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We, the staff of ZSDW, take our Writers very seriously; Writers have the power to influence pages, making them potentially arbitrators of who live and who DIES by presenting information to others that may be accurate, inaccurate, and everywhere in between. As such, we have established that before you can become a Writer, you have to have at least filled out the FIRST FOUR questions on your profile (the next part was added after the switch back to a controlled site) AND ten intelligent posts on the board on different subjects. (Pick a few subjects you REALLY know something about, consider it carefully, and THEN reply to those.) We also RARELY approve a new Writer with less than a month’s membership (several people have taken to making 10 posts in one day to get around the sprit of the rule, which was to find out if you’re truly Writer material or just wasting our time).
General Writer's Duties:
Amongst other things we expect out of Writers:
1. TABLES. Use tables to separate entries on pages. (We’d LIKE to get all the pages overhauled to reflect this philosophy, but with so many pages it was a losing battle.)
A fine example presented by a member of the site was iF i tipd lke dis al th tiem, yud h8 mi fukkkin gutz nd wuld wnt me B&, wldnt u mthr fkkr? (On a related note: “Militry” is proper spelling.)
Additionally- NO L33T SPEAK on a page. All that sort is fine and well for a thread, but has no place, whatsoever, on a page.
3. Pictures: A picture really is worth a thousand words, but only if it makes SENSE. To that end, if you want to load a picture up:
6. Maintain Neutrality: In both your point of view AND in presentation, maintain a neutrality. Avoid using the words “I” and “my”, especially in “I think” and “my opinion.” This is a facts-based site, and what few hard facts we have on Massively Infected Persons, (AKA MIP’s, “skin jobs,” and “zombies”) boil down to vicious, cannibalistic, and of sub-average intelligence; Three facts and thousands of assumptions, and all of them WRONG (including this very “fact”).
While these rules apply to the majority of the site, your profile is YOUR OWN, and you may do with it whatever you feel appropriate within the limitations of good taste (no porn, for example).
Chain Of Command:
A Chain of Command, putting Writers under specific Moderators, will hopefully reduce the confusion of people making random requests of “All Mods” and specific, go-to mods.
The way it works: A Writer wishes to make a new page, they PM their Moderator. If their moderator approves the concept, they will then forward it to the Admins for final review.
Writers: It is upon YOU to ensure you send your Page Requests only to YOUR Moderator, and not just any Mod. If you do, they will reply to you to submit it to YOUR OWN MODERATOR and will be at their discretion to PM your Mod to complain about it.
New Page Requests:
To submit a New Page Request, PM YOUR OWN MODERATOR with an exaplaintion of what you want to do. An example of such a PM might read:
General Writer's Duties:
Amongst other things we expect out of Writers:
1. TABLES. Use tables to separate entries on pages. (We’d LIKE to get all the pages overhauled to reflect this philosophy, but with so many pages it was a losing battle.)
Our Resident Handyman, Andy REDDSON, especially likes tables. Make him happy, and he bothers YOU less.2. Spelling And Grammar: “Perfect” spelling and grammar isn’t always possible, and sometimes counterproductive… But generally decent spelling and grammar IS-
A fine example presented by a member of the site was iF i tipd lke dis al th tiem, yud h8 mi fukkkin gutz nd wuld wnt me B&, wldnt u mthr fkkr? (On a related note: “Militry” is proper spelling.)
Additionally- NO L33T SPEAK on a page. All that sort is fine and well for a thread, but has no place, whatsoever, on a page.
3. Pictures: A picture really is worth a thousand words, but only if it makes SENSE. To that end, if you want to load a picture up:
A) Load the picture into the regular Photo Gallery.4. Proper Indentations for paragraphs and make sure [when appropriate] the text is properly formatted around the picture[s].
B) Fill in at least the Picture Name and Description boxes.
C) File it in the album that most appropriately reflects the pic (i.e., if it’s of a weap, put it the weaps album).
