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Greetings. I appreciate your work at the [[New Caprica]] article, but I must point out that the wiki has standardized on the use of the present tense. Please see [[BW:SC|Standards & Conventions]] for more information. --[[User: | Greetings. I appreciate your work at the [[New Caprica]] article, but I must point out that the wiki has standardized on the use of the present tense. Please see [[BW:SC|Standards & Conventions]] for more information. --[[User:April Arcus|April Arcus]] 17:06, 29 October 2006 (CST) | ||
:I should also encourage you to be wary of overlinking - generally speaking, a term needs to be linked only once per page-worth of text. --[[User: | :I should also encourage you to be wary of overlinking - generally speaking, a term needs to be linked only once per page-worth of text. --[[User:April Arcus|April Arcus]] 17:14, 29 October 2006 (CST) | ||
::Agreed on the links. I removed most of them and it's much more readable now IMO. | ::Agreed on the links. I removed most of them and it's much more readable now IMO. | ||
::Two more things: 1.) Don't capitalize the verb "jump" 2.) Ship names without articles are usually better. "Galactica jumps away" instead "The Galactica jumps away" --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 17:51, 29 October 2006 (CST) | ::Two more things: 1.) Don't capitalize the verb "jump" 2.) Ship names without articles are usually better. "Galactica jumps away" instead "The Galactica jumps away" --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 17:51, 29 October 2006 (CST) | ||
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Verb Tense
Greetings. I appreciate your work at the New Caprica article, but I must point out that the wiki has standardized on the use of the present tense. Please see Standards & Conventions for more information. --April Arcus 17:06, 29 October 2006 (CST)
- I should also encourage you to be wary of overlinking - generally speaking, a term needs to be linked only once per page-worth of text. --April Arcus 17:14, 29 October 2006 (CST)
- Agreed on the links. I removed most of them and it's much more readable now IMO.
- Two more things: 1.) Don't capitalize the verb "jump" 2.) Ship names without articles are usually better. "Galactica jumps away" instead "The Galactica jumps away" --Serenity 17:51, 29 October 2006 (CST)