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[edit] General Tips & Advice

• Stay Calm. This is a colleborative project and often people notice the article on Recent Changes page and add or correct bits on it. They are only trying to help If you need to talk about things for a particular article, use the discussion/talk (each article has one)
• If you are not sure about your intentions and how to combine them with original poster's ones, open talk (discussion) about it before taking actual action.
• Always use 'Show preview' and re-read your additions/edits before saving your changes. Save only final and complete version you intended to add/edit. It helps to keep Recent changes summary lot more readable.
  • NOTE: It doesn't mean you should work out complete article before submitting it here. Just try to put all your edits you intended to submit during your one single 'shift' at PotBSWiki together before saving.
• When editing article, provide short description of edits you made in 'Summary' text box. It should be short and descriptive.
• When you just reformatted article, corrected typos and grammar mistakes or made other minor changes of this kind, check 'This is minor edit' check box to let others know that you, well, actually made just minor changes. :)
• A quick way to start a new article is to type the article name exactly as it should look (it's case-sensitive) into the search box on the left. If it doesn't exist yet, you will be given the option to create it.
• Using templates: you can find a list on Templates in the list of links on the left (in the box marked "other"). Each template should have a section on usage, where an empty example of the template is shown for Copy&Paste purposes. Example: Mission Template.