D) Load it onto the page WITH A LINK to the picture itself. This is most important when it has been adjusted for size. It is usually easiest to click the pic itself in the photo album, then copy and paste that URL to the pic’s link box.
Wetpaint (for reasons unknown) does not do single line indents. It either indents the whole paragraph, or not at all. This is something Wetpaint is working on, but hasn’t been able to fixed yet.5. Include Sources: Be sure to include sources as often as practicable, so that others can compare your notes and therefore verify the information you’re presenting.
6. Maintain Neutrality: In both your point of view AND in presentation, maintain a neutrality. Avoid using the words “I” and “my”, especially in “I think” and “my opinion.” This is a facts-based site, and what few hard facts we have on Massively Infected Persons, (AKA MIP’s, “skin jobs,” and “zombies”) boil down to vicious, cannibalistic, and of sub-average intelligence; Three facts and thousands of assumptions, and all of them WRONG (including this very “fact”).
While these rules apply to the majority of the site, your profile is YOUR OWN, and you may do with it whatever you feel appropriate within the limitations of good taste (no porn, for example).
Chain Of Command:
A Chain of Command, putting Writers under specific Moderators, will hopefully reduce the confusion of people making random requests of “All Mods” and specific, go-to mods.
The way it works: A Writer wishes to make a new page, they PM their Moderator. If their moderator approves the concept, they will then forward it to the Admins for final review.
Writers: It is upon YOU to ensure you send your Page Requests only to YOUR Moderator, and not just any Mod. If you do, they will reply to you to submit it to YOUR OWN MODERATOR and will be at their discretion to PM your Mod to complain about it.
| Moderator's Name | Your Writers |
| 13th.Casualty | ALMostFoul, chuckage, Dvergamali, Mr.Xeight, SuperSoldierRCP, AlaskanKnight, Nexus_Oblivion. |
| 3DayAsylum | Angel_956, Biohazardouswithin, DustinEchos104, McSkullcracken, SuperAka, brandon_a_boyer, Renigad16. |
| AgEnT_GrEEn | BanditJack, Dragonshaos, JeffCee, Stüggi, Commonsense, Drewblet, RJayFrost. |
| byates | Angel_Death_Carlson, Dooran, Ironback, roxas33, TonyPro. |
| Hell_Razor | Arondevil-1, dominickmagas, IrishHitman, Richboy33lb, Thrawn5, fredskie143, RonZombie, Guppy_Dawg, StrykerPez. |
| Quickrace89 | Cylon1994, IorekByrnison , Original-Sin , Taylor100550, Thootenbass, Happyman0. |
| SkipNChurch | AZ-Terminator001, Xombiez, Zooken, Cjoatey, Garnica, Kadski. |
| vanrulzz | DaveBall, Irishflyboy254, OscarHakr, Renegade13, The_Professional, Max6110. |
| Gladimnotdaonly1 | SPECIAL: All female Writers (currently ViolentKisses, srmcguirk, ElaineLung, Death2Moogles, and 29thDay) and all other female members. |
| Future Moderators | Future Writers. |
New Page Requests:
To submit a New Page Request, PM YOUR OWN MODERATOR with an exaplaintion of what you want to do. An example of such a PM might read:
Hey ModeratorX, I want to do a page on Air Conditioners. Here's my proto-page or whatever you wana call it:If your Modeator Approves the request, they'll submit it to the Admin who will discuss it behind your backs. It's really that simple.
(A TABLE WITH A PIC AND SOME FACTS AT-A-GLANCE WILL GO HERE: Can you help me with that? Or ask Andy maybe, but he's kinda an asshole and I'm afraind of him) An air conditioner is an appliance, system, or mechanism designed to extract heat from an area via a refrigeration cycle. In construction, a complete system of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning is referred to as "HVAC." Its purpose, in a building or an automobile, is to provide comfort during either hot or cold weather.
