Info Buttons

Info buttons are used to designate important information in a tight and elegant fashion. These can be used to indicate an item's content rating or the language(s) it is presented in or even what type of media it happens to be. The goal is to make this information clear to all viewers. They are presented in English.

It should be noted that all peoples are welcome to utilize these buttons and systems for their own purposes, including placing them on commercial media. This may be done at no cost and without permission, the only requirement is the addition of the ETIO Wiki URL and a mention of the ETIO rating system somewhere on or in the packaging (such as the copyright page of a book). It is recommended that publishers of new material not use the content rating system, as there won't be any ratings to use. The rating system cannot be gamed by designating a rating yourself on the cover; you'll just be a liar.

Content Rating
Content rating indicates the age-appropriateness of a piece of media. In the past, for various legal reasons I'm sure, different forms of media have had different rating guidelines and standards while some media (such as books) have gone largely without any content guidelines at all. The goal here is to create a universal rating scheme to identify what material is suitable for which demographics. Instead of creating a strict set of rules, the ETIO rating system will work on a communnal basis, and ratings may change over time as deemed necessary by the community. This is largely due to the highly interprable nature of most media.



Media Type
Currently, the ETIO catalogue supports several varieties of media. These have been categorized into several larger groups which make for easy organization.



Language
These buttons indicate the primary language of the work. The multiple languages icon should be used in conjunction with the individual language icons. Dialects are not counted.



Players
Right now these are only for video games, although they may find additional uses for things such as game books. These buttons are used to indicate the number of individuals that may play. After a point, it becomes prudent simply to use the "MP" multiplayer label.