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Notability Guidelines

We can't have a page for literally everyone who has ever played a game of Halo -- or even for everyone who has played in a single prized tournament. We also cannot have a page for every event a player has attended, otherwise we'd have pages for backyard LANs with 50 dollar prize pools. We simply cannot maintain that many pages, and most pages would never be visited. So in order to maintain quality within our wiki, we have a set of "notability guidelines" that we follow to determine whether a player, team or event gets a page. All notability guidelines are subject to change and staff discretion.

The following guidlines are applicable to the HCS 2022 season and onwards.

Teams

North America

Consistent Top 8 (or Top 12 where applicable) placings in important regional online HCS tournaments
Top 16 placing at a major HCS LAN
Team is made up of highly notable players that already have player pages

Europe

Consistent Top 8 placings in important regional online HCS tournaments
Top 16 placing at a major HCS LAN
Team is made up of highly notable players that already have player pages

Latin America

Consistent Top 3 placings in important regional online HCS tournaments
Top 16 placing at a major HCS LAN
Team is made up of highly notable players that already have player pages

Asia Pacific

Consistent Top 3 placings in important regional online HCS tournaments
Top 16 placing at a major HCS LAN
Top 3 placing at a regional HCS LAN
Joined a team of highly notable players that already have player and team pages

Additionally, if a team is a well respected and established organization with a significant amount of followers they may qualify for a page outright when signing a roster

Players

North America

Consistent Top 8 (or Top 12 where applicable) placings in important regional online HCS tournaments
Top 16 placing at a major HCS LAN
Top 12 placing at a regional HCS LAN
Joined a team of highly notable players that already have player and team pages

Europe

Consistent Top 8 placings in important regional online HCS tournaments
Top 16 placing at a major HCS LAN
Top 3 placing at a regional HCS LAN
Joined a team of highly notable players that already have player and team pages

Latin America

Consistent Top 3 placings in important regional online HCS tournaments
Top 16 placing at a major HCS LAN
Top 3 placing at a regional HCS LAN
Joined a team of highly notable players that already have player and team pages

Asia Pacific

Consistent Top 3 placings in important regional online HCS tournaments
Top 16 placing at a major HCS LAN
Top 3 placing at a regional HCS LAN
Joined a team of highly notable players that already have player and team pages

Game Switching Players

Players that have competed at the highest level in another esport may qualify for a page with some or none of the above requirements depending on their notability and accomplishments in said esport.

Staff

Head coaching for a team that's placings would earn the player a page in their respective region.

Exceptions for these rules do exist. If you're unsure if a page qualifies for creation, send us a DM on Twitter.

Documentation of Placements and Statistics

Halo Esports Wiki is dedicated to documenting tournament placings and statistics as accurately as it can. In the event of a conflict of sources, prioritize in this order:

Official results from tournament organization's website (Example)
Information gathered from an official bracket or leaderboard (Example)
Results from a trustworthy external site or unofficial bracket or leaderboard (Example)
Testimony of a player or member of the team organization (for placements only; if this is used, a footnote is to be included in the article)

If you are unsure of the roster of a team at an event, it is better to leave the roster area blank than to use roster information from prior to the event (from a pro teams discussion forum thread for example), as it may contain incorrect information.

Inaccuracies can occur in official results, and issues with these will be dealt with on a case by case basis.

Conflicts of Interest

A conflict of interest arises when a user with an affiliation to the subject of a page that they are editing makes edits to the page that affect the page's neutrality. (For example, if a player incurs a fine, goes to their page, and deletes mention of the fine.)

What to do in the event of a conflict of interest

Generally, we do want players and organizations to be involved in the creation and maintenance of their pages -- that's how we get the best information! However, in order to ensure that neutrality is maintained, we request that you work with a staff member when editing your page. This doesn't mean you have to run every single edit by us, but any major changes should be made in consultation with staff.

Examples where you're welcome to make a change to your page on your own:

Editing a neutral piece of information in the trivia section, for example a favorite food.
Correcting a grammar mistake.
Correcting a factual mistake, such as the date you joined a team.
Adding a link to an interview.

Examples where you should work with a staff member:

Writing an explanation for the reason that you left a team.
As an organization, writing an explanation for the reason that you removed a player from your starting lineup.
A dispute involving a placement at a certain event.

