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!
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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.
- Upload the member's avatar.
- In the left-side column, under "toolbox", click "Upload file".
- Choose the avatar file's location.
- Name the file "Avatar_NAME".
- Categorise into [[Category:Avatars]] and [[Category:JM Avatars]].
- Create new page under the member's full name.
- 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).
- Click "Go".
- You should get a page that says "There is no page titled 'NAME'. You can create this page."
- Click "create this page".
- Copy the JuniorMemberInfo template and headings from Junior Member Page.
- Add the member's rank into the template in the Info box with {{novice}} for Novice or {{recruit}} for Recruit.
- Enter the member's details (name, join date, etc) where appropriate.
- 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.
- Add the date the member was raised under the "Tower History" heading.
- Update their rank to {{accepted}} for Accepted or {{soldier}} for Soldier.
- Recategorise the page into [[Category:TarValon.Net Accepted]] or [[Category:TarValon.Net Soldiers]], as appropriate.
- 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.
- Enter the Aspiration date on member's page under the "Tower History" heading.
- 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
- Add appropriate colour codes to the BarText and BarColor (you can find them at Template:JuniorMemberInfo).
- Add [[Category:XXX Aspirants]] to the page. Replace XXX with the name of the member's Ajah or Company.
- 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.
- Change their member information template:
- Change template in use from Template:JuniorMemberInfo to Template:MemberInfo.
- Change rank to {{as}} for Aes Sedai or {{gaidin}} for Gaidin.
- In MemberInfo template, add |BondedTo= line even if they have no current bondmate.
- Enter Raising date under Tower History heading.
- Add headings for Bonding and Mentees under "Tower Relationships".
- Add "Senior Member Interview" heading.
- Recategorise into appropriate [[Category:TarValon.Net Aes Sedai]] or [[Category:TarValon.Net Gaidin]] and [[Category:XXX Aes Sedai]]/[[Category:XXX Gaidin]]
- Remove [[Category:JM Avatars]] from their avatar file's page.
- Add the person's name raising to 2013 Raisings under the month they were raised. State the Ajah/Company they were raised to.
- Add raising to the appropriate group raising page, such as Blue Raisings. See Category:Raisings.
- 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.
- Edit their member information template:
- Under BondedTo, add their bondmate's name and group. Example: [[Bondmate's Name]]
- 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)
- 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.
- 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.
- Change their member information template:
- Change template in use from Template:MemberInfo to Template:JuniorMemberInfo.
- Change rank to {{accepted}} for Accepted or {{soldier}} for Soldier.
- Remove the |BondedTo= line even if they were bonded.
- Rmove Ajah/Company affiliation.
- Remove color codes.
- Add the date the member demoted under the "Tower History" heading.
- Update their rank to {{accepted}} for Accepted or {{soldier}} for Soldier.
- 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.
- Add the person's name and month of their demotion to the appropriate place in 2013 Raisings.
- Add demotion to the appropriate group raising page, such as Blue Raisings. See Category:Raisings.
- Add the person's name to Former SMs under "Demoted Members".
If the demotee was bonded
- 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).
- Delete the member's profile from category [[Category:XXX Aes Sedai]]/[[Category:XXX Warders]].
- Repeat steps 1 & 2 on the member's former bondmate's page.
- Add the bond's finish date to Bonding Dates (needs to be entered under both Ajah and Company).
- Add dissolution to 2013 Bondings at bottom of page. State that the bond dissolution was due to demotion.
Bond Dissolution
- Under the "Bonding" heading (under "Tower Relationships") add the following:
- Enter finish date for the bond.
- Put ;Previous above that bond's information.
- Delete the member's profile from category [[Category:XXX Aes Sedai]]/[[Category:XXX Warders]].
- Repeat steps 1 & 2 on the member's former bondmate's page.
- Add the bond's finish date to Bonding Dates (needs to be entered under both Ajah and Company).
- 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.
