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== Editing articles ==
Before you start writing or editing content, you might want to glance through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page the Editing Guide at Wikipedia.org] (We are using the same wikiscript, so the same techniques apply). [[User:ChriSchaeffer|ChriSchaeffer]] has also started a "cheatsheet" for the most common codings, you can see it [[Help_talk:Editing|here]]. Another good way to learn how to use the few tricks you need is to to click the edit button on any of the content pages and look how it was done - just remember not to change stuff and save before you know what you're doing! That's it for the technical side of things. The rest of this Help page is guidelines meant to help you customize your writing to fit the purposes of this particular wiki.
== Respect copyrights ==
Whenever the character has a title, mention it in the article. Do not make it a part of the link unless the character has a first name that we do not know. Examples:
Lady [[Patience]] and Lady [[Marthi Duparge]] - but [[Duparge (lord)]]. This is to avoid confusion between entries meant for families in general ([[Duparge]]) and individuals. The Farseers go best without the ";Farseer" part too, as goes anyone who has many names, but is most often referred to simply as "Fitz", "Molly" or "Kennit". Don't add Kings or Satraps or anything like that to the rulers' names either, except in the article itself of course. Avoid using "the" in the article names also, unless it's really part of the name like "The Fool".
== Avoid repeating and duplicating links ==