Elite Dangerous Wiki:Squadrons

Users are to write and document squadrons articles with a neutral point of view (i.e. the article should explain and document the article clearly without a bias) and demonstrate that the squadron has had a significant impact on the Elite Dangerous universe.

Requirements

Impact

Elite Dangerous Wiki requires that squadrons demonstrate they have had a significant impact in the game before they are permitted an article. Impact can be demonstrated by meeting at least one of the following thresholds:

1. The squadron has been acknowledged by name in the official Elite Dangerous bi-weekly newsletter email, or a livestream/video by Frontier Developments, or in an official social media account operated by Frontier Developments, including threads on the Frontier Forums posted by members of Frontier Developments specifically to highlight community activity.
2. The squadron has been mentioned by name in one or more in-universe GalNet reports. An archive of applicable GalNet reports can be found here.
3. The squadron has an associated player minor faction.
4. The squadron's Player Minor Faction has hosted one or more Community Goals.

References

The burden lies with the user creating a squadron article to provide references that can clearly prove the squadron meets the above impact requirement, as well as any factual details presented in the article.

Prohibited content

Certain content is prohibited and will be removed on sight:

• Lists of all members of a squadron
• Biographical information, either in-game or real-world, about specific members that has no direct bearing on the squadron itself
• "Naming and shaming" of specific players that the squadron is on bad terms with
• Advertisement-like information or statements
• Images, videos, and external links that have no relevance to the squadron or Elite Dangerous

Removal

Squadron articles that do not meet the impact requirement or do not contain any legitimate references will be removed. Articles that have been determined by an administrator to meet the impact requirement, but still lack references, may be tagged with the {{Policy}} template, after which a period of one month will be allotted for anyone to revise the article and add appropriate references. Again, the burden lies with the user who created the squadron article to provide references, but any user may do so.

If the article continues to not meet this policy's requirements after one month, it will be removed. The user who created the article may ask an administrator to move its contents to a subpage of their user page for archival purposes if desired (see below).

The article must also be fully compliant with Frontier's Terms of Service. Articles that break the ToS will be removed.

Style

The article is very strongly encouraged to include the following features for stylistic consistency:

• A neutral point of view (NPOV). Squadron articles should be written in the same general manner as in-universe lore articles, and should be as unbiased as possible.
• A {{Squadron}} template
• A brief introductory paragraph mentioning the squadron's name, its headquarters system and station, its player minor faction, and the in-game date when the squadron was founded. References are not necessary for the introductory paragraph, but are recommended.
• A History section (for general in-universe information about the squadron's in-game activities and accomplishments, must be as concise as possible and referenced)
• A Timeline section (for listing any relevant GalNet reports)
• A References section (to list any references; as mentioned above, squadron articles without references are subject to removal)

User subpages

It is suggested that users wishing to create a squadron article first create a draft subpage in their User namespace, and ask an administrator to review it once it is complete to ensure that it meets wiki standards. User subpages will only be removed if the user asks for them to be removed or if they contain inappropriate content, so it is not necessary for content in user subpages to meet the requirements of this policy. If or when a user subpage concerning a squadron is moved from the User namespace to the Main namespace, it then becomes subject to this policy.