Kerbal Space Program Wiki:Guidelines
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Naming articles
Kerbal Space Program specific content
Content from Kerbal Space Program, like the celestial bodies and parts should be named like the official naming ingame. The only exception at the moment is Kerbol which is officially called the Sun (see also discussion about naming Kerbol). The official name of Parts could be retrieved by looking into the part.cfg of the part.
Linking to Wikipedia
It is possible to link to an Wikipedia article with using the [[ and ]]. For example Kerbal Space Program in the English Wikipedia:
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[[w:Kerbal Space Program|Kerbal Space Program]]generates Kerbal Space Program -
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerbal_Space_Program Kerbal Space Program]generates Kerbal Space Program
For further information see Interwiki link on the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki. Not all codes work directly, so to add a link to the German Wikipedia it first has to use a recognized prefix on this Wiki:
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[[w:de:Kerbal Space Program|Kerbal Space Program]]generates Kerbal Space Program (German) -
[[de:Kerbal Space Program|Kerbal Space Program]]does not work and generates a red link Kerbal Space Program
Usually a w: as a prefix followed by a prefix from the Meta-Wiki does work. All available interwiki links are shown with the following link. It also lists non Wikimedia related projects but is in XML and doesn't read very easily.
Moving and deleting pages
Only sysops can move or delete any pages. To delete a page simply add {{Delete|reason}}, as blanking the page won't simply hide the content, but it is still available through the version history. It is only recommended to delete the page if it is a spam pages which links to external sites, as this prevents search engines to index those links. Any page which uses the delete template will be added to Category:Nominated for Deletion.
With {{Move|new name|reason}} an page can be flagged that it should be moved to the new name. This will add the page to Category:Move Requests. To aid the sysop with the moving of the page, it is recommended to check with Special:WhatLinksHere what pages link to the old name and then change this to the new name. The new page then should have a redirect to the old page so those links won't get red. The advantage of using the move template, is that it saves the version history.
General Editing
Some suggestions to help you be more constructive in your edits:
- Be assertive: Don't be afraid to make changes. If you make a mistake in grammar or wording another editor can always correct it. If you put your added information in the wrong section of the page, it can always be moved. Just because your edit was corrected doesn't mean it wasn't appreciated, in fact quite the opposite, if it wasn't liked it would be simply deleted. If you are absolutely uncertain if something belongs, or how to phrase something you can always bring it up in the talk page and let someone else put it in.
- Use common sense: Generally the phrasing should use minimal point of view, and should phrasing. Unlike Wikipedia, game perspective is fine, but other obvious rules still persist.Try to avoid expressing things in manners that may be considered offensive, and make sure all content is related to Kerbal Space Program in one manner or another.
- Give other users the benefit of the doubt: It's generally a good idea to presume best intentions unless there is no way that good intentions could be presumed. This reduces arguing. It is simple to fix a mistake, but you won't do a good job of it if you are presuming the other person was making the mistake intentionally.