Requesting deletion of information

Want information about yourself or your organization deleted? In general, we want to provide as much information as we can, but occasionally we will delete information for you if:

You are being harassed due to information about you on our site, and
Our site is the primary location that people learned that information.

For example, if our wiki says that your favorite flavor of ice cream is vanilla, and people are harassing you for not liking chocolate after discovering this fact on the wiki, we will delete that piece of information.

However, if you were officially disqualified from a tournament, then we would consider the tournament the primary source of that information and keep it up on the wiki. If you have any questions, please reach out to our staff!

Legacy Guidelines

These guidelines are for players and teams before the year 2020. With the major changes and improvemenents in the Halo esports ecosystem, our requirements needed to be updated. We will keep this list posted for the odd case that a player or team qualified for a page in the past but the page was never made.

Teams/Organizations/Players

North America

A team, organization or player must meet at least one of the following requirements to have a Halo Esports Wiki page created:

Qualified for a Halo World Championship or MLG National Championship
4 top 16 or 1 top 8 placements in Major LAN events (HCS events (2014 - present), MLG events (2004 - 2012), other rare exceptions) or Pro Leagues (HCS Pro League)
2 top 4 placements in major Online tournaments (online tournaments open to top competition which award a substantial prize pool or comparable incentive)
TEAMS ONLY: At least 3 players (at one time) qualify for or already have a Halo Esports Wiki page (orgless teams will need to attend one major LAN event or play in three notable online tournaments before having a page created)
Notability for another subjective reason (up to staff discretion, please contact a staff member before proceeding)

Europe

A team, organization or player must meet at least one of the following requirements to have a Halo Esports Wiki page created:

Qualified for a Halo World Championship
4 top 8 or 1 top 4 placements in Major LAN events (HCS events (2014 - present), EGL events (2010 - 2012), Insomnia events, other rare exceptions) or Pro Leagues (HCS Pro League)
2 top 4 placements in major Online tournaments (online tournaments open to top competition which award a substantial prize pool or comparable incentive)
TEAMS ONLY: At least 3 players (at one time) qualify for or already have a Halo Esports Wiki page (orgless teams will need to attend one major LAN event or play in three notable online tournaments before having a page created)
Notability for another subjective reason (up to staff discretion, please contact a staff member before proceeding)

Coaches

A coach must meet at least one of the following requirements to have a Halo Esports Wiki page created:

8 top 8, 4 top 4, or 2 top 2 placements in Major LAN events
Notability for another subjective reason (up to staff discretion, please contact a staff member before proceeding)

Management

Halo Esports Wiki pages for owners and managers (and other support staff) will be made on a case-by-case basis. The decision will be made based on:

Directness of involvement with the Halo team and community
Success of team under their management

Personality

A person must meet at least one of the following requirements to have a Halo Esports Wiki page created:

Full time caster or analyst of multiple events
Notable figure from the community including content creators, internet personalities and more (up to staff discretion)

Events

An event must meet at least one of the following requirements to have a Halo Esports Wiki page created (or to be listed in a player's Team/Tournament History):

Is run by a major organization or promotion (MLG, HCS)
Has a prize pool of $5,000 or higher
Historical notability (up to staff discretion)

Events not qualifying through these criteria may still be eligible under a "list page", wherein a group of events under one organization are all listed on a single page. Contact a staff member if you wish to make a list page for a series of events.

Online Tournaments

An event must meet at least one of the following requirements to have a Halo Esports Wiki page created:

Is part of the Halo Championship Series
Has a prize pool of $2,000 or higher
Historical notability (up to staff discretion)

Online tournaments which can be listed on players/teams' tournament histories include:

HaloWC qualifiers
HCS Pro League qualifiers
HCS Open Circuit Legendary Cups
HCS Cups (2014-15)
PGL Challenger Series

Tournaments not qualifying through these criteria may still be eligible under a "list page", wherein a group of tournaments under one organization are all listed on a single page. Contact a staff member if you wish to make a list page for a series of tournaments.

Exceptions for these rules do exist. If you're unsure if a page qualifies for creation, contact a staff member.

