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The Doctor: /* Notability of articles */

2021-01-26T16:13:30Z

‎Notability of articles

Crispy: /* Tips for first time wiki users */ Created a new red link article as the old one now actually exists!

2013-03-03T16:39:50Z

‎Tips for first time wiki users: Created a new red link article as the old one now actually exists!

GilesHutchings: /* Tips for first time wiki users */

2010-05-21T21:43:08Z

‎Tips for first time wiki users

Vande at 21:56, 24 September 2009

2009-09-24T21:56:59Z

Crispy: Rewritten much of the page to make it newbie-friendly

2009-06-28T12:36:16Z

Rewritten much of the page to make it newbie-friendly

Crispy: /* Templates */ +if

2009-06-28T12:01:23Z

‎Templates: +if

Mglovesfun: /* Signatures */

2009-04-03T08:41:51Z

‎Signatures

Mglovesfun: /* Images */

2009-04-03T08:41:33Z

‎Images

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2008-12-19T22:32:14Z

Undo revision 33136 by 211.39.150.104 (Talk)

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	Importantly, please don't be shy in creating new articles. These can easily be modified by existing members and in very rare cases they can be deleted, although usually deletion is reserved for obvious spam non-Countdown pages. Additionally, please don't be worried if your article is modified. All articles grow and evolve over time to keep them and the wiki as a whole consistent and up-to-date.		Importantly, please don't be shy in creating new articles. These can easily be modified by existing members and in very rare cases they can be deleted, although usually deletion is reserved for obvious spam non-Countdown pages. Additionally, please don't be worried if your article is modified. All articles grow and evolve over time to keep them and the wiki as a whole consistent and up-to-date.
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		+	If a contestant has changed their name between appearances, our general rule is '''name the contestant as what they were shown on their last appearance'''. This is the fairest solution as it should easily be a one-size-fits-all approach. Please note however that this can lead to edge cases like [[Tom Carey]] (who is usually known as "Thomas") or [[Danny Pledger]] (who changed their name ''after'' their last appearance). We don't alter these as we don't know the current whereabouts of all the many thousands of contestants and it would not be the work of a moment to track down every single one and ask about their marriages, abbreviations, and so on!

	==Further information==		==Further information==

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 * To create a link to another article, put the link word in double square brackets - e.g., <nowiki>[[Countdown]]</nowiki>. This will automatically generate a link to the Countdown article via the word 'Countdown'. If you wish to link to an article via a word other than its title, follow the link location with a vertical bar (|) and then the link text to display. For example, typing <nowiki>[[Countdown|game show]]</nowiki> will show the words "game show" but link to the article ''Countdown''.
-* Most of the links you will see on this wiki are blue, meaning that they go to existing pages. However, some links are red. Red links point towards articles that don't exist yet, or which never will. For example [[Gatwick Airport]] has absolutely no relevance to Countdown, so nobody will create that article and it will always remain a red link. However, where there is a red link which is relevant to Countdown, clicking that link would allow you to edit and create the article with that title. For instance, there is not yet a page for the online tournament [[JOLT]], and so this link will remain red until the JOLT article is created.
+* Most of the links you will see on this wiki are blue, meaning that they go to existing pages. However, some links are red. Red links point towards articles that don't exist yet, or which never will. For example [[Gatwick Airport]] has absolutely no relevance to Countdown, so nobody will create that article and it will always remain a red link. However, where there is a red link which is relevant to Countdown, clicking that link would allow you to edit and create the article with that title. For instance, there is not yet a page for the (fictitious!) Countdown spin-off [[The Rachel Riley Show]], and so this link will remain red until the relevant article is created.
 * You can use '''bold''', ''italics'', or even '''''bold italics'''''. These are achieved with the following markup: <nowiki>'''bold''', ''italics'' and '''''bold italics'''''</nowiki>. However, for headings it is always best to use the equals sign technique explained above, as this allows the automatic generation of tables of content, such as the one at the top of this page.

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 ===Tips for first time wiki users===
-* To write a heading, type the equals sign (=) twice, followed by the heading word or phrase, and followed again by another two equals signs. For example, the heading at the top of this section that reads ''Editing the wiki'' was achieved by typing <nowiki>==Editing the wiki==</nowiki>. Typing three equals signs either side of the heading title will generate a sub-heading, four will create a sub-sub-headings, and so on.
+* To write a heading, type the equals sign (=) twice, followed by the heading word or phrase, and followed again by another two equals signs. For example, the heading at the top of this section that reads ''Editing the wiki'' was achieved by typing <nowiki>==Editing the wiki==</nowiki>. Typing three equals signs either side of the heading title will generate a sub-heading, four will create a sub-sub-heading, and so on.
 * To create a link to another article, put the link word in double square brackets - e.g., <nowiki>[[Countdown]]</nowiki>. This will automatically generate a link to the Countdown article via the word 'Countdown'. If you wish to link to an article via a word other than its title, follow the link location with a vertical bar (|) and then the link text to display. For example, typing <nowiki>[[Countdown|game show]]</nowiki> will show the words "game show" but link to the article ''Countdown''.

