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==Common Mistakes== | ==Common Mistakes== | ||
* Do not put words alongside reference links (i.e. <code><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ</ref></code>, not <code><ref>BitFS 0x A presses on N64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ</ref></code>) | * Do not put words alongside reference links, you can instead put the title and author within a link to make citations easier to read. (i.e. <code><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ< "BitFS 0x A presses on N64" by Pannenkoek2012];/ref></code>, not <code><ref>BitFS 0x A presses on N64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ</ref></code>). | ||
* Use parentheses properly! Examples: | * Use parentheses properly! Examples: | ||
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* Their vs. there vs. they're. The correct method is to expand the contraction "they're" to "they are." Their is the possessive of they. There is as in "Look over there." | * Their vs. there vs. they're. The correct method is to expand the contraction "they're" to "they are." Their is the possessive of they. There is as in "Look over there." | ||
* Periods and quotes. Put the period ''inside'' the quotation marks unless it's a direct quote from a person mid-sentence. For example: He said "I still have a dream." He said "It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream." He said "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up". (This clause was followed by a comma in the speech, so I put the period outside of the quotation marks.) | * Periods and quotes. Put the period ''inside'' the quotation marks unless it's a direct quote from a person mid-sentence. For example: He said "I still have a dream." He said "It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream." He said "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up". (This clause was followed by a comma in the speech, so I put the period outside of the quotation marks.) | ||
* Proper capitalization in title names. '''This is very important since messing this up once will require many many edits across the whole site!''' Follow the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Titles#Capital_letters Wikipedia guidelines] | * Proper capitalization in title names. '''This is very important since messing this up once will require many many edits across the whole site!''' Follow the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Titles#Capital_letters Wikipedia guidelines]. Note that article titles, as well as section headers, should be in sentence case. As of 2021, article titles should all be in sentence case, but there are still many section headers in title case. Please change them if you see them. | ||
* It is not necessary to specify that something is a part of Super Mario 64 since everything on this wiki is centered around Super Mario 64. | |||
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