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What makes a good article? This help should be a loose guideline for new articles. What Topics are used and what content should they provide? What kind of marker and templates should be used?

This guide provides guidance on how to make quality contributions to the Gemini Station Wiki. If these guidelines seem too difficult to follow (non-native speakers, etc.) -- don't let them stop you from contributing! It is more important that the wiki has contributions than having everything "done right", and once content is in the wiki, other contributors can participate by putting it into a better style.

~~What makes~~ a ~~good article?~~ This ~~help~~ should be a ~~loose guideline for new articles~~. ~~What Topics~~ are ~~used and what~~ content ~~should they provide? What kind~~ of ~~marker~~ and ~~templates should be used?~~

==Page organization==

# ''Naming pages'':

## Do not capitalize any words in the page name, except for words that are capitalized grammatically. Capitalize the first letter of the first word (wiki should do this automatically)

## Use full names for any page you create.

## Unless a significant part of the page or the section content is a list, the name of the page/section should be singular. This way the page can be linked while appearing either singular ([[page]]) or plural ([[page]]s), without needing to setup redirects.

# ''Header names'': The same rules that apply to naming pages apply to headers

# ''Page size'': Generally, pages should be big enough that they comprehensively cover a single subject.

# ''Templates'': Templates are created to help better organize content on the Wiki. See [[Help:Templates|Templates]] for full explanation of how to use templates and what each one is for.

# ''Categories'': Always group pages into categories. If you are unsure which category fits best, ask a wiki staff member.

==Wiki Formatting==

# Wikis work due to the use of internal links to other pages, the first instance of any other page should be linked with square brackets <nowiki>[[like this]]</nowiki>

# Do not emphasize text with underline or CAPITALS, use ''italics'' instead, in addition avoid excessive use of '''bold'''

# Write so that everyone can participate: do not personalize articles/pages by signing them or naming game concepts after yourself. ''The only place that this is allowed is your personal profile page.''

# The use of links in Section names should be avoided.

# Do not use html code where wiki code exists to perform the same action, this includes plainlists, paragraphs and line breaks

# Indent bullet points using multiple asterisks (**) instead of the colon followed by an asterisk (:*).

== General layout ==

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: Now the reader sees a short and remarkable information provided by boxed infos. There are several templates that can be used. A list of infoboxes can be found [[Templates|here]].

: Now the reader sees a short and remarkable information provided by boxed infos. There are several templates that can be used. A list of infoboxes can be found [[Help:Templates|here]].

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: These topics depend on the content and it's hard to predict how these parts could look like. Large articles should be split into logical parts, for example special behaviours or mechanics.

: Each topic should begin with a short heading (<nowiki>== Heading 2 ==</nowiki>) followed by the content. Larger topics can be split up into smaller sub-topics beginning with <nowiki>=== Heading 3 ===</nowiki>.

: Never ever use 1. level headings (<nowiki>= Heading 1 =</nowiki>), they are reserved for the auto generated page title!

: Never ever use 1. level headings (<nowiki>= Heading 1 =</nowiki>), they are reserved for the auto generated page title!

; 5. Group box

: Some articles are part of a bigger group. These groups often have special boxes for the footer with lists of all contents and related links. The box templates also provide the group link.

: Examples are the boxes for {{tl|~~AttriuteNavbox~~}}, {{tl|~~CommodityNavbox~~}}, {{tl|~~Help~~}} and {{tl|~~Wiki~~}}.

: Examples are the boxes for {{tl|Attributes}}, {{tl|Items}}, {{tl|Editing Guides}} and {{tl|Locals}}.

== Things you shouldn't do ==

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* If you have any doubts, use the talk page before you change anything

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 __NOTOC__
+What makes a good article? This help should be a loose guideline for new articles. What Topics are used and what content should they provide? What kind of marker and templates should be used?
+This guide provides guidance on how to make quality contributions to the Gemini Station Wiki. If these guidelines seem too difficult to follow (non-native speakers, etc.) -- don't let them stop you from contributing! It is more important that the wiki has contributions than having everything "done right", and once content is in the wiki, other contributors can participate by putting it into a better style.
-What makes a good article? This help should be a loose guideline for new articles. What Topics are used and what content should they provide? What kind of marker and templates should be used?
+==Page organization==
+# ''Naming pages'':
+## Do not capitalize any words in the page name, except for words that are capitalized grammatically. Capitalize the first letter of the first word (wiki should do this automatically)
+## Use full names for any page you create.
+## Unless a significant part of the page or the section content is a list, the name of the page/section should be singular. This way the page can be linked while appearing either singular ([[page]]) or plural ([[page]]s), without needing to setup redirects.
+# ''Header names'': The same rules that apply to naming pages apply to headers
+# ''Page size'': Generally, pages should be big enough that they comprehensively cover a single subject.
+# ''Templates'': Templates are created to help better organize content on the Wiki. See [[Help:Templates|Templates]] for full explanation of how to use templates and what each one is for.
+# ''Categories'': Always group pages into categories. If you are unsure which category fits best, ask a wiki staff member.
+==Wiki Formatting==
+# Wikis work due to the use of internal links to other pages, the first instance of any other page should be linked with square brackets <nowiki>[[like this]]</nowiki>
+# Do not emphasize text with <u>underline</u> or CAPITALS, use ''italics'' instead, in addition avoid excessive use of '''bold'''
+# Write so that everyone can participate: do not personalize articles/pages by signing them or naming game concepts after yourself. ''The only place that this is allowed is your personal profile page.''
+# The use of links in Section names should be avoided.
+# Do not use html code where wiki code exists to perform the same action, this includes plainlists, paragraphs and line breaks
+# Indent bullet points using multiple asterisks (**) instead of the colon followed by an asterisk (:*).
 == General layout ==
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 ; 2. Special Information box
-: Now the reader sees a short and remarkable information provided by boxed infos. There are several templates that can be used. A list of infoboxes can be found [[Templates|here]].
+: Now the reader sees a short and remarkable information provided by boxed infos. There are several templates that can be used. A list of infoboxes can be found [[Help:Templates|here]].
 ; 3. General information
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 : These topics depend on the content and it's hard to predict how these parts could look like. Large articles should be split into logical parts, for example special behaviours or mechanics.
 : Each topic should begin with a short heading (<nowiki>== Heading 2 ==</nowiki>) followed by the content. Larger topics can be split up into smaller sub-topics beginning with <nowiki>=== Heading 3 ===</nowiki>.
-: <u>Never ever use 1. level headings (<nowiki>= Heading 1 =</nowiki>), they are reserved for the auto generated page title!
+: <u>Never ever use 1. level headings (<nowiki>= Heading 1 =</nowiki>), they are reserved for the auto generated page title!</u>
 ; 5. Group box
 : Some articles are part of a bigger group. These groups often have special boxes for the footer with lists of all contents and related links. The box templates also provide the group link.
-: Examples are the boxes for {{tl|AttriuteNavbox}}, {{tl|CommodityNavbox}}, {{tl|Help}} and {{tl|Wiki}}.
+: Examples are the boxes for {{tl|Attributes}}, {{tl|Items}}, {{tl|Editing Guides}} and {{tl|Locals}}.
 == Things you shouldn't do ==
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 * If you have any doubts, use the talk page before you change anything
-{{Help}}
+{{Editing Guides}}
 [[Category:Wiki help|Article]]