User talk:Chinesen0t

Article creation

Hey, I've noticed some issues with the way you've been creating pages on this wiki lately, and I want to point out a few things to help you improve them:

1. You've been using past tense in introductions (e.g., "X was a screamer video") instead of the present tense. It should say, "X is a screamer video" because the video is still online/accessible and is also the correct approach for articles about content that still exists. Could you please adjust that moving forward?
2. When linking to YouTube, you're supposed to link to the actual article on the wiki by typing [[YouTube]] rather than an external link like [https://www.youtube.com/ Youtube].
3. It is important to add categories to the bottom of your article. You're only leaving the comments template at the end without adding the proper categories, which makes the article incomplete.
4. Lastly, the permalinks you've been adding to your pages redirect to the actual video instead of linking to a direct video file on the Wayback Machine - this defeats the purpose of a permalink. There's a clear and well-written guide on how to properly permalink screamers on the wiki: Screamer Wiki:How To Permalink and should be followed to remain aligned with the Manual of Style - you might wanna check that page out too.

Also, while not mandatory, the structure of your pages should look like this, the infobox should always go at the top, with the text directly underneath it. For example:

{{Infobox
|title = Scary Screamer
|image = ScaryScreamer.png
|imagecaption = (optional)
|maker = screamer
|type = Video
|date = 2009
}}
'''ScaryScreamer.com''' is a screamer webpage.

== Link ==
<u>NOTE</u>: The following webpage contains a [[screamer]]!
* ScaryScreamer.com

{{Comments}}
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Please follow these proper steps when creating pages here in the future. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask! --Tankmanfan44 (talk) 01:12, 26 January 2025 (MST)