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Although CivWiki [[CW:DEFER|defers to Wikipedia]], CivWiki is not Wikipedia, and has different requirements and needs. While Wikipedia is a general encyclopedia, CivWiki documents a very narrow genre of Minecraft servers, and caters to a smaller base of readers. For instance, CivWiki can assume readers are familiar with certain mechanics of vanilla Minecraft, where Wikipedia cannot. |
Although CivWiki [[CW:DEFER|defers to Wikipedia]], CivWiki is not Wikipedia, and has different requirements and needs. While Wikipedia is a general encyclopedia, CivWiki documents a very narrow genre of Minecraft servers, and caters to a smaller base of readers. For instance, CivWiki can assume readers are familiar with certain mechanics of vanilla Minecraft, where Wikipedia cannot. |
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Sometimes, these different needs means that CivWiki policies will be different from, or contain exceptions to, Wikipedia policies. As one example, CivWiki's [[CW:NOTABILITY|notability]] policy is significantly |
Sometimes, these different needs means that CivWiki policies will be different from, or contain exceptions to, Wikipedia policies. As one example, CivWiki's [[CW:NOTABILITY|notability]] policy is significantly looser than Wikipedia's, which is a result of the smaller base of readers and increased interest in documenting one's own history among those readers. |