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- If you would like to be affiliated with DragonVale Wiki, please make sure that you have met DragonVale Wiki's affiliation guidelines located here.
- After doing so, add your request to the Affiliation Request Forum thread below.
- No duplicates requests please. If the site has a forum, you can link to either the site or the forum, not both.
- Please include the following details;
- The website/Wiki you represent.
- Any necessary contact information where messages can be left.
- A short description describing the site. What makes it unique? No editorializing!
- Example: Saying "This is the best website ever and I love it!" will result in the request being cancelled immediately, along with any similar short descriptions that does not address the question.
- The reasons the site wants to be affiliated with DragonVale Wiki.
- After the submission, it will be up for approval.
- Any active staff member (Administrators and Wiki Moderators) will leave a post on the thread indicating that they are aware of the request.
- At least one active member will then research the site to check if the site has met the Affiliation Guideline. This process would take at least three (3) days.
- The user whom requested for a site affiliation would be notified with the final decision on his/her MessageWall and the forum will be updated with a decision.
- Forum post will be removed once the request is considered solved.
- If the site is accepted for affiliation the message will ask for an image to represent your wiki (such as a wordmark or logo).
- If the site is NOT accepted, the next earliest date the site can send a request again is one week after the determination decision is posted.
- Improper submission of a request will result in the site automatically receiving a decision of being NOT accepted, and they can send in a request one week after notification.
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- The site should be informational to the topic and so both sites could benefit from each other. It should be a mutually symbiotic relationship between both the sites rather than one site becoming the "advertising media" for another.
- The affiliated site should be deemed as well developed with the content on the site instead of only having a connection with the content to the DragonVale Wiki.
- The site should be informational and allow the option to possibly help the wiki when needed.
- Example: Help with some image rendering to give the highest quality for both sites.
- The site should have a similar target audience, hold the same standards as the DragonVale Wiki.
- Examples: Similar guidelines or opinions regarding user behavior/conduct and not sharing spoilers.
- The site should should/could have an open and active communication with DragonVale Wiki.
- The site needs to have these five traits (The 5 R's); Reliable, Responsible, Refined, Recognized, and Resourceful.
- The site must be active. The site must either be updated frequently (ie, at least once a week) or must have an active forum community.
- The site should not contain messages to ask users to download a file from the internet.
- The site should not allow discussion and pictures of spoilers of content not released yet or hacked content.
- If the site is good but the communication and "partnership" seems to only be one sided then it cannot be affiliated.
- Communication should be welcoming, and does not have to be constant, but it would be preferred during large updates if possible.
- The site must be appropriate for all languages and it is preferred that language is kept at a "PG" rating, but "PG-13" language may be considered if not used frequently.
</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Terms_of_Affiliation">Terms of Affiliation</span></h2>
- Wiki-related discussions should stay on the wiki and should not be discussed on any other external sites.
- Please note that if a site does not follow the guideline/ protocol of DragonVale Wiki's Affiliation Policy, it would be removed immediately from our site.
- A message would be left on the user's wall or on the specific site notifying them that the affiliation has be removed.
- If the site becomes active again and would like to resume affiliation, they may submit a request to be considered for affiliation again.
</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Possible_Sites">Possible Sites</span></h2> <p>Some kinds of sites which may be considered for affiliation with the DragonVale Wiki are: </p>
- A DragonVale Wiki in another language.
- Other mobile application games by Backflip Studios.
- Other sites connected to DragonVale.
- Other role-playing/ park simulation games.
- Other breeding games.
- Established websites about games with dragon breeding.
- Non-encyclopedic sites or fan writing (Fanon Wiki's) will NOT be considered for affiliation.
- These will not be added because these kinds of sites contain primarily subjective content rather than objective content.
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 <u>Important</u>:
Not all the sites would automatically become affiliated. It would only be affiliated once all/some criteria are met.
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- A forum will be opened on the Affiliated Sites forum board with a discussion regarding the request.
- The discussion/vetting will occur over the course of three days.
- After three days if more than 50% of the active staff (administrators, wiki moderators, chat moderators, and rollbacks) participating in the forum agree to include the site, the site will be approved.
- An active staff member will then follow the protocols outlined to inform the other site whether their site has been approved or not at this time.
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