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From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe

Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe, also known as "UHVU" or "VirtueVerse" is a library of fan created original content for the City of Heroes/Villains MMORPG virtue server. Our goal is to provide a place to post, share, and develop content including player created character biographies, character stories, supergroups, villain groups, locations, equipment, and more.

As a whole VirtueVerse is a collaborative fan created and edited project developed by volunteers. It is an ongoing work that anyone who is a part of the Virtue server is welcome to contribute to, it is currently host to 5,916 articles, and 3,601 users. The project utilizes the open source Mediawiki software and is maintained by 18 volunteer sysops.

History

On April 2, 2006 Deathspider presented the idea of an unofficial guidebook (ala the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe) to the Virtue server forums of the City of Heroes/Forums official forums^[1]. A mere two days after the idea was fielded and discussion began, Kadekawa surprised everyone with a fully functioning wiki.

VirtueVerse Staff

Owner/Administrator: Kadekawa

Bureaucrats:

• the Admin
• SoulTrain

Our Dutiful Bots

• Black Stig
• White Stig

Sysops & Administrators

• TBA

Basic Guidelines & VirtueVerse Etiquette

• The Golden Rule: Treat others as you would have them treat you, its really that simple.
• Be polite! Remember that raw text on the screen is ambiguous and often seems ruder then it is meant to be. Text comes without facial expressions, vocal inflection or body language. Be careful of the words you choose – what you intended might not be what others perceive, and what you read might not be what the author intended.
• Sign and date your posts to talk pages (not articles!). Let people know who is leaving them a message. This is easily done by following your comment with ~~~~
• Always work towards an agreement when in dispute. It does no on any good to argue for arguments sake.
• Remain civil, even when others are not.
• Apologize. There is nothing wrong with apologizing, and its often the easiest way to cool off a heated discussion.
• Give Praise! People love to hear when you like their stuff, let them know on their Talk pages.
• Stop taking it so seriously. No one is going to win the interwebs war. You can easily step out of any argument, close any page, or walk away before it gets out of hand.
• Edit with care and respect your fellow players. This goes along with the golden rule, don't edit content that is not your own, and don't vandalize the work of others. Whether you like it or agree with it, someone spent a long time putting effort into their page.

What the VirtueVerse Is Not

VirtueVerse is and online repository collecting original thought and information developed by individual players, there are however several things that Virtueverse is not.

Your Soapbox

VirtueVerse is not a soapbox, a battleground, or a vehicle for propaganda and advertising. This applies to articles, categories, templates, talk page discussions, and user pages. If you do not agree with content another user has posted VirtueVerse is not the place to air your grievance.

A Manual, guidebook, or textbook

Content here is original player content and not considered to be canonical. Likewise no articles should consist of purely canonical information for reference and we urge everyone to provide links to ParagonWiki where necessary instead of reproducing official content.

Censored

VirtueVerse may contain content that some readers consider objectionable or offensive. Anyone reading VirtueVerse can edit an article and the changes are displayed instantaneously without any checking to ensure appropriateness, so VirtueVerse cannot guarantee that articles or images are tasteful to all users or adhere to specific social or religious norms or requirements.

Obviously inappropriate content (such as an irrelevant links to a shock site, or obvious defacement of a page) are usually removed immediately. Some items may include objectionable text, or images if they are relevant to the content (such as mature, erotic and adult themed player concepts and accompanying artwork) and do not violate any of our existing policies, or the policies of our hosting provider.

The VirtueVerse hosting provider states the following:

Morally objectionable activities will include, but not be limited to: activities designed to defame, embarrass, harm, abuse, threaten, slander or harass third parties; activities prohibited by the laws of the United States and/or foreign territories in which You conduct business; activities designed to encourage unlawful behavior by others, such as hate crimes, terrorism and child pornography; activities that are tortuous, vulgar, obscene, invasive of the privacy of a third party, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable; activities designed to impersonate the identity of a third party; illegal access to other computers or networks (i.e., hacking); distribution of Internet viruses or similar destructive activities; and activities designed to harm or use unethically minors in any way.

Your Webhost

VirtueVerse is not a social network such as MySpace or Facebook. VirtueVerse pages are not:

1. Personal web pages - Each Virtueverse member receives their own user page, however these user pages are only to present information relevant to the purpose of Virtueverse. Examples of good uses are a collection of links to your various content on Virtueverse or game related information. This is not a place to host your own personal website or blog.
2. File Storage area - Please only upload files that are used within your pages or other project pages. Any images uploaded that are not used within articles to enhance that article will be deleted.

1. ↑ Sadly, he posted a bit late for an April first joke, so he couldn't back out once it caught on.

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