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== Self-rating ==
So, I'm a pretty active user on this wiki, and I keep a close eye on the recent changes. And I've seen you try to rate your own article, and get slapped down by one of the admins, <s>''twice''</s> ''three times'' now. So I figured I should give you a friendly heads-up before one of the senior users loses their patience.
Rating your own articles is ''not'' allowed here. It defeats the point of [[Dungeons and Dragons Wiki:Rating Articles|the rating system]], which is to provide other users with feedback on their work — to point out what's good, what's bad, what's awesome, and what makes the game itself cry. I've been slapped with quite a few oppose ratings on articles that I'm rather proud of, simply because I have a penchant for rambling and can be slightly clueless about game balance. When I see oppose ratings, I try to address the concerns so that the article in question doesn't get forced into my sandbox — the shining example of this being my [[Viewtiful Warrior (3.5e Class)|Viewtiful Warrior class]], which I had to rework extensively to keep in the mainspace — and yet I consider it my magnum opus of sorts here.
Basically, don't try rating your own articles as a buffer against the dreaded "Community Oppose" status. It's not gonna fly. You're gonna write articles that you're especially proud of, and you're going to write articles that you're not so proud of. But author opinions shouldn't go in the official ratings boxes. If you feel the need to defend your article, do it in the main talk space of your article. --[[User:Luigifan18|Luigifan18]] ([[User talk:Luigifan18|talk]]) 13:38, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
