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Subpages in your userspace all count toward your userspace edit totals; for example, making two edits on User:Person and two edits on User:Person/Details would put Person over the limit. The Editorial Board may offer exclusions from the policy to users who are using their userspace to test a new template or page intended for the mainspace. | Subpages in your userspace all count toward your userspace edit totals; for example, making two edits on User:Person and two edits on User:Person/Details would put Person over the limit. The Editorial Board may offer exclusions from the policy to users who are using their userspace to test a new template or page intended for the mainspace. | ||
==Guidelines== | ==Userspace Guidelines== | ||
Bulbapedia is a community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia. To support building a community, our editors each have their own "userspace" page where they may add personal content. Userpages may be used to describe your primary editing focus on Bulbapedia, provide general biographical information, discuss your history with Pokémon, or other personal information. | Bulbapedia is a community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia. To support building a community, our editors each have their own "userspace" page where they may add personal content. Userpages may be used to describe your primary editing focus on Bulbapedia, provide general biographical information, discuss your history with Pokémon, or other personal information. | ||
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Content in breach of the policy will be deleted. | Content in breach of the policy will be deleted. | ||
===Other users' pages=== | |||
Userpages are personal pages, and are not to be edited by other users unless prior permission has been given. Instances in which this is permitted include, but are not limited to, broken links that appear on the [[Special:WantedPages|wanted pages]], duplicate images on the [[a:Main Page|Archives]], uncategorizing a userpage categorized in a category it should clearly not be in, or reverting vandalism. Spelling mistakes and other minor visual or style challenges which do not impact the overall operations of Bulbapedia should be left untouched. | |||
If a change you wish to make to another user's page does not fall under one of the above categories, ask an administrator or that user for permission. Please also note this permission in the edit summary. | |||
==Usertags== | |||
Bulbapedia has a '''[[:Category:Usertags|Usertag]] policy''', which pertains in particular to their creation. | |||
Users can take advantage of userpages as a place to express themselves and let others know more about them; usertags are one feature to personalize pages. To minimize the proliferation of usertags, Bulbapedia groups similar usertags into a single, multipurpose one, such as {{template|User Pet}} and {{template|User Want}}. | |||
To reduce the amount of maintenance that Bulbapedia administrators need to do in the <code>Template:</code> namespace, all newly created usertags are to either be created in the <code>User:</code> namespace, under User:(your username)/(template name) or in the case of a tag that is only to be used on one page, that the {{template|User Template}} template be used. | |||
We have compiled a list of criteria usertags must meet before they will be moved to the <code>Template:</code> namespace. | |||
===Criteria for a Usertag to be moved into the Template namespace=== | |||
* The usertag must have at least five users using it on their userpages | |||
* The usertag must be deemed useful enough to be in the <code>Template:</code> namespace by at least two {{bp|administrators}}. | |||
* Note: If an administrator creates a usertag, it ''does not'' need to meet the above criteria; administrator-created tags are considered immediately approved | |||
Once a usertag has met the following criteria and is brought to the attention of an administrator(s), it may be moved to the <code>Template:</code> namespace. | |||
Please note that creating usertags directly into the <code>Template:</code> namespace will result in the tag being moved to the <code>User:</code> namespace, and after multiple offenses, a short ban may occur. | |||
==Warnings== | ==Warnings== | ||
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Blatant disregard for the first warning leads to a second, then to a third, and if the user continues despite the repeated warnings, loss of the ability to edit userpages. Rather than do this, Bulbapedia has a social forum, as well as blogs, for the details of its users' everyday lives, found in the ''Bulbawiki forum'' link on the sidebar. | Blatant disregard for the first warning leads to a second, then to a third, and if the user continues despite the repeated warnings, loss of the ability to edit userpages. Rather than do this, Bulbapedia has a social forum, as well as blogs, for the details of its users' everyday lives, found in the ''Bulbawiki forum'' link on the sidebar. | ||
= | ===If you currently cannot edit your userpage=== | ||
==If you currently cannot edit your userpage== | |||
If you find yourself unable to edit your userpage, this may be due to one of four reasons: | If you find yourself unable to edit your userpage, this may be due to one of four reasons: | ||
* Your account is not {{bp|Autoconfirmed users|autoconfirmed}}: a special status that is required before you can edit your userpage; this can be automatically earned by making a sufficient number of edits to Bulbapedia's {{bp|mainspace}}. | * Your account is not {{bp|Autoconfirmed users|autoconfirmed}}: a special status that is required before you can edit your userpage; this can be automatically earned by making a sufficient number of edits to Bulbapedia's {{bp|mainspace}}. | ||
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If you cannot edit your userpage and don't seem to fit one of these four categories, ask a {{bp|staff member}} for assistance. | If you cannot edit your userpage and don't seem to fit one of these four categories, ask a {{bp|staff member}} for assistance. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Bulbapedia:Namespace]] | * [[Bulbapedia:Namespace]] | ||