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Mentioned that "glitches" that come from cheat devices and hardware tampering are not allowed.
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*Begin by being absolutely sure about your glitch. If you have doubts on whether what you just witnessed was a glitch or not, discuss it on a talk page. | *Begin by being absolutely sure about your glitch. If you have doubts on whether what you just witnessed was a glitch or not, discuss it on a talk page. | ||
*Do not include problems that happen when one uses cheat devices (they're not a part of the real game) or tampers with the hardware, like ejecting the CD from the drive (those always corrupt normal gameplay, and are dangerous). | |||
*Give your glitch a name. This name should reflect the glitch's effects well, and it should be relatively short. Read other glitch names for a general idea. | *Give your glitch a name. This name should reflect the glitch's effects well, and it should be relatively short. Read other glitch names for a general idea. | ||
*Add a sub-section for it in the correct section, ''in its correct spot, alphabetically''. If you do not feel the glitch fits into any existing section, feel free to create your own, but try to make it so that more glitches can fit into that section as well: single-glitch sections are frowned upon. | *Add a sub-section for it in the correct section, ''in its correct spot, alphabetically''. If you do not feel the glitch fits into any existing section, feel free to create your own, but try to make it so that more glitches can fit into that section as well: single-glitch sections are frowned upon. | ||
*Copy and paste the | *Copy and paste the skeleton '''[[Template:Glitch#Template|here]]'''. | ||
*Fill in the fields as described above, and remove the unneeded ones. Their names are self-explanatory, but if you need help understanding the template's fields better, read [[Template:Glitch|this]], or base yourself on the wikitext of existing glitches. | *Fill in the fields as described above, and remove the unneeded ones. Their names are self-explanatory, but if you need help understanding the template's fields better, read [[Template:Glitch|this]], or base yourself on the wikitext of existing glitches. | ||
**The explanation bullet point is optional. Unless you have experience with video game development, you should leave this empty. In time, a member with sufficient experience will add a brief explanation theory to the article. | **The explanation bullet point is optional. Unless you have experience with video game development, you should leave this empty. In time, a member with sufficient experience will add a brief explanation theory to the article. | ||