Jack Kirby's Fourth World Wiki:Wiki rules

The purpose of the Fourth World Wikia is to serve as an encyclopedic resource for worldwide fans of Jack Kirby’s Fourth World.

Because the comic is aimed at readers of all ages, the wikia must be kept clean. Only content relevant to what appears in the comic is allowed in the chatroom and the discussion pages, and swearing should be kept to a minimum.

Conduct

 * Keep it civil: Any personal attacks will result in a warning, then a temporary cooldown ban. Use of any slurs or bigoted language will have a temporary ban with a warning, then a lifelong ban with a second infraction.


 * Do not harass other users: If somebody asks you to stop posting certain content on their wall, respect their wishes. It is their wall.

Vandalism/Spam
Any spam related to pornography or advertising will lead to an immediate life-long ban, registered user or not.

Anons or registered users vandalizing the wiki will be given one warning, then banned for life.

Canon/Copyright
This wiki will be using Jack Kirby’s canon as a primary source, acknowledging DC Comics’ copyright to the source material.

By the standards of this wiki, “primary canon” means:


 * The Forever People by Jack Kirby
 * The New Gods by Jack Kirby
 * Mister Miracle by Jack Kirby
 * Even Gods Must Die! by Jack Kirby

and the Kirby-written material in Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen Vol 1.

“Secondary canon” means material from The Hunger Dogs or gleaned from interviews with Kirby and his assistants or loved ones. Content from this section will be given its own section or relegated to 'trivia'

“Tertiary canon” is anything written by other writers, such as Tom King’s Mister Miracle run or the Englehart issues of Mister Miracle Vol 1. This material is not the focus of this wiki, and content from it will be separated in its own section if not its own article.

Article Guidelines
Keep the writing professional and avoid slang or emoticons. Use the Edit Summary tool- something short like "black racer info from new gods 1.3" will do.

The "minor edit" button is used only when typos and formatting are corrected and the content of the page does not change. Rewording is always a major edit as it affects the meaning of the article.

Reliability
Avoid referencing the real world or drawing real-world parallels on in-universe article pages. The page quote may be drawn from comments or page commentaries done by the creators, and the trivia section can be used to hold confirmed development information. This is to keep the wiki page on topic, to keep it concise, and to avoid unwarranted speculation.

When pulling subjective information, mention the source of the info in the statement.

Example: According to Orion, Lightray fights his battles like a planner, not a warrior.

If the information comes from neutral narration, then there's no need to specify.

Example: Lightray is a planner by nature.

Linking
Character articles are to only have a character's name as the title- such as "Vykin". If they have another title, ie “Vykin the Black", create a redirect page.

To create a redirect, create a new page with the title “Vykin the Black”, then in the body of the article type


 * 1) REDIRECT Vykin.

Citation
This wiki is intended to be a reliable resource. As such, citation is vital to the purpose of the wiki. Everything stated on an article must be cited from a canon source. Fanon and speculation outside of the appropriate sections will be deleted.

To list your citations at the bottom of  a page, click 'Insert' Heading, then select 'References List'. Choose 'Insert'. This will list all the citations at the bottom. To add a reference, put the cursor at the end of the sentence you wish to citate, select 'Reference' and type in the source.

In Source Mode, to insert a reference list, scroll to the bottom of the page and type

== References ==

Then to add a citation after a sentence:

To note a reference to the comic: "Comic Name, Vol # page #" and link the relevant page.

The New Gods Vol 1, page 17 

If there is no chapter, simply quote the name and the page.

The Hunger Dogs, page 7

Image Policy
Unless stated otherwise, every image on this wiki is the intellectual property of DC Comics, being shared under a ‘fair use’ license.

Image Content
The purpose of uploading images is to illustrate wiki articles. Any images that cannot fulfill this purpose (ie- entire comic pages) will be deleted. Only images that come from an official source will be allowed on wiki articles.

Uploading Images
Use Special:Upload to upload your image. Before you do so, please check the five image categories to ensure that your image or one very similar to it has not already been hosted. Appropriate images are files that focus on a single subject, such as concept art for a specific character, a close up of an object such as a Mother Box, or that illustrate significant events.

Absolutely no pornography is allowed on this or any of wikia's properties. Uploading pornography, registered user or not, is cause for an immediate lifelong ban.

Naming

Images should be named accordingly with underscores in place of spaces- such as Mister_Miracle_Concept_Art or Supercycle_Detail.

Summary

In the summary, please list the content and source of the image in question and credit the artist. For instance, an image of Orion’s concept art would likely be pulled from a post by The Kirby Museum. Thus, an appropriate image summary would read something like "Orion concept art from The Kirby Museum" A link to the source should also be included.

Licensing

Most importantly, the appropriate licensing should be chosen. Most images on this wiki will be cropped from the concept art or source material; as such the proper licensing option is "This file is copyrighted, but use is permitted by the copyright holder."