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−	This page is likely to never be complete, and is a compilation of wit and (mostly) wisdom surrounding the art of editing a Wiki article. The tips given here are by no means mandatory, unless [[User:Stefanido|Stefan]] upgrades [[User:TheKillerRabbit|Nevin]] to a full God of editing, but they make life easier for everyone on the Wiki.
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−	This page is hereby exempt from the 3rd person vs. 1st person rule due to the fact that it is the musings of the sysops and, not, in fact, an article per se. Do not question this. [[User:Stefanido|Stefanido]] 14:13, 19 March 2006 (EST)
	==General Guidelines==		==General Guidelines==
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	===Wikipedia===		===Wikipedia===
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	'''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.		'''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===
		+	====Current====
		+	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.
−	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====
		+	Use the first link in each of the following groups preferentially:
		+	*[[Habitat]] vs. Hab
		+	*[[440 Albert]] vs. Ottawa Tech
		+	*[[OCESS]] or [[Spacesim]] vs. Sim
−	===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 organise the Wiki so that all the links are correct to post their pet peeves.	+	*Plan'''e'''tarium vs. Plan'''a'''tarium
−		+	*Sate'''l'''lite vs. Sat'''t'''elite
−	===Hab vs. Habitat===	+	*Harold'''e''' vs. Harold
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−	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 proffessionalism, we need to cut down on the use of coloquial contractions.	+
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−	<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 savy find the Habitat without searching at great length.	+
−	-Avacar</blockquote>	+
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−	===440 Albert===	+
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−	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.	+
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−	<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>	+
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−	<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-existant] - Foo1</blockquote>	+
	===Capitalization===		===Capitalization===
		+	In multi-word titles, the first letter of every word in the title should be capitalized excepting articles and prepositions. Articles or prepositions should be capitalized if they are the first word in the title.
−	Since computers are stupid, and cannot process a capital letters and lower case letters, I recomend 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.
−	===1st person vs. 3rd person===	+	===Lists===
		+	Do not create lists of current members, for example "Current Simulators", "Current Astros", and "Current MCs" pages. Instead, these should be mentioned on the appropriate Mission article.
−	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..."	+	===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. '''Do not use''' eg. 2005-2006 or 2005.
−	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.	+	===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.
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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.	+
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−	===OCESS===	+
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−	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.	+
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−	===Years===	+
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−	For the wiki, all years are noted in 20~~ - ~~ form. (ex 2005-06). Please use this for all links and refferences to facilitate linking and make everything look uniform. Links to <nowiki>[[2005-2006]] or [[2005]]</nowiki> will not work, and are annoying to fix.	+
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−	==Templates==
−	If you see a page which needs work (merging, expansion) or contains pseudoscience, insert a template. Templates can be found at [[:Category:Templates]]. Search Wikipedia for Templates for a large pile of information on them.
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−	==How To Do Things==
−	===How To Make A Redirect===
−	Let Foo be the redirecting article and Bar be the article it redirects to.
−	# Create Foo.
−	# 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.

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General Guidelines

Wikipedia

When in doubt, follow the Wikipedia Guidelines. People have spent years trying to perfect these. They work. 'Nuff said.

Common Links

Current

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

Use the first link in each of the following groups preferentially:

• Habitat vs. Hab
• 440 Albert vs. Ottawa Tech
• OCESS or Spacesim vs. Sim

Signatures

Sign any comments you might make with four tildes (~~~~).

Common Spelling Errors

Try to avoid these common misspellings (the first word in each pair is correct):

• Planetarium vs. Planatarium
• Satellite vs. Sattelite
• Harolde vs. Harold

Capitalization

In multi-word titles, the first letter of every word in the title should be capitalized excepting articles and prepositions. Articles or prepositions should be capitalized if they are the first word in the title.

Third Person

All articles are to be written in the third person.

Lists

Do not create lists of current members, for example "Current Simulators", "Current Astros", and "Current MCs" pages. Instead, these should be mentioned on the appropriate Mission article.

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. 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.

Talk Pages

Signatures

Talk pages are a prime breeding ground for poor formatting, just as swamps breed disgusting insects. The two main things to make sure of when editing a talk page are to sign everything you write (by typing ~~~~ after your comment, or by clicking the button that looks like a signature, second from the right). Otherwise, you are likely to be ignored, since we don't know who we're talking to.

Your signature can be customized (look at mine: The Killer Rabbit aka Nevin). There is a wikipedia article on how to do this (Wikipedia:How to fix your signature), which deals with pointers on how to correct errors; if you know basic HTML, both it and Wiki formatting work in signatures if you turn on the "Raw Signatures" option in your preferences. For example, my signature is set up like this:

[[User:TheKillerRabbit|<font color="green">The</font> <font color="#0099CC">Killer</font> <font color="red">Rabbit</font>]] <font size="1">[http://vv.carleton.ca/~nhotson aka Nevin]</font>

It uses a mix of Wiki formatting (for the links) and HTML tags (for the colours and sizes).

Indenting

If you're part of a discussion about something, indent your posts. Do this by adding a certain number of colons before your post; the first person puts no colons, the second person puts one, the third person puts two, and so on ad infinitum. This allows everyone to see who said what.

Example:

Blah

Blah?

Blah!

Blah!

BLAH!