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Rubberchickenben: /* Common Spelling Errors */

2010-04-09T20:25:52Z

‎Common Spelling Errors

Rubberchickenben: /* Current */

2010-04-09T20:23:52Z

‎Current

Rubberchickenben: /* Preferences */

2010-04-09T20:22:12Z

‎Preferences

Stefanido: Edicts

2010-04-08T16:00:56Z

Edicts

Rubberchickenben at 21:29, 17 March 2010

2010-03-17T21:29:45Z

Rubberchickenben at 21:29, 17 March 2010

2010-03-17T21:29:31Z

Darth Wombat: /* 1st person vs. 3rd person */

2010-03-13T05:22:51Z

‎1st person vs. 3rd person

Darth Wombat: /* Years */ - I like to think that I clarified this a little

2010-03-13T05:18:43Z

‎Years: - I like to think that I clarified this a little

Darth Wombat: /* How To Make A Redirect */

2010-03-13T05:17:56Z

‎How To Make A Redirect

Rubberchickenben: /* Capitalization */ FAIL

2009-09-14T17:32:03Z

‎Capitalization: FAIL

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 Try to avoid these common misspellings (the first word in each pair is correct):
 *Plan'''e'''tarium vs. Plan'''a'''tarium
 ===Capitalization===

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 ===Common Links===
 ====Current====
-The link [[current]] redirects to the current year's page.
+The link [[current]] redirects to the current year's page. Please do not use this too much, and instead write "as of [[{{{date}}}]]", where {{{date}}} is a month and/or year.
 ====Preferences====

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 Use the first link in each of the following groups preferentially:
 *[[Habitat]] vs. Hab
-*[[Ottawa Tech]] vs. 440 Albert
+*[[440 Albert]] vs. Ottawa Tech
 *[[OCESS]] or [[Spacesim]] vs. Sim

