Help:How to write a good article

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Basic rules

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How to write a good article?

Naming policy

Image policy

Fanon policy

Templates

Navigation Templates

Utility Templates

Other

Category Tree

Useful links

Each good article should have certain key elements. Here is the list of them:

• Name
  • Each article should have proper name. See naming policy for more details.
• Structure of article
  • From top to bottom:
    1. Infobox
    2. Main Content
       • Short introduction - few sentences describing the topic of article
       • Main content - detailed description of topic and it's history
       • Additional sections
    3. Behind the Scenes
    4. See Also
    5. External links
    6. Sources
    7. Category - see Category tree for the list of categories
• Formatting and media
  • Create links to other articles
  • Add images - look for them on New files page. See also the image policy
  • Use in-source template for more detailed sourcing - see template page for more detailed help
  • If there are any articles close in topic to one you are writing - add links to them in ==See Also== section.
  • Add quotes
  • Optionally after bold name of article in it's introduction you may add in brackets:
    • pronounced - pronouncing of article title in IPA - see Hiigara for example
    • also known as - other popular names used for topic of article - see The Great Harbor Ship of Bentus for example
    • short - for any shortcuts used for topic of article - see Electromagnetic pulse for example
  • Try to find any trivia informations related to the topic and put them in ==Behind the Scenes== section.