CivWiki:About/Draft

'CivWiki is an encyclopedia documenting the history, mechanics, gameplay, and player creations on Civ-genre servers. The wiki is operated independently of all Civ servers that it documents information about. When the wiki was founded in 2017, it only intended to document information from CivClassic, but as more servers entered the forefront and servers shared different users, the wiki grew in scope. In 2022, the wiki's content is a combination of the wikis from Civcraft, CivRealms, and CivClassic, helpfully documented by the Maester Alliance, Raven, and Magmus respectively.

What is Civ?
The concept of Civ servers is different from other games such as Sid Meier's, or other Minecraft "civilization-like" servers, like factions or Towny.

Civ servers arguably began in 2011, with the creation of Civcraft and its founder ttk2. He envisioned a server "where players actions really mattered, where they created and shaped the societies and worlds they played in, a game that truly had no script." In a world where Minecraft was just beginning to grow in popularity, it was a novel concept. In order to do so, he believed that admins should not intervene in player-run affairs except for extreme circumstances, an ideal which has led to this day.

Over the years, admin teams on Civcraft and its successor servers, today colloquially known as Civ servers, have built upon this concept and made new mechanics and plugins, forcing players to adapt to new circumstances and ideas.

Currently under construction...

How do I help?
First, CivWiki follows the rules of Wikipedia's five pillars, meaning that editors should treat others with respect, and operate under malicious intent or start arguments or edit wars intentionally. Users and players should treat each other with respect conflicts should be settled peacefully without incident.

Additionally, players should not take out-of-game grievances onto the wiki or onto its communication platforms, including our discord.

To begin editing, please take a look at CivWiki's editing guide and begin from there.