Submission Rules

The Star Army setting is unique and interesting because it has been built over the years by SARPers. These rules govern the addition of material to the Star Army's canon setting.

1. All articles submitted to the site must:
   1. Be useful and relevant in the SARP setting
   2. Comply with Terms of Service
   3. Have a reasonable level of plausibility and scientific explanation without being overly complex.
   4. Use proper grammar and spelling
   5. Use the standard format or template, if applicable
   6. Follow the Style Guide
   7. Have Damage Rating information, if applicable
   8. Have speeds in compliance with the Starship Speed Standard, if applicable
   9. Use the Standard Product Nomenclature System, if applicable
   10. Show Pricing, if applicable
   11. Have prior approval of the manager(s) of any factions or corporations producing any product/item.
   12. Have the in-character year they are released (should be the current IC year)
   13. Contain enough detail to be used in the roleplay.
2. Articles submitted to the site must not contain:
   1. Copypasta (i.e. paragraphs copied from another page on the wiki; link to a shared article instead)
   2. Copyrighted material or trademarks
   3. Profanity or obscenity
   4. Names of actual persons, living or dead, regardless of historical significance
   5. Hotlinks and/or images hosted on third-party websites (only images on Star Army are permitted)
   6. Second-person language (you, your), unless specifically talking to the reader/player (i.e. instructions).
3. If a question/objection is raised during review, is is not acceptable to merely answer in the forum thread; the wiki article must also be edited to reflect the response.
4. It is not a valid argument to justify overpowered or questionable abilities on your submission by…
   1. pointing to an older submission, especially one of a different faction
   2. promising in-universe restrictions on use or availability
5. Articles must be on the wiki in the correct namespace and URL to be approved.
6. Articles will not be approved via forum private messages or in IRC. Approval should be posted in the thread only.
7. Unapproved articles should be tagged with a notice saying the page is not yet approved.
8. If you're submitting a new warship, you should also submit a civilian ship (to help develop factions).
   • Alternatively, Instead of the normal civilian ship required with each military ship submission, you also have the option of submitting a ship or piece of useful equipment for an “enemy” faction. See Wes for details.
9. If submitting a firearms or weapons article, the ammunition must be linked as a separate article. This allows other weapons to easily share the same ammunition type without having the ammo description posted in multiple places. Ideally, the ammunition should be submitted first. Ammunition goes in the guns: namespace Ammunition Template
10. If your submission is an update of an older article, you must provide NTSE moderators with a complete list of changes.

Please do not submit articles of the following types:

• New dimensions or planes of existence
• New methods of faster-than-light travel
• Self-replicating super battleships
• Godlike beings
• Technologies obviously designed to circumvent or ignore current SARP rules and systems
• Nanotechnology-based anti-starship weapons
• Technology that allows objects to pass through other objects (“phasing” etc)

We also generally won't accept cutting edge or advanced technology for factions that don't have any role-play going on.

Tip: Make an effort to improve on existing designs; we have a lot of good designs that could use some refit or upgrading.

When asked, “Should artwork be required?” here's how members responded (2012 Planning Survey):

• 14% said art should be required for planets.
• 74% said art should be required for starships and vehicles.
• 79% said art should be required for uniforms.
• 52% said art should be required for weapons.
• 69% said art should be required for new Species.

So, here are the rules on images:

1. Illustrations may be required for approval of articles.
   1. This depends on the faction.
2. We strongly suggest creating or obtaining illustrations for the following article categories:
   1. Starships and vehicles (anything a character can drive or pilot)
   2. Uniforms (anything a character can wear)
   3. Weapons (anything a character can shoot)
3. Artwork is always required for new species.

Articles for the Yamatai Star Empire require artwork if they're in the following categories.

• Starships and vehicles
• Uniforms
• Weapons of any type, especially handheld weapons

1. Reviews should include the checklist found in the Guide for Submission Reviewers.
   • Approvals that do not have the checklist may be revoked by any NTSE mod or admin for any reason up to three months after their approval date.
   • You, the submitter, have the right and responsibility to ask for the checklist.
2. All reviews must be done in a constructive manner. This is an expectation and will be enforced.
3. Remember Technology & Setting Forum Staff and Admin reviews hold the weight in terms of approval or disapproval. While it is important to keep the suggestions of your fellow players in mind, you should be focusing more on these reviews.
4. Avoid Submission Rot if possible

1. If your submission is denied, it may be locked. At that time it is the submitter’s responsibility to appeal this by contacting the staff/admin who locked and put “not approved” on it. When that staff/admin feels that the topic is ready to be unlocked pending your discussion on the submission, it will be done.
2. If after the appeal, your submission is still not approved you should consider strongly the advice given by the staff/admin and move on.

1. Add a link to the article in the timeline's appropriate year.
2. Make sure you add it to the list(s) if applicable:
   • List of Starship Systems
   • List of Starship Classes
   • List of Small Aerospace Craft
   • List of Mecha and Power Armors

1. Any refits, modifications or overhauls that change the submission from its state at the time of approval must be submitted for approval. Include a list of the changes made, to point out the areas requiring focus. In particular, re-approval is required for changes to:
   • Speed
   • Damage output
   • Damage capacity
   • Special capabilities
2. We suggest that you add an OOC section to the bottom of your article that gives the following information:
   • Author(s) information
   • Copyright information, if applicable (for the article and art used in it)
   • The date and time of approval
   • The moderator who approved the article
   • Whether or not the checklist was used
   • Other relevant information such as faction managers who approved the article.

1. Any participant in the Technology and Setting process found in violation of the above rules will be served a 3-7 day permission restriction which will remove their ability to post in the Technology and Setting forum.
2. Repeated offenders or in cases determined by staff to be serious will be permanently restricted from posting in the section.
3. Continued abuse of policy may lead to banning.
4. Do not try to rush the review process. This includes but is not limited to bumping threads and/or harassing the reviewer in chatrooms by spamming the link to your approval thread.