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This page is an official policy on PvXwiki.

It has wide acceptance among editors and is considered a standard that all users should follow.

Build Master Policy

PvXwiki Build Masters are elected members of the community entrusted with vote-removal capabilities and increased vote weight in order to ensure PvXwiki's highly accurate documentation of Guild Wars Builds. These responsibilities are outlined further below.

Build Masters are expected to be receptive to build-related user requests for help or advice; one would be well served to heed their advice, as they have demonstrated extensive in-game knowledge.

Build Masters are recommended (and vetted) by the community via requests for Build Master Status. At the discretion of the current Administrative staff, these users may be promoted to Build Master. When considering promotion, the BCrats will concern themselves with the community's input on the nomination and the quality of the user's contributions to the wiki.

Build Master vs. Administrator

Build Masters differ from Administrators in that they do not:

  • Delete/restore pages.
  • Protect/unprotect pages.
  • Block users.
  • Rollback edits (note the difference between rolling back edits and reverting them; BMs do not benefit from the admin-specific rollback function, they simply revert edits like any other user. In cases of GW:1RV breaches, a Sysop should be contacted.)

This said, administrators whose contributions warrant BMship can opt for the 200% vote weight also.

Vote Removal

Build Masters have the ability to remove votes cast by other users on the 'Rate' page of any build. When removing a vote, it is expected that the BM will leave even a short note explaining the reasoning behind the removal. BMs are subject to the same criteria as administrators when removing votes, these being (taken from [1]):

  • A vote must constitute an objective judgement of the build's qualities. It must not be biased by sympathy or any other prejudice regarding the author. This applies in particular to votes given by authors themselves or their friends. Votes that deliberately overshoot in favoring or unfavoring a build in order to 'compensate' another vote are not acceptable either.
  • A vote may not be submitted by a sock puppet. Users who didn't edit a single page on the wiki yet are in general suspected to be sock puppets. If in doubt, a user may be requested to provide an in-game name on his user page.
  • A vote, including the comment, must be self-consistent. That is, the ratings and the comment may not contradict each other. The comment should explain all ratings instead. Likewise, a rating of e.g. Zero in Effectiveness and 5 in Universality is considered contradictory.
  • A vote may not constitute vandalism or violate NPA. It may not be overly rude, attack the author or in another way disrupt the wiki.
  • A vote must be based on facts. Votes that are entirely based on a false premise, flagrantly misrepresent a build's ability or demonstrate a minimal understanding of in-game mechanics are considered invalid.
  • A build that works, but is clearly inferior to another build, should get a lower rating than this other build. However, the rating should still be higher than for a build that doesn't work at all. Only builds that serve the same purpose may be compared in that way.
  • The weighting of the ratings on the different criteria is defined by this policy. Voters who don't agree with the current weighting should address that on the policy's talk page. It is not admissible to give false ratings on individual criteria in order to circumvent the weighting scheme.

If a user feels a vote has been stricken wrongly, he or she may contact the Build Master responsible and request further explanation on the Build's talk page.

Weighted Votes

The other tool given to Build Masters is a vote that is weighted more heavily compared to other users. A BM's vote is weighted 200% that of a regular user. This is to ensure that BMs will have the ability to shape the wiki to the standards the community has entrusted them to uphold.

Appeals

The appropriate procedure for mediating especially contentious disputes between a Build Master and a user.

Current Build Masters

These Build Masters work hard to maintain high standards of professionalism and usability on the Wiki. A system-generated list can be found on Special:Listusers/buildmaster.

Defiant Elements, Ibreaktoilets, Pluto, Unexist, and Zuranthium are on the wiki daily to exercise their Build Master Rights.

Inactive Build Masters

Shogunshen has taken a break to sort out personal issues.

Contacting a Build Master

Username Talk page External contact details Location
Defiant Elements talk Active E-mail user no MSN New York
Ibreaktoilets talk Active E-mail user no MSN Bradford, England
Pluto talk Active E-mail user no MSN Vancouver, Washington
Shogunshen talk Active E-mail user no MSN Upper Arlington, Ohio
Unexist talk Active E-mail user no MSN Zwolle, the Netherlands
Zuranthium talk Active E-mail user no MSN Arizona / California

Disclaimer

Don't complain about the elitism of this policy. Elites exist in-game, in real life, and on this wiki. It is a fact, and needs to be dealt with as such. Thanks in advance.

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