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The '''Character Project''' on [[SmashWiki]] is an attempt to improve all [[character]] and character match-up articles. Character articles are at the very heart of SmashWiki, so it is important that each of these articles be comprehensive and well-written. Following are some guidelines on how to improve these articles. | The '''Character Project''' on [[SmashWiki]] is an attempt to improve all [[character]] and character match-up articles. Character articles are at the very heart of SmashWiki, so it is important that each of these articles be comprehensive and well-written. Following are some guidelines on how to improve these articles. | ||
==Guidelines | ==Current goals== | ||
Here are the goals this project is currently trying to achieve. | |||
===Remember Super Smash Bros.=== | |||
All character articles need to be specific to a game: thus, [[Mario (SSB)]] and [[Mario (SSBM)]] and [[Mario (SSBB)]] are separate articles. | |||
===Eliminate "smasher bias"=== | |||
While SmashWiki needs to include information useful to competitive players, remember that most of our readers are casual players that don't want to be swamped by technical jargon and advanced strategy. Thus, we need to revise each character page so that it is ''as accessible as possible''. The focus of character articles should be ''first'' general aspects about the character, like weight and special attacks, and only ''afterwards'' competitive aspects. | |||
====Pro/Cons==== | |||
The pro/con section in each article is useless to casual gamers, who don't understand or agree with most of the points, and don't know that the pro/cons apply only to tournament play. We should attempt to turn each pro/con into a paragraph form, and move it to the back of each article under the heading "Pikachu in tournament play" or something of that ilk. | |||
====Match-up pages==== | |||
Match-up pages have inherent "smasher bias," but at least we can inform the reader that the descriptions of each match-up only apply to tournament play. | |||
Also, most of the information on these pages is taken from various character guides. While the information is excellent, it is almost always written in a way that is inappropriate for SmashWiki. Match-up pages are not ''guides'' to beating a particular character, but rather they ''inform'' the reader of how the match-up goes. Thus, explain that [[Marth]] matches [[Falco]] because of his maneuverability and his up throw chain, despite Falco's pressuring lasers and pillars. But don't ''tell'' the reader to use these things. In short, we need to vigorously edit every match-up page to meet SmashWiki standards. | |||
==Guidelines== | |||
Below are some general editing guidelines that can help make character articles as good as they can be. | |||
===Character articles are not guides=== | ===Character articles are not guides=== | ||
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===[[Character]]s=== | ===[[Character]]s=== | ||
<center><small>[[Mario]] • [[Pikachu]] • [[Bowser]] • [[Peach]] • [[Yoshi]] • [[Donkey Kong]] • [[Captain Falcon]]</small></center> | ====[[Super Smash Bros.]]==== | ||
<center><small>[[Mario (SSB)]] • [[Donkey Kong (SSB)]] • [[Link (SSB)]] • [[Pikachu (SSB)]] • [[Yoshi (SSB)]] • [[Fox (SSB)]] • [[Samus (SSB)]] • [[Kirby (SSB)]]</small></center> | |||
<center><small>[[Luigi (SSB)]] • [[Captain Falcon (SSB)]] • [[Ness (SSB)]] • [[Jigglypuff (SSB)]] | |||
====[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]==== | |||
<center><small>[[Mario (SSBM)]] • [[Pikachu (SSBM)]] • [[Bowser]] • [[Peach]] • [[Yoshi (SSBM)]] • [[Donkey Kong (SSBM)]] • [[Captain Falcon (SSBM)]]</small></center> | |||
<center><small>[[Fox]] • [[Ness]] • [[Ice Climbers]] • [[Kirby]] • [[Samus]] • [[Zelda]]/[[Sheik]] • [[Link]]</small></center> | <center><small>[[Fox (SSBM)]] • [[Ness (SSBM)]] • [[Ice Climbers]] • [[Kirby (SSBM)]] • [[Samus (SSBM)]] • [[Zelda]]/[[Sheik]] • [[Link (SSBM)]]</small></center> | ||
<center><small>[[Luigi]] • [[Jigglypuff]] • [[Mewtwo]] • [[Mr. Game and Watch]] • [[Marth]]</small></center> | <center><small>[[Luigi (SSBM)]] • [[Jigglypuff (SSBM)]] • [[Mewtwo]] • [[Mr. Game and Watch]] • [[Marth]]</small></center> | ||
<center><small>[[Dr. Mario]] • [[Young Link]] • [[Ganondorf]] • [[Pichu]] • [[Falco]] • [[Roy]]</small></center> | <center><small>[[Dr. Mario]] • [[Young Link]] • [[Ganondorf]] • [[Pichu]] • [[Falco]] • [[Roy]]</small></center> | ||
====[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]==== | |||
<center><small>[[Wario]] • [[Meta Knight]] • [[Pit]] • [[Zero Suit Samus]] • [[Snake]]</small></center> | <center><small>[[Wario]] • [[Meta Knight]] • [[Pit]] • [[Zero Suit Samus]] • [[Snake]]</small></center> | ||
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===Match-ups=== | ===Match-ups=== | ||
====[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]==== | |||
<center><small>[[Mario Match-ups]] • [[Pikachu Match-ups]] • [[Bowser Match-ups]] • [[Peach Match-ups]] • [[Yoshi Match-ups]] • [[Donkey Kong Match-ups]] • [[Captain Falcon Match-ups]]</small></center> | <center><small>[[Mario Match-ups]] • [[Pikachu Match-ups]] • [[Bowser Match-ups]] • [[Peach Match-ups]] • [[Yoshi Match-ups]] • [[Donkey Kong Match-ups]] • [[Captain Falcon Match-ups]]</small></center> | ||