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BBSWiki:Guidelines

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If you're familiar with Wikipedia's guidelines on writing articles, you should be fine here. Guidelines on BBSWiki are similar, but less strict.

  1. No vanity pages. The subject of an article must be at least somewhat noteworthy to the greater BBS community in order to deserve an article. In other words, no, you can't write an article about yourself unless you've done something of interest to the BBS community beyond your circle of friends.
    • INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF USUALLY GOES IN YOUR USER PAGE. You can edit your user page (once you have registered a username) by clicking the link to your username at the very top of the site. You are welcome to upload a picture and use it on your user page, and describe yourself as "the coolest nerd on the BBS" or whatever there -- not in an article.
  2. Don't duplicate official web pages. If you're writing an article about an entity that has a web site, don't just copy and paste text into the article. Not only is this a waste of space -- a link to the web site will suffice, and won't become outdated as the official site is changed -- but it's also a potential copyright violation.
  3. Vandals will be banned. One strike and you're out. If you need to try out editing, do it in the Sandbox.
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