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''[http://wikimapia.org/#show=/user/tools/awards/?show_badge=4 List of Advanced Users]'' | ''[http://wikimapia.org/#show=/user/tools/awards/?show_badge=4 List of Advanced Users]'' | ||
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This role is awarded to a member of Wikimapia who has good standing and it provides additional tools and responsibilities to take care of WikiMapia. It is given by the Wikimapia Team members mostly on the recommendations of the other Advanced Users. | This role is awarded to a member of Wikimapia who has good standing and it provides additional tools and responsibilities to take care of WikiMapia. It is given by the Wikimapia Team members mostly on the recommendations of the other Advanced Users. | ||
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Collaborations are projects created by the Wikimapia community to do such activities, an example is adding polygons to places without polygons. Any registered user 1+ level can create a collaboration, the collaboration has to be approved by the Wikimapia team before it goes into affect. The creator of the collaboration can remove users or finish the collaboration at any time. Only approved collaborations get their own forum topic in the [http://wikimapia.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=80 Collaborations section of the forum] to discuss about collaborations. | Collaborations are projects created by the Wikimapia community to do such activities, an example is adding polygons to places without polygons. Any registered user 1+ level can create a collaboration, the collaboration has to be approved by the Wikimapia team before it goes into affect. The creator of the collaboration can remove users or finish the collaboration at any time. Only approved collaborations get their own forum topic in the [http://wikimapia.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=80 Collaborations section of the forum] to discuss about collaborations. | ||
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Revision as of 11:26, 22 May 2012
Wikimapia users form the Community. Though it is self-organising there are policies and etiquette. There is also a special rating system that permits a user to gain new experience levels. Users communicate with each other by means of messages and forum.
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User levels
There are three basic levels of users:
- Unregistered Users (UU): unregistered or newly registered, you can perform simple functions like adding photos and locations. Subject to certain restrictions to avoid vandalism.
- Regular Users (RU): registered users can access almost all functions available.
- Advanced Users (AU): Advanced users can access all functions and has some administrative privileges (protect articles, ban users, among others).
Experience points is a feature of WikiMapia that helps to automatically determine Experience levels. They accumulate automatically in your account based on your contributions to the WikiMapia project. Which means that the more places and Linear features you create or edit the more experience points you get.
Awards
In addition to experience points there is another reward system. Award stars (one, two or three) are automatically given based on various thresholds (i.e. place or road creation, photos addition) of one's stats.
Voting
Voting is our method of providing positive feedback to you about your contributions to Wikimapia, and for you to provide positive feedback to other users about theirs. People who make a positive contribution to Wikimapia ("describing the world" by creating useful and well-described places) are deserving of a positive vote.
Neither award stars, nor votes can not influence directly your user level, but having award stars or a lot of votes means you have quite succeeded in map improving or you have a high social status on Wikimapia. That, for example, except giving a nice feeling, can help in case you made a request for an Advanced User status.
Special roles
Wikimapia Team
| Wikimapia Team members | Real name |
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| koriakine | Alexandre Koriakine (co-founder) |
| jacksav | Evgeniy Saveliev (co-founder) |
| flr | Evgeniy Udodov |
| lnklnklnk | Alexander Eroshkin |
| mikkey | Mikhail Tarbeev |
| w8r | Alexander Milevski (front-end engineer) |
Forum moderators
This role allows the use of moderator tools in the Wikimapia forum. It is given by Wikimapia Team members.
Categories moderators
This role allows the use of moderator tools for Wikimapia categories. It is given by Wikimapia Team members.
Advanced Users
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This role is awarded to a member of Wikimapia who has good standing and it provides additional tools and responsibilities to take care of WikiMapia. It is given by the Wikimapia Team members mostly on the recommendations of the other Advanced Users.
Documentors
This role allows to edit Wikimapia Docs (The new Wiki). It is given by Wikimapia Team members.
Forum
The forum is Wikimapia's discussion area, where you can read other users' questions and answers on a variety of topics, ask your own questions and join in the discussions. The people who frequent the forum are other users just like you, although the Wikimapia Team Members (admins) do occasionally contribute as well.
Collaborations
Collaborations are projects created by the Wikimapia community to do such activities, an example is adding polygons to places without polygons. Any registered user 1+ level can create a collaboration, the collaboration has to be approved by the Wikimapia team before it goes into affect. The creator of the collaboration can remove users or finish the collaboration at any time. Only approved collaborations get their own forum topic in the Collaborations section of the forum to discuss about collaborations.
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