Vikings Wiki vikings_wiki_live https://wiki.vikingsonline.org.uk/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.43.6 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk The Vikings The Vikings talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Authenticity Authenticity Talk Module Module talk 0 1 12394 12269 2026-02-05T11:41:35Z MatthewM 553 /* Guilds */ 12394 wikitext text/x-wiki __NOTOC__ Welcome to "The Vikings!" Wiki The wiki is intended to help you find all you need to know about membership of "The Vikings!" reenactment society. The information on these pages will be as correct, and up to date, as we can make it but the official versions of any rules and regulations will be as published in the official Society guides and documentation and stored on [https://docs.vikingsonline.org.uk '''DocStore''']. The wiki is intended to make some of this material more accessible, not to replace the detailed documentation. This wiki is currently under construction and probably always will be! Whilst editing a page is limited to only a few Society members, the "Discussion" tab, which anyone can edit, allows everyone to question and debate. We encourage you to use it. {| class="wikitable" | == [[File:logo.gif]] Official Society rules == * While the wiki is intended to provide a wide range of helpful information, it also includes formal rules and regulations which apply to members of the Vikings Society and any guests attending our events. These are indicated in text boxes with the Society logo, like this. |} ==Index== A full list of all pages on the wiki can be found on the '''[[index|alphabetical index]]''' page. == Membership of The Vikings == {| width="100%" |- |valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;"| === Joining the Vikings === *[[About the Society]] *[[:category:membership|Membership]] *[[Groups]] *[[Communication]] *[[Ranks within the Society]] *[[Promotions and Assessments]] *[[Society Awards]] *[[Your first show]] *[[DARF]] *[[Data Protection]] *[[In Remembrance]] |valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;"| === Events === *[[Events Calendar]] *[[Taking part in Society shows]] *[[Taking part in Society filming]] *[[Society Training Weekends]] *[[The Vaetfang]] *[[Banquets]] *[[Viking Festival 2022]] *[[School visitors]] *[[Organising Events]] *[[Claiming expenses]] *[[Marshalling at Events]] |- |valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;" | ===Health and Safety=== *[[General Health and Safety in "The Vikings"]] *[[Camp site rules]] *[[First Aid]] *[[Incident Report Form]] *[[First Aid Kit List]] *[[Carrying out a Risk Assessment]] *[[Safeguarding]] |valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;"| ===Publicity and Communications=== *[[Speaking to the Media]] *[[Our Policies]] *[[Our Guides]] |} == Clothing and personal kit== {| width="100%" |- |valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;"| === Authenticity and the Vikings Society === *[[:category:authenticity|Authenticity Home Page]] *[[The authenticity team]] *[[Authenticity at Society shows]] *[[Society kit guides]] *[[Kit checks]] *[[Society rules|Official Society rules]] *[[Unacceptable items]] *[[Authenticity Dispensations (previously known as Medical Dispensations)]] |valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;"| === Who we portray === *[[:Category:Kingdoms|Geographical scope]] *[[:Category:Chronology|Chronological periods]] *[[:Category:Status|Social status]] *[[:Category:Society|”Estates” – the social order]] *[[Realistic characters]] *[[:Category:Names|Names]] |- |valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;"| === Basic costume === * [[My first kit]] * [[:category:personal appearance|Personal appearance]] * [[:category:core kit types|Core kit types]] * [[:category:male clothing|Male clothing (general)]] * [[:category:female clothing|Female clothing (general)]] * [[:category:accessories|Accessories]] * [[:category:jewellery|Jewellery]] | valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;"| === Specialist costume and equipment === * [[:category:specialist kit types|Specialised kit types]] * [[:category:clerical clothing|Ecclesiastical clothing and vestments]] * [[:category:Highly specialist kit types|Highly specialised kit types]] * [[:category:other chronological periods|Out of period kit types]] |- | valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;"| === Making kit and costume === * [[Kit Making Guide]] * [[:category:styles|Artistic styles]] * [[:category:colours and dyes|Colours and dyes]] * [[:category:materials|Materials]] * [[:category:decoration|Decoration]] | valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;" | === Arms and Armour=== *[[:Category:Melee