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Things to Do
What can you do to help out in the NIN Wiki? Give categories to articles which do not have any Dead-end pages need to have links added to them Work on the Nine Inch Nails, the Trent Reznor article, or Work on other pages which need expanding Help new users!
Name Of The Song
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 for it, in which case it should be Song Title (song) Page names for halos should be Song Title (halo) For example: With Teeth (song) and With Teeth (halo)
NinWiki IRC
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 this link, or if you don't have an IRC client, go 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 Wikipedia's list of IRC clients.

Focus on NIN Discography
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 Song Layout, which will standardize song pages. Add the NIN Songs category to songs and the NIN Discography category to releases and etc. Do not add links to mp3 files of songs. If you really think the article needs it, ask an Admin first. Add Year Zero stuff as it comes up. After all, that's what this Wiki was created for originally!
Wikipedia
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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-* Give categories to [[Special:Uncategorized pages|articles which do not have any]]
+* Give categories to [[Special:Uncategorizedpages|articles which do not have any]]
-* Clear out [[Special:Dead-end pages|Dead-end pages]]
+* [[Special:Deadendpages|Dead-end pages]] need to have links added to them
-* Link to [[Special:Orphaned pages|Orphaned pages]]
 * 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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+! <div style="margin: 0; background:#cef2e0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3bfb1; text-align:left; color:#000; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em;">''Name Of The Song''</div>
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-| style="color:#000"|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!
+| 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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+! <div style="margin: 0; background:#cef2e0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3bfb1; text-align:left; color:#000; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em;">NinWiki IRC</div>
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-| style="color:#000"|As always, [[User:MiszaBot|MiszaBot]] handled this delivery. Thank you! Also, congratulations go to [[User:Pschemp|Pschemp]], [[User:Titoxd|Titoxd]] and [[User:Freakofnurture|Freakofnurture]] for being elected in the last elections! An Esperanzial May to all of the readership!
+| 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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+! <div style="margin: 0; background-color:#cedff2; font-family: sans-serif; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3b0bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding-left:0.4em; padding-top: 0.2em; padding-bottom: 0.2em;">Focus on NIN Discography</div>
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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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-# Posting logs of [irc://irc.freenode.net/wikipedia-esperanza the Esperanza IRC channel] are explicitly banned anywhere. Violation of this rule results in deletion and a ban from the channel.
+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 :-).
-# A disclaimer is going to be added to the [[WP:ESP|Esperanza main page]]. We are humans and, as such, are imperfect.
-# Various revisions have been made to the [[WP:ESP/CC|Code of Conduct]]. Please see them, as the proposal is ready to be ratified by the community and enacted. All members will members to have to re-confirm their membership after accepting the Code of Conduct.
-# Referendums are to be held on whether terms of AC members should be lengthened and whether we should abolish votes full stop.
-# [[WP:ESP/AC|Admin Coaching]] reform is agreed upon.
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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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