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:My tone ''is'' critical, yes, and you're probably already getting defensive but I assure you, it's nothing personal. Your article is not even CLOSE to being the worst, but it's still not an encyclopedia article and I only went off on a tangent in the hopes of clarifying why and hopefully improving it in the future. Most of the writers at SmashWiki are not really writers; instead, they're smashers and unfortunately for the SmashWiki, a lot of smashers are a bunch of teenagers who don't have a lot of experience writing publication quality material for the masses. | :My tone ''is'' critical, yes, and you're probably already getting defensive but I assure you, it's nothing personal. Your article is not even CLOSE to being the worst, but it's still not an encyclopedia article and I only went off on a tangent in the hopes of clarifying why and hopefully improving it in the future. Most of the writers at SmashWiki are not really writers; instead, they're smashers and unfortunately for the SmashWiki, a lot of smashers are a bunch of teenagers who don't have a lot of experience writing publication quality material for the masses. | ||
:The most important thing to remember when making or editing an article is that the article is for EVERYONE, not just the people in your town, not just the crew members, but everyone. So, once you've done your editing, read the article again, but think as if you didn't write it and you are reading it for the first time. Read Omneox of Smash with that mentality and you can see that it doesn't really tell you anything at all. SmashWiki is an information source for smashers, just as [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] is an information source for people. On the English Wikipedia, even simple articles like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laugh Laughter] explain the subject of laughing so that any English-speaking person can understand what it is, even if they've never heard of it. On SmashWiki, the article should be able to explain itself so that any English-speaking [[smasher]] can understand what it's about...even if they've never heard of it. I'm an English-speaking smasher and I had never heard of the Omneox of Smash before reading your article. Now I've heard of it, but I still don't understand what it is based on the information provided. And it's not because I'm an idiot; it's because the article fails. | :The most important thing to remember when making or editing an article is that the article is for EVERYONE, not just the people in your town, not just the crew members, but everyone. So, once you've done your editing, read the article again, but think as if you didn't write it and you are reading it for the first time. Read [[Omneox of Smash]] with that mentality and you can see that it doesn't really tell you anything at all. SmashWiki is an information source for smashers, just as [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] is an information source for people. On the English Wikipedia, even simple articles like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laugh Laughter] explain the subject of laughing so that any English-speaking person can understand what it is, even if they've never heard of it. On SmashWiki, the article should be able to explain itself so that any English-speaking [[smasher]] can understand what it's about...even if they've never heard of it. I'm an English-speaking smasher and I had never heard of the Omneox of Smash before reading your article. Now I've heard of it, but I still don't understand what it is based on the information provided. And it's not because I'm an idiot; it's because the article fails. | ||
:Also, sign your comments with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). It's good wiki protocol. :^) -- <font color="000023">'''[[User:Randall00|RJM]]'''</font> <sup>''[[User talk:Randall00|Talk]]''</sup> 15:42, October 3, 2007 (EDT) | :Also, sign your comments with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). It's good wiki protocol. :^) -- <font color="000023">'''[[User:Randall00|RJM]]'''</font> <sup>''[[User talk:Randall00|Talk]]''</sup> 15:42, October 3, 2007 (EDT) | ||
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:What question under what link? I do a lot on here. | :What question under what link? I do a lot on here. | ||
:With regards to Omneox Of Smash, I didn't put any "incorrect" information, I put all of the information I could find in the hopes of not confusing a reader who comes to see the article. SmashWiki is not a homepage and therefore is not the primary source of ''any'' information. It all has to be referenced elsewhere. Earlier on this ''very same talk page'', you said this: | :With regards to [[Omneox Of Smash]], I didn't put any "incorrect" information, I put all of the information I could find in the hopes of not confusing a reader who comes to see the article. SmashWiki is not a homepage and therefore is not the primary source of ''any'' information. It all has to be referenced elsewhere. Earlier on this ''very same talk page'', you said this: | ||
:<blockquote>"If you would be so kind as to go to our forums and put the members on there, then we wouldn't have a problem, would we."</blockquote> | :<blockquote>"If you would be so kind as to go to our forums and put the members on there, then we wouldn't have a problem, would we."</blockquote> | ||
