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Rules Proposal 0

	Codex, Novel, etc.	GW Staff Feature (WHVisions, etc)	Licensed Third Party (Inquisitor Mag, etc.)	Approved Fan Content (The Citadel Journal, Fanatic, etc.)	Golden Demon	My Fanfic
Own Article	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Inline	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Inline with {{Disclaimer}} in Sources	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Inline with {{Fn\|Note}} and Note	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
==OtherModels== {{OtherModels}}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
==Trivia== {{Trivia}}	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Maybe

This is the most basic proposal of how I see the information flow of the lex. Are there any categories we treat differently and are missing? Any other ways we handle things? Discuss! --Zap1000x (talk) 21:41, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

Rules Proposal 1

	Codex, Novel, etc.	Featured by GW (Staff or Fan) (Magazines, Offical Websites, Games Day Handouts)	Featured by GW (Staff or Fan) (Local Games Workshop Social Media)	Licensed Third Party (Inquisitor Mag, etc.)	Golden Demon (incld. Armies on Parade?)	Fan Made (incld. Armies on Parade?)
Own Article	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Inline	Yes	No*	No	No	No	No
Inline with {{Disclaimer}} in Sources	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Inline with {{Fn\|Note}} and Note	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
==OtherModels== {{OtherModels}}	Yes	Yes	If no other photo exists	Yes	Yes	No
==Trivia== {{Trivia}}	Yes	Yes	Yes, clearly labelled	Yes	Yes	When such things are believed by the fanbase, though GW never said it. May be in Trivia to demonstrate GW never said this.

When the only image available, this may be acceptable.

Games Day includes Warhammer Fest, not Adepticon or other such things. --37thHarakoni (talk) 09:34, 4 April 2026 (AEDT)

Rules Proposal 2 WIP

	^{Codex, Novel, etc.}	^{Featured by GW (Magazines, Offical Main Website, Games Day Handouts) [Staff Content]}	^{In-House Publications with Hobbyist Content (Fanatic, Citadel Journal, Warhammer Visions) Licensed 3rd Party (Inquisitor Mag)}	^{Featured by GW (Magazines, Offical Main Website, Games Day Handouts) [Fan Content]}	^{Featured by GW (Local GW social media - Gamestore Twitter, Flickr, etc.) with lore [Staff/Fan Content]}	^{Pure competition/painting entries - no lore [name/mage only] (Golden Demon, Storefront Exhibit,)}	^{Fanfiction, no GW presence (personal blogs, ex-employee blogs)}
Own Article	Yes	Yes	Yes - with disclaimer	Yes - with disclaimer	Yes - with disclaimer	No	No
Inline, no disclaimer	Yes	Yes - mention staff conversions in image	No	No	No	No	No
Inline with {{Disclaimer}} in Sources/Header	n/a	n/a	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
==OtherModels== {{OtherModels}}	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Yes	No
==Trivia== {{Trivia}}	n/a	n/a	Mention Fan Content Origin	Mention Fan Content Origin	Mention Fan Content Origin	Mention Fan Content Origin	Maybe *as an external link, within reason

Games Day includes Warhammer Fest, not Adepticon or other such things.

If the entire article comes purely from hobbyist content, disclaimer should be header. If article has mixed hobbyist/official content, disclaimer should be footer with specific disclaimer-ends for sources

Shazrael (talk) 21:50, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Rules Proposal 3 WIP

	^{Codex, Novel, etc.}	^{Featured by GW (Magazines, Offical Main Website, Games Day Handouts) [Staff Content]}	^{In-House Publications with Hobbyist Content (Fanatic, Citadel Journal, Warhammer Visions) Licensed 3rd Party (Inquisitor Mag)}	^{Featured by GW (Magazines, Offical Main Website, Games Day Handouts) [Fan Content]}	^{Featured by GW (Local GW social media - Gamestore Twitter, Flickr, etc.) with lore [Staff/Fan Content]}	^{Pure competition/painting entries - no lore [name/mage only] (Golden Demon, Storefront Exhibit,)}	^{Fanfiction, no GW presence (personal blogs, ex-employee blogs)}
Own Article	Yes	Yes	Yes - with disclaimer	Yes - with disclaimer	No	No	No
Inline, no disclaimer	Yes	Yes - mention staff conversions in image	No	No	No	No	No
Inline with {{Disclaimer}} in Sources/Header	n/a	n/a	Yes	No	No	No	No
==OtherModels== {{OtherModels}}	n/a	n/a	n/a	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
==Trivia== {{Trivia}}	n/a	n/a	Mention Fan Content Origin	Mention Fan Content Origin	Mention Fan Content Origin	Mention Fan Content Origin	Maybe *as an external link, within reason

Games Day includes Warhammer Fest, not Adepticon or other such things.