weapons|Melee weapons]] *[[:Category:Missile weapons|Missile weapons]] *[[:Category:Shields|Shields]] *[[:Category:Armour|Body armour]] *[[:Category:Helmet|Helmets]] *[[:Category:Armoury Team|Armoury Team]] |} == Skills and Specialisations == {| width="100%" |- |valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;"| === Combat === *[[:Category:latest changes|Latest Changes]] *[[:Category:melee combat|Melee Combat]] *[[:Category:missile combat|Missile Combat]] *[[:Category:shield wall|Shield Wall Combat]] *[[:Category:cavalry|Cavalry in Combat]] *[[Assessing officers]] *[[Combat_Assessments]] *[[Alley Brawl Competition]] === Hersirs === * [[:Category:scripts|Scripts]] * [[:Category:guide|Guide]] | valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;" | === Taking part in Acting Displays === *[[:category:acting|Acting]] *[[The Basic Acting Test]] |- |valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;"| === LHE === *[[:category:LHE|Living History Homepage]] *[[Taking part in the Living History Display]] *[[LHE Assessments]] *[[Assessing officers]] *[[Glasses in the LHE]] '''Equipment''' *[[:category:cooking|Cooking and eating]] *[[:category:furniture|Furniture and domestic items]] *[[:category:storage|Storage]] *[[:category:tents|Tents]] *[[:category:tools|Tools]] |valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;"| === Crafts === [[Craft Training]] * [[:category:Craft assessments|Craft assessments]] ** [[:category:textile and clothing production|Textile and Clothing Production]] ** [[:category:artisan skills|Artisan Skills]] ** [[:category:agriculture and food production|Agriculture and Food production]] ** [[:category:jewellery and decorative arts|Jewellery and Decorative Arts]] ** [[:category:knowledge-based skills|Knowledge-based skills]] ** [[:Music and Musical Instruments]] |- |valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;"| ===Sailing Department=== * [[:Category:ships|Ships]] * [[:Category:sailing|Sailing]] |- |valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;"| ===Guilds=== * [[About Guilds in the Society]] * [[Bifrost Guild]] * [[Duelling Guild]] * [[:Category:Overview|Hunters Guild]] * [[Leather Workers' Guild]] * [[Black Guard]] * [[King's Own Heavy Armour]] * [[Leech Craft Guild]] * [[Guild of the Dark Chamber]] * [[Viking Hiking Guild]] |valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;"| ===Viking Role-Playing=== * [[:Category:what is viking role-playing|What is Viking Role-Playing?]] * [[VLARP Rules]] * [[:Category:adventure|An Adventure Recorded]] |} == Knowing more == {| width="100%" |- |valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;"| === Context and background === *[[:category:evidence|Evidence]] *[[:category:background|Early medieval culture]] *[[:category:landholding|Landholding]] *[[:category:maps|Maps]] *[[:category:money|Money]] *[[:category:Siege Warfare|Siege Warfare]] | valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;" | === Further reading === *[[:category:References|References]] *[[:category:Books|Books]] *[[The Library]] |} == Archives == {| width="100%" |- |valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;"| === The History of the Society === *[[The Elder Days, 1971-1979]] *[[Leather and Fur, 1980-1989]] *[[Castles and Abbeys, 1990-1999]] *[[Hundreds and Thousands, 2000-2009]] *[[Villages and Victories, 2010-2019]] *[[:category:Archive:VikeFest|Display panels from VikeFest, June 2022]] | valign=top style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid #aaa; padding: .6em;" | === Online archive === The society operates an online archive system at https://archive.ousekjarr.org/archive which has over 50000 items listed dating from the early 1970s up to the present day. The aim of the archive is to present as much of the history of the society as we can for public consumption, including photos, videos, documents, event flyers and posters, and anything else (including old kit and clothing) which is part of our shared heritage. More recent documents may be subject to restricted access for a short time for obvious commercial reasons. |- |} == Society IT == * [[AdminDB]] * [[Guide to fonts]] * [[Society eMail Accounts]] == Help == * Look at the [[Vikings FAQ]]; * Acronym and jargon [[Acronym_and_jargon_buster|buster]]; * Consult the [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software; * [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ The MediaWiki FAQ is also helpful]; * If you're taking part in a discussion, please follow the simple [[courtesy rules]]; or * If you're editing page content, please refer to the [[styleguide]] and [[writing for the web| tips on writing for the web]] 7rdes75hjkiabfhcbyht16y015hb1yx