Difference between revisions of "Help:Style"
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| − | Pages on Birocapedia should | + | Pages on Birocapedia should conform to a loose style in order to keep the pages somewhat uniform. You can get a good idea of this style by just looking at some articles and seeing how they were formatted. You can also look at this list below to see what to do and what not to do. |
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| − | *Don't use too many pictures. | + | *Use headers in a thought-out hierarchy. Separate parts of the article can be organized under level two headers, and then separate topics under a level two header can be put under level three headers and so on. |
| − | + | *Don't use too many pictures. They make a page hard to load for those with slow internet connections and can look bad by filling up a whole article. If you want to include a large number of pictures in an article you can use a gallery. | |
| − | *Add links to other pages in your article. One should be able to get to any article from any article by clicking links. Do not over use links though | + | *Add links to other pages in your article. One should be able to get to any article from any article by clicking links. Do not over use links though; don't link to the same thing twice in the same section of an article. |
*Most of the time pictures should be put on the right side of an article in thumbnail form with a small caption. | *Most of the time pictures should be put on the right side of an article in thumbnail form with a small caption. | ||
| − | *Do not made an article that is too broad when it could be broken into smaller articles. An example of this would be the [[long distance | + | *Do not made an article that is too broad when it could be broken into smaller articles. An example of this would be the [[long distance swim]] article. The individual long distance swims have their own articles. |
| + | *Do not use full names for people who have not/can not consent to their full name being used. Use the first name and second initial to reference someone. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:49, 28 February 2009
Pages on Birocapedia should conform to a loose style in order to keep the pages somewhat uniform. You can get a good idea of this style by just looking at some articles and seeing how they were formatted. You can also look at this list below to see what to do and what not to do.
- Use headers in a thought-out hierarchy. Separate parts of the article can be organized under level two headers, and then separate topics under a level two header can be put under level three headers and so on.
- Don't use too many pictures. They make a page hard to load for those with slow internet connections and can look bad by filling up a whole article. If you want to include a large number of pictures in an article you can use a gallery.
- Add links to other pages in your article. One should be able to get to any article from any article by clicking links. Do not over use links though; don't link to the same thing twice in the same section of an article.
- Most of the time pictures should be put on the right side of an article in thumbnail form with a small caption.
- Do not made an article that is too broad when it could be broken into smaller articles. An example of this would be the long distance swim article. The individual long distance swims have their own articles.
- Do not use full names for people who have not/can not consent to their full name being used. Use the first name and second initial to reference someone.
