Research Realm:Guidelines

Welcome, here is how to help

Getting started

Before you can edit on this wiki, you will need to create an account! Currently all accounts must be approved, so you need to request one. On the account request page, enter the username you want to be known as on this site, and an email address to connect to the account. Your account will be approved via email, so it must be a working address; you should make sure to always have your account connected to an email you can access! The biography section will be set as your initial user page; a good suggestion is to describe what subjects you are interested in that you will probably contribute to most here, such as what themes or games you like most.

Once your account has been accepted, you can begin editing right away! For a basic introduction on how to contribute to the Research Realm, continue with this page. If you need help with how to edit in MediaWiki, the software this wiki uses, see Help:Cheatsheet for some basic formatting you can refer to, such as how to make bold text or how to add an image.

What gets an article?

• Is it an official Lego product? Any pr
• Is it an external person or group who has worked with the Lego Group? Examples:
  • Good example: Data Design Interactive was a British video game developer. They developed the 1999 video game LEGO Rock Raiders, its PlayStation version, and an unreleased sports game that was turned into Football Mania. Additionally, the company (later via its subsidiary Artworld UK) created CGI FMV cutscenes for numerous other Lego games. Outside of Lego, the company has a long (but not overwhelmingly so) history, dating from its start as a budget ZX Spectrum software creator in the mid-1980s to its downfall in the 2010s; sufficient sources exist for most of its history, and a history section could fit in a single article. Additionally, the company does not have a Wikipedia article, as it was deemed not notable enough, so a well-written article here would be the main source of information on them.
  • Bad example: Sega is a Japanese video game developer. Sega's Pico division produced and published the 1995 game LEGO Fun to Build, and Sega has also published the Nintendo Switch versions of some Lego games. Outside of this, Sega has a massive history with many popular franchises, and writing about them on here just because of their limited history with Lego would be unsuitable; in this case, all information should be written on the relevant articles for products they were involved in, and otherwise their Wikipedia article(s) should be linked to.
• Is it something that has interacted with or been officially mentioned by the Lego Group? This can be positively, negatively, or neutrally. Examples:
  • Manic Miners is a 2023 video game recreating the 1999 game LEGO Rock Raiders. The game was mentioned and its developer interviewed in an episode of the official LEGO podcast Bits N' Bricks.
• Is it sufficiently notable enough while having some sort of Lego connection? If an unofficial subject has historical, cultural, or some other sort of notability, an article (or section) for it should be considered. We are much less strict about notability than Wikipedia and want to cover the LEGO fan community at large on top of official subjects. Ultimately, if you can write an interesting and well-sources article we will consider it; we probably will not have articles for subjects like "Tim's Lego website, last updated 2003", though there are always exceptions if notability can be established! Examples:
  • Does it already have a Wikipedia article? Any Lego-related subject that has an article on Wikipedia, which has much stricter guidelines for notability, automatically qualifies for an article on the Research Realm. Please write all articles from scratch and do not directly copy from Wikipedia if possible!
• Is a section of another article becoming too long? In these cases, consider splitting it into its own article; eg. if the development section of a video game is long enough.