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The Hattrick Wiki is not meant to be a free host for whatever article you may like to create. Therefore there has to be a set of rules to determine, if an article is or not worth being a part of the Hattrick Wiki. The following text serves as a guideline for all editors and has to be followed.

Before creating an article

Before you create a new article, you need to determine whether or not it is notable and respects the above mentionned conditions.

Articles not satisfying the notability guidelines

Although articles should demonstrate the notability of their topics, and articles on topics that do not meet this criterion are generally deleted, it is important to not just consider whether notability is established by the article, but whether it readily could be. When discussing whether to delete or merge an article due to non-notability, the discussion should focus not only on whether notability is established in the article, but on what the probability is that notability could be established. If it is likely that significant coverage in independent sources can be found for a topic, deletion due to lack of notability is inappropriate unless active effort has been made to find these sources. For articles of unclear notability, deletion should be a last resort.

If appropriate sources demonstrating the notability of an article can't be found, there are a few possibilities on how to treat its content:

Merging with another article that can be considered as a parent of the article.
Deletion as spam. This can be done by including {{spam}} in the article, if the article meets the criteria for this tag.
Articles with unsure notability can be proposed for deletion.

General notability guideline

The article and its subject must be related to the Hattrick World.
The article and its subject have to follow Hattrick's House Rules
The article must follow the various policies and guidelines of the Hattrick Wiki.
Notability is not temporary. If the notability of an article has been established, then it stays notable.
Notability has to be acquired before the article is created. Articles should not be written based on speculation that the topic may receive additional coverage in the future.

Specific notability guidelines

Clubs and teams

Since there is a large volume of teams, we ask that before creating an article about a team, you take the time to consider if a team is really notable.

Notable clubs

A club is notable enough to enter the Hattrick Wiki if it meets one of the following criteria:

It is a part of Hattrick right now and has a human owner.
A true bot is a team that never had a human owner. Such a team is only notable enough to enter the Hattrick Wiki if it has won a national championship or a national cup (example: F.K Tiranes), or if it's the owner of a notable player (example: Baghdad Babylonians).

Notable teams

National teams and U-20 national teams

National teams and U-20 national teams are an important part of a local community as they represent it on an international level. Thus all national teams and U-20 national teams are notable enough to enter the Hattrick Wiki.

Youth teams

Youth teams are still a relatively new feature. Still some managers feel a need for their youth squad being part of the Hattrick Wiki.

Articles for youth teams have to be created in the user namespaces following this convention: User:ALIAS/NAMEOFTHEYOUTHTEAM, where ALIAS is the alias of the user within Hattrick (or at least the Hattrick Wiki) and NAMEOFTHEYOUTHTEAM is to the name of the user's youth team.

Players

There are many players within the Hattrick world, too many even. Not all players can enter the Hattrick Wiki and only a minor part will ever do so.

Notable players

Read more here: Hattrick:Player

Users

Any Hattrick user can have a page on his own in the User namespace following this convention: User:ALIAS, where ALIAS is the current or at least the most frequent alias of this user within Hattrick.

Some users can get an article in the main namespace as soon as they achieved something important.

They belong to the Hattrick Team.
They are part of the officials as LA, Mod, GM, Editor or CHPP administrator.

Other rare exceptions might be made, but they have to be taken in consensus with other editors.

Geographic articles

Zones

Zones existing within the Hattrick receive an article on their own as soon as they are created. Currently all zones have an article and new zone creations are unlikely to happen.

Continents

There is one article for each continent, with the exception of Oceania being a country and continent article at the same time.

Countries

There is one article per country existing in Hattrick. New countries get an article as soon as they are announced.
Some non-HT countries have articles in the Hattrick Wiki, but these are in fact mostly normal clubs having renamed themselves.

Regions

Each region existing within Hattrick has its own article.

Fanclubs

Read more here: Hattrick:Fanclub.

Arenas

Arenas aren't granted an article of their own. Since they belong to a team, they also belong into the article of this team.

Naming conventions

Read more here: Hattrick:Naming conventions.

Non-english articles

Read more here: Hattrick:Other Languages. Hattrick Wiki accepts articles in other languages than English, given they're not pure spam, but these have to be put in a specific language folder.

Articles in the main namespace that aren't in English and not in a folder will be marked with {{non-English}} to indicate the need for a translation.