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 ==Notability Guidelines==
-We can't have a page for literally everyone who has ever played a game of Halo -- or even for everyone who has played in a single prized tournament. We also cannot have a page for every event a player has attended, otherwise we'd have pages for backyard LANs with 50 dollar prize pools. We simply cannot maintain that many pages, and most pages would never be visited. So in order to maintain quality within our wiki, we have a set of "notability guidelines" that we follow to determine whether a player, team or event gets a page. All notability guidelines are subject to change.
+We can't have a page for literally everyone who has ever played a game of Halo -- or even for everyone who has played in a single prized tournament. We also cannot have a page for every event a player has attended, otherwise we'd have pages for backyard LANs with 50 dollar prize pools. We simply cannot maintain that many pages, and most pages would never be visited. So in order to maintain quality within our wiki, we have a set of "notability guidelines" that we follow to determine whether a player, team or event gets a page. All notability guidelines are subject to change and staff discretion.
+The following guidlines are applicable to the HCS 2022 season and onwards.
-'''Note''': These guidelines are only for pages regarding the North American region. Pages covering other regions will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis until we establish guidelines for those regions. As a guideline, if the subject is particularly relevant in a less prominent Halo region, it probably qualifies. If you're unsure if a page qualifies for creation, contact a [[Esportspedia:Staff|staff member]].
+===Teams===
+====North America====
+*Consistent Top 8 (or Top 12 where applicable) placings in important regional online HCS tournaments
+*Top 16 placing at a major HCS LAN
+*Team is made up of highly notable players that already have player pages
-===Teams/Organizations===
+====Europe====
+*Consistent Top 8 placings in important regional online HCS tournaments
-:A team must meet at least one of the following requirements to have an Esportspedia page created:
+*Top 16 placing at a major HCS LAN
-:* Qualified for Halo World Championship
+*Team is made up of highly notable players that already have player pages
-:* 4 top 16 or 1 top 8 placements in '''Major''' LAN events (HCS, MLG, other rare exceptions)
-:* 4 top 8 or 2 top 4 placements in '''Minor''' events (MLG Exhibition, AGL, etc. Outside of these, what counts as a minor event is up to staff discretion)
-:* 2 top 4 placements in major '''Online''' tournaments (HWC Qualifiers, HCS Online Cups, etc. Outside of these, what counts as a notable Online event is up to staff discretion)
-:* At least 3 (present) or 4 (past/present) players qualify for or already have an Esportspedia page
-:* Notability for another subjective reason (up to staff discretion)
-===Players===
+====Latin America====
+*Consistent Top 3 placings in important regional online HCS tournaments
-:A player must meet at least one of the following requirements to have an Esportspedia page created:
+*Top 16 placing at a major HCS LAN
-:* Qualified for Halo World Championship
+*Team is made up of highly notable players that already have player pages
-:* 4 top 16 or 1 top 8 placements in '''Major''' LAN events
-:* 4 top 8 or 2 top 4 placements in '''Minor''' events
-:* 2 top 2 placements in notable '''Online''' tournaments
-:* Is currently on the starting roster for a team in the current major league top 8
-:* Notability for another subjective reason (up to staff discretion)
-===Coaches===
+====Asia Pacific====
+*Consistent Top 3 placings in important regional online HCS tournaments
-:A coach must meet at least one of the following requirements to have an Esportspedia page created:
+*Top 16 placing at a major HCS LAN
-:* 4 top 8, 2 top 4, or 1 1st placements in '''Major''' LAN events
+*Top 3 placing at a regional HCS LAN
-:* 8 top 8, 4 top 4 or 2 1st placements in '''Minor''' LAN events
+*Joined a team of highly notable players that already have player and team pages
-:* Notability for another subjective reason (up to staff discretion)
-===Management===
-:An owner or manager must meet at least one of the following requirements to have an Esportspedia page created:
-:* Is the primary manager or owner of a team that has placed top 8 at a '''Major''' event under their tenure
-:* Has owned or been managing teams consistently attending '''Major''' events for at least a year
-:Other support staff may have pages made for them on a case-by-case basis. Guidelines we will take into account include:
-:* Amount of time spent involved with teams
-:* Directness of involvement of the role
+*Additionally, if a team is a well respected and established organization with a significant amount of followers they may qualify for a page outright when signing a roster
-===Personality===
-:A person must meet at least one of the following requirements to have an Esportspedia page created:
-:* Full time caster or analyst of multiple events
-:* Notable figure from the community including content creators, internet personalities and more (up to staff discretion)
