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This is a guide on how to make a BonziPEDIA article, written by [[User:SeamusIsANigger|an actual experienced wiki editor]]. This guide was created due to the large influx of poorly-written articles made by 7-year-old shitskins and should serve as a guide on what and what not to do when making an article.

==Examples of some good articles==
These are some of the best articles this wiki has to offer. Make sure you read them in full before deciding to make your own, so you have a general idea on what an article should look like:
*[[BonziWORLD Revived]]
*[[Commands]]
*[[DIRTY NIGGER]]
*[[Doc Wars]]
*[[Events]]
*[[GO ALGERIA]]
*[[Halagetworld]]
*[[Seamus]]
*[[TMAFE]]

==What and what not to do==
*'''Make your page title straightforward.''' Avoid filling the page title with useless shit at the end such as "the faggot". If you're writing an article about an user with multiple aliases, it's best to use his/her most well-known alias then create redirects for his/her other aliases.
*'''For articles about users, begin your article with "''(name)'' is/was...".''' The instance of ''(name)'' at the very beginning of the article should also be in '''bold text'''.
*'''Avoid using kiddie terms like "good/bad user".''' Not only are these terms overused, they make articles look childish.
*'''Avoid referring to yourself as "I" or "me".''' This is a wiki, not a blog.
*'''Use proper grammar and capitalization.''' Articles with bad grammar will very likely be marked as {{t|sucks}}; so try your best at writing something that resembles proper English. avoid writing in all lowercase like this, Or In Title Case Like This.
*'''Do not make articles on nobodies just because they hurt your feelings.''' Blatant attack articles will be deleted on sight; and also some BonziWORLD users are just not notable enough to have their own articles.
*'''Avoid shitting out a million poorly-made articles per day.''' Try to focus your time making 1 good article with almost everything related to the subject instead of 10 poorly-made stubs that only cover the bare minimum. Quality over quantity.

==Editing tips==
===Bold and italic text===
*'''Source editor:''' To make text bold, surround it in <code><nowiki>'''</nowiki></code>; and to make text italic, surround it in <code><nowiki>''</nowiki></code>. For example, if you want to make <code>example text</code> bold, replace it with <code><nowiki>'''example text'''</nowiki></code>. These two can be combined to make text that is both bold '''and''' italic.
*'''Visual editor:''' Highlight the text you want to make bold and/or italic, click the '''''<u>A</u>''''' button, then select ''Bold'' and/or ''Italic''.

===Linking to pages===
To link to other pages on BonziPEDIA, do the following:
*'''Source editor:''' Surround the title of the page you want to link to in two sets of brackets; for example if you want to link to the page [[Seamus]], you type <code><nowiki>[[Seamus]]</nowiki></code>. You can also make the text of the link be different from the actual name of the page; this is called '''piping'''. For example, if you want to make your link to [[Seamus]] display as ''the faggot who made BWR'', use <code><nowiki>[[Seamus|the faggot who made BWR]]</nowiki></code>.
*'''Visual editor:''' Click the link button, then specify the name of the page you want to link to. In case you want to change the text of the link, click the ''Change text'' button and replace the name of the article with your own text. You may also link to another page by highlighting the text you want to turn into a link then specifying the name of the page.

===External links===
Links to outside BonziPEDIA are called '''external links'''. While you can just display the bare link (e.g. https://example.com/), you can also change the text of the link. To do so:
*'''Source editor:''' Surround the link in brackets, leave a space after the link and specify what you want the text of the link to be (for example, <code><nowiki>[https://example.com/ Example Link]</nowiki></code> results in [https://example.com/ Example Link]).
*'''Visual editor:''' Highlight your link, click the ''Change text'' button, and change the text to whatever you want.

===Adding images===
You must have an account to upload images; you can easily create an account [[Special:CreateAccount|here]]. Once you have an account, you can upload images by clicking the ''Upload file'' link to the left of the article (on the ''Tools'' section) or going to [[Special:Upload]]. The way the upload form works is the following:
*You select which image to upload by clicking the "Browse" button; then you browse to the exact place on your computer where the image is located then select it.
*The ''Destination filename'' field is what the image will be named when you upload it here. This should be automatically filled in with what the image's filename is on your computer; but in case you want to change it (e.g. if your image is named ''Screenshot 12345.png'' and you want to change the name to something more descriptive like ''Screenshot of this Bonzifag.png''), edit this field. Keep in mind the file extension has to be the same as the file extension on your computer; so you can't upload a PNG with the extension .jpg.
*The ''Summary'' field should be filled with a brief explanation of what the image is about; but you can leave it blank if you want as this field is optional.
After filling in the upload form, you can upload your image by clicking ''Upload file''. When your image is uploaded, you should be redirected to your newly uploaded image. You can then add your newly uploaded image to your article by doing the following:
*'''Source editor:''' Add <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>''(the name of your image, including the "File:" prefix)''<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code> to wherever in your article you want the image to be displayed. There are various modifiers that change the way the image is displayed, which are explained below and can be specified by adding these after the name of the image but before <code>]]</code>:
**<code>|left</code>, <code>|center</code> and <code>|right</code> align the image to the left, center and right sides of the screen, respectively.
**<code>|''(width of the image in pixels)''px</code> allows you set the width of the image in pixels. In case you want to set the height instead, do <code>|x''(height of the image in pixels)''px</code>; and if you want to set both, do <code>|''(width of the image in pixels)''x''(height of the image in pixels)''px</code>.
**<code>|thumb</code> puts a gray border around the image (this also aligns the image to the right side of the screen and restricts its size to 300 pixels if neither the size nor the alignment of the image are set). This modifier also allows you to add a caption to the image by adding <code>|''(your image caption)''</code>.
*'''Visual editor:''' Click ''Insert > Images and media'', select your image, fill in everything in the ''Media settings'' form (which includes all the image display modifiers), then click ''Insert''.

===Title starting with a lowercase letter===
The titles of wiki articles always begin with an uppercase letter; albeit you can make the title display with a lowercase letter by adding {{t|lowercase title}} at the very beginning of the page.

===Adding templates===
Templates are used for things like [[Template:Butthurt|notices]] at the beginning of articles, [[Template:Bonziworld|navigation]] [[Template:Community|boxes]] at the end of articles, [[Template:Greentext|{{greentext|greentext}}]], [[Template:Discorduser|Discord handles]], etc. The way you add a template to a page is the following:
*'''Source editor:''' Add <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>''(name of the template)''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> to wherever in your article you want the template to be displayed. Some templates take parameters, which may be specified by adding <code><nowiki>|</nowiki>''(parameter)''</code> or <code><nowiki>|</nowiki>''(name of the parameter)''=<code><nowiki>|</nowiki>''(parameter)''</code></code>
*'''Visual editor:''' Click ''Insert > Template'', specify the name of the template, then set any parameters if needed.

=== Making lists ===
Soon(TM)

===Previewing a page===
While you could just save every single edit, this is impractical and clogs up [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]] with unwanted revisions. Both the source and visual editors have a preview feature, which should help with fine-tuning articles. The preview button is located in:
*'''Source editor:''' Located next to the save button, as ''Show preview''.
*'''Visual editor:''' No need to; it's called the visual editor for a reason.

==Submitting the article==
To actually create the article you just wrote, click the ''Save page'' button. After being created, your article can be seen by everyone. Keep in mind only administrators can delete pages, so if you accidentally created a page you didn't want, add <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Delete|delete]]|Author request}}</code> to the very beginning of your page.