Maintaining Who's Who Pages

Each member of the Tower on TarValon.Net has a personal Who's Who page that tells many things about who they are. This page is designed to help Tower Historians and other library editors create and maintain Who's Who pages.

Note: Although there is a merit section on every Who's Who page, do not edit any of it unless you are a Merit Minion!

Membership

This section tells how to create pages and how to maintain the sections that relate to the member's rank, group affiliation, and bonds (if any). Most of this information is taken from Maintenance (Histories).

Raised to Novice/Recruit

When a member is raised to Novice or Recruit, create their page by following these directions.

1. Upload the member's avatar.
   1. In the left-side column, under "toolbox", click "Upload file".
   2. Choose the avatar file's location.
   3. Name the file "Avatar_NAME".
2. Categorise into [[Category:Avatars]] and [[Category:JM Avatars]].
3. Create new page under the member's full name.
   1. In the search box on the left side of the page, type in the member's full name, with correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation (if any).
   2. Click "Go".
   3. You should get a page that says "There is no page titled 'NAME'. You can create this page."
   4. Click "create this page".
4. Copy the JuniorMemberInfo template and headings from Junior Member Page.
5. Add the member's rank into the template in the Info box with {{novice}} for Novice or {{recruit}} for Recruit.
6. Enter the member's details (name, join date, etc) where appropriate.
7. Categorise into [[Category:TarValon.Net Novices]] or [[Category: TarValon.Net Recruits]] and [[Category:Who's Who Members]], as appropriate.

Raised to Accepted/Soldier

When a member is raised to Accepted or Soldier, edit their page by following these directions.

1. Add the date the member was raised under the "Tower History" heading.
2. Update their rank to {{accepted}} for Accepted or {{soldier}} for Soldier.
3. Recategorise the page into [[Category:TarValon.Net Accepted]] or [[Category:TarValon.Net Soldiers]], as appropriate.
4. Add the person's name and month of their raising to the appropriate place in 2013 Raisings.

Aspired

When a member Aspires to an Ajah or Company, edit their page by following these directions.

1. Enter the Aspiration date on member's page under the "Tower History" heading.
2. Add affliation.

• {{blue2}} for Blue Ajah
• {{brown2}} for Brown Ajah
• {{gray2}} for Gray Ajah
• {{green2}} for Green Ajah
• {{red2}} for Red Ajah
• {{white2}} for White Ajah
• {{yellow2}} for Yellow Ajah
• {{DM}} for Dai M'Hael
• {{SDS}} for San d'ma Shadar
• {{VC}} for Val'Cueran
• {{MDD}} for Mahdi'in d'ma Dieb

1. Add appropriate colour codes to the BarText and BarColor (you can find them at Template:JuniorMemberInfo).
2. Add [[Category:XXX Aspirants]] to the page. Replace XXX with the name of the member's Ajah or Company.
3. Add avatar to [[Category:XXX Avatars]]. Also keep it in [[Category:Avatars]] and [[Category:JM Avatars]].

Raised to SM

When a member is raised to Aes Sedai or Gaidin, edit their page by following these directions.

1. Change their member information template:
   1. Change template in use from Template:JuniorMemberInfo to Template:MemberInfo.
   2. Change rank to {{as}} for Aes Sedai or {{gaidin}} for Gaidin.
   3. In MemberInfo template, add |BondedTo= line even if they have no current bondmate.
2. Enter Raising date under Tower History heading.
3. Add headings for Bonding and Mentees under "Tower Relationships".
4. Add "Senior Member Interview" heading.
5. Recategorise into appropriate [[Category:TarValon.Net Aes Sedai]] or [[Category:TarValon.Net Gaidin]] and [[Category:XXX Aes Sedai]]/[[Category:XXX Gaidin]]
6. Remove [[Category:JM Avatars]] from their avatar file's page.
7. Add the person's name raising to 2013 Raisings under the month they were raised. State the Ajah/Company they were raised to.
8. Add raising to the appropriate group raising page, such as Blue Raisings. See Category:Raisings.
9. If the member has a job on the site (forum or chat mod, TVT staff member, etc), move the member's info from Junior Members (Time Served) to the appropriate group time served page, such as Blue Ajah (Time Served). See Category:Time Served.

