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| Hello! You have likely been sent this page by a [[Special:Listusers/bureaucrat|'''bureaucrat''']] either before or after receiving an account. This page is '''required reading'''. Not that anyone can or will check, but it is highly important that you know this information for privacy and transparency reasons. | | Hello! You have likely been sent this page by an [[Help:Permissions#Account specialist|'''account specialist''']] or [[Help:Permissions#Bureaucrat|'''bureaucrat''']] either before or after receiving an account. It is '''highly advised you read the cards below'''. The information relates to your privacy and how you interact with this wiki. |
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| If you were recently given an account, '''before doing anything''', change your password. This is done by going to [[Special:Preferences]] and clicking the "Change password" button. | | If you were recently given an account, '''before doing anything''', change your password. This is done by going to [[Special:Preferences]] and clicking the "Change password" button. |
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| == Ownership of your edits == | | {{ContentGrid|content= |
| Be aware that, to protect this wiki against a potential scenario of a person being removed from or leaving the Endurance Coalition "under a cloud" and attempting to disrupt the wiki, that when you publish any edit to this website that you grant a '''permanent and irrevocable license to retain and display your edits'''.
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| This license also includes allowing the removal and transformation of your edits, that way the wiki-like nature of this website can work. You may politely request edits or uploaded files of yours be removed, and this will likely be done if it does not cause undue strain to the war game or wiki administrators, but this wiki is under no obligation to comply.
| | {{InfoCard|heading=A user account is required to edit|content=Editing is restricted to people with accounts for ease of site moderation.<br/><br/> |
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| Obviously, the hope is that the above does not happen. It is not expected that this will happen to you. But, life happens, and this serves to future proof the wiki. If you have further questions about this, contact Sirdog.
| | Any person that is in the Endurance Coalition Discord for a period of one (1) month or longer is eligible for an account. If interested, contact an account specialist. The limit on time may be waived at the discretion of Endurance Coalition leadership.}} |
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| == Your IP address is logged == | | {{InfoCard|heading=Account recovery requires a bureaucrat or account specialist|content=If any editor loses access to their account, an account specialist or bureaucrat will need to help with recovery. Email account recovery is not possible.}} |
| Be aware that the software which runs this wiki logs your IP address to it's database every time you login to your account. Some wikis, such as the English Wikipedia, use the [[mw:Extension:CheckUser|CheckUser]] tool to natively view this data. This tool has purposefully ''not'' been installed here out of respect for your privacy. However, any person with access to the physical database of this wiki can view see this information. Something to keep in mind.
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| If your [https://www.privacyguides.org/en/basics/threat-modeling/ '''digital threat model'''] does not like this, it is encouraged you utilize a VPN service. Free ones are discouraged for various reasons. This website takes no measures to block VPNs.
| | {{InfoCard|heading=Certain permissions are not available to all editors|content=While few in number, there are a couple of permissions that are not given to all editors. The list of such permissions is available at [[Help:Permissions]]. If you attempt to perform a function on this wiki and get some kind of rejection, it is likely the case one of the permissions listed there is needed to continue. A bureaucrat may be contacted for any permission, though they may grant or revoke at their sole discretion.}} |
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| == Removing information is not simple ==
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| Every edit, the content of the edit, who made the edit, and when the edit was made is publicly logged. Every version of a page after every edit is similarly logged. This means that it's difficult to truly delete information. Simply editing the information out and clicking "Save changes" is '''''insufficient'''''. Anyone with an internet connection can check the page's history and still find the information.
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| So, if your little brother decides to publish an edit with your address because they are high on sugar, or you accidentally copy and pasted your password into a 30-minute edit and clicked save, unless you are an [[Special:Listusers/sysop|'''administrator''']], you cannot fix the issue yourself.
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| To properly address this, you still edit out the information, but then a wiki administrator must be notified so they can delete the edit from the public archives. '''This notification should be done privately, such as via Discord DM, to avoid the [[wikipedia:Streisand effect|Streisand effect]]'''. If curious as to how administrators do this, check out [[mediawikiwiki:Help:RevisionDelete|Help:RevisionDelete]].
