Lunarpedia:Messy Article Tutorial

How to Create a Bloody Mess on Lunarpedia

"Anyway, [new article] is a bloody mess right now, some of the grammar is poor too" -- Mike Delaney

I found myself nodding my ngogin all the way through.

What to put in your bloody mess

Stick to information that's accurate. If you're not sure about something that you know needs to be included, you can leave in a blank for the value or put in pending or something. Feel free to hit various sites for various facts you can stuff into your mess. Important: DO NOT copy and paste non-public domain text into your article!

For bonus points, add the {{Stub}} and {{Wikify}} template tags.

What to make a bloody mess about

Look for a red link if you don't know what to write about.

Some good places to find them:

Special:Wantedpages
List of Lists

What good is a bloody mess

Wikis are collaborative and iterative. Your bloody mess may be the kernel of a feature grade article after a few dozen changes!

The hard part is starting.

MediaWiki formatting has a reasonably gentle learning curve. As you get practice the initial quality of your contributions will improve. In the meantime, don't be afraid of creating a bloody mess. 8)