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Welcome to the Pokemon Database!
I'm Mewderator, and I'm going to run you through some of the features that we have here at the PokemonDB. Before you begin posting anything on the site, you should read the rules! Many arguements can be avoided by doing so. Also, DarkTyphlosion, another senior user here, posted a really nice etiquette. I highly recommend you to read it.
What the Pokemon DB does is to answer questions about the thing that's sweeping the nation: Pokemon!


Table of Contents:

 1. Pokebase
 2. Meta
 3. Battle Subway
 4. Chat
 5. Top bar
 6. Posting
 7. Gravatar
 8. Favoriting
 9. Walls
 10. Voting system
 11. Point Requirements 
 12. Flags
 13. Moderation
 14. Ranks and Privileges
 15. Getting Banned
 

PokeBase:

PokeBase is our main section here at the DB. This is the primary question and answer place, where you can ask nearly anything on Pokemon! Obviously, there are exceptions and bans on questions that in place.
You shouldn't:
- Asking a question that has previously been asked.
- Asking a purely opinion question. (Is Mew cool?)
- Asking questions that could easily be looked up on the site (Example: What level does Mew evolve at?)
- Asking a plainly dumb question. (Is Mew pink?)
- Post any team questions. These will go to the Battle Subway section.
- Posting a question unrelated to Pokemon. (How do I fix my lawn mower?)
- Ask any in-game questions. In-game questions have too many variables to be considered. We have some questions asked by users you may use:


Meta:

Meta is a place for offering suggestions to improve this site, changing your username, pointing out errors in the site, asking questions about the site itself, and reporting users that are repeatedly breaking the rules. Do not complain about a user or unnecessary downvoting; talk to a user with authority (Editors, Moderators, or Super Adminstrators) on the chat. If there is excessive downvoting, feel free to bring it up on the ban report here, or message staff on the Discord server. Here we also have certain special posts. We have tournaments and other cool stuff.

On the right of this post are several useful posts. You should check them out when you have the chance.

I'll link them here so you guys don't need to go the extra few seconds to scroll :P
Some of these links will be covered later in this post.


Battle Subway (AKA the RMT section):

The RMT is where you post your teams to rate. When posting, please remember to abide by the rules. You must have all 6 Pokemon in your team, items, Natures, abilities, moves, and EVs. An optional description is recommended.

For example, a valid member of a team would look something like this:


Jirachi @ Leftovers
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 252 HP / 236 SpD / 20 Spe
Careful Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Body Slam
- Iron Head
- Wish

I decided to opt for a specially defensive Jirachi because it gives the support I need for my sweepers. The EVs and Nature allow me to tank Special moves such as Draco Meteor and Psychic from Specs Latios easily, while outspeeding Adamant Breloom and Magnezone. Although I probably won't find a Adamant Breloom due to the prevalence of Jolly ones, Poison Heal variants tend to run lower Speed EVs. As far as the moveset is concerned, Jirachi is running the standard support set. First up, Stealth Rock allows both my sweepers and others to secure KOs that they normally can't. The residual damage helps in wearing down the checks and counters to my Pokemon as well. Body Slam works great in the team because it has a 60% chance to Paralyze my opponent, allowing my sweepers to outspeed and kill. STAB Iron Head works in conjunction with Body Slam because it gets a 60% chance to Flinch, and the opponent will never stop hitting himself in the head because it is hard to break through Jirachi's paraflinch tactics. Wish provides good recovery to all my teammates, especially since Jirachi boasts a pretty high HP stat. Mixed sweepers usually carry Life Orb or Expert Belt, so Wish support is optimal.

Refrain from posting teams you use to beat the storyline on the RMT for rating, as ingame teams have too many variables.

If you have a great replay that you want to share, you can post them here. You can also check out some past replays on the previous replay thread.

The Pokemon DB also does Rate my Pokemon at the thread here.


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Not out to get you or anything bud :P
But I looked this thing over for errors REALLY well!
And it looks really clean, between your nice ideas and Speed Freak's clean up, it looks awesome.
Definitely needs to be on the useful questions, this, along with question etiquette needs to be placed high up for new users, to actually read.

I plan on making something similar, as to how to stay clean on the Db ( Avoiding bans guide ) and after I word it right, perfect it, and make it acceptable. I'll be posting it here to help new users.

So yeah, looks amazing mew, and I didn't get to see this before you cleaned it Speed, but from the looks of it, it looks pretty swell spelling and caps wise.

That's all from me, great job.
"You shouldn't:
- Ask any ingame questions. Ingame questions have too many variables to be considered. we have some questions asked by users you may use:"
OK, change it to:
- Ask any ingame questions. Ingame questions have too many variables to be considered. we have some questions asked by users you may use:

- Ask any ingame questions. Ingame questions have too many variables to be considered. we have some questions asked by users you may use:

- Ask any ingame team questions. Ingame team have too many variables to be considered. You can take your favorite Pokémons and some HM slaves, a variety of typings and attacks and the problem is closed.
We have some questions asked by users you may use:"
Or something like that.

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Chat:

Chat with users here. Do not post personal information. Repeated instances could lead to a kick for your own safety.

No one likes trolls or arrogant idiots, and we don't tolerate insulting and arguing about it. It can be a temporary ban.
Please don't talk about controversial topics like religion and politics, or discuss subjects that may not be suitable for younger users of the chat room.

If you break the rules of the chat room repeatedly after several warnings, you will be kicked from chat for 10 minutes. Multiple kicks may lead to a temporary ban.


