Greenlight Policy

This page will explain the process of how entries are posted to the site! If you have further questions, please take them up with staff or raise your questions in the discussion section!

"How do I post a page to the wiki?"

One option is to get a clear. All you need to do is get 3 different pieces of critique from other users, each being around 500 characters (roughly 100 words). Once you have those three pieces, contact a Greenlighter or staff member(or a GFT if you are an author¹) with your proof, ask for a clear, and they'll give you the posting password.

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OR

You can to a Greenlighter and ask for them to give you a greenlight (a go-ahead) to post. It is still recommended you get critique though.

In either case, the staff or greenlighter will do a final format checkup to verify the page has all needed elements to be posted. Said list can be found here. Make sure your page meet those needs once it is posted.

• Pages that are not greenlit or that are posted without proof are considered coldposts and will be deleted.

Our current list of greenlighters is down below! Any of the people shown below are capable of greenlighting your works if they determine them ready to be onsite.
Greenflame Trialees(GFTs) can also greenlight drafts, but only from non-authors! Our current list of GFTs is also down below!

Note: Themes can only be greenlit by members of our Technical Team. Aesthetic critique is fine from normal members, but Tech Team input is required to ensure your code is tidy and functioning.

"What will happen if I avoid the posting process?"

Remember, getting critique is a requirement, not a suggestion. If you coldpost an article, it will be deleted, regardless of if it's in deletion range or not. The user coldposting will receive a message urging them to review this page, along with the source code of their article so that they may receive genuine critique on the article. If the user proceeds to continue coldposting, they may be banned.

And that's it!

We hope you have fun creating new entries and are having a good experience onsite. If you have any complaints, suggestions, or questions, please contact staff so that we can offer our help. Thank you so much for your time!

Key:
⬤ : Accepting crit requests
⬤ : Accepting crit requests but may be slow to get them done
⬤ : Not accepting crit requests
⬤ : Unspecified (this user has not updated the list yet)

Greenlighters

• Sky3 ⬤

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Will Crit: SPaG and Concept. This is really broad, so feel free to come to me for anything not mentioned in Won’t Crit.

Won't Crit: Literature, primitive pages, canons, CSS/JS stuff, overdone concepts with no salvageable qualities.

Active?: Yes.

Open to PMs?: I rarely, if ever, check Wikidot PMs. Please ping me in the Discord.

• RiemannHypothesis ⬤

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Will Crit: Levels, Sub-layers, Unnumbered Levels, Entities, Objects, or anything that has some relevancy towards that topic.

Won't Crit: Any obtuse articles that don't necessarily have the "up-to-meet" grammar. I see this problem a lot for new writers; please contact a critic then a greenlighter trainee before going to a greenlighter. Additionally, I will not critique anything that has a substandard or a heavily underdeveloped concept.

Active?: Yes, but I have a full queue right now (2/2)

Open to PMs?: The wikidot website, yes.

• Praetor3005⬤

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Will Crit: Anything not mentioned in "won't crit".

Won't Crit: Pages based on a group/canon I’m not very familiar with, joke articles.

Activity: Only active on discord. I'm not available on forums at the moment.

Preferred Contact: Discord DMs or pings.

• Red-eyes Dragoon ⬤

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Will Crit: Pretty much anything, reading on-site pages is a pastime for me.

Won't Crit: Anything that has a ton of obvious SPaG or concept problems. Please get some initial concept/SPaG before contacting me.

Strengths: Concept, consistency, and narrative flow.

Weaknesses: SPaG, phrasing, and format.

Likes: Horror, Liminality, Existential Levels, Horror Entities.

Dislikes: Short, Overly traditional pages.

Contact: Discord ping, or DM's work. You can try Wikidot DM's but I likely won't see it.

Response Time: Pretty much instantly usually, I'm in CDT if that helps. I do have school from 8:AM CDT — 3:20PM CDT so please keep that in-mind.

Queue Status: 1/3

Notes: Don't be afraid to ping me after a couple rounds of initial concept/SPaG crit. Also, during crits, if you have reasons for not adding things or if you have questions regarding what I mean, feel free to tell me/ask me!

