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<BIG><BIG><BIG>'''How to Create a Bloody Mess on Marspedia'''</BIG></BIG></BIG>
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<SMALL>'''''"Anyway, [new article] is a bloody mess right now, some of the grammar is poor too" -- Mike Delaney'''''</SMALL>
 
 
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==What to put in your bloody mess==
Stick to information that's accurate.  If you're not sure about something that you know needs to be included, you can leave in a blank for the value or put in ''pending'' or something.  Feel free to hit various sites for various facts you can stuff into your mess.  ''Important: DO NOT copy and paste non-public domain text into your article!''
 
For bonus points, add the {<B></B>{Stub}} and {<B></B>{Wikify}} template tags.
 
 
==What to make a bloody mess about==
Look for a red link if you don't know what to write about.
 
Some good places to find them:
 
[[Special:Wantedpages]]<BR/>
[[List of Lists]]
 
 
==What good is a bloody mess==
Wikis are collaborative and iterative.  Your bloody mess may be the kernel of a feature grade article after a few dozen changes!
 
The hard part is starting.
 
MediaWiki formatting has a reasonably gentle learning curve.  As you get practice the initial quality of your contributions will improve.  In the meantime, don't be afraid of creating a bloody mess. 8)
 
 
==Formatting==
 
See [[Marspedia:MediaWiki formatting]].
 
These are well worth printing:<br>
[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/3/30/Wiki-refcard.pdf Wiki Reference Card] in PDF format. Very useful, but not especially pretty. One page.
 
[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Cheatsheet-en.pdf Wikipedia Cheatsheet] in PDF format. Much prettier, but nowhere near as comprehensive. One page.
 
 
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