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- **Articles should contain actual prose.** | - **Articles should contain actual prose.** | ||
- | - This means regular text that's written in complete sentences. | + | - This means **regular text that's written in complete sentences**. |
- | - Bulleted lists and things | + | - **Bulleted lists** and content **in tables** or boxes do not count as prose. |
- | - Each section of an article should generally contain prose. | + | - **Each section** of an article should generally contain prose **immediately after any section header**. |
- | - Typically this goes immediately after any section header. | + | |
- Articles should be internally consistent. | - Articles should be internally consistent. | ||
- | - Articles of a common type (such as starships or guns) should adhere to the common format. | + | - Articles of a common type (such as starships or guns) should adhere to the common format |
- | - See [[guide: | + | - **Do not use forced |
- | - Don' | + | |
===== Article Titles And Section Headings ==== | ===== Article Titles And Section Headings ==== | ||
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- Leave a space on either side of the title or section heading and a blank line before them. | - Leave a space on either side of the title or section heading and a blank line before them. | ||
- Headers should be in order: H1 (title) should contain H2 sections, and they should contain H3 sections, etc. | - Headers should be in order: H1 (title) should contain H2 sections, and they should contain H3 sections, etc. | ||
- | - Ordered lists are preferred to unordered lists. | ||
===== Article Content ===== | ===== Article Content ===== | ||
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- In general, keep an encyclopedic tone. | - In general, keep an encyclopedic tone. | ||
- Occasional jokes and humor are okay. | - Occasional jokes and humor are okay. | ||
- | - It's okay to add examples from RP or quotes to add flavor. | + | - You are encouraged |
===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
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===== Images ===== | ===== Images ===== | ||
- | | + | Please only use file names that make sense and are easily read. Badly named images make images difficult to find, and they make understanding the image difficult or impossible for blind and low-vision roleplayers who have to rely on the text being read to them. |
- | - Images should be less than 700px wide | + | |
- | - Images should have an alternate text value to help visually impaired people who use page readers. Place a | after the image file name, and then type a short meaningful text description. | + | It is also nice, but not required, to credit the artist in the file name if it was a commission (e.g. hanako_by_zairyo.png) . You can also credit artists on the pages the image is used on, or in the image itself if it doesn' |
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+ | - Images should be less than 700px wide on the wiki article (uploaded images can be larger) | ||
+ | - Images should have an alternate text value to help visually impaired people who use page readers. Place a | after the image file name, and then type a short meaningful text description. | ||
- Only images hosted on Star Army should be used on Star Army wiki pages. Images hosted on third-party sites such as imageshack and photobucket will be edited out of articles. | - Only images hosted on Star Army should be used on Star Army wiki pages. Images hosted on third-party sites such as imageshack and photobucket will be edited out of articles. | ||
+ | - Images must be properly cropped. Huge borders of blank space should be avoided. | ||
+ | - Use transparent backgrounds so the image looks good in all Dokuwiki templates (styles) | ||
+ | - We strongly prefer color artwork | ||