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=='''Passive and Active Voices'''==
=='''Passive and Active Voices'''==
Articles should tend to use the Active voice instead of the passive voice.  
In most cases, you should use Active voice instead of the passive voice.  


*Active Voice: "when the player clicks the red button, a close-up picture of [[Pazuzu]] appears"
*Active Voice: "when the player clicks the red button, a close-up picture of [[Pazuzu]] appears"
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The creator of the screamer should always, if possible, be the creator's real name (if one person). If multiple people, the username or name of the company is okay.  
The creator of the screamer should always, if possible, be the creator's real name (if one person). If multiple people, the username or name of the company is okay.  


Do not go too far (going through leaked databases ([https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2015/10/28/000webhost-database-leak/#4f5058986098 000webhost leak], etc)) to get somebody's real name, however, as that is doxxing.
*<s>'''Mentos + Yakult''' is a screamer created by Linboyz</s>
*<s>'''Mentos + Yakult''' is a screamer created by Linboyz</s>


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{{Infobox
{{Infobox
|name = The Maze
|name = The Maze
|Picture = The_Maze.jpg
|image = The_Maze.jpg
|Quote = The third level in The Maze.
|imagecaption = The third level in The Maze.
|Maker = Jeremy Winterrowd
|maker = Jeremy Winterrowd
|Type = Flash game
|type = Flash game
|Release date = October 2004
|date = October 2004
}}
}}
*Infoboxes are a list of information of the [[screamer]], they talk about the (type, release date, creator), which is seen the top right corner before scrolling down of the page, They are used to make the article good-looking, To properly uses them, make sure to follow all of these guidelines beneath.
*Infoboxes make it easy to view surface information about a screamer or shock site.
==='''Maker'''===
==='''Maker'''===
Self-explanatory. Who made the screamer?
Self-explanatory. Who made the screamer?
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*2020
*2020
==='''Images'''===
==='''Images'''===
*Images are important to add on the infobox, make sure the images you used doesn't involve the [[screamer]] or NSFW, NSFL materials included, or else the administrators will delete the images for violating this rule.
*Add an image of the screamer. If the image is of the jumpscare itself, the image will be removed.
==='''Source'''===
==='''Source'''===
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{{Infobox
{{Infobox
|name = The Maze
|name = The Maze
|Picture = The_Maze.jpg
|image = The_Maze.jpg
|Quote = The third level in The Maze.
|imagecaption = The third level in The Maze.
|Maker = Jeremy Winterrowd
|maker = Jeremy Winterrowd
|Type = Flash game
|type = Flash game
|Release date = October 2004
|date = October 2004
}}
}}
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