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| Certain automated filters are in place that will detect when information that is likely inappropriate to add has been introduced. The filter will either warn the editor to exercise caution or disallow the edit entirely. '''Listen to them'''.
| | {{InfoCard|heading=All edits are released under a free license|content=When you make edits, they are automatically released under the [[Project:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License|Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License]]. This means your edits can be used by anyone, including commercially, so long as attribution in the form of a link/URL to the relevant wiki page is provided by the person doing so. You will ''not'', given this release, have the right to ask that any content you make be removed from this wiki.}} |
| | {{InfoCard|heading=Your IP address is logged|content=The software which runs this wiki logs your IP address to it's database every time you login to your account or make an edit. This wiki uses the [[mw:Extension:CheckUser|CheckUser]] tool to view this data natively. This wiki holds IP data for 6 months. This tool may be used for any reasonable purpose by bureaucrats. Your IP data may also be viewed manually for any reasonable purpose by members of the Endurance Coalition with [[wikipedia:Superuser|root privileges]] on the hardware hosting this website.<br/><br/>It is worth noting that this wiki is not unique in it's ability to expose your IP address; joining any Endurance Coalition controlled environment also does so (e.g Arma server, Mordhau server).}} |
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| == Terms ==
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| It will be quite helpful if you learn the difference between the following terms. They are ''not'' synonymous.
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| |'''Wiki'''
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| |A website that has a system in place to allow collaborative editing rather than a central authority dictating content, such as a blog. Think the [https://zeldawiki.wiki/wiki/Main_Page Zelda Wiki], or [https://www.fandom.com/ Fandom] itself.
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| |[[wikipedia:Main Page|'''Wikipedia''']]
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| |More properly known as the ''English'' Wikipedia, it is the famous online encyclopedia that everyone can edit.
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| |[https://wikimediafoundation.org/ '''Wikimedia''']
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| |A non-profit foundation that performs the administration and systems upkeep of the various language editions of Wikipedia.
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| |[[mediawikiwiki:MediaWiki|'''MediaWiki''']]
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| |A [[wikipedia:Free and open-source software|'''free and open source''']] software that is designed to provide a wiki-style of editing to a website. This software is what runs this very website and the English Wikipedia.
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| == User accounts == | | {{InfoCard|heading=Removing information is not simple|content=Every edit, including its content, author, and timestamp is publicly logged, along with every version of the page before and after said edit. This means simply editing out information won't truly remove it: it remains visible in the page history. To properly address sensitive or inappropriate content, it must first be edited out, and then a wiki administrator/bureaucrat must be privately notified (via Discord DM) to delete the edit from the public archives. Private notification avoids the [[wikipedia:Streisand effect|Streisand effect]].<br/><br/>Editors should be aware that administrators can still view deleted information; it's only removed from ''public'' access, not the underlying database. This is sometimes necessary for site administration.}} |
| Editing is restricted to people with accounts for ease of site moderation. Any member of the Endurance Coalition Discord may request an account and in 99% of cases it will be accepted outright. This is done by reaching out to any [[Special:Listusers/bureaucrat|'''bureaucrat''']]. Non-Endurance Coalition Discord members may still be eligible for an account if they can provide a convincing reason as to why. Presuming a bureaucrat does not decline the request, Fleff will be consulted and he will have the final decision making authority on the matter.
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| An account consists entirely of a username and password. An editor is unable to request a password reset via email. Editors that forget their credentials are to contact a bureaucrat for assistance.
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| [[Special:Listusers/sysop|'''Administrators''']] reserve the right to block accounts (i.e the editor can login but not edit) for any reason. Bureaucrats reserve the right to decline creating an account for any reason. Editors are required to follow the directions of wiki administrators when it comes to interacting with the wiki. | | [[Category:Meta pages]] |
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| === Permissions ===
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| While few in number, there are a couple of permissions that are not given to all editors:
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| * '''Administrator''' — Site moderators. They can delete pages and logs from public visibility, block editors from editing, and protect pages and files so only specific editors can edit them.
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| * '''Bureaucrat''' — Can assign and revoke permissions, edit accounts, and create new accounts.
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| * '''Interface administrator''' — Can edit pages which dictate the look of the website (e.g [[MediaWiki:Editnotice-0-War game rules]], which dictates the message shown to all editors that edit that page) and import pages from other MediaWiki instances to this wiki.
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| For an exhaustive list of all permissions, and what each permission can explicitly do, see [[Special:ListGroupRights]].
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| Anyone with an account may request one of the above from a bureaucrat of whom may approve or deny such requests at their discretion. History editing other wikis (especially Wikimedia sites), knowledge of the war game, consistent editing on this wiki, and willingness to learn all greatly improve the chances of such a request being granted.
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| == Done ==
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| That's all. If you plan to do more correct typos or grammar, please visit [[Help:Editing primer]] for information to assist in understanding more "advanced" concepts.
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