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Some of the | Some of the SmashWiki's articles may not look nice, may be poorly written, or contain grammatical errors. However, users can fix these articles by giving them a '''cleanup'''. | ||
==What is a cleanup?== | ==What is a cleanup?== | ||
A cleanup is exactly what the name | A cleanup is exactly what the name states. It is the act of cleaning an article up to improve its quality. Pages that look messy, are poorly written, or have many grammatical errors should be listed as requiring a cleanup. Users will see that these pages are in need of attendance, and will work on them to improve them. | ||
==Marking articles for cleanup== | ==Marking articles for cleanup== | ||
When you | When you have found a page that requires a cleanup, you can mark it with the cleanup template. At the top of the page, simply add '''<nowiki>{{cleanup}}</nowiki>'''. Doing so will display this template at the top of the page: | ||
{{cleanup|doc=}} | {{cleanup|doc=}} | ||
If the article is very large, | If the article is very large, it is advised to discuss the article's need of a cleanup on its talk page. | ||
[[Category:SmashWiki]] | [[Category:SmashWiki]] | ||