How to improve articles
(New page: To improve a wiki article, you can do any of the following: *Add relevant information. *Add external links, relevant forum discussions, resources, or book references. *Cleanup formatting,...) |
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| + | '''Be bold!''' Wiki articles improve over time with '''your''' help. | ||
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To improve a wiki article, you can do any of the following: | To improve a wiki article, you can do any of the following: | ||
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*Add external links, relevant forum discussions, resources, or book references. | *Add external links, relevant forum discussions, resources, or book references. | ||
*Cleanup formatting, spelling, and grammar. | *Cleanup formatting, spelling, and grammar. | ||
| + | *Remove first-person references (articles shouldn't use "I" -- try converting it into second-person "you" instead). | ||
*Check for technical accuracy. | *Check for technical accuracy. | ||
*[[Adding images|Add images]]. | *[[Adding images|Add images]]. | ||
*Add wikitext -- search for words that can be linked up to other wiki articles. For example, if an article contains the word "rust", you can turn it into a link by enclosing it in brackets, like this: <nowiki>[[rust]]</nowiki>. That will turn it into a link to the Rust article, like this: [[rust]]. | *Add wikitext -- search for words that can be linked up to other wiki articles. For example, if an article contains the word "rust", you can turn it into a link by enclosing it in brackets, like this: <nowiki>[[rust]]</nowiki>. That will turn it into a link to the Rust article, like this: [[rust]]. | ||
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| + | ==Resources== | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page Wikipedia guide to editing pages] | ||
| + | *[[9 things you need to know about the Crankshaft Coalition wiki]] | ||
| + | *[[Practice page]] | ||
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