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| − | == News ==
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| − | *08 October 2006 ([[User:Revanche|Revanche]])
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| − | ::Project: BattleMech messagebox for article discussion pages is now available. See '''Tags''' below for details.
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| − | *08 October 2006 ([[User:Revanche|Revanche]])
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| − | ::Project:BattleMech is now open. Please sign up.
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| − | *19 May 2007 ([[User:CJKeys|CJKeys]])
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| − | ::All mainstream Inner Sphere 'Mechs have been added to the Wiki.
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| − | == Guidelines ==
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| − | *[[User:CJKeys|CJKeys]] developed the current format used for BattleMechs (and adapted for every other unit type). The current concept for BattleMechs has that there are five sections:
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| − | **Description : a basic description of the 'Mech
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| − | **Armament : what does it carry and some notes on the same; not to be a simple list, but a narrative
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| − | **Variants : list each type of variant seen, and if not from CBT, indicate so, ''in italics''.
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| − | **References : links to the books or other source material used in any way to contribute to the article
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| − | **Infobox : created with pre-established fields that need to be filled in with the relevant info
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| − | *One thing to consider is that the articles tend towards to an in-character (IC) role, though there are some obvious out-of-character (OOC) bits included (ex: BV). In the text, if going OOC, use italics.
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| − | *Link everything, at least once. If the term is [[Star League]], link to it. If [[House Marik]] is referenced in the text, link to it. Link to other unit types, like [[DropShip]]s. If the same term is used a lot, especially in the same paragraph, feel free to link only once. But link, even if the linked article does not yet exist: it will someday!
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| − | *Italicize the name of the 'Mech being written about (don't link to it!). Do this for each mention.
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| − | *In the variants section, don't list the whole designation again. For example, if the ''HCT-3F [[Hatchetman]]'' is the primary article, in the variant section, start off each entry from the hyphen, followed by a space, another hyphen and one more space. For example:
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| − | **''-4M'' - The variant entry looks like this...
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| − | ==Open tasks==
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| − | *Discuss what categories, outside those limited to BattleMechs, should be attached to each 'mech article. (See talk page.)
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| − | *Edit for mis-spellings, grammatical and formatting mistakes for current articles.
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| − | *Place the Project BattleMech messagebox (see '''Tags''' below) on each 'Mech discussion page.
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| − | ==Members==
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| − | Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.
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| − | # [[User:CJKeys|CJKeys]], adding initial entries and cleanup of new entries
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| − | # [[User:Revanche|Revanche]]: basic editing, ensuring listed in proper categories
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| − | # [[User:Jimmy the Tulip|Jimmy the Tulip]]: basic editing, ensuring listed in proper categories
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| − | # [[User:Xoid|Xoid]]: copy editing, general maintenance, adding some spit 'n' polish
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| − | # [[User:~Malithion~|~Malithion~]]: starting entries when possible, minor editing, adding redirect-pages
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| − | # [[User:Scaletail|Scaletail]]: adding entries, basic cleanup, not copying things directly from sourcebooks
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| − | # [[User:Bdevoe|BDeVoe]]: redux of Scaletail's :)
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| − | # [[User:DragonoftheRust|DragonoftheRust]]: Mostly basic cleanup and cosmetic alterations
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| − | ==Articles==
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| − | ===Collaboration and review===
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| − | '''''Note: Editors, please remove the article from the list once you have weighed in. Please add new articles to the list from the bottom.'''''
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| − | ;New Articles Needed: ''Please add articles that need to be written.''
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| − | *[[Locust IIC]]
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| − | *[[Jenner IIC]]
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| − | ;New Articles Review:''See [[Template:WikiProject BattleMechs]] for instructions on how to both flag new articles for review, and flag that you have reviewed them.''
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| − | :If you wish to review new articles, a listing may be found in the [[:Category:New articles needing to be reviewed (BattleMechs)|New articles needing to be reviewed]] tracking category.
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| − | ;Peer Review: ''See [[Template:WikiProject BattleMechs]] for instructions on how to both flag articles for peer review, and flag that you have reviewed them.''
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| − | :If you wish to peer review articles, a listing may be found in the [[:Category:Articles needing to be peer reviewed (BattleMechs)|Articles needing to be peer reviewed]] tracking category.''
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| − | ;Team Assessment: ''Add an article that you would like to see graded by a Project:BattleMech team member [grading system yet to be introduced].''
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| − | *…
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| − | ===Featured Articles===
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| − | ====Previously Featured====
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| − | * None yet, but as soon as we start creating Featured Articles here, 'Mechs will probably be the first ones displayed.
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| − | * …
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| − | ====Candidates====
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| − | * Also none yet, but we definitely could use some candidates here.
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| − | * …
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| − | ==Templates==
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| − | *[[Help:CreateMechArticle|Quick Create article for BattleMechs]]
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| − | *[[Template:InfoBoxBattleMech|InfoBoxBattleMech template]]
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| − | ==Tags==
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| − | *'''{{tl|WikiProject BattleMechs}}''' (please see the template itself for usage documentation) displays this:
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| − | <p>{{WikiProject BattleMechs}}</p>
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| − | *'''[[[[:Image:BTW PMBattleMechs.jpg]]]]''' displays this:
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| − | [[Image:BTW PMBattleMechs.jpg]]
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| − | ==Categories==
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| − | In order to make the BattleTechWiki as accessible as possible, proper categorisation is paramount. Since this ''is'' Project BattleMechs, one of our tasks will be focusing on categorising 'Mechs.
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| − | *'''Right Now''' — categorisation that is meant be already underway:
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| − | **Currently, the only 'required' category is [[:Category:BattleMechs]]. All ''BattleMechs'' should be in this category upon article creation.
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| − | *'''On the Back Burner''' — categorisation that is slated to begin when the previous task is, at a minimum, near-complete:
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| − | **Categorising 'Mechs into the more specific aspects (such as classes, weights, battle value, etc.) is currently on the back burner; but feel free to at populate the class (e.g., [[:Category:Assault BattleMechs]]) and tonnage (e.g., [[:Category:100 ton BattleMechs]]) categories if you have the time.
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| − | ''Note:'' 'Official' categories you can add 'Mechs to may be found at the [[BattleTechWiki:BattleMech Portal|BattleMech Portal]].
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| − | ==Resources==
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| − | ===Related projects===
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| − | *…
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| − | [[Category:BattleTechWiki|BattleMechs, Project]]
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| − | [[Category:Projects|BattleMechs]]
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