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An article should be something that is required. An article about Minecraft itself is not needed, Minecraft has its own wiki. An article about a town is needed, there is no other source on it | An article should be something that is required. An article about Minecraft itself is not needed, Minecraft has its own wiki. An article about a town is needed, there is no other source on it. | ||
== | ==Use Documentive Style== | ||
Write your articles to '''document''', not to '''tell a story.''' The wiki is intended to be a complete list of factual articles about Project City Build. However, you can include fiction in it's own section, which helps prevent conflict with fact. | |||
== | Good: "SomethingTown is a city in the north-eastern region of the map, owned by Player2." | ||
Bad: "SomethingTown is a major port, with many varieties of items sold here." | |||
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==Fictional history guidelines== | ==Fictional history guidelines== | ||
This is a list of guidelines intended to help players write their fictional history in an wiki-like manner. It is by no means rules meant to be enforced, but rather a way to ensure that your stories remain sensible and logical. | This is a list of guidelines intended to help players write their fictional history in an wiki-like manner. It is by no means rules meant to be enforced, but rather a way to ensure that your stories remain sensible and logical. | ||
* Try not to exaggerate - "the world ended" vs "the world was in a state of economic crisis" | * Try not to exaggerate - "the world ended" vs "the world was in a state of economic crisis" | ||
* Check your grammar and spelling | * Check your grammar and spelling | ||
* Don't present a timeline, rather, write in an paragraphic manner - "1973: Oil was found." verus "Oil was found in the north-eastern | * Don't present a timeline, rather, write in an paragraphic manner - "1973: Oil was found." verus "Oil was found in the north-eastern region of the city in 1973." | ||
* Present political references sanely - do not dramatise your writing by involving large amounts of mergers, wars, and independence struggles. While these help make a story more exciting, it may sound irrelogical when overused. | * Present political references sanely - do not dramatise your writing by involving large amounts of mergers, wars, and independence struggles. While these help make a story more exciting, it may sound irrelogical when overused. |