Avatar Roleplay Wiki:Getting Started

Welcome to the Avatar Roleplaying Wiki! As you join us, you probably have a million questions bubbling in your head on how to get started. Look no further, if you read this, it should answer any questions you have and help you get started on your roleplaying journey. If the Guide, for some reason, does NOT help you, feel free to ask our administration team for any tips.

Joining Wikia= If you don't have a wikia account yet, you'll need one. To do that, go to the top right, and click 'register'. Then, fill out the form presented. Keep in mind, your username does not need to be and shouldn't be the name of your character. It shouldn't include any personal information either. Instead, try to come up with something interesting, or use a username you use for a different service, such as e-mail. When you are registered, move on to the next step. Also, DO remember your username and password to prevent further problems with your account and wiki activities.

There are other wiki's that allow "anons" to edit, an anon is someone who doesn't have an official account so instead their edits are tracked by their ip address. However, on this wiki due to the way our policies work, we require anyone who wishes to join, to have an account and be signed in. This way we are better able to track users and their characters. Policies= Avatar Roleplay Wiki:Our Policies

Like all sites and organisations, there are rules that must be followed. Our wiki is run a bit differently from other encyclopaedia or fan-fiction type wiki's and as such there may be rules you've never come across before. It is in your best interest to at least review our policies, a list can be found here, now as there are quite a few policies to expect you to read and remember them all straight away is entirely unreasonable. However, you should at least browse through them, but don't worry we aren't unforgiving here, we have a warning system and depending on the rule broken you will have a verbal warning first before being issued official warnings.

Don't freak out or panic if you receive a verbal warning, or even a first official warning. Everyone makes mistakes, it's how we learn. I have some friends on the wiki who had rocky starts, received some warnings early on, but have been here months now and are active, responsible, and helpful members of our community now. Citizenship= On this wiki, all new characters are new citizens in Republic City. In order to join the wiki and every time you make a new character, you must go to the Citizenship Application forum and make an application for your character. You will then be critiqued and, hopefully, eventually approved for citizenship at which point you can then make a page for your character. Also, there are certain limitations. As the wiki is PG-13 we felt it best make the minimum age for characters follow suit however there is no actually maximum. Therefore, you character can be anywhere from thirteen to any age you want. Of course, the age has to be reasonable. You can't just say your character is 178. A reasonable cut off unless you have a particular reason to go over it is age 100.