Top bar:

  • Hello _: the site's greeting. Clicking on the name brings you to your profile.
  • My Account: Edit your profile and choose whether or not to display your Gravatar.
  • My Updates: Gives you a list of questions that you or your favourite users have been involved with, by commenting, answering, asking, closing (you only) or hiding (you only).
  • Search: Allows you to search questions on whatever section you're in.
  • All Activity: Shows a list of all recent questions asked, comments, editing, retagging, reshowing, and closing being done by users.
  • Questions: Shows a list of recent questions.
  • Unanswered: Shows a list of unanswered questions.
  • Tags: This is where you can click on a tag, and it will bring up all the questions with that tag.
  • Ask a Question: Ask a question.
  • Admin: Accessible to Editors and above. Displays posts in the moderation queue, flagged posts, and hidden posts.
  • Chat: Where the Chat Room is.
  • Rules: Where the rules are.

Posting:

When posting, try to keep posts neat and make your point clear. When asking a question, please make sure that it has not been asked before. When answering, answer the question as a whole, and refrain from answering when there is an answer present unless you can add useful and relevant information that isn't in the current answer.

B: Bolds. You can use two asterisks (**) in front and back of a word to make it bold.
I: Italicizes. You can use one asterisk (*) in front and back of a word to make it italic.
Globe: Allows you to Hyperlink. (The thing on top of the post, on the "rules" is an example.
": Quotes something. You can use ">" before the quote also.
{}: Creates the green letters for code. You can use one (`) front and back of a word to make it green.
Picture: Allows you to add pictures using URLs.
1, 2, 3: Guides you using a list using the numbers.

  • : Guides you using a list with bullets.

The thing after: Creates a heading.
The thing after: Creates a horizontal line.
Back arrow: Undo last action.
Front arrow: Redo last action

For more information, look here.


Gravatar:

PokemonDB uses a website called Gravatar to display avatars on profiles.

To get one, just sign up on http://www.gravatar.com/ with the same email you signed up here with. Upload an image, and then go to your profile. Go to "My Account", then allow Gravatar to be shown. It might take a while, but it will eventually show.


Favoriting:

Favoriting things, such as questions, users, and tags allows you to keep up with updates.

Favoriting a...

  • Question: Allows you to follow all comments and answers that occur.
  • User: Allows you to follow what they do on the DB. Their activity will appear on your "My Updates" tab if you allow it to.
  • Tag: allows you to follow what questions have the tag.

To favorite something, simply just click the star on a question, user profile, or tag page.


Walls:

Walls can be accessed on any user profile. If you're able to write wall posts and the wall isn't closed by the user that owns it, you're able to post a message on it. Think of it like a Private Messaging system that's public :P

Excessive spamming on walls can lead to temporary bans if the recipient(s) of the spam feels it's too disruptive.


Voting system:

We have a voting system as well. Upvote interesting questions and correct answers, and downvote bad questions and incorrect answers.
If someone answers your question, you may choose to give "best answer," which means that it is the best answer.
There is also a point system here. Click here for an up-to-date guide on points. Basically, the more points you have, the better knowledge you have about Pokemon. Also, you cannot do certain thing without a certain number of points:
- Vote Up: +10.
- Vote Down: -10. Whoever gave the downvote loses 2. Also note, you are encouraged to down vote bad posts. DO NOT NOT DOWNVOTE BECAUSE OF POINTS, OR IF YOU ARE JEALOUS OF ANOTHER USER.
- Best Answer: +20 for whoever received it, +2 for whoever gave it, does not require points.


Point Requirements

Pokebase:

 Privilege                   Points
 Upvote                      40
 Flag                        40
 Downvote                    100
 Make new tags               500
 Edit                        6000
 No moderation (question)    25 
 No moderation (answers)     200

 

Meta:

 Privilege                   Points
 Upvote                      30
 Flag                        40
 Downvote                    60
 Retag                       1000
 Edit                        2000

Battle Subway:

 Privilege                   Points
 Upvote                      30
 Flag                        40
 Downvote                    60
 Retag                       800
 Edit                        1000

Chat:

 Privilege                   Users
 Kicking                     Editors, Moderators, Pokemaster

As mentioned before, walls are a thing. However, it takes 30 points to be able to post on walls. This is not global either: you need 30 points on each section if you want to post on that section. For example, having 30 points on Pokebase won't allow you to post on RMT walls if you don't have at least 30 points on RMT.


Flags:

Flags are for our regular users who cannot use hiding powers. Flags are for posts that need staff attention, and these flags allow Moderators and Editors to check the posts in question rather easily.

See this for more details.


Moderation:

New users are screened here with their questions as a barrier. Some users do not understand what the PokemonDB is for, so any user who has under 25 points will need their question approved by one of our Editors or Moderators. Posting on old questions requires 200 points to forgo moderation.

For more information, see Pokemaster's post here.


Ranks and Privileges:

By being on the site, gaining people's trust, as well as gaining points, you gain ranks. Everyone starts off as a registered user. There are 5 ranks:

  • Registered User: Voting on questions, Voting on answers, Voting posts down, Flagging posts
  • Expert (achieved by reaching 6000 points. Or you can become a Meta / RMT Expert by reaching 2000 on Meta or 1000 on RMT): Retagging any question, Editing any question, editing any answer, editing any comment
  • Editor (Pokemaster will choose): Approving or rejecting posts, hiding or showing any post
  • Moderators (Pokemaster will choose): Selecting answer for any question, viewing IPs of anonymous posts, banning
  • Super Administrator (Pokemaster): Deleting hidden posts

See this post and this post for more details.

Current Active Ranks


Getting Banned:

This guide by Fizz should help.


That's all from me. Welcome!


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