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Page Standards
Grammar
The page must follow basic English grammar, and have as few spelling mistakes as possible. Sloppy grammar form and/or badly made sentences will make the page look bad and consequently a higher candidate for deletion!
Have content as soon as you publish
When making a page, plan it out first, be it either on a written draft or in your head. Creating a page with little to nothing on it is a big mistake, even if you plan on expanding it. Pages with little content are called either spam or stubs, and both have a higher chance of being deleted over other articles.
So, always remember to add some content and the "construction" template when you create a page (see the Fantendo Help tutorials section for info on templates)
Categorize, categorize!
Remember to always categorize your pages. If you made a page on a villain, for instance, it belongs under categories such as "Characters" and "Villains". If you want, you can also create your own user category to index all of the articles you make. Adding the wrong categories to a page, or none at all, will result in other users having to do it and wasting their time! We don't want that, do we?
Use templates!
Templates are graphical enhancers to your page that not only make your page look professional, they post important notices about the page and organize it! The most common ones used are {{Template:Infobox}}, for organizing game info, and {{Template:Construction}}, for showing that the page is still being worked on and should not be treated as final work. For more info on adding templates, see the Fantendo Help tutorials section.
NO list pages!
Do not make list pages. List pages are pages where there are only lists, nothing else. This includes character rosters, worlds, etc. Sure, you can put this stuff, just remember to add non-list things, like a story, gallery, and more!
- NOTE: There is an exception if you are making a directory such as Characters in the Nightwolf series. When making a directory for a game, most people follow this format for the page title: YOUR GAME'S NAME HERE/WHAT YOU'RE LISTING HERE. The slash is important, since that would make the page a subpage to that one game. For more info on subpages, hit up the Fantendo Help tutorials section.
Be creative!
The last thing we need is more crap articles such as SUPER HARRY POTTER VS MARIO X!!!!. Think about it before you create a page. Is this a game you would actually want to play? Would this game sell over two copies at your local game store? We here at Fantendo are attempting to pull ourselves out of our crap-induced slump, and articles like Little Nintendo Shop Of Horror: The Musical! only worsen the problem (that article is still up purely for humor and use as an example crap article).
So please, it's okay to borrow concepts for use in your game (we are a fanon wiki, after all), but don't copy! Make something more original to yourself!
Dress for success!
Remember to make your pages look nice. Use tables. Have pictures. Use galleries. A big turn-off, despite being okay, is to have a game page that has all the right things (Story, Characters, Gameplay, etc.) but it's ALL TEXT. Spice up the pages, guys!
Apply warnings where they need to be!
We have some very young kids on Fantendo. Eventually they will see the world for what it is, but please, put warnings on adult content (content with excessive swearing, inappropriate themes, etc.) We accept this kind of creativity, but it must be properly labeled.
Community Rules
NO spamming!
DO NOT spam! We're being serious here; we will not allow spamming of any kind, be it comments, pages, anything that is deliberately created to annoy people and has no purpose! Spam will be deleted on sight, and, if you commit multiple offenses, you will be banned.
NO vandalizing!
DO NOT vandalize! That means, do not "blank" a page (which is erasing all or a section of the page), and do not add meaningless and spam-like sections to a page either. To stay safe, do not edit a page at all without permission. Adding legitimate categories is fine, though.
NO flaming!
DO NOT flame! Flaming is when you incessantly insult a user, spam a user's talk page, or erase parts or the whole talk page. If you are angry at a user, don't flame them, discuss your problems with them and come up with a reasonable conclusion to the situation.
NO trolling!
DO NOT troll! Trolling is making idiotic and/or offensive statements to aggravate someone just to laugh at their reaction. Several people here are especially susceptible to trolling, and some react rather...violently (note that this sentence here, were a would-be troll to read it, would encourage them to troll). So remember, be a nice person!
Limit swearing!
We are not sailors here at Fantendo. Limit swearing! Some find it annoying and/or offensive. You will be effectively warned or banned for excessive cursing.
Basic users: DON'T add approval templates!
DO NOT add any approval templates to an article if you are a basic user. Sysop Approval is named that for a reason! However, feel free to post feedback in a comment on the article you wish to approve of.