WikiStates:Manual of Style
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This page documents a WikiStates guideline. It is a generally accepted standard that editors should follow, though it should be treated with common sense and the occasional exception. When in doubt, discuss your idea on the talk page. |
o hai! This is the WikiStates Manual of Style. Here you will find help to make your fail article a glorious victory.
Basic coding
- To link to another article, [[do this]]. If you did it right, it'll look like this: do this.
- To pipe that link (i.e., use another word for it), [[do this|hi there]]. If you did it right, it'll look like this: hi there.
- To add the page to a category, [[Category:do this]]. If you did it right, it'll add it to the category. Please see WS:CAT for usage.
- To add a template, {{dothis}}. If you did this correctly, it will look like a template.
- To add a picture, [[Image:Do this.jpg|thumb|FUNNY TEXT GOES HERE]]. If you did this correctly, a thumbnail of your picture will appear on the righthand side of your article
- To link outside of WikiStates, [http://dothis.com Do this]. If you did this correctly, it will look like this: Do this
- To link to Wikipedia specifically, {{wp|do this}}. If you did this correctly, it will look like this: do this.
- To make your font bold or italic, add ''' for bold and '' for italic.
Writing an article
- Lurk moar. Look around for formatting ideas.
- Use infoboxes.
- Introduce us. Write a lead section that summarises the article without going into superlatives.
- Lay it out. Use a few sections to split up your article into parts. Too many sections makes it hard to read. Use a second-level header (==Title==) for regular sections.
- Links plx. Link to relevant forum topics (External links) and related WikiStates articles (See also).
- Cats are fine too. Add categories to your article.
- Use interwiki links when possible. This helps format links to pages on certainly commonly-linked sites of special interest to NS.
- Don't use The in an article title, unless you are Yahya Jammeh.
