User:Espyo/Pikmin Wiki welcome

What do I do now?

Help with the merge!

• Begin by grabbing any article from this category (use this if you don't feel like browsing).
• If the article has a Pikipedia and a Pikmin Wiki version...
  • Open both versions, preferably on different tabs or windows. Find the best bits of the Pikmin Wiki page (the one ending in "/merge"), and put them on the Pikipedia page. This means regular content, not stuff like the page's layout. Remember to pay close attention to things like trivia, too.
• If the article only has a Pikmin Wiki version...
  • If it has any templates that aren't working (they appear as yellow links), check similar Pikipedia pages to see what templates to replace them with. If Pikipedia has no template for what the page wants (like infoboxes for specific Pikmin 3 things), then ignore the template altogether.
  • If its text is poorly written, or the page is badly organized, either fix it, or add a {{Clean}} template so that somebody will fix it later (it helps to provide a reason too, like {{clean|Several instances of "pikmin" need their P capitalized.}}).
  • If the template at the top of the article says the name of the Pikmin Wiki article is different, either discuss the final name on the chatroom or leave a {{todo}} template warning people that a decision on the article name needs to be taken.
  • Take a quick look at our categories, and try to categorize the page as best as you can. Be as deep as possible (for instance, category Treasures is deeper than category Pikmin 2).
• Whether the page is new or not...
  • Check the top of the article. It should have a {{game icons}} template; if not, add it. Then, just fix the parameters for the games in which the article applies.
  • Use the {{button}} template when referring to buttons.
  • Italicize game names. To italicize something, place two apostrophes (') before and after it, like so: ''italicize''.
• Once you're done, remove the {{merging}} template, and work on a new page!

Remember these bullet points:

• If you have any doubt, you don't have to face it alone. Just jump on the chatroom real quick and ask away! Don't worry about being annoying – if you're using your efforts to help with the merge, that only means your contributions are appreciated, and the people online will help you with whatever problem you have.
• The most important thing is preserving the most information possible. It's best to include too much info rather than too little. If there's an interesting bit of information on the Pikmin Wiki page, and you forget to pass it to the Pikipedia page, it'll get lost forever! So don't forget anything! If you included info that is redundant or didn't matter, it's ok, because somebody will clean it up later.
• If you're not comfortable handling an important merge, feel free to skip it. Some other user will do it later.
• In the case of conflicting information (e.g. Pikipedia's 2-Player Battle page claims the layouts are picked from a list, whereas the Pikmin Wiki page claims they're randomly generated), you can ask on the chatroom for the right information, or you can leave the Pikipedia information, and then add a {{todo}} note to the top of the section, pointing down that the Pikmin Wiki page says something different. Somebody will come along and set things straight. e.g.: {{todo|The Pikmin Wiki page says the layouts are randomly generated, instead of being picked from a list. Specify which one is right.}}
• Please don't be biased. It'll only ruin the information. Do not remove Pikipedia information because you think the information at Pikmin Wiki is better, just because it was the wiki you grew up in. Likewise, Pikipedia editors will not assume only their information is correct. When it comes to deciding which wording is best, just don't over-think it.
• It helps if you can provide a summary for your edit ("Merged the page."). It's not very important, but it keeps things tidy in case we need to check the history later. You can also list which things you kept/removed.