Right to Rebel Wiki:Formatting
The Right to Rebel wiki is the product of hundreds of hours of work, from various editors from several Communities each bringing something different to the table: researching skills, technical expertise, writing prowess, tidbits of information, or, most importantly, a willingness to help. Even the best article should not be considered complete; each new editor can offer new insights about how to further enhance our content.The majority of the Right to Rebel Wiki structure and content was originally based on and copied from the 7th Cav. Wiki.
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Adding information to the Right to Rebel Wiki
Authorized editors add information to the Right to Rebel Wiki, either by creating new articles or adding to existing articles. However, it is the Right to Rebel Wiki policy that information in Wiki should be verifiable.
Another way editors can add information to an article is by finding a source for existing unsourced material. This is especially true if you come across statements that are potentially controversial. You do not need to be the person who added the information to add a source and citation for it.
Right to Rebel Wiki is a work in progress: perfection is not required
Collaborative editing means that incomplete or poorly written first drafts can evolve over time into excellent articles. Even poor articles, if they can be improved, are welcome. For instance, one person may start an article with an overview of a subject or a few random facts. Another may help standardize the article's formatting, or have additional facts and figures or a graphic to add. Yet another may bring better balance to the views represented in the article, and perform fact-checking and sourcing to existing content. At any point during this process, the article may become disorganized or contain substandard writing.
Try to fix problems
Fix problems if you can, flag or remove them if you can't. Preserve appropriate content. As long as any of the facts or ideas added to the article would belong in a "finished" article, they should be retained and the writing tagged if necessary, or cleaned up on the spot. If you think a page needs to be rewritten or changed substantially, go ahead and do it, but preserve any content you think might have some discussion value on the talk page, along with a comment about why you made the change. Do not remove information just because it is poorly presented; instead, improve the presentation by rewriting the passage. If you are not a authorized editor, you can always transmit your new articles or corrections to the Wiki team.
Instead of deleting text, consider:
- rephrasing
- correcting inaccuracy while keeping the content
- moving text within an article or to another article (existing or new)
- adding more of what you think is important to make an article more balanced
- doing a quick search for sources and adding a citation yourself
- merging the entire article into another article with the original article turned into a redirect.
Be helpful: explain
Be helpful: explain your changes. When you edit an article, the more radical or controversial the change, the greater the need to explain it. Be sure to leave a comment about why you made the change. Try to use an appropriate edit summary. For larger or more significant changes, the edit summary may not give you enough space to fully explain the edit – in this case leave a note on the article's talk page as well. Remember too that notes on the talk page are more visible, make misunderstandings less likely and encourage discussion.
Be cautious with major changes: discuss
Be cautious with major changes: consider discussing them first. With large proposed deletions or replacements, it may be best to suggest changes in a discussion. One person's improvement is another's desecration, and nobody likes to see their work "destroyed" without prior notice. If you choose to be very bold, take extra care to justify your changes in detail on the article talk page. This will make it less likely that editors will end up reverting the article back and forth between their preferred versions.
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