Everything you never knew you wanted to know about the Mercury Project
RixWiki:Style and How-to Directory
From RixWiki
Part of the Style and how-to series
Many of these articles don't yet exist. They will likely be adapted from the similar articles in the Wikimedia:Wikimedia: namespace. Some will no doubt go away as they don't apply to the much more modest RixWiki project.
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Advice on editing techniques
- How to contribute
- How to edit
- How to start a page
- How to copyedit a page
- Manual of style
- Guide to writing better articles
- Guide to layout
- How to use graphics
- How to find an image
- How to use tables
- How to know if the problem is your browser
- Troubleshooting
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Advice on content writing
- Be bold in updating pages
- Write a great article
- How to structure the content
- How to invite contributions on articles you help write
- Explain jargon
- Consider your audience
- Check your facts
- Cite your sources
- Avoid statements that will date quickly
- Stay on topic
- Warn readers about spoilers
- Don't over-link (disputed)
- Avoid peacock terms (disputed)
- Avoid weasel terms (disputed)
- Avoid self-references
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