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happy editing!
hi this is the editing guide for the politiball wiki which i am NOT bothered enough to make formal
general tips
best way to learn mediawiki stuff is to look at what other pages do and repeat what they do. you can view the source code of pages by clicking the "edit source" button and not saving any changes, which lets you experiment and stuff. you also have your own sandbox at /YourUsername/sandbox in the menu on the top right to experiment and whatever
also do not use visual editor. always use source editing
if you use chatgpt or any other fuckass ai to write your article you're getting muted
infoboxes
each different type of page has a different infobox template
- Template:Party for parties
- Template:Value for values
- Template:Ideology for ideologies
to learn what goes in what places, just look at how other pages do it and copy it from them substituting information OR if i got around to it there should be a guide on each on what to put in each. if there's none in like a week after i type this spam ping me on the discord and vandalise my user page
main body of the article
writing should be formal and generally correct. should also be simple and sections should not be extremely bloated.
add icons in front of all balls that have their own pages, countries, certain concepts and others. dont overdo it, dont underdo it. if you name a concept, it is best to try to find it in the List of Icons if you want to be sure it doesn't have an icon, or look it up in the search bar to see if other pages use an icon on it. since icon artists are the lowest denominator of artists there probably will be at some point an icon for your concept. if theres no icon but you feel there should be one, feel free to insert a link to an icon that doesn't exist and feel free to make such icons, just follow the art rules (page pending)
the relations section should be written in character of whatever the ball is
if you want a good example article look at uhhhhhhhhhhhhh Longism
DONT FORGET TO ADD THE CATEGORY AT THE END.
we're gonna add navboxes at some point #trust
submitting your page
if you've made a brand new page and want to submit it feel free to. but if its low effort and absolutely dumb then dont submit it. develop it first, and if its developed enough then we will allow iot but if you submit something like this its gonna get deleted lol
dont be afraid to ask for help on the discord its in the top bar editing guide over bye
last updated april 2nd