Love Live! Wiki Contribution Guideline

Hi! Welcome to the Love Live! Wiki, a wiki dedicated to storing and maintaining all information about Love Live! This page is here to help people who are unsure how they can help expand this wiki.

There are multiple ways people can help including but not limited to:
 * Creating an account
 * Adding to articles
 * Adding pictures
 * Adding articles to a category
 * Creating/editing templates
 * Rollbacking and vandal busting
 * Translating songs
 * Formatting articles
 * Tidying up articles

All of these ways are common to most anime wikis, but this page will create a guide for each of these. But before editing an article please check out the wiki rules.

Now let's go on to how to do all the above mentioned ways, one by one.

Creating An Account
Some pages can only be able to be edited by registered users, so creating an account is quite handy if you intend to stay on the wiki. Also, creating an account will hide your public IP address from being publicly shown. You can create an account by pressing the button on the top right hand corner or by clicking this link: Sign Up.

Also, by creating an account, you are eligible to join, request, and visit most of the Wikia Community features as well as making yourself a candidate for being one of the wikia's Officers. By registering, you will also be able to create your own wikia.

Adding To Articles
You can add to any article by clicking the "Edit" button next to the article's name. Once you do that, you will be brought to an edit page where you can add or remove information accordingly.

Some of the things you can do to add to an article:
 * Write summaries for episodes
 * Add information to character pages
 * Add valid information to songs and other pages

''WARNING: Do not add false or inappropriate things. Do not remove any valid information that already existed before or the mighty ban hammer shall smite you with the power of a thousand suns.''

Creating Articles
Know something about Love Live! that is not on this wiki? Well, just create a page for it! But before creating a page, make sure that you want to add something that this wiki would benefit from. To create a page, click the drop-down "contribute" button to the top-right of the page and select "add a page". After doing this, a box will appear asking you to add a title and choose a format. Make sure the title is exactly what you want it to be as this will appear as the page name and it is case sensitive! For the format, normally, you should choose blank, as this wiki has our its own formatting that we use for most types of pages. Read on to see a list of our official formats.

Uploading Pictures
To upload a picture press the "Add a Photo" button in the picture section or while editing an article press the "Add a Picture" button on the bar at the top or in the "Add Features and Media Box".

Adding a picture
To add a picture to an article, press the "Add a Picture" button on the bar at the top or the "Add Features" and "Media Box" while in edit mode. You can also press the "Add Photo" button at the bottom of a gallery.

Notes on Uploading/Adding Pictures

 * When uploading a picture, please make sure it is appropriately named according to what it is a picture of. Do not enter randomized name.
 * The image file name should be as descriptive as possible. Do not write a random name such as dgtjae0rtrka.jpg or hnf23o-efdgk.png.
 * Once uploaded, you cannot rename the file, so it must be renamed BEFORE uploading it.
 * Please only upload picture that will be used in articles or on your own page.
 * Please only add pictures to articles where appropriate. If you want to add lots of images into a page, please put them in a slideshow for better viewing.
 * An episode's Image Gallery is limited to Admins and approved users for edits. If an editor wants to request their uploaded pictures to be put inside the Gallery, please contact the an Administrator by giving the file links.
 * STRICTLY NO FANART IN ARTICLES. Any uploaded fanart is ONLY allowed to be posted in your own profile page or user blog and in Off-Topic Discussion in the forum. All uploaded fanart also needs to be tagged in Category:Fanart Pictures. Any fanart that violates this point will be deleted from the wiki.

Adding Articles to a Category
Categories are important to the wiki and to make it easy to navigate around, you can add an article to a category by pressing the edit button then going down to the "Add Category" box and then typing   You can find a list of categories here: Special:Categories

''Note: When adding a category make sure you type it exactly the same as the category name. Remember, it is case sensitive!''

Editing/Creating Templates
This is for people who know how to code templates. A list of templates can be found. To create a template, just make a page called. If you make a template for public use please document it, and ask for approval before posting. Before editing any existing templates, please ask an admin.


 * For more detailed information and regulation about Template, please refer to this rule page about templates.

Rollbacks and Vandal Busting
If you see any vandalism, go to the edit details section on the edit and press the undo button next to the user's name. This will bring you to and undo edit page. Check that no useful information is being undone. Then, publish the edit. Next, go to the Vandal Report Forum and follow the steps to report the user. This will alert admins of any vandals that need to be ban hammered.

Song Lyrics
If any of you have the knowledge or ability to write down any lyrics of any songs that being sung, either from the anime or from the albums, please contribute them to us.

Also, if you know Japanese and if you are willing to help translate song lyrics, go to the song page and there should be a link to stream. Listen to the song then right down the lyrics and the translation in the box provided below the video.

Formatting Articles
You can format articles with templates, headings and subheadings. You can add headings and subheadings while in edit mode like this:

Level 6 Headings
Note: Level 1 Heading is used in pages as the page title, so it is not included here.

As for adding a template, please contact the Admins for some consulting first, especially, since your template will affect this wikia globally. This also goes on the reformatting of a page.

Offical Formats
Official formats are formats that should be followed on certain page types.

List of Official Formats

 * Character pages - example of this formatting can be found here: Kousaka Honoka
 * Songs - example of this formatting can be found here: Kitto Seishun ga Kikoeru
 * For List of Episode, we have Episode Lists page, but please do not change any of the formatting here, just add any new and necessary information. The reformatting rights for these pages belongs to the Admins.

Tidying Up Articles
You can do this by making sure every sentence makes sense, has proper grammar, and is where it is supposed to be. Make sure everything is linked and everything is spelled right. We prefer to use past tenses for the episode summary while we prefer to use present tense while describing things and/or characters.

