From His Dark Materials

[edit] Welcome

Hi, welcome to His Dark Materials! Thanks for all your great contributions!

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Don't hesitate to leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! —Scott (talk) 23:13, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Administration

Hi again, and thanks for helping to build this place up! You've done some really great work on this wiki... are you interested in becoming an admin? Basically it means continuing to do what you've been doing, but now you'll have the ability to block vandals and other types of administrative privileges. Admins also encourage the community to welcome new users and set wiki policy. Respond on my talk page if this is something you're interested in. Thanks! —Scott (talk) 19:38, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

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Hi Adam, you now have full sysop privileges! To check out the new tools you have access to, click on Special pages in the toolbox (on the right or left side of the screen, depending on which skin you're using) and scroll down to the bottom to see a list of "Restricted special pages." Let me know if you have any questions about them. Also, you'll want to know where the welcome templates are, which are set up to introduce new contributors to the wiki. The first thing I click on when I come into a wiki is the Recent Changes to see what activity's been going on and welcome newcomers. Folks with a username get {{subst:welcome}} and those who are just editing by IP are encouraged to log in by leaving {{subst:welcomeanon}} on their talk page.

I work on a lot of wikis on Wikia, so I'm around a lot if you need any help. Good luck! —Scott (talk) 01:36, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] A bit lost ...

Hello, I used to have an account on wikia.com long ago for some other wiki projects on wikia, the interface here is a lot different than what I'm used to, so please forgive my stupid questions ... I'm trying to find guidelines pages, specifically what type of content is sought for HDM.

My present specific wondering is whether any derived fan creations are welcome, as I checked the categories page and noticed there wasn't one for fan creations. There is, for instance, a new MUCK called "Daemons" based on the series, taking place in the same 'universe' though it avoids any of the 'main characters.' Would a page mentioning it be acceptable? I'd really appreciate being pointed in the direction of general guidelines/policies for this wiki that'd help me answer such questions.

Thanks in advance! --Orion the Orca 03:43, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi, and sorry for my late reply. My general opinion is that fan created content isn't really appropriate here (or at any wiki for that matter), but I guess in this case maybe a general page mentioning it might be OK. --Adam ^(talk) 17:05, 5 June 2008 (UTC)