-===Events===
+===Players===
+====North America====
-:An event must meet at least one of the following requirements to have an Esportspedia page created (or to be listed in a player's Team/Tournament History):
+*Consistent Top 8 (or Top 12 where applicable) placings in important regional online HCS tournaments
-:* Is run by a major organization (MLG, HCS)
+*Top 16 placing at a major HCS LAN
-:* Has a prize pool of $10,000 or higher
+*Top 12 placing at a regional HCS LAN
-:* Features at least two teams with Esportspedia pages
+*Joined a team of highly notable players that already have player and team pages
-:* Features at least four players with Esportspedia pages (on at least two different teams)
-:* Historical notability (up to staff discretion)
+====Europe====
-Events not qualifying through these criteria may still be eligible under a "list page", wherein a group of events under one organization are all listed on a single page. Contact a staff member if you wish to make a list page for a series of events.
+*Consistent Top 8 placings in important regional online HCS tournaments
+*Top 16 placing at a major HCS LAN
+*Top 3 placing at a regional HCS LAN
+*Joined a team of highly notable players that already have player and team pages
+====Latin America====
-Note: Most events with an Esportspedia page that aren't an MLG or HCS event will be classified as a '''Minor''' event for use in player/team notability guidelines. There are a select few exceptions.
+*Consistent Top 3 placings in important regional online HCS tournaments
+*Top 16 placing at a major HCS LAN
+*Top 3 placing at a regional HCS LAN
+*Joined a team of highly notable players that already have player and team pages
-===Online Tournaments===
+====Asia Pacific====
+*Consistent Top 3 placings in important regional online HCS tournaments
-:An event must meet at least one of the following requirements to have an Esportspedia page created (online tournaments are never to be listed in Team/Tournament History):
+*Top 16 placing at a major HCS LAN
-:* Results in at least one team qualifying for a Halo World Championship Regional Finals berth
+*Top 3 placing at a regional HCS LAN
-:* Is officially sanctioned as a part of an HCS or MLG Season
+*Joined a team of highly notable players that already have player and team pages
-:* Has a prize pool of $10,000 or higher
-:* Features at least four teams with Esportspedia pages
-:* Features at least eight players with Esportspedia pages
-:* Historical notability (up to staff discretion)
+===Game Switching Players===
-Tournaments not qualifying through these criteria may still be eligible under a "list page", wherein a group of tournaments under one organization are all listed on a single page. Contact a staff member if you wish to make a list page for a series of tournaments.
+*Players that have competed at the highest level in another esport may qualify for a page with some or none of the above requirements depending on their notability and accomplishments in said esport.
+===Staff===
-Exceptions for these rules do exist. If you're unsure if a page qualifies for creation, contact a [[Esportspedia:Staff|staff member]].
+*Head coaching for a team that's placings would earn the player a page in their respective region.
+Exceptions for these rules do exist. If you're unsure if a page qualifies for creation, send us a DM on [https://twitter.com/HaloGamepedia Twitter].
 ==Documentation of Placements and Statistics==
-Halo Esportspedia is dedicated to documenting tournament placings and statistics as accurately as it can. In the event of a conflict of sources, prioritize in this order:
+{{SITENAME}} is dedicated to documenting tournament placings and statistics as accurately as it can. In the event of a conflict of sources, prioritize in this order:
 #Official results from tournament organization's website ([http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/news/2006-new-york-halo-2-4v4-event-results-2 Example])
 #Information gathered from an official bracket or leaderboard ([http://s3.majorleaguegaming.com/2011-raleigh-haloreach-champ.html Example])
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 ===What to do in the event of a conflict of interest===
-:Generally, we do want players and organizations to be involved in the creation and maintenance of their pages -- that's how we get the best information! However, in order to ensure that neutrality is maintained, we request that you work with a staff member when editing your page. This doesn't mean you have to run every single edit by us, but any major changes should be made in consultation with [[Esportspedia:Staff|staff]].
+:Generally, we do want players and organizations to be involved in the creation and maintenance of their pages -- that's how we get the best information! However, in order to ensure that neutrality is maintained, we request that you work with a staff member when editing your page. This doesn't mean you have to run every single edit by us, but any major changes should be made in consultation with [[Esports Wiki:Staff|staff]].
 :Examples where you're welcome to make a change to your page on your own:
