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==Notability==

This is what most articles will follow. Articles are allowed to be in the wiki if they follow the criteria. Articles that do not follow these criteria will not last much any longer here, so consider you should follow ''all'' of them at least. Please note that everyone should do this on [https://screamer.wiki/index.php?title=Special:MyPage/Sandbox&action=edit&preload=Template:UserSandbox/preload Sandbox] for practicing or when creating an article.

#Articles must have enough information to have a full page to be added here. Make sure that you've described the screamer in the most detailed way possible. If they don't have enough content, it should be merged into smaller articles or be drafted.

#Articles must have enough information to have a full page to be added here. Make sure that you've described the [[screamer]] in the most detailed way possible. If they don't have enough content, it should be merged into smaller articles or be drafted.

#Make sure that these rules (on what you should do first) are in the correct order:

*#Begin with the name of the screamer/shock site and say what type it is when it was created, and who is the creator. (e.g: "" The Maze "was a [[screamer]] flash game created by [[Jeremy Winterrowd]].)

*#Begin with the name of the [[screamer]]/[[shock site]] and say what type it is when it was created, and who is the creator. (e.g: "" The Maze "was a [[screamer]] flash game created by [[Jeremy Winterrowd]].)

*#Start adding links to other pages. This will engage the reader even further. Just a simple link can make a visitor come back for more!

*#If you're gonna add a link to the screamer, make it unclickable! The simple step to doing this is removing the "https://" part of the URL.

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===Linking===

:''Main Article: [[Screamer Wiki:Manual of Style/Linking]]''

'''Links''' are one of the things in wiki articles that leads to another page. You should start linking to as many articles as possible, created or not, so that there's more than to read. Because linking improves navigation on our wiki, many articles are visited by clicking the links on the page. If the link leads to a non-existent page, the user will have a chance to create and write the page, thus helping the wiki to expand more. Duplicate links, which usually appear in tables, blocks of text, infoboxes, and more, are allowed. Links can be done by enclosing the text with two brackets (e.g: <nowiki>[[Lemon Party]]</nowiki>).

A piped link is also another form of links, where it displays text that is different from the title of the page to which the links. For example, the text <nowiki>[[K-fee commercial|K-fee]]</nowiki> will display as [[K-fee commercial|K-fee]], but would lead to [[K-fee commercial]]. This could help with redundancy for leading to redirects if necessary.

Click the main article for more information about links.

The example of links:

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===Formatting dates===

"1/11/~~21"~~ could ~~refer to one~~ of three dates. ~~Most dates should~~ be written in ~~the~~ "~~Month~~ DD, YYYY" ~~format~~, ~~for example~~, "~~November 11th~~, ~~2013~~.~~" Use superscripts or suffixes such~~ as ~~"April 23rd"~~ or "~~March 4th~~" ~~sparingly~~. ~~Some Asian countries use year/month/day~~, ~~whereas~~ the ~~United States uses month/day/year~~. ~~Dates~~ in ~~this format naturally sort properly~~, in ~~addition to being~~ the ~~ISO standard~~.

The correct date format is "November 11th, 2013", not "11th November 2013". However, there is an issue where most countries abbreviate dates differently. Some Asian countries' formats are year/month/day, while the US formats their dates as month/day/year. The problem is that it could represent any of the three different dates. To avoid this problem, it's better to be written in "MM DD, YYYY" (e.g "September 14, 2012") rather than "DD MM, YYYY" (e.g "14 September, 2012") as the US's date formats are often used by many. You can use Ordinal numbers as they were allowed to be used in dates. If you need a numeric date for a table, the date should be in the ISO 8601 format YYYY-MM-DD.

Precise time, whether specific or unspecific, should be formatted in 24-hour clock time. Just make sure to use the "at" preposition to refer to a precise time. For example, the store closed at 10:30pm.

Here's a few guidelines on formatting dates:

#Any dates can be specific. But two prepositions (in and on) to refer these dates should be correct.

:#'''In''' should be used to refer unspecific dates (e.g. In 2010) and '''On''' is used to refer specific dates (e.g. On June 30th, 2017)

#Ordinal numbers are allowed and needed in dates.

#When you're adding the specific date of the screamer/shock site, make sure it is in UTC time in the United States.

===Citation needed===

:''Main Article: [[Wikipedia:Citation needed]]''

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*Images should showcase as an attribute of the article's topic.

**Images can be a showcase, but it should be shown in a humorous behavior.

**Images in ~~Infobox~~ should have captions, unless it's a logo.

**Images in Infoboxes should have captions, unless it's a logo.

**Every image or images in gallery needs informative captions about itself, so readers would know what it is.

*When it comes to picture's quality, it is preferable to use .png images rather than .jpg's because it doesn't lose quality or look compressed like .jpg does. You can convert images into .png from this website [https://image.online-convert.com/ here].

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==Article title==

Article title is usually the name of the person, screamer/shock site or the host. It appears as a large heading at the top of the subject, as articles have headlines used as titles. Articles should be in singular form.

Article title is usually the name of the person, [[screamer]]/[[shock site]] or the host. It appears as a large heading at the top of the subject, as articles have headlines used as titles. Articles should be in singular form.

