incarnations of that kingdom.