If the entire article comes purely from hobbyist content, disclaimer should be header. If article has mixed hobbyist/official content, disclaimer should be footer with specific disclaimer-ends for sources

Shazrael (talk) 21:50, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Edited per discussion. --Zap1000x (talk) 17:25, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Rules Proposal 4 WIP

	^{Codex, Novel, etc.}	^{Featured by GW (Magazines, Offical Main Website, Games Day Handouts) [Staff Content]}	^{In-House Publications with Hobbyist Content (Fanatic, Citadel Journal, Warhammer Visions) Licensed 3rd Party (Inquisitor Mag)}	^{Featured by GW (Magazines, Offical Main Website, Games Day Handouts) [Fan Content]}	^{Featured by GW (Local GW social media - Gamestore Twitter, Flickr, etc.) with lore [Staff/Fan Content]}	^{Pure competition/painting entries - no lore [name/mage only] (Golden Demon, Other Notable Competitions)}	^{Fanfiction, no GW presence (e.g. ex-employee blogs, personal blogs discussing construction)}
Own Article	Yes	Yes	Yes - with disclaimer	Yes - with disclaimer	No	No	No
Inline, no disclaimer	Yes	Yes - mention staff conversions in image	No	No	No	No	No
Inline with {{Disclaimer}} in Sources/Header	n/a	n/a	Yes	No	No	No	No
==OtherModels== {{OtherModels}}	n/a	n/a	n/a	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
==Trivia== {{Trivia}}	n/a	n/a	Mention Fan Content Origin	Mention Fan Content Origin	Mention Fan Content Origin	Mention Fan Content Origin	Maybe *as an external link, within reason

Games Day includes Warhammer Fest, not Adepticon or other such things.

If the entire article comes purely from hobbyist content, disclaimer should be header. If article has mixed hobbyist/official content, disclaimer should be footer with specific disclaimer-ends for sources

Shazrael (talk) 21:50, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Edited per discussion. --Zap1000x (talk) 17:25, 8 April 2026 (UTC) Furthered discussion --Zap1000x (talk) 18:00, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Rules Proposal 5 WIP

	^{Codex, Novel, etc.}	^{Featured by GW (Magazines, Offical Main Website, Games Day Handouts) [Staff Content]}	^{In-House Publications with Hobbyist Content (Fanatic, Citadel Journal, Warhammer Visions) Licensed 3rd Party (Inquisitor Mag)}	^{Featured by GW (Magazines, Offical Main Website, Games Day Handouts) [Fan Content]}	^{Featured by GW (Local GW social media - Gamestore Twitter, Flickr, etc.) with lore [Staff/Fan Content]}	^{Pure competition/painting entries - no lore [name/mage only] (Golden Demon, Other Notable Competitions)}	^{Fanfiction, no GW presence (e.g. ex-employee blogs, personal blogs discussing construction)}
Own Article	Yes	Yes	Yes - with disclaimer	Yes - See my big note	No	No	No
Inline, no disclaimer	Yes	Yes - mention staff conversions in image	No	No	No	No	No
Inline with {{Disclaimer}} in Sources/Header	n/a	n/a	Yes	No	No	No	No
==OtherModels== {{OtherModels}}	n/a	n/a	n/a	Yes	Yes (Only if no other images exist)	Yes	No
==Trivia== {{Trivia}}	n/a	n/a	Mention Fan Content Origin	Mention Fan Content Origin	Mention Fan Content Origin	Mention Fan Content Origin	Maybe *as an external link, within reason

Games Day includes Warhammer Fest, but not Adepticon or other such things.

