User:Duskey/The Sims Wiki

The Sims Wiki (abbreviated TSW) is a collaborative encyclopedia for everything related to The Sims series, hosted by Wikia.

History
It was founded on February 6, 2005 by Jamie and has since then been managed by community appointed bureaucrats and sysops (both user access levels are commonly known as administrators on TSW), and contributors.

Content
The Sims Wiki features almost 8,000 content articles which includes, Sims, Objects, Games, Patches, Guides, Careers, Traits, Moodlets, Aspirations and much more.

Games covered

 * The Sims and expansion packs.
 * The Sims 2 and expansion/stuff packs.
 * The Sims 3 and expansion/stuff packs.
 * The Sims Stories and sequels.
 * The Sims console and hand-held games.

For wikis and sites to other Sims games, see related sites.

Community
TSW hosts an active community where users can communicate by using talk pages and IRC.

Users are also encouraged to decorate their userpages with userboxes, limited personal information and their thoughts and ideas about The Sims games.

Registration
Anyone can contribute to TSW even without registration, though users are encouraged to do so. Registration promotes building a better community and removes some ads on the Wikia network. The process of warning and ultimately blocking users exibiting disruptive behavior, spamming or vandalism is also much quicker for unregistered users.

Languages
All content on The Sims Wiki must be in English, though it is available in 16 other languages as well. They are in alphabetical order:
 * Arabic
 * Brazilian Portugese
 * Chinese
 * Danish
 * Dutch
 * Estonian
 * French
 * German
 * Hebrew
 * Italian
 * Norwegian
 * Polish
 * Russian
 * Spanish
 * Swedish

Note that not all of these languages have as many content articles as the English parent wiki. For additional information about the language availability on The Sims Wiki, see the Affiliates page

Rules & Policies
Since TSW is hosted by Wikia, it is subject to their Terms of Use, licensing and policies in addition to their own policies.

In a nutshell the TSW specific policies are: A full list of The Sims Wiki policies is available.
 * 1) Don't misbehave.
 * 2) Don't create empty pages.
 * 3) Users must be registered to vote.

TSW also strives to follow the policies and guidelines set by Wikipedia, where ever possible.

Player Stories & Fanon policy
With the exception of the player stories feature, fanon is not allowed on The Sims Wiki. To write about the Sims in your game, please go to The Sims Fanon Wiki

Related sites

 * The Sims Fanon Wiki
 * MySims Wiki