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 * To write a heading, type the equals sign (=) twice, followed by the heading word or phrase, and followed again by another two equals signs. For example, the heading at the top of this section that reads ''Editing the wiki'' was achieved by typing <nowiki>==Editing the wiki==</nowiki>. Typing three equals signs either side of the heading title will generate a sub-heading, four will create a sub-sub-headings, and so on.
-* To create a link to another article, put the link word in square brackets - e.g., <nowiki>[[Countdown]]</nowiki>. This will automatically generate a link to the Countdown article via the word 'Countdown'. If you wish to link to an article via a word other than its title, follow the link location with a vertical bar (|) and then the link text to display. For example, typing <nowiki>[[Countdown|game show]]</nowiki> will show the words "game show" but link to the article ''Countdown''.
+* To create a link to another article, put the link word in double square brackets - e.g., <nowiki>[[Countdown]]</nowiki>. This will automatically generate a link to the Countdown article via the word 'Countdown'. If you wish to link to an article via a word other than its title, follow the link location with a vertical bar (|) and then the link text to display. For example, typing <nowiki>[[Countdown|game show]]</nowiki> will show the words "game show" but link to the article ''Countdown''.
 * Most of the links you will see on this wiki are blue, meaning that they go to existing pages. However, some links are red. Red links point towards articles that don't exist yet, or which never will. For example [[Gatwick Airport]] has absolutely no relevance to Countdown, so nobody will create that article and it will always remain a red link. However, where there is a red link which is relevant to Countdown, clicking that link would allow you to edit and create the article with that title. For instance, there is not yet a page for the online tournament [[JOLT]], and so this link will remain red until the JOLT article is created.
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 ===Templates===
-* Templates are indicated by double curly brackets, such as (<nowiki>{{template}}</nowiki>). Although they can greatly simply the markup for complex tasks such as wiki recaps (see [[Countdown:Recap checking style guide]] for more information), templates can be difficult to use for inexperienced users as they incorporate many different fields of unclear purpose. If in doubt, it's best to copy the correct template from another article and then change the fields manually.
+* Templates are indicated by double curly brackets, such as (<nowiki>{{template}}</nowiki>). Although they can greatly simplify the markup for complex tasks such as wiki recaps (see [[Countdown:Recap checking style guide]] for more information), templates can be difficult to use for inexperienced users as they incorporate many different fields of unclear purpose. If in doubt, it's best to copy the correct template from another article and then change the fields manually.
 ===Images===