Sitters and Warder Councillors
Sitters and Warder Councillors rotate every 6 months. There are two terms each year: Spring 2013 and Fall 2013 (insert the appropriate year). Spring term runs from January 1 to June 30, and Fall term runs from July 1 to December 31. If a person serves several consecutive terms (for example, from January 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010), you would list three dates for their service: Spring 2009, Fall 2009, and Spring 2010.
Becoming a Sitter or Warder Councillor
When a person becomes a Sitter or Warder Councillor, there are several pages to update:
- The person's actual profile page:
- Under "Tower Involvement: Current" add *{{sitter}} for the {{green2}}: Spring 2013, inserting {{sitter}} or {{wc}}, the person's appropriate affiliation template and the term they're serving.
- Add the category [[Category:Current Hall]] to the bottom of their profile.
- Add the category [[Category:Current Staff]] to the bottom of their profile.
- Add the person's name at Hall of Sitters and Warder Council under the appropriate term and group affiliation. If the term's heading hasn't been created yet, create it.
- Add the person's name to Current Positions: Hall of the Tower under their appropriate group affiliation
- Go to the category and click on the appropriate list (for example, if the person served in the Hall in 2013, then click on Administrative and Staff Positions in 2013). Then list them under Hall of the Tower.
- Go to Hall of Sitters and Warder Council (Time Served). Add the person's name (if it's not already there) and fill in the rest of their row of the table as appropriate.
Finishing service as a Sitter or Warder Councillor
When a person finishes their term as a Sitter or Warder Councillor, or steps down from that position, there are several pages to update: When a person becomes a Sitter or Warder Councillor, there are several pages to update:
- The person's actual profile page:
- Move *{{sitter}} for the {{green2}}: Spring 2013 from "Tower Involvement: Current" to "Tower Involvement: Previous"
- If the person has served several terms as a Sitter or Warder Councillor, then create a bulleted list of when they served. Here's an example. If the person served a partial term then list the specific dates they served.
- Remove the category [[Category:Current Hall]] from the bottom of their profile.
- Remove the category [[Category:Current Staff]] from the bottom of their profile (unless they are currently serving in another staff position).
- Remove the person's name from Current Positions: Hall of the Tower.
- Go to Hall of Sitters and Warder Council (Time Served). Go to the person's row and change "Current" from "Yes" to "No."
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 under the Official Event Attendance heading. Each template includes a bullet, the name of the event, a link to the event's page, and the event's location. Here's how you add the templates.
Anniversary Party
These are the templates you use for each Anniversary Party that a member has attended.
{{anni2002}} becomes
- Anniversary Party 2002 - Norman, Oklahoma, USA
{{anni2003}} becomes
- Anniversary Party 2003 - Fairview, Tennessee, USA
{{anni2004}} becomes
- Anniversary Party 2004 - Chicago, Illinois, USA
{{anni2005}} becomes
- Anniversary Party 2005 - Estes Park, Colorado, USA
{{anni2006}} becomes
- Anniversary Party 2006 - Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
{{anni2007}} becomes
- Anniversary Party 2007 - Winter Park, Colorado, USA
{{anni2008}} becomes
- Anniversary Party 2008 - Estes Park, Colorado, USA
{{anni2003}} becomes
- Anniversary Party 2009 - Millersylvania, Washington, USA
{{anni2010}} becomes
- Anniversary Party 2010 - Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, USA
{{anni2011}} becomes
- Anniversary Party 2011 - Charleston, South Carolina, USA
{{anni2012}} becomes
- Anniversary Party 2012 - Estes Park, Colorado, USA
{{anni2013}} becomes
- Anniversary Party 2013 - Fenton, Michigan, USA
Fall Ball
These are the templates you use for each Fall Ball that a member has attended.