• LiminalDoctor ⬤

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Preferred Contact: ping me in the chat. I'm not a fan of DMs which means I won't do DM crits
Response Time: I reside in BST (the British Summer Time). I'm usually not busy for the summer so I should respond pretty fast.
Won't Crit: Joke entries. I'm not very good with POI. I'm also not too well very versed on Canon stuff but I'm willing to try if an explanation is give.
Strengths: I'm good at asking a bunch of questions. Can usually help expand on concept. Okay with SPaG. Pretty good at figuring out formatting mistakes.
Weaknesses: I probably have mild Dyslexia so I miss some stuff when reading and make a few mistakes. I don't know lore stuff but I will listen if people want to give context for something.
Likes: I like bizzare, absurdist stuff. I like when there's heart behind the things that are written, makes it more fun to read.
Dislikes: 'Main character of the Backrooms' kinda stuff.
Crit Status: I will only check things that don't need much crit. I'm fine to give an in-depth SPaG crit but I have a lot due in for uni and need to focus my time on that. Feel free to ping me multiple times if I seem to have forgotten.
Crit Queue: I'm not here rn so I can't get to anyone

Greenflame Trialees

• ReyDay ⬤

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Critique Preferences: Levels, Entities, Objects, Phenomena, and Tales. I enjoy things that include certain tropes within the backrooms but in a way that’s unique, and also things with a narrative.

Off Limit Critique Points: Joke pages. I’m not funny enough to crit people for that lol.

Strengths: SPaG and Format. I can guarantee that I will catch at least 80% of SPaG errors, and I am relatively good at coding. I also devote a lot of time to each of my critiques and am online quite a bit.

Weaknesses: Concept and availability. I struggle with giving concept crit that isn’t super basic or super nitpicky(I’m working on it, though!). I’m also a high school student with a bunch of obligations, so the only time I have to do crits is on weekends.

Dislikes: Pages with no real purpose or central idea and/or not very thought-out concept.

Contact: Ping me directly in the server; I often don’t respond to critic role ping. Please do not go to Discord DMs unless I tell you to. I’m also not available on site forums, but you can PM me on Wikidot.

Queue(specifically for GL checks): 3(3/3)

Timezone: CST/GMT-6.

Notes:

• I do two types of crit: skims and GL checks
• A skim is a quick review that I’ll give that will count towards a clear. You can ask me for one at any time, and I’ll get back to you with it by the end of the day(hopefully).
• A GL check is an in-depth quality review that aims to catch as many mistakes as possible, and I will give you permission to post if I think your draft is ready or will be with minimal change. You must wait until you have received crit from one(1) other person and you will have to wait in my queue to receive it(usually takes about a week for me to get it to you).

• Clinically Insane ⬤

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Name: Clin/Clinically Insane
Position: Greenflame Trialee
Preferred Contact: Ping me through the discord. My DMs are open but I prefer the former.
Will Crit: Almost anything.
Won't Crit: Joke Entries, Format.
Strengths: Concept and innovation, SPaG.
Weaknesses: Very new as a reader regarding The Backrooms as a whole so canon themes will fly right over my head.
Likes: Any concept with the slightest bit of care and actual attention rightfully given. As long as the idea itself was given more time than 30 seconds to think up with above-average care, I’ll be appreciative of the nice attempt.
Dislikes: Sloppy, unthoughtful pieces. Outright plagiarism of previous works without even a decent attempt at a spin on the idea (being inspired is fine, 1:1 copies are not)
Status: Completely available (when on-schedule).
Schedule: Weekdays <t:1710018000:t> to <t:1710036000:t>, Weekends starting at <t:1710000000:t> with no predetermined schedule. Fluctuates a bit, but if contacted I’ll give a heads-up if a variation from this schedule happens beforehand.

Notes:
- Not a native English speaker, therefore even if I’m confident in SPaG I’m not perfect.
- Not an experienced writer/critic in any way, still in a learning process.
- Very new to The Backrooms, with surface-level knowledge of the canon at best.
- A bit of a verbose lad, and I ask for a bit of patience regarding that.
- Please be patient with my crit time, depending on the length of the page I may take some extra time!
- Hoping to integrate into this community, even if slowly!

Finally back in business👁️
Queue (3/3):
- Level 99X
- Phenomenon 23
- Level 992

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