Creating an Article

The following may seem like it is a lot of work and if you add content to other fandom wiki’s you probably won’t find these kinds of procedures too often. The reading of these steps will actually take longer then the doing part and once you get use to them it will become automatically. They are to ensure that we have quality content and gain of reputation of having reliable information.

If you are new and this seems to be too much and too overwhelming to take it all in, we are really lenient with new people. We want you to have fun while you add content, so are more then happy to help you out with your first several articles.

## Article Steps

### Creating an Article

1. A new article is created, they may have all of the information ready to go and so it is completed at this point. If so:
	* Be sure and insert an Infobox template to your article. These are sidebars that you will see in most of the existing articles. (See Infobox Template Overview).
	* Insert at the top of the page, after the Infobox, but before any text the template “Review” or “New user article” if this is one of the fist articles that you have written for the Spellmonger wiki. (See Message Template Overview)
	* After saving the article at the bottom of the page is where Category assignments are made, Most of the infoboxs will automatically assign the main category, but you can add additional ones. The review templates will also assign the article to the “Article review” category.
2. A new article is created, but only part of the information is added at this time. If you plan on coming back and finishing the article within a few days at the most, then:
	* Add the template “In creation” to the top of the article, anyone that sees this notice should wait until it is removed before they add/edit or delete the article.
3. If you have entered all that you are planning to, then do the following:
	* Insert the appropriate Infobox at the top of your artlce. These are sidebars that you will see in most of the existing articles. (See Infobox Template Overview).
	* Insert the template “Stubs” to the top of the article, just below the infobox.
	* After saving the article at the bottom of the page is where Category assignments are made, Most of the infoboxs will automatically assign the main category, but you can add additional ones. The stub template will assign the article to the “Article stubs” category.

## Reviewing an Article

1. An article is in the “Article review” category. This article needs to be reviewed by someone other than the original creator.
	* Look for issues with grammar, spelling, punctuation or awkward sentences, if there is more then just a few and you don’t feel up to making those changes, then change the “Review” template to either “Edit” or “Cleanup”, this will reassign the article to the Cleanup category. (See Message Template Overview)
	* Look for structure, with headings and subheadings, including a reference heading at the bottom and that the “reference list” is inserted at the bottom. All articles do not have to adhere to one of the templates that have been created, but they do need to be structured in a local way and not just a dump of information. (If there are a lot of issues, then change the review template to “cleanup”. (See Message Template Overview)
	* Check to see if the information is correct and complete. If it is not correct, delete or correct the information that is wrong. If it is incomplete, then change the review template to the “stub” template.
	* Last and most important, at the very bottom of the page, add your user id, date and status of the review. The Review Status should say either Complete or Partial. If you use the Classic Mode of editing you can sign it with 3 or 4 ~’s (MStar22 (talk)) this will enter everything except the status. If the review is completed you can remove the Review template only if you made no or minor changes. If you made major changes then it has to go through another review process, either by a Content moderator or an Admin. They too must sign off on it before removing the template.

### Incomplete Articles

An article is in the Stubs category and you want to add some more information, that would be great. Just follow the steps above as if it was a new article, some of those steps may have already been done for you.

### Editing Existing Articles

If you find a mistake in an existing article that has no review, edit or one of the various other message boxes at the top of the page, then you can leave a comment at the bottom in the area for comments or you can edit the page yourself. If you do make changes, be sure and add the “Review” template to the top.

### Communication

If you have any questions about these steps or about an article please post it in the Discuss area of the wiki.