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 :For example, if our wiki says that your favorite flavor of ice cream is vanilla, and people are harassing you for not liking chocolate after discovering this fact on the wiki, we will delete that piece of information.
-:However, if you were officially disqualified from a tournament, then we would consider the tournament the primary source of that information and keep it up on the wiki. If you have any questions, please reach out to our [[Esportspedia:Staff|staff]]!
+:However, if you were officially disqualified from a tournament, then we would consider the tournament the primary source of that information and keep it up on the wiki. If you have any questions, please reach out to our [[Esports Wiki:Staff|staff]]!
+==Legacy Guidelines==
+These guidelines are for players and teams before the year 2020. With the major changes and improvemenents in the Halo esports ecosystem, our requirements needed to be updated. We will keep this list posted for the odd case that a player or team qualified for a page in the past but the page was never made.
+===Teams/Organizations/Players===
+====North America====
+:A team, organization or player must meet at least one of the following requirements to have a {{SITENAME}} page created:
+:* Qualified for a Halo World Championship or MLG National Championship
+:* 4 top 16 or 1 top 8 placements in '''Major''' LAN events (HCS events (2014 - present), MLG events (2004 - 2012), other rare exceptions) or '''Pro Leagues''' (HCS Pro League)
+:* 2 top 4 placements in major '''Online''' tournaments (online tournaments open to top competition which award a substantial prize pool or comparable incentive)
+:* TEAMS ONLY: At least 3 players (at one time) qualify for or already have a {{SITENAME}} page (orgless teams will need to attend one major LAN event or play in three notable online tournaments before having a page created)
+:* Notability for another subjective reason (up to staff discretion, please contact a staff member before proceeding)
+====Europe====
+:A team, organization or player must meet at least one of the following requirements to have a {{SITENAME}} page created:
+:* Qualified for a Halo World Championship
+:* 4 top 8 or 1 top 4 placements in '''Major''' LAN events (HCS events (2014 - present), EGL events (2010 - 2012), Insomnia events, other rare exceptions) or '''Pro Leagues''' (HCS Pro League)
+:* 2 top 4 placements in major '''Online''' tournaments (online tournaments open to top competition which award a substantial prize pool or comparable incentive)
+:* TEAMS ONLY: At least 3 players (at one time) qualify for or already have a {{SITENAME}} page (orgless teams will need to attend one major LAN event or play in three notable online tournaments before having a page created)
+:* Notability for another subjective reason (up to staff discretion, please contact a staff member before proceeding)
+===Coaches===
+:A coach must meet at least one of the following requirements to have a {{SITENAME}} page created:
+:* 8 top 8, 4 top 4, or 2 top 2 placements in '''Major''' LAN events
+:* Notability for another subjective reason (up to staff discretion, please contact a staff member before proceeding)
+===Management===
+:{{SITENAME}} pages for owners and managers (and other support staff) will be made on a case-by-case basis. The decision will be made based on:
+:* Directness of involvement with the ''Halo'' team and community
+:* Success of team under their management
+===Personality===
+:A person must meet at least one of the following requirements to have a {{SITENAME}} page created:
+:* Full time caster or analyst of multiple events
+:* Notable figure from the community including content creators, internet personalities and more (up to staff discretion)
+===Events===
+:An event must meet at least one of the following requirements to have a {{SITENAME}} page created (or to be listed in a player's Team/Tournament History):
+:* Is run by a major organization or promotion (MLG, HCS)
+:* Has a prize pool of $5,000 or higher
+:* Historical notability (up to staff discretion)
+Events not qualifying through these criteria may still be eligible under a "list page", wherein a group of events under one organization are all listed on a single page. Contact a staff member if you wish to make a list page for a series of events.
+===Online Tournaments===
+:An event must meet at least one of the following requirements to have a {{SITENAME}} page created:
+:* Is part of the Halo Championship Series
+:* Has a prize pool of $2,000 or higher
+:* Historical notability (up to staff discretion)
+Online tournaments which can be listed on players/teams' tournament histories include:
+*HaloWC qualifiers
+*HCS Pro League qualifiers
+*HCS Open Circuit Legendary Cups
+*HCS Cups (2014-15)
+*PGL Challenger Series
+Tournaments not qualifying through these criteria may still be eligible under a "list page", wherein a group of tournaments under one organization are all listed on a single page. Contact a staff member if you wish to make a list page for a series of tournaments.
+Exceptions for these rules do exist. If you're unsure if a page qualifies for creation, contact a [[Esports Wiki:Staff|staff member]].
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