Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-27847273-20161013181913

Hi everybody!

I've noticed an increasingly large number of article stubs - small articles with little information - being created recently. While this isn't necessarilly a bad thing, it does clog up the wiki and leave someone else the rather large job of expanding all of the articles. I've discussed this with another admin, and it looks like rules on this, as well as other general wiki rules will soon be in the pipeline.

For now though, here are some of my Do's and Don't's that I have when thinkinng about creating article stubs;

DO:

1) Always add an infobox on every article. If you don't have at the very least the appearance date and the money won, don't bother making the article until you do so.

2) If you can, add a picture. Not only does this make the article feel a bit more complete, but it also does make a stub seem a little bigger as well.

3) Add (some) questions. Even  if you only have the last question in a contestant's run, add it in. It makes the article worth reading.

4) If in doubt, ask. The Admins are here to help you and answer your questions. If you're not sure whether to create an article, ask us first. This decreases the chance of us having to stamp Delete Templates on everything. We don't bite. Promise.

DON'T:

1) Create an article that simply says the contestants name. It's pointless, and will probably be deleted on the spot.

2) Disregard the infobox feature. It gives a clear overview of the contestant, and without it and article will be probably marked as incomplete.

3) Leave out questions when you have them at your disposal. I would have thought this would be common knowledge, personally. If the language barrier is a problem, several of our regular editors appear to be bilingual and Google Translate is your friend. We're also here to clear up any English which isn't quite right either.

A general rule of thumb for this could be: If you can't do all of the 'Do's', hang fire for now, or if you have to do two or more 'Don't's', it isn't worth the effort.

Also keep in mind however, that these aren't official 'guidelines'. This is just a friendly reminder about what makes a good article.

Happy editing everyone!

MLUK 