Halopedia:Halopedians: Difference between revisions

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A Halopedian is a user who contributes to Halopedia. As editors of the wiki, Halopedians have access to tools to assist them in improving the wiki's articles, such as editing semi-protected pages, renaming pages, and uploading images.

Technical

Autoconfirmed users are users who have had an account on the wiki for at least three (3) days and have made at least five (5) edits. A number of actions on Halopedia are restricted to new users to prevent vandalism and are granted once the autoconfirmed status has been reached. These actions include:

Creating a user profile
Creating non-discussion pages
Moving pages and files
Editing semi-protected pages
Uploading files from a URL
Uploading new versions of existing files

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 == Technical ==
-A number of actions on Halopedia are restricted to user accounts that pass certain thresholds of age (time passed since the first edit) and edit count: users who meet these requirements are considered part of the "autoconfirmed" group. Autoconfirmed status is checked every time a user performs a restricted action: it is then granted automatically by the software.
+'''Autoconfirmed users''' are users who have had an account on the wiki for at least three (3) days and have made at least five (5) edits. A number of actions on Halopedia are restricted to new users to prevent [[Halopedia:Vandalism|vandalism]] and are granted once the autoconfirmed status has been reached. These actions include:
-Autoconfirmed users can edit semi-protected pages, move pages, and skip the CAPTCHA test. Autoconfirmed status is also required to upload files or upload a new version of an existing file.
+*Creating a user profile
+*Creating non-discussion pages
+*Moving pages and files
+*Editing semi-protected pages
+*Uploading files from a URL
+*Uploading new versions of existing files
 == See also ==