User:TigerBlazer/sandbox

=Page Management Guide= Page management on Qualitipedia has always been rather a problem for both the admins and userbase on QP. In a wiki set where a reception-based wiki pair structure is in place for where a page goes on the network, misplacing a page is always inevitable, and is an issue that QP can never get fixed frankly. However, this guide is a brief yet detailed instruction on page management on QP should it seem like a problem has arisen in terms of where a page is placed on the wiki.

In order to work out these issues, communication between the users and staff intervention is key. One of QP's biggest issues is handling where to put these pages, as people of the Nintendo page drama saw. Essentially, if it appears a page is in the wrong place or has the wrong headers, a discussion should take place. This includes but is not limited too:
 * Changing the headers (custom or revert to normal)
 * Whether a piece of media is considered to be average/decent of not
 * Moving the page somewhere else (renamed, change wiki)
 * Deleting the page outside of specific reasons

Now before opening a discussion on one of these, you have to look for signs of whether a page is an issue. Thankfully a lot of the QP community, for better or for worse, is incredibly vocal about their distastes or praises with pages and what's on them. Usually it can be found one of two ways:
 * As drama-baity and rather pointless as the comments sections on pages are, they are an incredibly vital tool for the administration, as it is a rather easy way to tell how people feel about a page, with a quick comments log search fixing that, and looking at upvotes and downvotes on comments work too to a lesser extent.
 * Another way to see distaste with the page and how it's presented and/or its placement is looking through edit revisions and edit wars. While edit wars are not encouraged in any way, looking through what goes on in them is a good way to see if a page is problematic or not.

If the page appears to be a problem, an admin or user should ideally open up a discussion board immediately for other users and admins to discuss what to do with the page. Whether the discussion should close or not is based on several factors but here are some ways to get the best results:
 * One good way to start is to open the discussion with a poll on what to do with a page based on the situation after describing the situation with the page itself (ie, "I feel this page should be {insert issue here} because of {reasoning}, what do you think?" and have a poll below"), as this is a rather easy yet effective way for input.
 * The other route to go is a pure discussion form like a normal discussion board, as the lack of a poll allows for more community insight on a subject than selecting an option on a poll tab and gives a larger discussion focus.

When it seems like the discussion has exhausted itself, an admin should intervene and close the discussion and take action with a page based on what the majority rule is. If it seems to be particularly divided, then the page should be deleted for its drama-causing purposes at the end of the day. In that case, it would also be nice to have the discussion on the page again in a few months and see if anything has changed in terms of community discussion regarding the page.

=Awful Movies Wiki Tutorial= This is a tutorial on how to create an article on Awful Movies Wiki.

Starting
You need to have an account and be autoconfirmed or confirmed. To create an account, click here. To request confirmation, contact the admins by leaving them a message. (note that if you have enough edits and your account is old enough, your account will be autoconfirmed and you won't need to contact the admins)

It is preferred to draft pages on your sandbox (preferably on subpages).

If the film or company has mostly mixed reviews, use the Bad Qualities and Good Qualities headers. Otherwise, use either Why It Sucks for films and Why They and/or Their Movies Suck for companies, with Redeeming Qualities for the positive points. If the film or company has/have mostly positive reviews, create it on mh:greatestmovies:Greatest Movies Wiki instead.

Due to corruption in journalism, make sure to check this blog for reliable sources first.

Make sure to read both the rules and guidelines and forbidden pages on the Main Page before creating your article.

Examples of pages not to create can be found here and here.

To make a well-written and detailed page, checkout some of the featured or good articles for examples of what we want. These can easily be found on the homepage.

Do not add categories to sandboxes, instead, wrap the categories inside a  block, and remove the   block when you publish your article.

Choosing the first contents of the page
The first contents vary per type of article.

Multiple images
To be able to add multiple images to one template, replace the first two parts of the above template with the following code: {{MPGameInfobox
 * Picture= Tab 1=ImageName.png|-|Tab 2=ImageName2.png

One image
Company name is a(n) (country the company's headquarters is currently located, examples: American, German) (type of company, like a video game developer and/or publisher) headquartered in (location of the company's headquarters).

Multiple images
Similar to the multiple images for the movie infobox, replace the top two lines with the following text: {{MPCompanyInfobox
 * Picture= Tab 1=ImageName.png|-|Tab 2=ImageName2.png

Adding sources
Sources are optional for most articles, but for articles about people, they are required due to repeated violations of the mh:meta:Content Policy.

A list of many reliable sources are available here and here.

A basic source can be added with the following code: This is an example.

Getting the movie poster
Movie posters can be obtained in various ways (either by scanning it yourself or finding it on websites).

If you're scanning the poster yourself, it is recommended to scan it as PNG and on the highest quality supported by your scanner or software.

If you're obtaining the poster from a website, use this chart to determine if a website is recommended. The check mark means that it's recommended and the X means that it's not recommended.
 * IMDb
 * Google Images (if you find a high quality scan, a minimum of 500x500px is recommended)
 * Wikipedia (mostly low quality)

Uploading
There are two ways of uploading a file, MsUpload and Special:Upload. MsUpload allows you to upload multiple files at once, meanwhile Special:Upload only allows you to upload one file at a time.

MsUpload
Drag and drop your files into the "Drop files here" bar in the source editor, give the files a descriptive name (like "(game name) box art.png"), then click the "Upload this file/Upload all files" button.

Special:Upload
Select the file, give it a descriptive name and fill out the summary with things like a description and the source of the image.

Most of the time, the license should be "This will be used in a way that qualifies as fair use under US law".

Then, click the "Upload file" button.

Basic use
The following code will embed the file:



Adding the "right" parameter shows it in the right side of the screen:



and so does the "left" parameter:



Adding the following parameter makes the file 300 pixels wide:



The following makes it 200 pixels tall:



And the following makes it both 300 pixels wide and 200 pixels tall:



Adding the "border" parameter shows a border around the file:



The "thumb" parameter shows a thicker border and allows you to put a quote on the image:



On the infobox
To use the uploaded file on the infobox, replace "ImageName.png" in the "Picture" parameter with the name of your file (without the File: prefix, if the infobox only allows for a single image.

Single image infobox= Multiple image infobox=
 * Picture=Example.png

Creating the article
Copy and paste the following text on your sandbox or its subpages:

(Insert the first contents here. See the "Adding the first contents of the page" section)

Plot (optional)
Add the game's plot here.

Why It Sucks/Why Their Movies Suck/Why (They/He/She) Suck/Bad Qualities

 * 1) WIS 1
 * 2) WIS 2
 * 3) WIS 3

Redeeming Qualities/Good Qualities

 * 1) RQ 1
 * 2) RQ 2
 * 3) RQ 3

Reception
Add reception content here.

Videos
Video-ID

Publishing the article
Click the Move page button to publish your article into the wiki. On Vector (the default skin), it's hidden on the More dropdown menu.

Click on "User" then select "(Main)" then replace the contents in the text box with the page name.

Then, click "Move page".