Wikipedia:Wikipedia is an MMORPG

The in-game universe can take several years to explore completely, with several regions to explore. Dungeons within the game vary greatly in size. Some are so large that they can take hours to explore, whereas some are so small that players can see the entire dungeon at a glance.

People tend to play a given MMORPG for six to eighteen months at a high level of involvement; a similar pattern has been noted in hardcore Wikipedia players.

Trolls are one of the most common enemies in the gameworld, and often turn up in skirmishes. Orcs, the natural enemies of the Trolls, fight their enemies using methods which are equally unethical or destructive (such as baiting).

Weapons such as swords are used normally, but handguns and heavy artillery can be used to defeat an undefeatable enemy. Many players also carry a shield to help protect dungeons they are guarding. Often, players will monitor dungeons that they are (or have been) involved with special cameras, which are connected to a private area which belongs to that player and that only they can access.

Weapons can be used for purposes other than fighting enemies, but breaking the

Illegitimate battle strategies are abundant. Malicious and sneaky Trolls like to use excessive summons and minions to trick Game Masters.

There are also enemies such as WikiPorcupines, which shoot Toxic Spikes from their heads and gang up against players. There are a similar species called WikiHedgehogs, but instead act as Trolls' pets. They are very blamey about newer players entering their territory.

Players can also attempt to

• dungeon
  's walls to collapse, making it inaccessible to all but the most experienced adventurers (Game Masters and Bounty Hunters).
  • Mining Toolkit – a number of mining tools such as a mining helmet and wooden support beams which enable Game Masters to explore collapsed dungeons and re-open them to others if they want.
  • Nuke – explodes to collapse all dungeons of a player.
• use hand gestures or not is up to the Game Master in either case. Any gate next to a player in an ice block automatically freeze locks
  .
  • Thaw – thaws a frozen player or minion out. A similar item is the reusable Sandwich-warming glove, which is a wearable item that allows Game Masters and players permitted by Game Masters to enter through any gate, whether frozen or not.
• Magic Chains – seals the entrance to a dungeon with magical chains which can only be bypassed with special items or sufficient EXP and hours spent in-game.
  • Magic chains can come in many types, as shown here:
    • Golden chains
      can only be bypassed by other Game Masters.
      • Red chains are placed on by the game engine itself
        , and cannot be bypassed by even Game Masters. However, some special items are able to bypass these, though they are far and few.
      • Similarly,
        Black chains are used by only Team WMF, in order to block entry to dungeons with highly dangerous traps
        along with a few other things.
      • neighboring dungeons
        .
    • Pink chains can only be bypassed by Game Masters or those with the Power Pass item. It is almost exclusively used to prevent upgrading certain powers
      .
    • Silver chains
      are weak chains meant to block new players from entering difficult dungeons too quickly.
    • Sky blue chains
      are special chains that block bad dungeons from ever being constructed.
    • core
      of the dungeon.
    • items
      .
    • Spies
      in order to get into these dungeons.
    • Blue chains are upgraded versions of silver chains. They are used for preventing entry to dungeons by players that may be more experienced, but still quite new to the game. It was first used in order to enforce decisions made by the Super Game Masters, and is now additionally used to combat actions performed by deceptive minions
      summoned by certain players.
  • Skeleton Key – a magical key given to all Game Masters which can remove any magical chains around a dungeon entrance for that player.
• Cloak of Silence – quietens a player's footsteps, enabling them to avoid patrols. A more powerful version of the Boots of Stealth
  , which can be worn by most players.
• Rapid-Fire – can massively subdue multiple attacks at once. Rapid-Fire can be used by normal players by becoming Gunners, but only with the permission of Game Masters.
• inter-dimensional portal
  that can summon a large number of dungeons.
  • Greater Teleport – Select mages with an advanced study of portals can summon dungeons from anywhere, even outside the known universe.
• miners. Whether the signature or even the name of the player who made the brick gets dissolved or not can be decided by the Game Master. The solvent is 69M per-unobtanic acid
  .
  • Brick crystallizer: A Game Master can also choose to re-crystallize a brick that has been dissolved, turning it back into a normally-functional brick.

Wikipedia players can be promoted to Game Master (or demoted!) by even more powerful users known as Overlords, who, in addition to having the power to appoint new Game Masters and Overlords, can summon many powerful minions to aid them in their adventuring.

Gunners

Archers

Priests are a special class of Game Masters with the ability to enter dungeons protected by red chains and modify other players' inventories, and even the default inventory for the entire game. Only the most trusted Game Masters can become priests; there are only 9 priests, and one of them is a minion summoned by an overlord.

Super Game Masters

The

• when one attempts to reveal another player's secret plans and weaknesses
  . The blueprint for constructing a vaporized brick is kept in a vault visible only to these players. Arch Mages are usually also Game Masters.

Knights

A clan of Game Masters with even greater powers and abilities than their colleagues. One must be elected by other players to be a Knight, and can only be a Knight for a year before a re-election is required. Knights must be present in all worlds and be at least 18 years old and the age of majority in their area of origination. Knights have the following abilities:

• Place any player in chains of carbide in all worlds they are present in
  • Diamond cutter – allows removal of carbide chains from a player.
• Make players
  Bounty Hunters
  (but only with permission and endorsement from SGMs)
• Change any class of any player, including even the Dark Lord.
• Freeze-lock any gate or border of gates in all worlds at once or in a particular world. They have many of the privileges of Game Masters, but in every world.

Knights act as Bounty Hunters, Overlords, Game Masters, and the like for worlds who have not chosen any of their players to do such tasks.

The Dark Lord

The master and founder of Wikipedia and its related worlds. He patrols the game world, and in former times he has had complete and total authority, including being the only one besides the Knights who is allowed to change any user's user classes (including Knights) and also formally appointing the Super Game Masters. His power has diminished, as he has become reluctant to use his powers, and relinquished them voluntarily recently. However, he retains indirect authority as the head of the game's governing board and remains the most observed player. If you feel the game has treated you particularly unfairly, you can create free amusement for other players by asking the Dark Lord for assistance.

Outside the culture that the community has made, Wikipedia's development, update pathway, etc. is run by a team of staff members, developers, and the like. Their accounts are easily identifiable thanks to the (WMF) tag appended to them. While it is possible to contact a specific staff member directly using their in-game accounts, this is very unlikely and you will have more options for reaching out using either the community contact page or by following the instructions on contacting Team WMF.

There are multiple branches of Team WMF that contribute in some way to Wikipedia, such as developers that code and release new updates, quality assurance that makes sure that Wikipedia works as smooth as possible, etc. They may sometimes offer to hire as well.

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