Illapedia:Guidelines

These are some recommendations how to write a good article on Illapedia:

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...use proper english or german and proof read your articles (use "Show preview"). Pay attention to the title, especially!
...use a layout that is common among Illapedia - you may orientate on Wikipedia - and read the Formatting Help
...use a simple layout but refrain from chaotic use of brackets, abbreviations, pics in a text and "wiki gadgets"
...add whatever you know about a topic immediately - a short article is better than no article!
...use examples to illustrate what you wrote about technical aspects
...use pictures and screenshots from the game (keep an eye on the file size)
...create complete articles about a subject for convenience instead of many stub articles
...translate good texts you find
...contribute everything you consider interesting, like infos about your guild, your character or the history of the island
...make use of headings. Avoid additional formatting in a heading. e.g. use "===Text===" instead of "'''Text'''" and "==Text==" instead of "=='''Text'''=="
...reserve the main heading "=Text=" for page titles, thus, do not use it at all
...use existing categories like "Guilds", "Skills", "Races" etc. or create new ones

...write complete solutions for quests in every detail. Spoilers tend to spoil fun
...write down too many unnecessary details that might be subject to change at any time
...start an "edit war"
...post information that changes on a daily basis, especially about ingame events
...use your Illapedia article as your guild board or topic
...create redundant articles, there is no need to separate e.g. the town Tol Vanima from the island and the guild/government
...create empty articles or wipe an article without placing a redirect to a valid article
...put links into a heading. That looks ugly!
...discuss inside an article ever. Use the discussion page instead!
...hesitate to change an article - there are no sacred "staff only - do not edit"-articles, including this one
...ask for permission to change something - do it!

The following articles make good use of graphics, layout and offer a well balanced content: