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The scope of Online Communipedia is to document the '''governance, history, and policies''' of online gaming organizations. So that the project can meet a certain depth of coverage for all articles, and to ensure all articles remain within scope, an organization must meet '''all''' of the criterion defined below in order to be eligible for an article.
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<h2>Not meet the private community criteria.</h2>
A [[P:PCOMM|private community]] is defined as an organization where '''all and/or a majority of''' their material/communications are ''inaccessible'' to the public. Online Communipedia does not document such organizations so as to respect their privacy.
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<h2>Have existed for at least 12 months.</h2>
Many organizations fail to meet their 1 year anniversary for a variety of reasons, most commonly being lack of meaningful interaction among members. This is colloquially referred to as a community "passing away", and is commonly observed through communication platforms going unused. Communities which maintained activity for at least 12 months are more likely to have worthwhile content to write about.
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<h2>Have at least 100 registered members.</h2>
The term "community" is very broad in its coverage, being able to encompass tens of people or thousands. Organizations that meet or exceed 100 registered members are more likely to meet the other eligibility criterion. A "registered member" is defined as an individual registered to a website or communications platform (e.g TeamSpeak 3, Discord). Followers or subscribers to social media platforms (e.g Reddit, Twitter, Facebook) do not count towards inclusion.
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<h2>Have a staffing structure dedicated to setting standards and enforcing policy.</h2>
Online Communipedia does not recognize an environment as a "community" for its purposes if power users exist due to coincidence. There must be a structure of positions, with definable responsibilities, which are assigned intentionally to others. These organizations tend to have started with the intent to be public or recruit others. These are the organizations this project is interested in.
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<h2>Have a permanent presence on the internet.</h2>
There must be some kind of record on the internet that an organization in fact existed so as to combat potential hoaxes and misinformation. While this criterion uses the image of the [https://archive.org/ Internet Archive], any suitable alternative will suffice. Another way to meet this criterion is if '''3 or more''' files [[P:MAV|used as sources]] are uploaded and successfully authenticated.
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<h2>Be an organization dedicated to playing video games.</h2>
There are plenty of organizations that exist which meet all other criterion but have nothing to do with gaming. Thus, it must be unequivocally clear that the community is primarily focused on being a group of persons playing, wanting to play, or discussing the play of video games. This can be demonstrated through the dedicated hosting of servers, the theme of the community's platform, and/or the publicly stated intent of the community's existence.
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The scope of the Online Community Wiki is to document the '''existence, governance, history, and events''' of specific online '''gaming''' organizations and any peripheral '''entities, organizations, or terms''' that are '''directly related''' to such organizations. All pages produced on this project must be created within this scope.


== Criteria for organizations ==
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# The organization or community must have existed for at least '''12 months''' and have at least '''50 members'''.
#* "Members" is defined as individuals registered to a website or communications platform (e.g TeamSpeak 3, Discord). Followers or subscribers to social media platforms (e.g Reddit, Twitter, Facebook) do not count towards inclusion.
# The organization or community should possess '''some kind of rank or governmental structure''' that works to maintain the community's decorum, set standards, and enforce policies (if applicable).
# The organization or community must be run by individuals that are '''<u>not</u> directly paid by a corporate entity to maintain a service''' wherein the maintaining of that service '''is their primary claim to inclusion'''.
 
== Criteria for terms ==
 
# The term must be '''exclusively used by online communities''' or have a '''specific colloquial use''' if the term has more generic meanings attached (e.g administrator).
 
== Frequent violations of scope ==
The following are ''always out of scope'' for this project.
*An article about a person, regardless of their impact or prominence to a particular community.

Latest revision as of 00:39, 23 December 2023

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The scope of Online Communipedia is to document the governance, history, and policies of online gaming organizations. So that the project can meet a certain depth of coverage for all articles, and to ensure all articles remain within scope, an organization must meet all of the criterion defined below in order to be eligible for an article.

Not meet the private community criteria.

A private community is defined as an organization where all and/or a majority of their material/communications are inaccessible to the public. Online Communipedia does not document such organizations so as to respect their privacy.

Have existed for at least 12 months.

Many organizations fail to meet their 1 year anniversary for a variety of reasons, most commonly being lack of meaningful interaction among members. This is colloquially referred to as a community "passing away", and is commonly observed through communication platforms going unused. Communities which maintained activity for at least 12 months are more likely to have worthwhile content to write about.

Have at least 100 registered members.

The term "community" is very broad in its coverage, being able to encompass tens of people or thousands. Organizations that meet or exceed 100 registered members are more likely to meet the other eligibility criterion. A "registered member" is defined as an individual registered to a website or communications platform (e.g TeamSpeak 3, Discord). Followers or subscribers to social media platforms (e.g Reddit, Twitter, Facebook) do not count towards inclusion.

Have a staffing structure dedicated to setting standards and enforcing policy.

Online Communipedia does not recognize an environment as a "community" for its purposes if power users exist due to coincidence. There must be a structure of positions, with definable responsibilities, which are assigned intentionally to others. These organizations tend to have started with the intent to be public or recruit others. These are the organizations this project is interested in.

Have a permanent presence on the internet.

There must be some kind of record on the internet that an organization in fact existed so as to combat potential hoaxes and misinformation. While this criterion uses the image of the Internet Archive, any suitable alternative will suffice. Another way to meet this criterion is if 3 or more files used as sources are uploaded and successfully authenticated.

Be an organization dedicated to playing video games.

There are plenty of organizations that exist which meet all other criterion but have nothing to do with gaming. Thus, it must be unequivocally clear that the community is primarily focused on being a group of persons playing, wanting to play, or discussing the play of video games. This can be demonstrated through the dedicated hosting of servers, the theme of the community's platform, and/or the publicly stated intent of the community's existence.


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