If the entire article comes purely from hobbyist content, disclaimer should be header. If article has mixed hobbyist/official content, disclaimer should be footer with specific disclaimer-ends for sources

I still worry about the distinction between Hobbyist and Staff content in White Dwarf specifically. How does this affect Guest writers who may not be staff? Some who only have their names we might find out are staff from linked in rather than any GW publication. Some staff stuff will be mistaken as hobbyist and (less likely) vis versa. Also how do we define staff? Does a Mail Order Troll or a weekend casual Red Shirt have the same weight as Andy Chambers? If not, where is the cut off. What about articles like, for example White Dwarf 247 (AU) where the Red Shirts play a game against the WD writing staff. Is their lore less value while being in an article with lore of higher value? Would that change where its a Hobbyist vs a Staff writer and they both put lore? (That definently happens in one of the WD Australia, just not sure number off of the top of my head). Personally I feel if its in WD, Codex, or Main Website, and the place of publication doesn't mention it is hobbyist created then it should be treated at the same value? There's going to be a LOT of re-writing on Medusa V and Armageddon stuff otherwise. A lot of forces from there are Hobbyist in nature, but published offically. Some are staff, but you would only know that if that staff member happened to write about it elsewhere (as especially with Medusa V the content isnt labelled as to who created it). For example the Krieg 76th appear first on the Medusa V website as unattributed. So no idea if Staff or not. Its only because I personally happened to find them while archiving all WD Australias that we now know that they are Staff made. Had Bryan Cook not written an article six years later about his dudes in WD Australia (never showing up in UK or US) then we would not know he made the force, and it would be considered hobbyist, despite being staff.

Hobbyist content, especially posted on just a local GW page is often really porr quality (the images, not the work itself which is often stellar). Where other images are avaliable I feel it should be avoided at all costs, and only used if literally no other images exist. To me the poor quality of some of those images degrades the reliability of the Lex (or the perception of it)

--37thHarakoni (talk) 08:54, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Rules Proposal WIP 6

Source Use
	Acceptable Sources	Sources Requiring Disclaimers	Unacceptable Sources
As Article Subject	Yes	Yes, with Disclaimer	No
In Other Articles	Yes	Yes, with Disclaimer	No
In ==Hobbyist Miniatures==	See below*	See below*	No
In ==Trivia==	Yes	Yes	See below**
* See Note on Hobbyist Miniature Images See Note on Grey Areas**

Note on Uncertain Sources

If any Editor is not sure if he/she is allowed to use a specific source, please submit your request here, thank you. Any resolved status question will be subsequently included in the list above (if it is not already there).

Accepted Sources

Sources published by Games Workshop or a subsidiary or license holders without fan-submitted content.

Examples of Accepted Sources

The following list is non-exhaustive:

Rulebooks
Codices
Background Books
White Dwarf Magazines
Black Library Novels, short stories, audiobooks...
Websites of Games Workshop, subsidiaries, and license holders.
omics and Graphic Novels created under license for Games Workshop
Games Workshop licensed computer games based in the Warhammer 40,000 universe (for example via screenshots)
Card Games created under license for Games Workshop
Tabletop Games created under license for Games Workshop
Role-Playing Games and Background Material created under license for Games Workshop
Games Day and other narrative event handouts.
etc. etc.

Note on Hobbyist Miniature Images

Accepted sources (including but not limited to White Dwarf Magazine, Games Workshop websites, and Games Day events handouts) will on occasion feature models and conversions from creators other than Games Workshop staff (e.g. Golden Demon winners), which should be treated with additional care by Editors using the following steps:

Create a ==Hobbyist Miniature== section with the {{HobbyistContent}} disclaimer and an image gallery; and/or add the appropriate image to the gallery.
Note all included information on their origin and authorship clearly in a Trivia section below.

Hobbyist Miniature sections are exclusively excepted to draw from an additional source:

public social media pages for Games Workshop retail stores with images of relevant models where no other images of those models exist.

All images shown in this section represent purely personal visual representations, interpretations, visions, or versions entered as personal entries into official competitions, event games, and painting showcases. As such, they should not be assumed to be anything more than that, or to be official in any way, and no conclusions as to the subject of this article page should be drawn from them or any information derived from them.

Sources Requiring Disclaimers

Sources published by Games Workshop or a subsidiary or license holders with fan-submitted content. These source may only be included if the appropriate disclaimers are included in their article – either in the header if they are the sole subject of the article, or in the Sources section annotated with the appropriate End disclaimer if information drawn from them is cited in another article. In all cases, all included information on their origin and authorship should be noted clearly in a Trivia section below.

The following list is exhaustive:

Unacceptable Sources

Examples of Unacceptable Sources

The following list is non-exhaustive:

leaked, pirated, stolen or otherwise illegally obtained copies of official publications (including legally obtained publications before the official release date as publishing these early constitutes a violation of non-disclosure agreements)
other Lexicanum articles (yes, you read that right, only first-hand material can be used as an accepted source)
other wikis
forums, blogs, message boards, mailing lists etc. (with the possible exception of individuals posting in an official capacity, see "grey areas" below)
fan-made content or fanzines

Note on Grey Areas

Specific Unacceptable Sources provide unique and extraordinary insight into Warhammer 40,000 and its development may be added to Trivia sections of articles on a case-by-case basis. Such cases must be submitted and discussed here.

The following list is non-exhaustive:

private social media accounts, homepages, blogs, forum posts, Patreons, interviews with third parties etc. by authors, artists or other individuals working for Games Workshop, its subsidiaries or license holders
images of competition (including Golden Demon) entries from sources other than Games Workshop.

PROPOSED FINAL VERSION --Zap1000x (talk) 22:38, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

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My Messy Page (don't edit this bit)

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Exodite Corpus

I went through everything ever written about Exodites and made a HUGE reference resource of literally everything we know about our favorite dino-farming mecha-tractor knights of yore.

Check it out over on Medium!

Aeldari Sources Reading List

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Craftworld Eldar

Source Name	Game	Notes	Rating
White Dwarf 127 (UK)	Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader	The "Original" Codex to start all codexes	★★★★★

Corsairs

Harlequins

Drukhari

Ynnari

Exodites

Chaos Eldar

Non-Eldar Reads

Source Name	Game	Notes	Rating
Realms of Chaos: Lost and the Damned	Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader	Not Eldar related, but important OG lore read	★★★

Aeldari Novel Reading List

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Source Name	Game	Notes	Rating
White Dwarf 127 (UK)	Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader	The "Original" Codex to start all codexes	★★★★★

Game | Source | Notes ---|---|---

- Rogue Trader Era**| |

Rogue Trader (1e)* Rogue Trader (1e)| | Harlequin Codex!

- 2e Era**| |

- 3e Era**| |

- 4e Era**| |

- 5e Era**| |

- 6e Era**| |

6e|Iyanden: Codex Supplement | Iyanden BOOK, very detailed lore and great niche 6e|Haemonculus Covens: Codex Supplement | Small collection of Science dEldar lore.

- 7e Era**| |

7e|Codex: Harlequins | No longer a mainline codex, figured I'd mention it.

- 8e Era**| |

- 9e Era**| |

- 10e Era**| |

10e|White Dwarf 510 |"The Ancient and the Eldritch" Retrospective - First Half 10e|White Dwarf 511 |"The Ancient and the Eldritch" Retrospective - Second Half

- Other** | |

Other|The Eldar Sketchbook|Concept art sketches by Jes Goodwin Other|The Aeldari Collection|The sketchbook with more page and dEldar. (I've never found a complete scan)

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Rules Proposal 0

Rules Proposal 1

Rules Proposal 2 WIP

Rules Proposal 3 WIP

Rules Proposal 4 WIP

Rules Proposal 5 WIP

Rules Proposal WIP 6

Note on Uncertain Sources

Accepted Sources

Examples of Accepted Sources

Note on Hobbyist Miniature Images

Sources Requiring Disclaimers

Unacceptable Sources

Examples of Unacceptable Sources

Note on Grey Areas

My Messy Page (don't edit this bit)

Space Elf Dartboard

Exodite Corpus

Aeldari Sources Reading List

Craftworld Eldar

Corsairs

Harlequins

Drukhari

Ynnari

Exodites

Chaos Eldar

Non-Eldar Reads

Aeldari Novel Reading List

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