User:Drekmonger/Sandbox

Build Guide Policy
Build guide documents describe a group of builds with a common theme and purpose. Build guides can describe a team build or the build for a particular type of character. Build guides are expressly not profession guides. Rather, build guides describe a "build", including common variants and usage of the build.

Good subjects for build guides:
 * Cripshot Rangers
 * Invincible Monks
 * Touch Rangers
 * Trappers
 * Minion Masters
 * Thumpers
 * IWAY teams
 * Bloodspike teams

Bad subjects for build guides:
 * Rangers
 * HA teams
 * Deep Freeze casting Warrior of Doom

Build guides should be written to the highest standard of quality and should cover all relevant considerations that are topical. As much as possible, build guides should not overlap. Only one article is needed for "thumpers", for example.

In general build guides should be developed in the author's namespace prior to being moved into one of the build guide categories to prevent the categories from becoming cluttered. Also, author's should be aware that other users may modify the build guide with improvements once its in the public namespace.

Build guides are articles and are treated as any other article in the main namespace, with similar expectations of care, NPOV, etc. Build guides which become irrelevant due to game changes can be marked for deletion or archived.

Build guides must describe builds that are well-known in it's respective community (PvE or PvP). Community consensus decides the question of whether or not a build guide describes builds that are "well-known". A build guide can be reviewed at any time to test for it's continued relevance. Ineffectiveness does not automatically mean irrelevance. For example, Paladins and Hamstorm warriors might be considered "relevant" because of their long history in Guild Wars culture.

Build guides are marked with either Category:PvP Build Guide or Category:PvE Build Guide, dependent upon where the builds described are most often used.

As guideline, a build guide should include the following sections : Overview, Build, Usage, Variants. This is only a guideline, meaning exceptions can be made for build guides that must deviate in order to describe their subject properly or well written build guides that were orginally published on another site.


 * Overview - A description of the builds being described, their purpose, and their history in the game.


 * Build - General overview of what attributes, skills, and equipment are important to the build. A description on why and how the build works (or why it doesn't work in the case of a build like Paladin.)


 * Usage - A tutorial on using the builds described by the build guide.


 * Variants - Common variants.  A variant must be relatively "well-known", as defined by consensus.