These are the editorial guidelines for the Days After Chaos ATL. That being said, PLEASE PLEASE read and familiarize yourself with these before making any edits/adding new pages to the timeline.
Canon
Canon articles are articles accepted as a part of the Days After The Chaos timeline by members of the community. Canon articles must be plausible, logical, and an accepted part of the lore. Before an article is canon, it should be marked with the "Days After Chaos - Proposal" template. To graduate an article to canon, you must bring it to the attention of the contributors at Talk:The Days After Chaos, which is the discussion page for the ATL.
For further understanding of the idea of canon, proposals, and probability read QSS and QAA. It is also recommended that you familiarize yourself with the timeline so you have an idea for the current canon.
Proposals
When you create something new, it should be tagged as a proposal. This is done by adding Template:DATCprop to the top of the page. This adds the article to Category:Proposals (The Days After The Chaos). It is also helpful to add a note about your new page to the bottom of the main talk page.
Tagging the page as a proposal indicates that the entire group has not yet had a chance to discuss, debate, and possibly recommend changes to it. If you feel your article is ready to be recognized as canon, then say so on the talk page. Timeline moderators will review your article, and approve or disprove it. After this your article will officially be considered "graduated" and a part of the YS canon.
Important note: the fact that a page or idea has been accepted/graduated does NOT mean that it is "finished". All of DATC's pages are undergoing constant updates and expansion. The graduation process simply means that what has been written, the essential or fundamental elements of the idea, are part of the timeline's canon.