The article title's should follow these guidelines:

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 ==Notability==
 This is what most articles will follow. Articles are allowed to be in the wiki if they follow the criteria. Articles that do not follow these criteria will not last much any longer here, so consider you should follow ''all'' of them at least. Please note that everyone should do this on [https://screamer.wiki/index.php?title=Special:MyPage/Sandbox&action=edit&preload=Template:UserSandbox/preload Sandbox] for practicing or when creating an article.
-#Articles must have enough information to have a full page to be added here. Make sure that you've described the screamer in the most detailed way possible. If they don't have enough content, it should be merged into smaller articles or be drafted.
+#Articles must have enough information to have a full page to be added here. Make sure that you've described the [[screamer]] in the most detailed way possible. If they don't have enough content, it should be merged into smaller articles or be drafted.
 #Make sure that these rules (on what you should do first) are in the correct order:
-*#Begin with the name of the screamer/shock site and say what type it is when it was created, and who is the creator. (e.g: "" The Maze "was a [[screamer]] flash game created by [[Jeremy Winterrowd]].)
+*#Begin with the name of the [[screamer]]/[[shock site]] and say what type it is when it was created, and who is the creator. (e.g: "" The Maze "was a [[screamer]] flash game created by [[Jeremy Winterrowd]].)
 *#Start adding links to other pages. This will engage the reader even further. Just a simple link can make a visitor come back for more!
 *#If you're gonna add a link to the screamer, make it unclickable! The simple step to doing this is removing the "https://" part of the URL.
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 ===Linking===
+:''Main Article: [[Screamer Wiki:Manual of Style/Linking]]''
 {{Shortcut|[[SW:LINK]]<br>[[SW:PIPE]]<br>[[SW:LINKING]]}}
 '''Links''' are one of the things in wiki articles that leads to another page. You should start linking to as many articles as possible, created or not, so that there's more than to read. Because linking improves navigation on our wiki, many articles are visited by clicking the links on the page. If the link leads to a non-existent page, the user will have a chance to create and write the page, thus helping the wiki to expand more. Duplicate links, which usually appear in tables, blocks of text, infoboxes, and more, are allowed. Links can be done by enclosing the text with two brackets (e.g: <nowiki>[[Lemon Party]]</nowiki>).
 A piped link is also another form of links, where it displays text that is different from the title of the page to which the links. For example, the text <nowiki>[[K-fee commercial|K-fee]]</nowiki> will display as [[K-fee commercial|K-fee]], but would lead to [[K-fee commercial]]. This could help with redundancy for leading to redirects if necessary.
+Click the main article for more information about links.
 The example of links:
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 ===Formatting dates===
-"1/11/21" could refer to one of three dates. Most dates should be written in the "Month DD, YYYY" format, for example, "November 11th, 2013." Use superscripts or suffixes such as "April 23rd" or "March 4th" sparingly. Some Asian countries use year/month/day, whereas the United States uses month/day/year. Dates in this format naturally sort properly, in addition to being the ISO standard.
+The correct date format is "November 11th, 2013", not "11th November 2013". However, there is an issue where most countries abbreviate dates differently. Some Asian countries' formats are year/month/day, while the US formats their dates as month/day/year. The problem is that it could represent any of the three different dates. To avoid this problem, it's better to be written in "MM DD, YYYY" (e.g "September 14, 2012") rather than "DD MM, YYYY" (e.g "14 September, 2012") as the US's date formats are often used by many. You can use Ordinal numbers as they were allowed to be used in dates. If you need a numeric date for a table, the date should be in the ISO 8601 format YYYY-MM-DD.
+Precise time, whether specific or unspecific, should be formatted in 24-hour clock time. Just make sure to use the "at" preposition to refer to a precise time. For example, the store closed at 10:30pm.
+Here's a few guidelines on formatting dates:
+#Any dates can be specific. But two prepositions (in and on) to refer these dates should be correct.
+:#'''In''' should be used to refer unspecific dates (e.g. In 2010) and '''On''' is used to refer specific dates (e.g. On June 30th, 2017)
+#Ordinal numbers are allowed and needed in dates.
+#When you're adding the specific date of the screamer/shock site, make sure it is in UTC time in the United States.
 ===Citation needed===
 :''Main Article: [[Wikipedia:Citation needed]]''
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 *Images should showcase as an attribute of the article's topic.
 **Images can be a showcase, but it should be shown in a humorous behavior.
-**Images in Infobox should have captions, unless it's a logo.
+**Images in Infoboxes should have captions, unless it's a logo.
 **Every image or images in gallery needs informative captions about itself, so readers would know what it is.
 *When it comes to picture's quality, it is preferable to use .png images rather than .jpg's because it doesn't lose quality or look compressed like .jpg does. You can convert images into .png from this website [https://image.online-convert.com/ here].
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 ==Article title==
 {{Shortcut|[[SW:TITLE]]}}
-Article title is usually the name of the person, screamer/shock site or the host. It appears as a large heading at the top of the subject, as articles have headlines used as titles. Articles should be in singular form.
+Article title is usually the name of the person, [[screamer]]/[[shock site]] or the host. It appears as a large heading at the top of the subject, as articles have headlines used as titles. Articles should be in singular form.
 The article title's should follow these guidelines: