Wookieepedia:User page policy

Wookieepedia's User page policy is meant to encourage users to work more on articles, and not spend all of their time on customizing their userpages. As the policy page What Wookieepedia is not states:


 * Wookieepedia is not a free host or webpage provider
 * Your user page is not your primary contribution to this wiki
 * Wookieepedia is not the place for fanfiction or roleplaying

However, user pages do serve a useful purpose, and regular users are encouraged to create a userpage which gives some information about themselves, and helps organize their contributions to Wookieepedia. For example, they may wish list their collection of Star Wars references, advertise contributions they are proud of, or list articles they intend to work on. They may also include their user name on other wikis or Star Wars fan sites, link to a personal page on another site, list the languages they speak, or talk about their favorite Star Wars characters. For more information on what userpages can be used for, see Wikipedia:User page.

Many users also enjoy writing about their imaginary persona in the Star Wars universe. This is neither encouraged or discouraged. However, Wookieepedia users who work exclusively on their fan fiction, and do not wish to contribute significantly to any articles, are strongly encouraged to use the Star Wars Fanon Wiki instead. Wookieepedians who work exclusively on userpage content unrelated to Star Wars or Wookieepedia should, likewise, find somewhere else to host their webpages.

Thus, we discourage users from working primarily on userpages, with the following guidelines:


 * User page fan fiction must be restricted to either the main user page or a single subpage. This does not mean a user can put fanon on both a user page and a subpage, or on a series of subpages.  Users who want to make more than one fan fiction page are encouraged to use links to the fanon wiki instead.
 * It is strongly encouraged that these pages be marked with either the fanon user page template, or with the fanonend and fanonstart templates.
 * User pages must comply with User image policy.
 * User subpages not containing fan fiction may be kept, subject to the user image policy and some usefulness to the project (like a personal sandbox, a to do list, a contributions page, a toolbox linking to maintenance tasks and useful templates, or a fun page for community building.)
 * User subpages unrelated to Star Wars or Wookieepedia are not allowed.
 * User pages must not be put in categories which would cause them to be mistaken for "real" articles. Likewise, Title must not be used to make the userpage appear to be a "real" article.
 * Users violating the policy on user page fan fiction will be reminded of the relevant sections of WP:NOT, and of the existence of the fanon wiki. It is very important that such users be warned and redirected in a polite manner: after all, this is their space which is being criticized.
 * Users in violation of these rules may be blocked according to Blocking policy's rules for registered users who post fanon. They may also have their user pages edited to comply with policy, deleted, or protected from further edits.