How to contribute

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To contribute to the Salva Wiki, first, please see the Guidelines section below. This article will provide you with the necessary knowledge to contribute to the story of the Salva Project, such as writing styles, tools, etc.

## Guidelines

### Uniform style

Like Wikipedia, the Salva Project is designed to be as informative as possible and should have a restricted wording style that restricts usage of slang, nonsense, or unprofessionalism. The following guidelines are suggested:

#### Use proper English

Avoid using any words or phrases not commonly used in the real world, *or doing a sentence like this with no punctuation and using some stupid loose words or whatever*.

Proper English is considered any style, such as British or American English, as long as the style is known and can be easily traced to a dictionary with minimal usage of slang, nonsense, vagueness, or unprofessionalism. Avoid colloquialisms.

#### Use proper punctuation and capitalization

The use of improper punctuation or capitalization can make a sentence hard to understand, and proper methods should always be used whenever possible.

*a sentence written like this can be hard to understand sometimes because of the lack of a break in the wording or proper capitalization and if you meaispell a wrod it can mkae it requirre re-redading to understad*.

**Please keep your sentences formal, straight-forward, and easily understandable.**

#### Keep sentences and paragraphs short

Do not ramble on pages, maintain each paragraph and sentence to the point. Optimally, the reader should be able to easily understand what you are writing.

#### Be original

Brainstorm ideas for the project, don't take from other alternate history scenarios, *as World War III has been done to death*, avoid using the same ideas as other users.

#### Establish your focus point

If someone is working on a series of articles by themselves, unrelated to what you are creating, **avoid editing them** unless you are correcting spelling errors, inconsistencies, or punctuation issues. In the event you must edit someone else's project, keep the article as untouched as you can, don't rewrite entire paragraphs, etc. Only touch the page if there *really* needs to be a change, and if possible, leave it alone entirely.

#### Avoid using real people or locations

Avoid using images of real-life people, as this is meant to be an alternate history, not real life. The same rule applies to locations, if you can replace it with an image of a similar building or something, do so. This is necessary to avoid copyright issues or other problems.

### Be respectful

Avoid personal attacks, and be respectful to others. Do not make unnecessary arguments or go off on rants about why your view of the scenario is better. Entirely avoid vandalizing a page, as this will result in you being temporarily or permanently blocked from the wiki.

### Avoid bias and opinion

Avoid real-life bias, such as a dislike of a certain country, a certain person, etc, just because you personally don't like it or them. Opinions should be avoided and articles should be written formally and respectfully to inform the reader, regardless of your opinion on the matter.

## Tag as fictional

To tag as fictional, type **{{Fictional}}** at the top of your article, which will result in something like this:

Contains fictional materialThis article is fully fictional and none of this should be taken seriously.
This is helpful to use to avoid confusion with certain articles.

## Tools

Below are some tools you may use to create assets such as people, buildings, or anything that you may use for your project.

### Artbreeder

Artbreeder is an AI image creator that allows full customization of the image you are creating, such as a person, a place, a landscape, etc. For example, this can be used to create a person you have imagined in your head, and give them a background as you see fit. This tool can be used to create a more professional image in a shorter amount of time than doing it manually. Artbreeder also allows you to use images of fake people generated by AI to respect the *"Avoid using real people or locations"* rule.

### Photoshop (paid)

Photoshop, an image manipulation program, allows for things like adjusting brightness, adjusting contrast, adjusting colors, adding special effects such as beveling or fading, removing things like backgrounds or clothing, etc. Most likely, you know what Photoshop is and does. Photoshop can be used to touch up images generated by AI, to erase inconsistencies or strange parts of an image you generated that you may not like. **It is highly recommended to use this when using the Artbreeder tool, as the AI doesn't always remove these.**

Recommended free Photoshop alternatives:

* GIMP
* Paint.NET

### AI Dungeon

If you happen to run out of ideas for your story, paste it into an AI Dungeon story and see what it generates. AI Dungeon is highly flexible and available on browser and mobile, allowing you to create your story with AI whenever you like. **It is recommended to avoid using names or place names generated by the AI as these can commonly appear in other user's stories and overlap with the Salva universe**. If you happen to spot one of these inconsistencies, consider renaming said person or place by either thinking of a new name or using a generator.

### Fantasy Name Generators

Continuing from above, if you cannot think of a name yourself, fantasynamegenerators has a wide variety of name generators for almost anything you will need. These are not always completely accurate, but they can give you a good starting point for a name to go along with an unnamed person or place you've been thinking of.