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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 in tables or boxes do not count. +    - **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:templates]]) and look like other articles of that type. 
-    - See [[guide:templates]] +  - **Do not use forced line breaks** unless necessary (such as in a table).
-  - Don'use force line breaks unless necessary (such as in a table).+
  
 ===== Article Titles And Section Headings ==== ===== Article Titles And Section Headings ====
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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 to add examples from RP or quotes to add flavor.
  
 ===== Links ===== ===== Links =====
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   - Images should be less than 2 MB in size   - Images should be less than 2 MB in size
   - Images should be less than 700px wide on the wiki article (uploaded images can be larger)    - 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. eg. |Really cool item+  - 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. See [[wiki:syntax#media_files|Wiki Syntax: Media Files]] for instructions.
   - 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
  
  

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