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Hello :) Thanks for choosing to spend some time with us. It's great to see another editor interested in creating and editing behind-the-scenes articles. If I may, though, I wanted to acquaint you with some things to make your articles, like [[Jeremy Webb]], fit in a bit better around here. | Hello :) Thanks for choosing to spend some time with us. It's great to see another editor interested in creating and editing behind-the-scenes articles. If I may, though, I wanted to acquaint you with some things to make your articles, like [[Jeremy Webb]], fit in a bit better around here. | ||
#Categorise your articles. We have an ''extensive'' array of categories for behind-the-scenes personnel, all of which ultimately lead to [[category:Doctor Who crew]], at least insofar as ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is concerned. (There are similar cats for the other shows, but DW is the most well-developed.) Study that cat for a bit, and you'll soon see there's a category for whatever type of crew member you're writing about. | #Categorise your articles. We have an ''extensive'' array of categories for behind-the-scenes personnel, all of which ultimately lead to [[:category:Doctor Who crew]], at least insofar as ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is concerned. (There are similar cats for the other shows, but DW is the most well-developed.) Study that cat for a bit, and you'll soon see there's a category for whatever type of crew member you're writing about. | ||
#We generally like to create a link to the other shows that people have worked on. If they exist, we like to preference wikia wikis to make those links. In the case of ''Merlin'', the link is made by typing <pre>[[w:c:Merlin:Merlin|Merlin]]</pre>In those cases where a wikia link is unavailable or where the wikia link provides no substantial information, we encourage links to wikipedia, done by typing<pre>[[wikipedia:article name|]]</pre> where the final pipe {|} will automatically chop off the preceding "wikipedia:". For more information about how to make links to other wikis, I encourage you to read [[Help:Wiki markup#Links and URLs]] | #We generally like to create a link to the other shows that people have worked on. If they exist, we like to preference wikia wikis to make those links. In the case of ''Merlin'', the link is made by typing <pre>[[w:c:Merlin:Merlin|Merlin]]</pre>In those cases where a wikia link is unavailable or where the wikia link provides no substantial information, we encourage links to wikipedia, done by typing<pre>[[wikipedia:article name|]]</pre> where the final pipe {|} will automatically chop off the preceding "wikipedia:". For more information about how to make links to other wikis, I encourage you to read [[Help:Wiki markup#Links and URLs]] | ||
#All cast and crew articles should have at least one external link — that to their imdb page. This can be placed on a page using {{tl|imdb name}}. | #All cast and crew articles should have at least one external link — that to their imdb page. This can be placed on a page using {{tl|imdb name}}. | ||
