SporeWiki:Fiction Guidelines

In this article you will learn some important steps to create a fiction that's interesting and not just annoying. Make sure you read the whole page.

=Step by step guide=

Step 1-How do I start off?
"Fictions need time to come along well. Don't just instantly release a fiction and say it's the best. If they have, they must learn they can't do that. they usually do."

- Technobliterator via the blogs

First of all, if you want to write good fiction for your creatures, they need to be believable. Have reason's to back up your fiction, and what it says. You might think that simply saying BWAHAHAHAHA THESE THINGS WILL PWN ALL!!!!! THEY CAN SHOOT LASERS FROM THEIR EYES!!!!!!! is a good way to get people interested. Practically saying that is the best way to get your fiction hated. Initially being unfair and claiming this results in your fiction gaining a bad reputation and you'll struggle to gain a good one until it's massively improved and it's been improved for about a month or two.

Basically, don't ever make this: SporeWiki:Bad Starter Example

What's "namespace"?
Easy. Namespace is for fan-made content. For example, Creature:Grimbolsaurian is in the Creature namespace. Why? It's a creature. Go figure. And Fiction:Delpha Coalition of Planets doesn't belong in the Creature namespace, does it? It's not a creature. For everything in Spore you can create, there's a namespace for, IE Building:_____ and Captain:______ (although Fiction can't be made in spore)

A full list of namespaces for fiction:
 * Cells - cells
 * Creatures - Your creature, the way it lives, like culture and biology etc
 * Captain - Your captain, his missions and so on
 * Vehicles -
 * Buildings -
 * Flora - Please do not make new concept flora, unless you have hacked the editor and are creating them. These are mostly more Maxis flora.
 * Fiction - Anything that can't be included in the above categories
 * Terrain/Planet - For planets or continents, note it is better to use fiction for continents rather than terrain now.
 * Taxon - See SporeWiki Taxonomy

Unused namespaces that are now cancelled:
 * Content:Very old, please move the namespace.
 * Concept:Even older, before Spore was released. Some pages stay as concept because they are so good.  We will now Delete any new concepts which outside true Spore creations.

How do I talk to another user?
Edit their talk page, or their fiction's talk page;
 * If you fiction is good or doesn't want wars at the moment, ask for an alliance.
 * Even if they're evil you could.
 * Most fictions accept the alliance, don't worry about too many reasons why.
 * If they're really evil (or just stupid), declare war.
 * If the fiction is new and is declaring war on an old fiction, there's nothing wrong with it.
 * While your fiction may be described as "foolish", that's not a bad thing! They're insulting the fiction, not the user.
 * It is good you start socializing with users, see how things work out in the Wiki, this is a very imperative option if you seek you fiction to be recognized by the other users.
 * Talk to them via blogs or talk pages.

Step 2-What should I say?
1

Ok, you've made a Fiction like this: SporeWiki:Good Starter Example and want it to be more like this Creature:Taxton or maybe, this: Creature:Gablinus-Avis or, if you gain an amazing reputation, Fiction:The Ayrai-Shikua.

What to add:
 * Sub pages; To do a sub page, create a page called Creature:Insert your creature here/sub page name ie military For sub pages, you could include things like,
 * Language- Example for complex: Fiction:The Ayrai-Shikua/Xhodocto Language
 * Attributes
 * IE-Military- Example for complex: Fiction:Capricorn Sector Alliance/Starships
 * Gender- Example for complex: Fiction:Loron/Da Boyz, Fiction:Loron/Da Chikz
 * History
 * As a timeline- Example for complex:Fiction:The Ayrai-Shikua/Timeline for easy:Fiction:Taldar/History
 * Or like this- Example for complex:Fiction:Delpha Coalition of Planets/History
 * Add even more conent- Example for complex: Creature:Vartekian
 * Add people in (under Captain or Fiction)- Example for complex: Captain:Da Propa Big Boss Zr'Ahgloth

What to remember when adding:
 * Detail. LOTS of detail
 * Explanation- Example for complex: The Krassio Host
 * Use appropriate grammar, dnt tlk lyk dis u noob
 * Don't claim your fiction is better than anyone elses. For example; if a user (Xhodocto3546) has been around for a long time (a year) and their fiction (The Xhodocto) is powerful yet is well explained and has good reputation and a new user (We're going to use our example: Random Noob) creates a fiction (The Taldar- no, not Technobliterator's one) and claims they could beat the Xhodocto, this is unfair and will get you hates. DO NOT EVER CLAIM your fiction is better
 * Exception: Maybe you could say your example is extinct or lost power, IE the actual Taldar
 * Other exception: If your fiction is coming along, has a good reputation and you have explained why they're good, then why not?
 * Only associate your fiction with another when you've talked to the owner of the other fiction

2

Since when was there a rule against making different kinds? There are several kinds of alliances on this wiki. You could make one with multiple species. Just make sure to add:


 * The above
 * The Prime/A prime species (your own)- Example for complex:Creature:Civatron
 * What specieare involved- Example for complex:Fiction:Defensive System's Bloc/Species

What are forums?
The Forum Namespace is for discussions about Spore. They are made when you want more freedom to add to the page than Blogs.

