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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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| ==How to start a bloody mess==
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| '''If you want to start with a red link''', it's as easy as clicking on the red rink and start typing in the edit window. When you're done, type in a brief summary of what you've done, preferably 10 words or much less.
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| You might even click on preview to see if you want to make your mess more organized. How to do this is beyond the scope of this article, however.
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| '''If there is no red link handy''' for what you want to write an article about, that's okay. For an article on FUBAR type in:
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| [http://marspedia.org/index.php?title=FUBAR ht<B></B>tp://marspedia.org/index.php?title=FUBAR] | |
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| Note that this assumes you want the article you're starting to be part of the public domain. If you instead want to require attribution to Marspedia, then type in:
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| [http://marspedia.org/index.php?title=CC_Mars:FUBAR ht<B></B>tp://marspedia.org/index.php?title=CC_Mars:FUBAR]
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| As it's rather unlikely you want to write an article on Marspedia about FUBAR, replace the 'FUBAR' part with the more appropriate topic you want to write an article on.
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| ==What to put in your bloody mess==
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| 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!''
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| For bonus points, add the {<B></B>{Stub}} and {<B></B>{Wikify}} template tags.
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| ==What to make a bloody mess about==
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| Look for a red link if you don't know what to write about.
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| Some good places to find them:
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| [[Special:Wantedpages]]<BR/>
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| [[List of Lists]]
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| ==What good is a bloody mess==
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| Wikis are collaborative and iterative. Your bloody mess may be the kernel of a feature grade article after a few dozen changes!
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| The hard part is starting.
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| 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)
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| ==Formatting==
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| See [[Marspedia:MediaWiki formatting]].
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| These are well worth printing:<br>
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| [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.
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| [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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