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-The Hattrick Wiki is not meant to be a free host for whatever article you may like to create.  First, the article has to pertain to the Hattrick World.  But the article also has to be notable enough to be put in the wiki.  To determine notability, use this policy.
+The Hattrick Wiki is not meant to be a free host for whatever article you may like to create. Therefore there has to be a set of rules to determine, if an article is or not worth being a part of the Hattrick Wiki. The following text serves as a guideline for all editors and has to be followed.
+== Before creating an article ==
+Before you create a new article, you need to determine whether or not it is notable and respects the above mentionned conditions.
-==Before Creating an Article==
+== Articles not satisfying the notability guidelines ==
-You have chosen a topic and you're ready to write an article.  However, before you start writing, you need to determine whether or not it is notable, and if so what level of notability it has.  Since the possibilities of article types are vast, the notability of an article is best determined by the subject of the article.
+Although articles should demonstrate the notability of their topics, and articles on topics that do not meet this criterion are generally deleted, it is important to not just consider whether notability is established by the article, but whether it readily could be. When discussing whether to delete or merge an article due to non-notability, the discussion should focus not only on whether notability is established in the article, but on what the probability is that notability could be established. If it is likely that significant coverage in independent sources can be found for a topic, deletion due to lack of notability is inappropriate unless active effort has been made to find these sources. For articles of unclear notability, deletion should be a last resort.
-===Articles about In-Game Teams===
+If appropriate sources demonstrating the notability of an article can't be found, there are a few possibilities on how to treat its content:
-Hattrick gains many new articles every week, though the majority of these articles are about in-game teams.  Since the community has to deal with a large volume of teams, we ask that before creating an article about a team, you take the time to assess the level of notability of the team.<br>
+* Merging with another article that can be considered as a parent of the article.
-====Level 1 Notability: "Notable" Teams====
+* Deletion as spam. This can be done by including '''<nowiki>{{spam}}</nowiki>''' in the article, if the article meets the [[Hattrick:Articles_Requiring_Deletion#Quick_Deletion|criteria]] for this tag.
-Teams that achieve Level 1 Notability are deemed Notable Teams.  To achieve Notable Team status, a team must have accomplished '''one''' of the following tasks:<br>
+* Articles with unsure notability can be [[Hattrick:Articles_Requiring_Deletion#Proposed_Deletion|proposed for deletion]].
-'''I.''' Become national champion of the country at least once by winning the top level of that country's league system<br>
-'''II.''' Reach the Final Round of the country's National Cup<br>
-'''III.''' Spend at least three full seasons in the top level of their country's league system<br>
-'''IV.''' Have a manager that is of Level 1 Notability in the [[Hattrick:Notability#Articles about Managers|Manager Article Hierarchy]]<br>
-'''V.''' Be granted special Level 1 Notability by a straw poll-format [[Hattrick:Consensus|Consensus]] debate which must be posted or linked on the talk page of the country's main article (must receive a 2/3 majority)<br>
-Teams of Level 1 Notability may receive articles in the main namespace of the wiki, meaning that the title of the article will be the same as the name of the team.  Level 1 Teams may also be listed in their respective country's category "Notable ''CountryName'' Teams".
-====Level 2 Notability: Non-notable teams====
+== General notability guideline ==
-If a team is not eligible for Level 1 Status, an article about that team may be created only in the Team namespace.  In order to achieve Level 2 Notability, teams must:
+* The article and its subject must be related to the Hattrick World.
-* Exist currently within Hattrick
+* The article and its subject have to follow Hattrick's [[House Rules]]
-* Be managed by a non-bot manager
+* The article must follow the various [[Hattrick:Policies and guidelines|policies and guidelines]] of the Hattrick Wiki.
-* Exist under the name used for the title of the article
+* Notability is not temporary. If the notability of an article has been established, then it stays notable.
-Any team that meets all of these regulations may have an article on the Hattrick Wiki named in the Team namespace.  Articles must be named as Team:TEAM_NAME (e.g. Team:Bremerton Bombers).  Team articles may be created or edited by anyone, as is true of all articles.  Simply because an article about a Team is created in the team namespace does not mean that the article has any ownership or partial ownership (as is true of User:XXX pages).  Teams with Level 2 Notability but no Level 1 Notability MAY NOT create articles OR redirects to their team page in the main namespace, but only in the Team:XXX namespace.  An exception to this rule is if a Consensus Debate establishes that the team warrants a redirect in the main namespace.
