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'''Vertical Speed Conservation''' or '''VSC''' is a glitch where Mario can store vertical speed (VS) and re-activate it later. '''VSC''' is mostly used for Challenges such as the [[A Button Challenge]]. In the [[A Button Challenge]] (or [[A Button Challenge | '''Vertical Speed Conservation''' or '''VSC''' is a glitch where Mario can store vertical speed (VS) and re-activate it later. '''VSC''' is mostly used for Challenges such as the [[A Button Challenge]]. In the [[A Button Challenge]] (or [[A Button Challenge|ABC]] for short), it is most commonly used with a dive recover. The VS is then activated by punching to an edge, completing the '''VSC'''. | ||
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'''Vertical Speed Conservation''' or '''VSC''' is a glitch where Mario can store vertical speed (VS) and re-activate it later. It is mostly used for Challenges such as the [[A Button Challenge]], where it is most commonly used with a dive recover. The VS is then activated by punching to an edge, completing the VSC. | '''Vertical Speed Conservation''' or '''VSC''' is a glitch where Mario can store vertical speed (VS) and re-activate it later. It is mostly used for Challenges such as the [[A Button Challenge]], where it is most commonly used with a dive recover. The VS is then activated by punching to an edge, completing the VSC. | ||
Revision as of 08:50, 10 July 2018
Here are some basic guidelines which should always be followed when creating or editing a page.
- Do not include wrong information! This should go without saying, but always confirm with other users that everything in your article is correct. Be very careful about this! Even the slightest misconception is unhealthy to the site. The Timestop article is a very good example of this. It stood (and still does stand) filled with complete misinformation at every point in the article for an entire month.
- Use proper grammar, spelling, and English writing conventions. This is very important! Bad writing gives a bad impression on users. Ukikipedia is a collection of expert knowledge, and it should reflect that. If you do not know how to use proper grammar, you should either learn it (it's an extremely useful skill!) or join the Discord server and put out suggestions for articles there.
- Use conventional Wiki/Wikipedia style conventions. You can find these on Wikipedia, but I've listed the most important ones below.
Wikipedia style conventions
- Make the title of the article and any synonyms bold the first time they are mentioned only. This should only be in the opening paragraph.
- Only link to other articles once. If the subject is mentioned again, don't link it unless the article you're writing is very long and it has been a while since the last link.
- Be as concise as possible! However, don't sacrifice information for concision.
For example:
Vertical Speed Conservation or VSC is a glitch where Mario can store vertical speed (VS) and re-activate it later. VSC is mostly used for Challenges such as the A Button Challenge. In the A Button Challenge (or ABC for short), it is most commonly used with a dive recover. The VS is then activated by punching to an edge, completing the VSC.
Is a very bad opening paragraph. It should look like this:
Vertical Speed Conservation or VSC is a glitch where Mario can store vertical speed (VS) and re-activate it later. It is mostly used for Challenges such as the A Button Challenge, where it is most commonly used with a dive recover. The VS is then activated by punching to an edge, completing the VSC.