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 {{sim}}
 __FORCETOC__
 ==General Guidelines==
 ===Wikipedia===
 '''When in doubt, follow the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_guidelines Wikipedia Guidelines].''' People have spent years trying to perfect these. They work. 'Nuff said.
-===Signing Things===
+===Common Links===
-Even though this is already in the section on [[Style Guide#Talk Pages|Talk Pages]], it has been observed to be needed here. Don't sign your comments by typing your username; sign them by typing <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>. Do it! You have been warned!
+====Preferences====
-===Planetarium===
+===Signatures===
-'' '''IT'S SPELLED PLANETARIUM, NOT PLANATARIUM. YOU HAVE COLLECTIVELY BEEN WARNED.''' ''
+Sign any comments you might make with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>).
-==Common Errors==
+===Common Spelling Errors===
+Try to avoid these common misspellings (the first word in each pair is correct):
-This is an area for Sysops, and those who spend a great deal of time trying to organize the Wiki so that all the links are correct to post their pet peeves.
+*Plan'''e'''tarium vs. Plan'''a'''tarium
-−
-===Hab vs. Habitat===
-−
-If you are posting a link to the habitat page, please make it <nowiki> [[habitat]]</nowiki> and not <nowiki>[[hab]]</nowiki>. I could just make a redirect, but for us to maintain a semblance of professionalism, we need to cut down on the use of colloquial contractions.
-−
-<blockquote>I've created a 'Hab' redirect so that people who run a search for 'hab' will find the Habitat.  Yes, this will allow users to be lazy   and link to <nowiki>[[hab]]</nowiki> but it will also let the non-wiki savvy find the Habitat without searching at great length.
--Avacar</blockquote>
-−
-−
-===440 Albert===
-−
-If you are posting a link to our current facilities page, make it <nowiki> [[Ottawa Tech]]</nowiki> and not <nowiki> [[440 Albert]]</nowiki> or various other permutations of our current address. I would make a redirect but I do not know how to, and uniformity is good.
-−
-<blockquote>I would argue it should be the reverse, as that location is no longer called Ottawa Tech.  As for redirects, I can and have already made a few, so just let me know where you need them. - Avacar</blockquote>
-−
-<blockquote>Alright. It's all the same to me really. I just wanted to standardize it so that all the links would work [As you can tell, my wiki skills are non-existent] - Foo1</blockquote>
 ===Capitalization===
-Since computers are stupid, and cannot process capital letters and lower case letters, I recommend that we capitalize the first letter of every word in the title of an article, since the computer treats [[Mission Control]] differently from [[Mission control]], which leads to numerous internal links being non-functional, even though we have an article with the same name, bit different capitalization. For some reason this problem only occurs for titles with 2 letters or more. for single letters, [[mission]] will work just as well as [[Mission]]. Either way, we should capitalize in a proper fashion to keep the English teachers happy.
+===Third Person===
 All articles are to be written in the third person.
-:Hey, welcome aboard. Next time, please sign your post with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). There's a workaround for this specific problem: redirects. A redirect is a page that automatically forwards you from, say, "Mission control" to "Mission Control". Yeah, there is some level of capitalization. Which instances were particularly annoying? ---[[user:rubberchickenben|<font color="green">Herr Doktor Tolkien von Oxford]][[User_talk:Rubberchickenben|<sup>Talk Page</sup></font>]] 13:29, 14 September 2009 (EDT)
-−
-===1st person vs. 3rd person===
-−
-All articles are to be written in the third person. I don't want to see any "Now, we are become simulators, destroyers of the hab", or "Those of us in mission control have the following duties..."
-−
-−
-The reason for this is that this wiki is not a day to day account of current events. This is the BBoS replacement. This is Sim HISTORY, and as such, all articles must not attempt to reflect the whims of the current membership. Please pause and reflect on how to make you articles both factual, and able to survive for at least a year before needing to be edited because you're no longer EEP commander.
-−
-−
-This also bans the creation of "Current Simulators", "Current Astros", and "Current MCs" pages. We have the website to do that, and the wiki for HISTORY.
-−
-:I want to note that there's a workaround for "current" lists on pages. There's nothing wrong with being proud of your position in a mission and wanting to put a list of everyone who served, but "Current MC Staff" is a lot less clean than just using the name of the year or the mission, because that won't have to be edited later on. People can also add subsequent years onto this and keep the format rather than having to erase or move the information. - [[User:Darth Wombat|Darth Wombat]] 00:22, 13 March 2010 (EST)
-−
-===OCESS===
-This is the Ottawa Carleton Educational Space Simulation. Do not call it "sim" or "the institution". This is to make the wiki seem more professional, as well as to facilitate linking; because only [[OCESS]] and [[Spacesim]] work whereas [[Sim]] does not.
+===Lists===
 ===Years===
-For the wiki, all years are noted in 20##-## form. (ex 2005-06). Please use this for all links and references to facilitate linking and make everything look uniform. Links to <nowiki>[[2005-2006]] or [[2005]]</nowiki> will not work, and are annoying to fix.
+For the wiki, all years are noted in 20##-## form. (ex 2005-06). Please use this for all links and references to facilitate linking and make everything look uniform. '''Do not use''' eg. 2005-2006 or 2005.
 ===Bolding===
+Please bold (enclose in triple apostrophes) the title of an article. This rule does not apply to Mission ([[1992-93]] for example) pages, talk pages, etc.
-Please bold (<nowiki> '' </nowiki>) the title of an article (this should be the first word or a synonym). This rule does not apply to Mission ([[1992-93]] for example) pages, talk pages, etc.[[User:Rubberchickenben|<font color="green"> -Ben</font>]]
 ==Talk Pages==
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 :::Blah!
 ::::BLAH!

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	This also bans the creation of "Current Simulators", "Current Astros", and "Current MCs" pages. We have the website to do that, and the wiki for HISTORY.		This also bans the creation of "Current Simulators", "Current Astros", and "Current MCs" pages. We have the website to do that, and the wiki for HISTORY.
		+
		+	:I want to note that there's a workaround for "current" lists on pages. There's nothing wrong with being proud of your position in a mission and wanting to put a list of everyone who served, but "Current MC Staff" is a lot less clean than just using the name of the year or the mission, because that won't have to be edited later on. People can also add subsequent years onto this and keep the format rather than having to erase or move the information. - [[User:Darth Wombat\|Darth Wombat]] 00:22, 13 March 2010 (EST)

	===OCESS===		===OCESS===

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 # Edit Foo such that the page's sole content is "'''<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Bar]]</nowiki>'''"
 # Save the page.
-All links to Foo will now send the user to Bar instead.
+All links to Foo will now send the user to Bar instead. Please note that the space is necessary, as otherwise the page will be set up to redirect to multiple pages and as such will just be an empty page with a large arrow pointing to your link.