{{fb2002}} becomes
- Fall Ball 2002 - Portland, Oregon, USA
{{fb2003}} becomes
- Fall Ball 2003 - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
{{fb2004}} becomes
- Fall Ball 2004 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
{{fb2005}} becomes
- Fall Ball 2005 - Richmond, Virginia, USA
{{fb2006}} becomes
- Fall Ball 2006 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
{{fb2007}} becomes
- Fall Ball 2007 - Cruise from Los Angeles, California, USA to Ensenada, Mexico
{{fb2008}} becomes
- Fall Ball 2008 - Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, USA
{{fb2009}} becomes
- Fall Ball 2009 - Kansas City, Missouri, USA
{{fb2010}} becomes
- Fall Ball 2010 - Washington, DC, USA
{{fb2011}} becomes
- Fall Ball 2011 - Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
{{fb2012}} becomes
- Fall Ball 2012 - New York City, New York, USA
{{fb2013}} becomes
- Fall Ball 2013 - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Dragon*Con
These are the templates you use for each Dragon*Con that a member has attended.
Important note: As of the Fall 2012 Admin Meeting, Dragon*Con is no longer an official Tower event. It was considered an official Tower event for library and merit purposes until 2012.
{{dcon2002}} becomes
- Dragon*Con 2002 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
{{dcon2003}} becomes
- Dragon*Con 2003 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
{{dcon2004}} becomes
- Dragon*Con 2004 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
{{dcon2005}} becomes
- Dragon*Con 2005 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
{{dcon2006}} becomes
- Dragon*Con 2006 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
{{dcon2007}} becomes
- Dragon*Con 2007 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
{{dcon2008}} becomes
- Dragon*Con 2008 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
{{dcon2009}} becomes
- Dragon*Con 2009 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
{{dcon2010}} becomes
- Dragon*Con 2010 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
{{dcon2011}} becomes
- Dragon*Con 2011 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
{{dcon2012}} becomes
- Dragon*Con 2012 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
JordanCon
These are the templates you use for each JordanCon that a member has attended. JordanCon is considered an official Tower event for library and merit purposes from 2009 onwards.
{{jcon2009}} becomes
- JordanCon 2009 - Alpharetta, Georgia, USA
{{jcon2010}} becomes
- JordanCon 2010 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
{{jcon2011}} becomes
- JordanCon 2011 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
{{jcon2012}} becomes
- JordanCon 2012 - Roswell, Georgia, USA
{{jcon2013}} becomes
- JordanCon 2013 - Roswell, Georgia, USA
=Euro Party
These are the templates you use for each Euro Party that a member has attended.
Note: In 2002-2005, 2011, and 2012 we only had one Euro Party; in 2006 and 2007 we had only a Summer Euro Party, and in 2008, 2009, and 2010 we had a Summer Euro Party and Winter Euro Party. Please make sure to use the correct templates when indicating Euro Party attendance on a member's page.
Once-yearly Euro Party
{{euro2002}} becomes
- Euro Party 2002 - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
{{euro2003}} becomes
- Euro Party 2003 - Brandon, UK
{{euro2004}} becomes
- Euro Party 2004 - Tampere, Finland
{{euro2005}} becomes
- Euro Party 2005 - Gothenburg, Sweden
{{euro2011}} becomes
- Euro Party 2011 - Much Wenlock, Shropshire, UK
{{euro2012}} becomes
- Euro Party 2012 - Warnsveld, the Netherlands
Summer Euro Party
{{summereuro2006}} becomes
- Summer Euro Party 2006 - Skipton, Yorkshire, England
{{summereuro2007}} becomes
- Summer Euro Party 2007 - Driebergen, The Netherlands
{{summereuro2008}} becomes
- Summer Euro Party 2008 - Waldmannshausen, Germany
{{summereuro2009}} becomes
- Summer Euro Party 2009 - Driebergen, The Netherlands
{{summereuro2010}} becomes
- Unofficial Summer Euro Party 2010 - Rauenberg-Rotenberg, Germany. Note, this was not an official TarValon.Net party
Winter Euro Party
{{wintereuro2008}} becomes
- Winter Euro Party 2008 - Slindon, UK
{{wintereuro2009}} becomes
- Winter Euro Party 2009 - Skipton, Yorkshire, England
{{wintereuro2010}} becomes
- Winter Euro Party 2010 - Much Wenlock, Shropshire, UK
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)