Question and Admin Corner
In the guideline above, there are some points where you are asked to consult with the Admins before doing the edits. For that purpose, we provide the list of active officers for this wikia here as well as their major role in this wikia. For further details about each post jobs, please refer to this page. The name typed in bold is the head of each role while the italicized name is the acting head of each role that appointed due to some reason.

Sometimes, our wikia will open an enrollment for officers when we need extra hand on handling this wikia. For that purpose, we already prepared a board for enrollment which can be accessed by clicking this link.

Wikia Staffs and VSTF Members
People who are listed here are considered as "elite beings" all over the wikis and they have highest rights in all existing wikias even compared to the Local Bureaucrats. These people are not directly involved with the wikia and only will be contacted when there is problem involving the Administrators and Bureaucrats along with some of the high-class technical issues.

We currently do not have specific Staff or VSTF Members that are assigned specifically for this wikia nor contributing to this wikia.

Bureaucrats
Bureaucrats are like the Chiefs in companies. They hold the rights to decide anything in the final decision. Each of their decisions are final and will be executed immediately. However, their decision still can be criticized, when it has a negative affect to the community, by accessing the this forum. Bureaucrats also have power to appoint any eligible users as fellow Bureaucrats or Administrator. They also have Administrator rights.

Here is the list of current Bureaucrats:
 * 1) Ethrundr
 * 2) Ragnarok6354
 * 3) Vlad Nabokov (Founder, Inactive)

Administrators
Administrators are the Managers of a Wikia. They handle most of the common technical things such as Page Formatting, Designing the Wikia, User Rights Management, Rules, User Request Handling, Templates Formatting, etc. While the Administrator's rights are slightly lower than Bureaucrats, most time they will be the one who makes the decisions for the wikia. However, when the a decision they take will affect the entire community, they are required to consult with Bureaucrats beforehand.

There is one special position called "Second Administrator". Any member that has this level of power will act as the second-in-command in this wikia under the Bureaucrats. While there is no online Bureaucrats or Head Administrators, their power is the highest and they have power to make final decision on issues that appear at that time.

Here is the list of current Administrators:
 * 1) Ethrundr
 * 2) Ragnarok6354
 * 3) MyProjectAlicization (Second Administrator)
 * 4) Vlad Nabokov (Founder, Inactive)

Wikia Designer (Special Role)
Wikia Designer is a special position offered to certain qualified users to manage and modify the wikia appearances. They will have full admin rights to the Wikia Designing, but they have to consult with any active full-fledged Administrator before managing any users. There are two sub-position of Wikia Designer: Theme Modifier and Badge Modifier.

We currently do not have any specific users assigned to this role.

Forum Administrator
Forum Administrators act as helpers to the Administrators by helping them manage the forum feature as well as the users. They will have full rights on managing all threads in the forum, but before managing users, they should contact the Administrators. In case there is no Administrator around, they must provide a valid reasoning before acting upon user.

Here is the list of current Forum Administrators:
 * 1) MyProjectAlicization
 * 2) Ragnarok6354
 * 3) Ethrundr
 * 4) Insanemaster
 * 5) Wynn22

Moderators
Moderators are the Administrators' extended hand. Their job is to help them manage the Wikia Chat Feature and Forum Feature. While they do not have the rights of an Administrator, their opinion rest higher than other editors. Moderators have the right to ban someone from the Chat Feature if they are violating the rules.

Here is the list of current Moderators:
 * 1) MyProjectAlicization
 * 2) Ragnarok6354
 * 3) Ethrundr
 * 4) KotoriMinami
 * 5) FutureUtopia
 * 6) LuciaHunter
 * 7) Insanemaster
 * 8) Wynn22

Authorized Rollbackers
While they are last in the bottom of the "Pyramid of Power" in the Wikia, they still have the rights, at least to revert any edits that violate the rules. However, their status is not higher than any other contributors, and thus, they are simply "Editors with extra rights".

Here is the list of current authorized Rollbacker:
 * 1) MyProjectAlicization
 * 2) Ragnarok6354
 * 3) Ethrundr
 * 4) KotoriMinami
 * 5) LuciaHunter
 * 6) Insanemaster
 * 7) Wynn22

Project Supervisor
Project supervisors are usually appointed from any active Moderators or Administrators, but there is a possibility that a senior member is appointed for this position. Their privileges, excluding other privileges he received from another position in this wikia, is to moderate the specific project they are supervising. They have power to revoke any action taken or impose an action to be done by the Project Head or Member on every project they supervise include member inviting and announcing a project into exclusive "Upon Invitation Only" projects.

We currently do not have any specific users assigned to this role.

Project Heads
Project heads are a position that is exclusive to this wikia. They stand equally to an Authorized Rollbakcer, but without any special rights except to determine page formatting for each page that is in their project. When a page is included in more than one project, project heads need to consult with the admin assigned to their project as supervisor. A Project Head's responsibilities includes making a project fulfill the requirements that have been preset before by an admin.

Project Heads also have special privileges towards their project in which they have power to demote, promote, invite, and kick any project member, including themselves, from the membership list with appropriate reasoning. However, project supervisors have power surpassing this privilege which is that they are able to revoke any action performed by the project Heads.

We currently do not have any specific users assigned to this role.

Project Members
Project Members lie at the bottom. Project Members simply are editors that are enlisted to a specific project. Any member can join all open projects they able to handle, but on a "limited" or "priority" project, an editor must either receive an invitation from the Project Head, a Project Supervisor, a Local Officer, or being recommended by a fellow Project Member. There is no limitation on how many projects an editor may take as long as they can keep the work equally towards all project they handle.

When the time comes to a have a discussion about specific topic under a project, the Project Member's opinion and suggestion lies higher than editors outside the project as they are directly involved with the problem being discussed. In other topics, their rights are similar to all other editors.