Master Scholar
Master Scholar is a prestigious title accorded to Key Realmers who contribute greatly to Skelepedia. Master Scholars love the craft of creating and maintaining Skelepedia articles and are hardcore Realmers. The Master Scholar title was created on June 17th 2023 by Doug Bleichner and Sam Wagstaff as a show of appreciation to former Skelepedia Junior Scholar, current VIP LORD PREMIUM ELITE tier pater, and First Master Scholar SaltyTea for her continued support and numerous contributions to Skelepedia. It is currently unknown whether or not there will be more than one Master Scholar or multiple at a time, as the title is quite prestigious it may only ever be awarded to a few Realmers.
Apprenticeship
As more Junior Scholars join and contribute to Skelepedia, some will be recognized by Master Scholars as potentially Master Scholar worthy. These proficient Junior Scholars can then be chosen to become a Master Scholar's apprentice, where they will learn and practice the duties and responsibilities of the Master Scholars. Master Scholar's apprentices are currently still classified as Junior Scholars, only having been noticed as being on track to becoming Master Scholars (which is ultimately up to Doug and Sam). Unamerikana became the first Master Scholar apprentice on August 3rd 2023 after being chosen by SaltyTea to be her apprentice.
Current Master Scholars
Apprentices
Doctrine
All Master Scholars and apprentices should seek to uphold these rules with every edit, deletion or new page they make. These rules were first created by SaltyTea, who sought out to set her own rules as a Master Scholar and rules for any other future Master Scholars. Junior Scholars are also encouraged to follow these rules.
1. Editing and Creating Pages
"Our duty is to hold ourselves responsible to Doug, Sam and the Realmers. Every page creation, every edit and every deletion must conform to the Realmers' interests, and if mistakes occur, they must be corrected." -SaltyTea
Follow Phaser's Rules For Junior Scholars. Although in name and output we may be different to our junior scholar brethren, we should seek to follow Phaser's rules to provide the best and most accurate information to Skelepedia.
When creating pages try to maximize visual space, keep images next to relevant text and out of blank sections by putting them on the left and right of the page. Try to have sections longer than a couple lines.
Make sure that each page has an appropriate amount of blue, add blue by appropriately linking Skelepedia pages together.
Editing pages is encouraged when adding vital features such as: the first words being the name of the page in bold, new information, missing citations, and hyperlinks to other Skelepedia pages.
Editing text on pages should be kept to a minimum, done only to: add context, remove outdated material or to improve readability
2. Be Kind To Your Fellow Skelepedia Scholars and Realmers
"We should be modest and prudent, guard against Haters, and serve the Realmers' heart and soul." -SaltyTea
The best work is work that is done together.
Master Scholars should never discourage new Scholars from joining in and creating or editing pages.
Try to preserve other Scholars' works by minimizing any edits of original text on pages they created.
Assist fellow scholars by linking other pages to the pages they created.
3. Defend Skeleton Realm From Haters
"All Haters are paper Turkeymen. In appearance, the Haters are terrifying, but in reality, they are not so powerful." -SaltyTea
Keep Severely Normal Mentation topics away from Skelepedia by not including them, and by editing or deleting them from pages.
Ignore any harassment from Haters by saying things such as: "I hope you get better", "Thank you but I'm not interested", "Uh-huh", or "I bet you drink water instead of soda, nasty."