First Gig
Hey, it's awesome that you're checking out RomanceRockBands — thanks for being here!
If you want to participate (add and edit site content), there are a few things you need to know.
-- Intellectual Property & Copyright --
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL RIGHTS TO THESE FICTIONAL BANDS, MUSICIANS, & ALBUMS (& THE BOOKS CONTAINING THEM) REMAIN WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE AUTHORS.
RomanceRockBands is intended to share information about fictional rock bands and musicians, without ever infringing on the copyrights of the authors who've created them. The author whose creation it is (see the Intellectual Property section at the bottom of all Band and Musician pages or the author attribution at the top of all Book pages) should be considered as the owner and copyright holder of all the page's content — if you contribute any content or changes to the page, you're gifting copyright and ownership of it to them.
Remember that authors are the ultimate authorities about their own books. Therefore, authors aren't required to provide sources or defend their changes to pages relating to their own books — "It's my book" is a good enough authority. Everyone else should provide a source or reason why they're editing the page, and note that an author doesn't need a reason to edit or revert your changes. We will always back an author up if there's an issue.
Unless you are the author or a PA with permission to do so, please DO NOT edit the Intellectual Property section of any page. If you're creating a new page, it's okay to put the author's name in the appropriate place, but leave the Guest Appearances and copyright notice for the author or PA or an admin to edit.
-- House Rules for Creating Pages --
New pages are created by clicking red links (links to nonexistent pages), so start by adding the item to the appropriate directory page with double square brackets around it: Item Name — once saved, this will display a red link, which you can then click to create the page.
Please use a template for any new page:
- Type {{subst:TemplateName}} in the empty/new page.
- Replace TemplateName with the desired template name (available templates include AlbumPage, AuthorPage, BandPage, BookPage, LabelPage, and MusicianPage.
- Save the page.
- Click the edit tab at the top of the page and start editing. You can edit the whole page, including the top section, by clicking the edit tab at the top of the screen.
Pages without templates may be deleted or have their content replaced with a blank template.
