Guidelines
Our principles
A few simple commitments decide almost every call we make. When something isn't covered by a rule, these are how we figure out the right thing to do.
Accuracy is the whole point
A wiki nobody trusts is just noise. Everything we build — the review flow, the trust engine, versioning — exists to keep the data correct. When in doubt, we slow a change down rather than let a wrong value go live. A blank field beats a confidently-wrong one.
The community owns the knowledge
ARKANA is built by the people who actually play these games. Every contribution is attributed to its author and belongs to the community, not to us. We're the caretakers of the platform, not the owners of your work.
Trust is earned, never assumed
New contributors and established ones are treated differently — on purpose. A proven track record buys faster edits and more weight in review. Trust is built one accurate contribution at a time, and it can be lost the same way. No one is above review.
Nothing is ever lost
Every asset is fully versioned. Every edit records who changed what, when, and why — and any version can be restored in one click. Mistakes are cheap because they're always reversible. That's what makes it safe to let everyone contribute.
Trading is between players
ARKANA helps players find each other and remembers who follows through. It is not a shop, an escrow service, or a guarantor. Trades happen in-game, between people, at their own discretion — and our job is to make the trustworthy traders easy to find and the unreliable ones obvious.
We respect the games we document
ARKANA is an independent, fan-run project. All game names, assets, and trademarks belong to their respective owners. We document games out of enthusiasm for them, never to compete with or misrepresent them.
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