Blogs? What?
Blogs are something Wikia introduced in early 2009.They have several uses on SporeWiki. They can be used for-
 * General Wiki Discussion- User blog:Wormulon/You have played Spore too long when...
 * General Spore Discussion (What happened in Spore lately?)
 * General Creature Discussion- User blog:Technobliterator/What is your Empire's average IQ?
 * General Creature Collections User Blog:Technobliterator/IQs on SporeWiki
 * General User Discussion- User blog:Xhodocto3546/The Offical Xhodocto3546 Q&A Blog

Step 3-How do I carry on?
Be unique, but, don't be godly just yet. So then, assuming you followed Steps 1&2, you're now a good fiction and your fiction has potential,you are also a very well-recognised user, as many read your content thanks to the links on your allies' pages (assuming those allies are well known, IE the DCP), so now you're allowed to go a bit bonkers, NOT TOO MUCH though.

Remember
 * You are still NOT in a position to claim that they can beat any species on SporeWiki, and you NEVER ARE (unless that species is the Grox), that's for others to judge
 * Try get on blogs, such as User blog:Wormulon/Empires in Comparison, to get your fiction more well known and compare it to others
 * EXPLAIN your uniqueness, IE- The Zazane are powerful because they (just an example, not actually in fiction) have magic, which they gained from their planet's magic and from studying magic crystals

Cross user fiction
Now, there's several ways it can be done. An easy example is here. But, several users like to get more extreme than that.

An example many like to go through is wars. Discuss with another user about how you're going to do it and then make the page. An example of a fiction that started off basic but became major is here. Or you could just go to the main one here, rather than starting your own.

Some fictions allow users to add their empire's story. An example is here.

There are even alliances. Though you have to be good to get in. An easy example is here, though the most common is here.

How powerful can I be?
As powerful as you like. With explanation.

Limitations...
 * DO NOT give them power that deliberately matches another fiction
 * Don't make them unrealistic
 * Provide good reasons why they are powerful

Assuming you're now a popular user, try blogs.

Step 5- Xhodocto-killer
Xhodocto-killer doesn't mean a creature that is powerful enough to defeat the Xhodocto, crumbs, no. It is simply a term by Technobliterator to describe a fiction of which has content that is well written, well explained and there's a lot of it that it matches/beats the Xhodocto. So, you want to do that? Sure, we all do. However, you'll have to remember these points:


 * The Civatron were the first creature to be enemies of the Xhodocto on SporeWiki, which is the only reason why they can potentially beat them, and others can't
 * You don't necessarily have to say they're ancient and super powerful and godlike, being more unique (example: Loron) is a lot better and gets more popular

But, by now, your fiction should have many fans among the wiki and be involved with just about everyone, and you'll have learnt about making them unique, not making claims etc... So, really, that's all you need to know!

=HELP!! MY FICTION SUCKS! WHAT SHALL I DO?= Well, if you have made a fiction like this and don't want to make it even worse like this then here's how.

Where did I go wrong?
It depends. Some fictions die from the get-go. You're not impressing anyone if you've made a page saying:

- THESE CREATURES ARE SO MUCH BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE'S COS THEY CAN DESTROY THE WORLD BY SAYING DIE!!!!!!!

No, you're just making everyone dislike you. You will NEVER be in a position to claim that. EVER.

It's obvious that you've made a mistake; maybe there's no explanation as to why they rule a large dimension? Maybe their IQ or Height or Super Strength aren't explained? Maybe you bored the reader by not setting it out well in paragraphs and not using good grammar? I could go on, but if your fiction sucked it must mean one of these things:


 * You didn't read our guide above
 * You were doing well, but forgot our advice and failed.
 * You decided not to follow our advice and made it anyway. Of course there actually is
 * You made your fiction bad before the guide was released

Either way, the rest of this guide shows you how you can address these issues without just saying "Forget it. My creature sucks. No one likes it. I will give it up as a lost cause, an make another empire that can burn a planet by folding it's arms". Cause that's no the attitude SporeWiki likes

How can it get better?
Quite easily. Here's how:

I take it back!
Take back some of your facts. Change them. Can the Sapo hive Mind really turn spaceships into goose? No. Maybe that was a legend? Maybe that was assumption? Maybe that's not true.

Here's an example of how an actual SporeWiki Empire evolved fiction wise:


 * 1) Started off rubbish.
 * 2) Everyone wanted it to improve and didn't like it
 * 3) Became majorly edited so that it wasn't as powerful or unrealistic
 * 4) Gained popularity

No, this is why
Yes, you'll need an extremely good explanation as to why the Grimbolsaurians can turn a planetto dust by staring at it. Maybe that's just in higher dimensions, where they're from? However this tactic can't be relied on all the time. There are several situations where you are forced to take it back. The rest of the article shows what's bad