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Line 1: ===Starting a New Article=== ===Starting a New Article=== − To start an article (where one doesn't yet exist), simply type the name of the intended article into the Search box (located on the left-side menu bar). Under '''Search Results''', you will see the statement, "You searched for" and the name of your article in red. Click on that red link and an edit field (labeled '''Editing''' and your article name) will load. Start working on your article within that field area. (Don't forget to use the handy wikitag buttons on the top of the field.) + + To start an article (where one doesn't yet exist), simply type the name of the intended article into the Search box (located on the left-side menu bar). Under '''Search Results''', you will see the statement, "You searched for" and the name of your article in red. Click on that red link and an edit field labeled '''Editing''' and your article name will load. Start working on your article within that field area. (Don't forget to use the handy wikitag buttons on the top of the field.) + + ===Quick Start Templates=== ===Quick Start Templates=== Please also review the [[Help:Contents|main Help page]] for a list of quick-start templates that you can paste into your article, to help format it to the standard required here at BattleTechWiki. Please also review the [[Help:Contents|main Help page]] for a list of quick-start templates that you can paste into your article, to help format it to the standard required here at BattleTechWiki. − ===Canonicity=== − Articles treat all BattleTech sources and information as [[canonical]] by default; sources and articles of questionable canonicity or which are clearly not canon must be flagged accordingly. See also: [[Policy:Canon]] − The Sarna BattleTechWiki seeks to cover all sort of information ''about'' BattleTech, but it is not a place to publish your own fan work. See also: [[Policy:Notability]] and [[Policy:Fanon]]+ ===Canoncity=== + While the policy on canoncity is still being developed at BattleTechWiki, please refrain from amending exisiting articles by not inserting fan-fictional material into the article without the proper identification. One possible idea would be to create a sub-section that introduces the fan-fiction within the relevant area of the article, and then provide a reference to where more information could be had. + ===Open Nature & Copywrites=== ===Open Nature & Copywrites===
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| + | To start an article (where one doesn't yet exist), simply type the name of the intended article into the Search box (located on the left-side menu bar). Under '''Search Results''', you will see the statement, "You searched for" and the name of your article in red. Click on that red link and an edit field labeled '''Editing''' and your article name will load. Start working on your article within that field area. (Don't forget to use the handy wikitag buttons on the top of the field.) | ||
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Please also review the [[Help:Contents|main Help page]] for a list of quick-start templates that you can paste into your article, to help format it to the standard required here at BattleTechWiki. | Please also review the [[Help:Contents|main Help page]] for a list of quick-start templates that you can paste into your article, to help format it to the standard required here at BattleTechWiki. | ||
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| + | While the policy on canoncity is still being developed at BattleTechWiki, please refrain from amending exisiting articles by not inserting fan-fictional material into the article without the proper identification. One possible idea would be to create a sub-section that introduces the fan-fiction within the relevant area of the article, and then provide a reference to where more information could be had. | ||
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===Open Nature & Copywrites=== | ===Open Nature & Copywrites=== | ||