Help:Contents

A quick 'n dirty guide to editing/adding articles.

• First up: the top left links are your friends.
  • The "discussion" link will lead to a page where you can discuss the current content of an article. Use this if you disagree with (parts of) the article's current content, or if you want to add/edit content but are not sure whether it is appropriate. Consider the discussion link a place for "meta-talk".
  • The "edit" link will allow you to edit the article itself - or even create it, in case there was nothing there posted before your addition.
• Adding/editing articles
  • Rule of thumb: do a search to see if a page already exists. If it does, edit that page instead of creating your own new page - by using the "edit" link, top left.
  • Creating a new page: type the name of your page inbetween two square brackets [[Your Page Title Here]] and it will automagically create a link. If the page you linked to already exists, it will show up in blue; if it doesn't exist yet, it'll show up in red. Again: before adding pages, perform a search to check if the page does not already exist.
  • Helpful hint when trying to format a page: have a look at another, already formatted page by clicking that page's "edit" link. It'll show you some of the voodoo used in formatting that page.
  • Editing Album pages: Try to format each album page as was done the Freak Out! page. That means assigning the album page to the "Discography" category like so: [[Category:Discography]] - this will make a box appear at the bottom of the page showing the category it was assigned to. It also means inserting 5 sections:
    • About The Album (track info, release date, label, etc)
    • Players (the musicians featured on the album)
    • Background (more information about the circumstances/zeitgeist in which the album was released)
    • Conceptual Continuity (CC Clues that are hidden within the album)
    • Versions of the album (original releases vs re-releases)
    • Don't worry if you can't fill out ALL of this information. Just provide these 4 headers, so that others can add to it later. For instance, you might want to add tracknames, without having a clue as to the players, album background or CC (happens to me all the time, heheh). In that case, just create all the headers, and add your information underneath the "About The Album" header.
• To keep up with changes made to articles, click the "Recent Changes" link in the navigation box. This page will show you who modified what, and for what reason. It's a convenient way to keep up with where any given page is at any given point.
• Lastly: your IP is logged with every modification you make to any of the pages. I'm sure your intentions are good. If, on the contrary, you consistently prove yourself to be a troll, your IP can and will be banned... but you're not like that, now are you! :)

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