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#All article content must be your original work, or work you are reprinting with the permission of the author.
#The original author and current custodian must be specified in the [[Template:Author|author template]]. This template is designed to be used at the top of the page, before any of the content begins. The custodian, or the adopter of the article, is required if the original author has abandoned the work, or if the work has been posted by another user with the authors express permission.
#All articles listed in the navigation pages must be both mechanically complete and consistent. We allow for incomplete and in process articles to be maintained as a user sandbox (see [[#Creating User Project:Sandboxes|Creating User Sandboxes]] below for more information).
#An article with the same name as an SRD article, such as a redone race or feat, must have a note at the top indicating that it is not the SRD item as well as a link to the SRD item.
#All articles must be formatted according to the standards of this wiki. We do our best to follow the formatting standards set by the primary sources for Dungeons and Dragons material. To help with this, we have [[Project:Preloads|Preloads]]. You may either find them on the [[Project:Copy of Inputboxes|entire list of preloads]] or by navigating to the homebrew navigation page for the article type you wish to create, and clicking the "Add New ArticleType" link near the top of the page.
In order to keep this wiki from building up a supply of incomplete and abandoned work, incomplete articles must be located in a user sandbox and lack categories that would allow them to show up in navigation pages. At a minimum, an article must be mechanically complete and playable. An article can be mechanically complete but lacking expository details (fluff) and still be considered complete, but it is important that the article not contain the missing sections as they are in the preload. A base class lacking an example character may be complete, but a base class that contains an empty header or "<- something here ->" in the section where an example character should be is considered incomplete. This can be remedied by removing or commenting out the empty header or "<- stuff ->" lines from the article until such time as they are completed.
Any incomplete article found in the main navigation pages will have the [[Template:Incomplete|Incomplete Article Template]] added to it. These articles are subject to standard [[Project:Deletion Policy#Incomplete Articles|deletion policies]], and may be removed if the article is not completed and the template removed. If you are not going to be able to work on the article consistently and do not wish for it to be removed per this policy, you are welcome to move it into a user sandbox to finish at your leisure. This process is described in the next section. =====Creating User Sandboxes=====Moving an article to a user sandbox, or creating a user sandbox is easy. To move an existing incomplete article, click the ''Move'' tab at the top of the article. Replace the existing page name in the dialog box with "User:<Name of User>/Sandbox" (such as User:JamesDean/Sandbox). To create a user sandbox with the preload (preexisting formatting) of the page type you need, simply type the name of your user sandbox in the appropriate entry box, such as the box on the [[Add New 3.5e Class]] or [[Add a New 4e Race]] pages. In either case, please remember to place a <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki> immediately before the category tags at the bottom so that the article doesn't show up in navigation pages. If you have any difficulties or questions regarding how to move an article or remove categories, please leave a request for help on the talk page of one of our admins or ask for assistance in our chat room. =====In Progress and Collaborative Sandbox Articles=====We know that a big draw of a wiki is that it can be a collaborative environment to share work on projects, and we want to keep that alive without compromising our other goals. To that end, you can apply the [[TemplateProject:Help WantedSandboxes|Help Wanted Templatesandboxes]] to any your articles, whether they are in a sandbox or the main navigation. This template places your work in an [[:Category:Help Wanted|easily accessible list]] and invites other users to look it over and offer suggestions. This allows users to find them regardless of where they are located, so they can be accessed and critiqued or contributed to while you finish polishing them uppage.
====Inappropriately Balanced Homebrew Articles====
Again, the decision to make either of these changes, or none at all, generally lies with the author. Suggestions to help them achieve one or the other belong on the article's talk page.
=====Intractable Balance Level Issues=====
If you feel that an article is not currently at the balance level the author has specified, and the author is unresponsive or refuses to make any changes to their work, you may add the [[Template:Winter Cleaning|Winter Cleaning]] template to the article. You must cite balance level issues in the template reasons and your argument must be laid out on the talk page. If you fail to do either of these steps the author may remove the template without penalty.
Once this is done, the template will remain until for one week to allow for commentary about the wiki reaches a consensus balance on the article's talk page. After this period, the template is removed and the balance level of the articleupdated if there is a consensus that it is different than originally specified. Since the author is assumed to be voting for the current balance level and the individual who placed the template is assumed to be voting for an alternate level, additional members of the community must weigh in on the subjectmatter or no changes are made. When two weeks pass without comment or work on Once a balance has been set by this policy, the article, author may not revert the balance level may be changed indicator without substantial changes to match the wiki's consensus and class that address the template removed. If there is no consensus after this period, the template may simply be removed by the authorindicated issues. This special discussion procedure '''may not be used''' to correct adjust or adjust alter text of the article aside from the balance point itself. The intent of this forum policy is to leave as much creative freedom to our authors as possible without sacrificing our quality control or balance goals as a wiki.
=====Articles Without an Author Specified Balance Level=====
