Guide to contributing to the wiki: Difference between revisions
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* A summary of the key points, yes - one at the start and one at the end. Reiteration helps to hammer things home. This one will more or less be simple list to remind the reader of things, it wont explain them. | * A summary of the key points, yes - one at the start and one at the end. Reiteration helps to hammer things home. This one will more or less be simple list to remind the reader of things, it wont explain them. | ||
* Further reading - this is where you link to the pages that detail advanced strategies for fighting for and against the cult. No you don't put them on the main page because that will clutter it. | * Further reading - this is where you link to the pages that detail advanced strategies for fighting for and against the cult. No you don't put them on the main page because that will clutter it. | ||
* Links! Remember to add links to [[modes]], [[Guides#Antagonist Guides|antagonist roles]], [[jobs]], items and [[guides]] you mention! Simply do it when you re-read your content before submitting. | |||
A bad guide is one that's a giant wall of text that's overly fluffed up and full of opinionated bullshit | A bad guide is one that's a giant wall of text that's overly fluffed up and full of opinionated bullshit.<br> | ||
A newbie is going to take one glance at it and shit their pants out of fright, and advanced player is just going to go "Yeah.... I'm not reading someone's sperg page". | A newbie is going to take one glance at it and shit their pants out of fright, and advanced player is just going to go "Yeah.... I'm not reading someone's sperg page". | ||
[At the moment]{{citation needed}} [[Security | [At the moment]{{citation needed}} [[Guides#Security guides|Security's guides]] are good. [[Space Law]] is unfluffed and tells plainly the basics of what a [[security officer]] needs to know to start patrolling and robusting greyshirts. The [[Guide to security]] is more fleshed out and explains things more in depth and lists strategies to counter antags.<br> | ||
[[Cult]], [[Malf]], and [[Traitor]] are bad because they're giant imposing walls of text that reads like a newspaper: squished up text that obscures the facts with needless opinions and blurbs that you don't need to know off the bat. | [[Cult]], [[Malf]], and [[Traitor]] are bad because they're giant imposing walls of text that reads like a newspaper: squished up text that obscures the facts with needless opinions and blurbs that you don't need to know off the bat. | ||
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* Important stuff first, depth and explanation and unimportant things second. | * Important stuff first, depth and explanation and unimportant things second. | ||
* White space, tables, sections, and formatting are essential for ease of reading. We're not print media, space isn't at a premium so use it freely. | * White space, tables, sections, and formatting are essential for ease of reading. We're not print media, space isn't at a premium so use it freely. | ||
* Links! | |||
* I just used the above template to write this guide. | * I just used the above template to write this guide. | ||
== Useful pages == | == Useful pages == | ||