Bonded

When a member is bonded, edit their page by following these directions.

1. Edit their member information template:
   1. Under BondedTo, add their bondmate's name and group. Example: [[Bondmate's Name]]
2. Under the "Bonding" heading (under "Tower Relationships") add the following:

* [[Bondmate's Name]], {{AS or Gaidin}} of {{Group}}: DATE OF BOND - present (see above for wiki code for community groups)

1. Recategorise page into appropriate [[Category:XXX Aes Sedai]]/[[Category:XXX Warders]]. Replace XXX with the name of the member's Ajah or Company the member bonded into.
2. Repeat steps 1 & 2 on their bondmate's page.

Then:

• Add bonding to 2013 Bondings It needs to be entered three times:
  • Once under the month it happened
  • Once under Ajah
  • Once under Company
• Add the bonding to Bonding Dates (it needs to be entered under both Ajah and Company). Use correct templates ie {{Greenbond}} and {{DMbond}} so that the color is correct.

Demotion

When a member demotes to Accepted or Soldier, edit their page by following these directions.

1. Change their member information template:
   1. Change template in use from Template:MemberInfo to Template:JuniorMemberInfo.
   2. Change rank to {{accepted}} for Accepted or {{soldier}} for Soldier.
   3. Remove the |BondedTo= line even if they were bonded.
   4. Rmove Ajah/Company affiliation.
   5. Remove color codes.
2. Add the date the member demoted under the "Tower History" heading.
3. Update their rank to {{accepted}} for Accepted or {{soldier}} for Soldier.
4. Recategorise the page into [[Category:TarValon.Net Accepted]] or [[Category:TarValon.Net Soldiers]] as appropriate, and into [[Category:Former XXX Aes Sedai]]/[[Category:Former XXX Gaidin]]. Replace XXX with the name of the Ajah or Company the member demoted from.
5. Add the person's name and month of their demotion to the appropriate place in 2013 Raisings.
6. Add demotion to the appropriate group raising page, such as Blue Raisings. See Category:Raisings.
7. Add the person's name to Former SMs under "Demoted Members".

If the demotee was bonded

1. Under the "Bonding" heading (under "Tower Relationships") add the following:

• Enter finish date for the bond (finish date is the date the member demoted, if the bond was not otherwise dissolved).

1. Delete the member's profile from category [[Category:XXX Aes Sedai]]/[[Category:XXX Warders]].
2. Repeat steps 1 & 2 on the member's former bondmate's page.
3. Add the bond's finish date to Bonding Dates (needs to be entered under both Ajah and Company).
4. Add dissolution to 2013 Bondings at bottom of page. State that the bond dissolution was due to demotion.

Bond Dissolution

1. Under the "Bonding" heading (under "Tower Relationships") add the following:

• Enter finish date for the bond.
• Put ;Previous above that bond's information.

1. Delete the member's profile from category [[Category:XXX Aes Sedai]]/[[Category:XXX Warders]].
2. Repeat steps 1 & 2 on the member's former bondmate's page.
3. Add the bond's finish date to Bonding Dates (needs to be entered under both Ajah and Company).
4. Add dissolution to 2013 Bondings at bottom of page.

Roles/Jobs

Some members of the site have jobs, like Tower Historian, Sitter, TVT Staff, or others. Here's how you add that information to their Who's Who page.

TO BE UPDATED

Live Event Attendence

Many of our members attend live events. We have templates to easily add event attendance to a member's Who's Who page. Here's how you add them.

TO BE UPDATED

A Note: Other Tower Relationships

Many of our members have relationships with other members beyond that of bondmates or mentor/mentees. For any non Tower relationship, we should only put it on the page with the permission of the member. These are the relationships that may be stated on a Who's Who page:

• First-siblings
• Spouses
• Family relations (sibing, parent/child, cousin, etc)