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Failure to obey general editing procedure will result in account warnings, and possible bannage, especially when making stub pages or uncategorized pages. Creating minimalist pages or making disruptive edits is a hassle to change, delete, revise, etc.
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Userpages
Userpages are meant for the pages of users. If you want to create a page about a person, that's fine, but there are two restrictions:
- If you are making a page about yourself, create an account and put your info on your userpage if possible. Do not make an article about you if you have an account. Also, don't redirect an article with your name to your userpage; just change all existing links to re-link to your userpage.
- If you are making a page about somebody else, do not give the title the prefix "User:". This is completely unnecessary, and also disrupts the naming system, especially since it leads to the belief in nonexistant users, as well as causing possible problems if a user creates an account under that name.
!! -- New Pages -- !!
Please do not create stub articles; if you have a short spiel about something CTY-relevant, put it under the correct category in the Lexicon, unless the page is already on the Special:Wantedpages list. Also, article subjects that could be condensed into a single page (for example, the places around campus, our current site-enhancement project) should be; if you have, for example, something to contribute on the Superquad, instead of writing a stub about Superquad, make a general page (formatted: Series:XXX) for it to house other stubs, and also link to existing non-stub pages. In this case, things about Superquad would go in Places:CAR.
Also, make sure you understand Wiki's editing format. As far as tags go, HTML is preferred over Wiki for bold, italics, etc. Also, note that "br" tags are unnecessary when making a new paragraph, but they are for a single line break. Please place "br" tags at the ends of lines, rather than at the beginning of the next line.
Categories
If you do create a new page, please categorize it properly. Put it under a site or two if applicable (if it's all sites, don't put it under any sites). Categorize it as a Game, an Activity, a Student Group, a Traditions, etc. Then, put the site and the other category together, and categorize it as that too (i.e., Lancaster Traditions). Things that don't fall into any category go under "General."
Page Series
Some pages, in addition to categories, fall into series, such as Site:XXX, or Hall of Fame:XXX, or Staff:_________, or Song:____________, etc. If you are making a page that would fall into a series, please format the title correctly (i.e., Series:name, w/o spaces). Also, formate the pages like the other (for example, Hall of Fame uses third-level headings that start with the date and the site, Songs use second-level headings for Lyrics, and there is a specific lyrics format, etc.).
Please note that there should be no more individual page series being created. By this, I mean only Songs, Essays, and Staff members should receive individual series pages. Any new series pages should be site-oriented (i.e., Series:XXX, where XXX = site code).
New Project -- Places
To help out the site, please contribute to the Places pages for your individual site. If a page is not listed under the Basics section, name the page "Places:XXX", where XXX is the three-character site code, without the quotes. This should include all full sections on the different places around campus, with links to off-campus places like Turkey Hill, Massey's, etc. Look under the basics section for links to the pages, and start writing!
Lexicon
Keep things alphabetical, and brief. Do not simply copy an article onto the Lexicon. Especially refrain from doing the opposite, and copying Lexicon stubs into full-fledged article pages; this is unnecessary and becomes a hassle.
Welcome
Contents
This is your CTY website. It's yours. A quick intro:
- Use the RealCTY:Community Portal to see what's new on the site.
- Find and advertise reunions, and plan with friends for next session.
- Play in the Sandbox.
- 72633455064916235913983 (This has been on the Prune me page...)
Before you start editing, read this page.
Please don't destroy pages in any way; many people have worked hard on the success of this site. Deformattings, mass deletions, vandalism, and spamming may result in bannage.
If you like this site, please advertise it. Tell your friends, leave notes in your LiveJournal communities, inform your email buddies, put it in your AIM info, and so on! The more, the merrier.
Basics
- What is CTY?
- Courses offered at CTY
- Sites where CTY takes place
- Places on campus:
Further attempts to change the list of sites here will result in a warning, followed by possible bannage.
CTY Culture
- Lexicon
- Hall of Fame
- Hall of Shame
- Things we like
- Only at CTY
- Famous Staff
- What to bring besides the stuff listed in the Site Guides
- Passionfruit
- Dances
CTY on the Internet
Essays
- Untitled, by EB Saldana
- Honey, by Stephanie
- Some Thoughts on Working for CTY, For CTY Students, by Anonymous
Check the Essays page to post what you think.
Beyond CTY
About this site
- Logo design contest -- comment on/criticize the new logo
- The Patch -- designing the patch for Phil