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Want to become a good editor on Trollpasta Wiki? Follow these tips on how (and how not) to become a more competent editor: |
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<p style="text-align:center;">'''''Note:'''''</p> |
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<p style="text-align:center;">''Since this wiki doesn't have the leaderboards/badges anymore. We will leave the definition of Pointsgaming below this paragraph, but we will not allow you to make useless edits on this wiki in order to "reach the goal of a certain right" or for any purposes what so ever.''</p> |
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==Pointsgaming: An In Depth Explanation== |
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'''Pointsgaming: v. The act of making posts on a wiki that are generally useless merely for the badges and score.''' |
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Pointsgaming can be best described as a user of a wiki (in this case Trollpasta Wiki) flooding the site with unneeded edits for the competitive nature and is a blockable offense (on our wiki). |
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We do frown upon the act of pointsgaming around here, however if the edit is useful it most of the time isn't considered pointsgaming. |
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==='''Examples of pointsgaming include but are not limited to:'''=== |
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*Creating new categories |
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===Examples of good edits=== |
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*Undoing vandalism |
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*Removing categories from pages that violate the [[Trollpasta:Genre Listing|genre listing guidelines]] |
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*Marking spam pages for [[:Category:PLZ DELETE THIS NOW KTHX|deletion]] |
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===Examples of bad edits=== |
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*Creating new categories without the admin team's permission |
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*Adding categories to articles that don't need them |
*Adding categories to articles that don't need them |
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*Adding multiple pictures to pages that aren't necessary |
*Adding multiple pictures to pages that aren't necessary |
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*If you continue to make bad edits you'll most likely get [[Special:BlockList|blocked]] |
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==='''Examples of legitimate edits that are not pointsgaming:'''=== |
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*Adding pictures to pages that don't ruin the plot and actually make sense with the story |
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*Anyway the point I'm trying to make is if you want the points do it right don't turn out like the blocked people in the [[Special:BlockList|block list]]. |
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Revision as of 07:49, 7 March 2021
Want to become a good editor on Trollpasta Wiki? Follow these tips on how (and how not) to become a more competent editor:
Examples of good edits
- Undoing vandalism
- Making multiple edits to one page and publishing all of the changes at the end
- Adding categories that actually make sense to the article
- Removing categories from pages that violate the genre listing guidelines
- Marking spam pages for deletion
Examples of bad edits
- Creating new categories without the admin team's permission
- Editing an article repeatedly and publishing in between each change
- Adding categories to articles that don't need them
- Adding multiple pictures to pages that aren't necessary
- If you continue to make bad edits you'll most likely get blocked