+* Notability has to be acquired before the article is created. Articles should not be written based on speculation that the topic may receive additional coverage in the future.
-====Level 3 Notability: Defunct Teams====
-If a team is no longer active and has been either replaced by another team or taken over by the server, it may still be eligible to receive an article.  Defunct Teams may receive an article if they:
-* At one time reached level 1 notability
-* Left on their own accord and NOT due to a lifetime banishment
-or, if they:
-* Have been granted special consideration by Consensus of their peers
-Teams that are eligible to receive an article may receive one in the main namespace.  Teams that are not eligible for an article do NOT receive an article anywhere and any existing articles written in the Team: Namespace before they became defunct are subject to [[Hattrick:Articles Requiring Deletion#Quick Deletion|quick deletion]].  A team is considered defunct when they no longer appear as the owner of their former team, after the seven-week grace period for users who have not logged in to their team.  Teams that are locked due to bankruptcy are considered to leave on their own accord and are eligible to receive an article, so long as they apply to the above restrictions.
-====Addendum====
+== Specific notability guidelines ==
+=== Clubs and teams ===
+Since there is a large volume of teams, we ask that before creating an article about a team, you take the time to consider if a team is really notable.
+==== Notable clubs ====
+A [[club]] is notable enough to enter the Hattrick Wiki if it meets one of the following criteria:
+* It is a part of Hattrick right now and has a human owner.
+* A true bot is a team that never had a human owner. Such a team is only notable enough to enter the Hattrick Wiki if it has won a national championship or a national cup (example: [[F.K Tiranes]]), or if it's the owner of a notable player (example: [[Baghdad Babylonians]]).
+==== Notable teams ====
+===== National teams and U-20 national teams =====
+[[National team|National teams]] and [[National_team#U-20_national_teams|U-20 national teams]] are an important part of a local community as they represent it on an international level. Thus all national teams and U-20 national teams are notable enough to enter the Hattrick Wiki.
+===== Youth teams =====
+Youth teams are still a relatively new feature. Still some managers feel a need for their youth squad being part of the Hattrick Wiki.
+Articles for youth teams have to be created in the user namespaces following this convention: <code>User:ALIAS/NAMEOFTHEYOUTHTEAM</code>, where ''ALIAS'' is the [[alias]] of the [[user]] within Hattrick (or at least the Hattrick Wiki) and ''NAMEOFTHEYOUTHTEAM'' is to the name of the user's youth team.
+=== Players ===
+There are many [[player|players]] within the Hattrick world, too many even. Not all players can enter the Hattrick Wiki and only a minor part will ever do so.
+==== Notable players ====
+''Read more here:'' [[Hattrick:Player]]
+=== Users ===
+Any Hattrick [[user]] can have a page on his own in the User namespace following this convention: <code>User:ALIAS</code>, where ''ALIAS'' is the current or at least the most frequent alias of this user within Hattrick.
+Some users can get an article in the main namespace as soon as they achieved something important.
+* They belong to the [[Hattrick Team]].
+* They are part of the officials as [[Language Administrator|LA]], [[Moderator|Mod]], [[GameMaster|GM]], [[Editor]] or [[CHPP_(official)|CHPP administrator]].
+Other rare exceptions might be made, but they have to be taken in [[Hattrick:Consensus|consensus]] with other editors.
+=== Geographic articles ===
+==== Zones ====
+Zones existing within the Hattrick receive an article on their own as soon as they are created. Currently all zones have an article and new zone creations are unlikely to happen.
+==== Continents ====
+There is one article for each continent, with the exception of [[Oceania]] being a country and continent article at the same time.
+==== Countries ====
+* There is one article per country existing in Hattrick. New countries get an article as soon as they are announced.
+* Some non-HT countries have articles in the Hattrick Wiki, but these are in fact mostly normal [[club|clubs]] having renamed themselves.
+==== Regions ====
+Each region existing within Hattrick has its own article.
+=== Fanclubs ===
+''Read more here:'' [[Hattrick:Fanclub]].
+=== Arenas ===
+Arenas aren't granted an article of their own. Since they belong to a team, they also belong into the article of this team.
+=== Categories ===
+''Read more here:'' [[Hattrick:Regional club categories]].
+== Naming conventions ==
+''Read more here:'' [[Hattrick:Naming conventions]].
+== Non-english articles ==
+''Read more here:'' [[Hattrick:Other Languages]].
+Hattrick Wiki accepts articles in other languages than English, given they're not pure spam, but these have to be put in a specific language folder.
+Articles in the main namespace that aren't in English and not in a folder will be marked with <code><nowiki>{{non-English}}</nowiki></code> to indicate the need for a translation.