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Hey, make sure you're not just ripping off of Wikipedia :-P --[[User:Tony|Tony]] 19:39, 14 February 2007 (CST)

== [[NinWiki:Newsletter|NinWiki Newsletter]] Issue #2. ==

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|style="color:#000"|What can you do to help out in the NIN Wiki?
* Give categories to [[Special:Uncategorizedpages|articles which do not have any]]
* [[Special:Deadendpages|Dead-end pages]] need to have links added to them
* Work on the [[Nine Inch Nails]], the [[Trent Reznor]] article, or
* Work on [[:Category:Expand|other pages which need expanding]]
* Help new users!
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| style="color:#000"|Song titles should always have first letters capitalized, even with small words. For instance, ''Down In It'' would normally be formatted ''Down in it'', but this does not look quite right and can be confusing in some cases. Here are some general guidelines:
*All First Letters Must Be Capitalized For Releases And Song Titles
*Song titles should be in "quotes", while album titles should be in ''italics''
*Page names for songs should be '''Song Title''', unless there is also a [[Halo numbers|halo]] for it, in which case it should be '''Song Title (song)'''
*Page names for [[Halo numbers|halos]] should be '''Song Title (halo)'''
*For example: [[With Teeth (song)]] and [[With Teeth (halo)]]
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| style="color:#000"|If you would like to chat with us, the '''NinWiki IRC''' channel is located on Freenode. You can access it with many IRC clients by clicking [irc://irc.freenode.net/ninwiki this link], or if you don't have an IRC client, go [http://java.freenode.net/ here] and enter your NinWiki name in the nickname space, and ninwiki in the channel space. If you would like to download an IRC client, check out [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IRC_clients Wikipedia's list of IRC clients].
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The Nine Inch Nails discography is expansive and can be confusing. A Wiki is the perfect place to catalog, in detail, each NIN release and NIN song. To help out:
*Create song pages using the [[NinWiki:SongLayout|Song Layout]], which will standardize song pages.
*Add the [[:Category:NIN Songs|NIN Songs]] category to songs and the [[:Category:NIN Discography|NIN Discography]] category to releases and etc.
*<u>Do not</u> add links to mp3 files of songs. If you ''really'' think the article needs it, ask an [[NinWiki:Staff|Admin]] first.
*Add [[Year Zero]] stuff as it comes up. After all, that's what this Wiki was created for originally!
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Wikipedia can be a great resource to study when writing NinWiki articles, but it's important to remember to '''never copy word for word what Wikipedia says'''. It's not illegal, it's just bad practice. Let's build a great wiki from the ground up :-).
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|style="color:#000"|<div align="right">[[NinWiki:Staff|The Staff]]<br><span style="font-size:10px">[[User:Buzzbot|Buzzbot]] handled the distribution of this newsletter.</span></div>
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