RuneScape:WikiGuilds

'''NOTE: This page is a staging area for the changes being proposed in Forum:WikiGuilds? WikiProjects? Official?, Serenity NOW!. Once that discussion is closed this page can then be merged with the WikiGuild and Projects pages however the community decides.'''

Throughout Gielinor, many people who share the same pursuits band together to form associations in order to better support and promote these passions. These associations are more commonly known as guilds. And as the people in RuneScape have these guilds to allow them to pool their resources on those particular projects that interest them, so too do the people of the RuneScape Wiki.

A WikiGuild is a collection of pages devoted to the management of a specific topic or family of topics within the RuneScape wiki; and, simultaneously, a group of editors that use said pages to collaborate on encyclopedic work. It is not a place to write encyclopedia articles directly, but a resource to help coordinate and organize article writing and editing. It is an attempt to link editors with other editors interested in editing the same material as them.

The attached talk pages are a convenient forum for those interested in a particular project.

Active WikiGuilds

 * Community - Improving articles related to the RuneScape community.
 * Exchange Patrol - Patrolling and updating Grand Exchange Market Watch pages.
 * Image Maintenance - Maintaining of all the RuneScape Wiki's images.
 * Mapbuilding - Providing dungeon maps for articles.
 * NPC Store Survey - Surveying all NPC stores in the game and verifying their information.
 * RuneScape Wiki Post - Writing a newsletter for the RuneScape Wiki including editorials, fan fiction, and editor interviews.
 * Varrock Cleaners - Cleaning up the wiki by patrolling certain categories and special pages.
 * Music Tracks WikiGuild - Creates and maintain articles in the area of RuneScape music.
 * RuneScape:Citations - Cites sources.

Steps to creating a WikiGuild

 * Identify the best scope : Identify the best scope for your project. For example, are needles too small a project scope, such that it might only ever have a few articles and ten project members (some of whom don't do much)? Either of those criteria should be enough to make you think that maybe a larger scope would be better. In simple form, the risks of a narrow scope are not enough people and not enough pages, consequently, your project may die from administrative overload, and become inactive.


 * Submit your proposal : Go to WikiGuild Proposals and submit a reasonably detailed proposal. Nothing to vague à la "Let's make a WikiGuild about pies!"  The primary reason for this be used to gauge support for potential WikiGuilds before putting a lot of effort into creating a detailed project page.


 * To propose a project, write a brief description (including links to the related RuneScape Wiki articles), and add it along with your name to the list above (in chronological order). Some boilerplate you can use:

Name of project
[description here] ~
 * Description:


 * Interested RuneScape Wikians (please add your name)


 * Discussion


 * Expressing interest : If you are interested in any of the projects listed here, simply add your name to the appropriate list and start contributing to the relevant articles. The discussion section of each proposal is designed for expressing support (Support), opposition (Oppose) or concerns (Neutral), etc. When adding to a discussion please provide your rational for support or opposition.


 * Support - [Rationale for support]
 * Oppose - [Rationale for opposition]
 * Neutral - [Concerns or suggestions]


 * Creating a project : If your proposal gains support from 5 or more active RuneScape Wikians, move it to the active WikiGuild list.


 * Requesting a project : There may be cases where you believe that there is a pronounced need for the creation of a project which does not yet exist which you may not personally feel qualified to join. In the event you are aware of such a situation, please add the relevant name to the list of projects below and see if there are any individuals interested in creating such a project.


 * Archive: In the event a given proposal does not receive sufficient support within 1 month of posting here to create a project or task force, it is added to the RuneScape:WikiGuild/Proposals/Archive page. WikiGuilds that haven't had any activity in the past 6 months can be found on the list below.

Inactive WikiGuilds

 * FAQ's
 * Money Method Metric
 * Archived proposals