User:Guild of Deals/Newbie Guide

PvXwiki
Welcome to PvXwiki! That is probably the first thing you saw on your talk page... I hope. Anyway, this is the newbie guide on how to become a good PvXer.

Why Read This Shit?
I know what you were thinking. But, would you rather read this or boring policies? I thought so. Now, continue on, shall we?

The Basic Code
For anybody who knows HTML coding, you'll get used to this very well. I took a class on it so I'm halfway decent, I'd like to think (I'm not). Anyway, here's some basic codes:

 BASIC CODE: 

(text) or (text): Bold

(text) or '(text)': Italics

(text) : Underline (I don't know the WikiCode of it)

HEADERS:

= (text) =: Level one header

(text)

 * Level two header

(text)

 * Level three header

LINKING:

user:(Username): Link to a user

Build: X/Y Build Name: Link to a build. X stands for first profession, Y for second.

[(Webpage adress)]: Link to an external source, or a different webpage

Additionally, you can add a |. This lets you label the link. For example:

user:Guild of Deals: That doesn't look very good.

Guild of Deals: That looks better!

An example is Page name

Good, you got that down (I hope)! Now let's move on to something other shit.

Lingo
There's some lingo that goes around here that will help you learn more and do more. Here's a convenient guide for it!

LOL: "Laugh Out Loud", that's pretty basic

no u: "No You", it basically is just a running joke that you can say after someone NPA's (see section below) you or if you're just joking around.

QQ: "Crying", the 2 Q's look like eyes with teardrops in them, so it basically is used for someone who is Raquequitting

IMO: "In My Opinion", just whatever your opinion is

TBH: "To Be Honest", just a nice starter to a sentance

WTF: "What The Fuck", this is just nice comment all around

Imba: "Imbalanced", used for cheap-o builds and Paragons

Sock: "Sockpuppet", see Disruption below

Trolling: "Annoying", basically doing something to intentionally annoy, disgust, or infuriate people.

Policies
Policies are those nifty things that get you banned/your builds deleted/bad/good stuff. There are many policies on PvX, but only a few you need to fret over. Let's fret over them together!

Policy Round-up
WELL:

This is what gets crappy builds/duplicates of builds deleted. It basically is so you can get things out of the Wiki. If a build is crappy or a duplicate of another one here, then put this on the page:

NPA:

This is what gets you banned. NPA stands for "No Personal Attacks" and it means exactly that. NPA's are basically direct insults, threats of harm, threats of lawsuits, and threats of vandalism/computer crashes. If you have a beef with someone, then either just ignore them or if they start trolling you, get an admin. Again, you can curse all the fucking shit hell asshole licking you like, as long as you don't use it against someone.

Disruption:

This applies to "disrupting" the Wiki, as it says. This basically is the other thing that can get you banned. This goes for sockpuppets and vandalism. Nothing else said.

RV1:

This is basically for reverting pages. PvXwiki is open to changes, so that means that your builds are open to changes. You cannot constantly revert someones changes just because you like your version better. You can either make a new build or stay with yours. This doesn't apply for userpages or vandalism. Your userpage can only be edited by another person if an admin sees something violating NPA or if someone vandalizes your page and a nice by-stander helps you.

Don't be a Dick

The link is red on purpose. This is the "great unwritten policy" and is used to slip people who feel like annoying admins. Some people don't violate any policies, but are just enough of a dick to get a ban for being a dick. A written version (in my eyes) can be seen HERE.

Making Your Build
PvX is about making builds, so go make one. However, please take a few things into consideration:


 * Your build may be unfavored
 * Deal with it
 * Be open to criticism and suggestions
 * If someone gives your build a bad rating, deal with it and move on.
 * If it's trash, you can always keep it in your namespace (see later)

Now that you can make a build, go HERE to learn how.

Vetting
Vetting is the process that a build goes through to become either Trash, Other, Good, or Great. For those who like politics, it's like how a bill becomes a law. Here is a sum up of how things are vetted:

EFFECTIVENESS: How effective a build is. Basically, does it do its job?

UNIVERSATILITY: How adaptive is it to situations. Remember, this applies for the build category. This also goes hand-in-hand with Effectiveness.

INNOVATION: Innovation is not how new a build is, but basically can this/will this become meta? It's not like "Oh! A Wammo! I've never seen one of those even though they suck!" You can also give a build Innovation for trying to use an unused skill effectively.

Your namespace
This is anything that links to your page. To make things in your namespace use this basic code:

user:Username/Page name

This guide is in my userspace. Things that can be in your userspace are builds, rants, guides, jokes, or templates. You cannot use another person's namespace to make put your stuff in. That's just like "Hey buddy! Hold my shit for eternity unless someone throws it in the trash!"

Decorum
Try to be somewhat civilized. I know I'm the pot calling the kettle black when saying this, but it's true. Language is free and open, but slandering someones page with a long rant about something is not. Rants are good, but make sure to keep them within reasonable limits. My userpage rant may seem iffy, but I've kept it relatively clean (due to admins/others telling me to). Also, this is not a blog. Sure, you can talk about issues, but not entirely. Try to contribute to the Wiki, rate a few builds, make a few builds, stuff like that.

Copy-Pasting
There's no shame in it. You can copy someones userpage layout and fill it out on your userpage to make it you. There's no policy against it and it helps you get better at coding. The same goes for templates and userboxes.

Your Signature
Your signature distinguishes you from others. To sign a signature, click the "Signature" button on the tool bar or use 4 tidles (~). Here's some things involving tidles:


 * 3 tidles (~) signs your name without a time
 * 5 tidles (~) shows only time

To make a signature, upload a picture. Even if your image is of an icon already on PvX, you have to upload it. Good signature names would be, for example,. My signature looks like this:

-- Guild of  Deals 

In coding, it looks like this:

 Guild of  Deals 

It may look like a lot, but even your basic WikiCode skills can make one. Some other signature rules are:


 * The image must be under 19px. I keep mine at 20 because no one really cares.
 * It must be appropriate.
 * It must link to your userpage, not someone elses or a different page.
 * It may include links to your contributions, Sandbox, or Talk page.