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 These are the key points for wiki articles: These are the key points for wiki articles:
  
-  - **Articles should contain actual prose.** +  - This wiki's language is English (United States). American spellings are preferred
-    This means **regular text that's written in complete sentences**+  Follow all section headers with text (not images, lists, or tables). 
-    **Bulleted lists** and content **in tables** or boxes do not count as prose+    - Use [[guide:complete_sentences|complete sentences]]
-    - **Each section** of an article should generally contain prose **immediately after any section header**+  Anything in a table or list should be very short
-  - Articles should be internally consistent+    - Don't put paragraphs in tables or bullet lists
-  - Articles of a common type (such as starships or guns) should adhere to the common format (see [[:templates]]) and look like other articles of that type. +  - Do not use forced line breaks unless necessary (such as in a table)
-  - **Do not use forced line breaks** unless necessary (such as in a table).+  - Articles of a common type (e.g. guns) should adhere to the common format (see [[:templates]]).
  
 ===== Article Titles And Section Headings ==== ===== Article Titles And Section Headings ====
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   - In general, abbreviations should not be used as titles (use Imperial Registry Number, not IRN).   - In general, abbreviations should not be used as titles (use Imperial Registry Number, not IRN).
   - Article titles should be capitalized but not in all caps. ("Creating a Character" not "Creating a character" or "CREATING A CHARACTER").   - Article titles should be capitalized but not in all caps. ("Creating a Character" not "Creating a character" or "CREATING A CHARACTER").
-  - Do not use an ampersand (&) or other special characters in a title unless they are part of an organization's official name. Using an ampersand is fine in section headers+  - Do not use an ampersand (&) or other special characters in a page name unless they are part of an organization's official name because they can't be used in the URL. Using an ampersand is fine in section headers. 
-  - Leave a space on either side of the title or section heading and a blank line before them+  - Headers should be properly nested - e.g. 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.+
  
 ===== Article Content ===== ===== Article Content =====
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   - [[guide:its|Avoid the use of the contraction it's]]   - [[guide:its|Avoid the use of the contraction it's]]
   - Avoid the use of second-person language (you, your) in articles other than instructions for the player.   - Avoid the use of second-person language (you, your) in articles other than instructions for the player.
-  - [[guide:plural nouns|Use proper plurals]]+  - Use proper plurals
   - In general, keep an encyclopedic tone.   - In general, keep an encyclopedic tone.
   - Occasional jokes and humor are okay.   - Occasional jokes and humor are okay.
   - You are encouraged to add examples from RP or quotes to add flavor.   - You are encouraged to add examples from RP or quotes to add flavor.
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 +==== Active Content =====
 +You can embed active content into your wiki pages. For example, you can place an RSS feed of your plot's posts into your plot wiki page. For more information, see [[guide:feeds]].
  
 ===== Links ===== ===== Links =====
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   - Use spaces rather than underscores in links.   - Use spaces rather than underscores in links.
   - "Sub-Articles" (such as inventory pages) should always link back to their parent page.   - "Sub-Articles" (such as inventory pages) should always link back to their parent page.
-  - Don't create pages that are not linked to from other wiki pages (orphans). Create the link first, then follow it and create the page. Stray pages will be deleted! +  - Don't create pages that are not linked to from other wiki pages ([[wiki:orphans|orphans]]). Create the link first, then follow it and create the page. Stray pages will be deleted! 
-  - If you move a page, first use the backlink link (at the bottom of every wiki page) to see what pages are linking to it. ALL OF THOSE PAGES SHOULD BE UPDATED! If not, you are creating broken links. Do not move a page unless you're willing to do the work of updating all those pages+  - Move pages using the page move tool so that backlinks are updated
-    - Admins can move pages and update all backlinks automaticallyso ask an admin like Wes to move the page instead of doing it yourself.+    - Wiki admins can move wiki media/images, ask them if needed.
  
 ===== Images ===== ===== Images =====

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