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 This is a [[Countdown Wiki|wiki]] all about the game show [[Countdown]]. You are welcome to read and edit it at your leisure.
 ==Editing the wiki==
-To edit pages, click on the blue 'edit' link just above the page you wish to edit. This wiki uses the same notations as the English Language [[Wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]] and if you're familiar with that you should have no problem using this wiki.
+To edit pages, click on the blue 'edit' link just above the page you wish to edit. This wiki uses the same notations as the English Language [[Wikipedia:Main Page|Wikipedia]], so if you're familiar with that you should have no problem using this wiki.
-For users that are not familiar with Wikipedia, here are a list of tips.
+===Tips for first time wiki users===
-To write a heading, use the equals sign (=) twice followed by the heading word, followed by another two equals signs. For sub-headings, use six equals signs, or eight, etc. For example <nowiki>==Countdown==</nowiki> gives a heading of '''Countdown'''.
+* To write a heading, type the equals sign (=) twice, followed by the heading word or phrase, and followed again by another two equals signs. For example, the heading at the top of this section that reads ''Editing the wiki'' was achieved by typing <nowiki>==Editing the wiki==</nowiki>. Typing three equals signs either side of the heading title will generate a sub-heading, four will create a sub-sub-headings, and so on.
-To create links to other articles, put the link word in square brackets such as <nowiki>[[Countdown]]</nowiki>. If you wish to display a word other than the link word, use a vertical bar, for example <nowiki>[[Countdown|game show]]</nowiki> which will show '''game show''' but will link to '''Countdown'''.
+* To create a link to another article, put the link word in square brackets - e.g., <nowiki>[[Countdown]]</nowiki>. This will automatically generate a link to the Countdown article via the word 'Countdown'. If you wish to link to an article via a word other than its title, follow the link location with a vertical bar (|) and then the link text to display. For example, typing <nowiki>[[Countdown|game show]]</nowiki> will show the words "game show" but link to the article ''Countdown''.
-Red links are links towards article that don't exist yet, or never will do. For example [[Gatwick Airport]] has absolutely no relevance to Countdown, so nobody will create that article.
+* Most of the links you will see on this wiki are blue, meaning that they go to existing pages. However, some links are red. Red links point towards articles that don't exist yet, or which never will. For example [[Gatwick Airport]] has absolutely no relevance to Countdown, so nobody will create that article and it will always remain a red link. However, where there is a red link which is relevant to Countdown, clicking that link would allow you to edit and create the article with that title. For instance, there is not yet a page for the online tournament [[JOLT]], and so this link will remain red until the JOLT article is created.
-You can also use ''italics'' and '''bold''', or even '''''bold italics'''''. These are done in the following fashion: <nowiki>''italics'','''bold''' and '''''bold italics'''''</nowiki>.
+* You can use '''bold''', ''italics'', or even '''''bold italics'''''. These are achieved with the following markup: <nowiki>'''bold''', ''italics'' and '''''bold italics'''''</nowiki>. However, for headings it is always best to use the equals sign technique explained above, as this allows the automatic generation of tables of content, such as the one at the top of this page.
-External links are generated with single rather than double square brackets with a space separating the link and the phrase to be displayed in the article. For example <nowiki>[http://www.google.com google.com]</nowiki> gives [http://www.google.com google.com].
+* External links are generated with single square brackets (as opposed to the double square brackets used for internal links), and with a space separating the link and the phrase to be displayed in the article. For example, <nowiki>[http://www.google.com Google]</nowiki> produces [http://www.google.com Google].
 ===Templates===
-Templates are indicated by brackets (<nowiki>{{template}}</nowiki>). These can be difficult to use and use many different fields, so if in doubt it's best to copy the correct template from another article then change the fields manually.
+* Templates are indicated by double curly brackets, such as (<nowiki>{{template}}</nowiki>). Although they can greatly simply the markup for complex tasks such as wiki recaps (see [[Countdown:Recap checking style guide]] for more information), templates can be difficult to use for inexperienced users as they incorporate many different fields of unclear purpose. If in doubt, it's best to copy the correct template from another article and then change the fields manually.
 ===Images===
-Images can be uploaded in two ways. Either by click on the upload file on the left on the screen ([[Special:Upload]]) or by inserting a red link for an image into an article, then clicking on the red link which will take you to the same upload page. Image links are inserted by making a link prefixed by image: for example <nowiki>[[Image:Gatwick Airport.jpg]]</nowiki> will create a red link which can be clicked on to upload an image of the airport. All images should be uploaded to be used in article or a personal page, completely unused images may be deleted.
+* Images can be uploaded in one of two ways. Either click on the 'Upload file' link on the left hand side on the screen ([[Special:Upload]]), or insert a red link for an image into an article and then click the red link to go to the same upload page. The markup for an image link is the same as a standard internal link, but prefixed with "Image:"; for instance, <nowiki>[[Image:Gatwick Airport.jpg]]</nowiki> will create a red link which can be clicked to upload an image of the airport. All images must be uploaded for use in either an article or a personal page. Unused images which just waste space are likely to be deleted.
 ===Signatures===
-To sign your name on '''talk pages only''', type four tildes -- <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>  which gives [[User:Example|Example]] 09:41, 3 April 2009 (BST).
+* To sign and date your edits on '''talk pages only''', follow your message with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). This will give: [[User:Example|Example]] 09:41, 3 April 2009 (BST)
 ==Notability of articles==
-This wiki is about the game show Countdown. It's primarily about the televised show and thus most of the articles are about episodes, players, Dictionary Corner guests and hosts of the show. However Countdown is becoming more popular as competitive game similar to [[Scrabble]] where competitions with cash prizes are organised. These tournaments and their players are also notable by our standards. Similarly, material related to online and real life tournaments are also notable - for examples of this see [[Goatdown]], [[Hypercountdown]] and [[Anagram solver]], for just a couple of examples. Don't be shy in creating new articles, these can easily be modified by existing members and in very rare cases they can be deleted, although usually this is reserved for obvious spam non-Countdown pages. Don't be worried if your article is modified, all articles are modified at some point to update them.
+This wiki is about the game show Countdown. It's primarily about the televised show and thus most of the articles are about episodes, players, Dictionary Corner guests and hosts of the show. However, Countdown is becoming more popular as a competitive game similar to [[Scrabble]] where competitions with cash prizes are organised. These tournaments and their players are also notable by our standards. Similarly, material related to online and real life tournaments is also notable - for just a few examples of this see [[Goatdown]], [[Hypercountdown]] and [[anagram solver]].
 ==Further information==

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	Images can be uploaded in two ways. Either by click on the upload file on the left on the screen ([[Special:Upload]]) or by inserting a red link for an image into an article, then clicking on the red link which will take you to the same upload page. Image links are inserted by making a link prefixed by image: for example <nowiki>[[Image:Gatwick Airport.jpg]]</nowiki> will create a red link which can be clicked on to upload an image of the airport. All images should be uploaded to be used in article or a personal page, completely unused images may be deleted.		Images can be uploaded in two ways. Either by click on the upload file on the left on the screen ([[Special:Upload]]) or by inserting a red link for an image into an article, then clicking on the red link which will take you to the same upload page. Image links are inserted by making a link prefixed by image: for example <nowiki>[[Image:Gatwick Airport.jpg]]</nowiki> will create a red link which can be clicked on to upload an image of the airport. All images should be uploaded to be used in article or a personal page, completely unused images may be deleted.
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		+	===Signatures===
		+	To sign your name on '''talk pages only''', type four tildes -- <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> which gives [[User:Mglovesfun\|Mglovesfun]] 09:41, 3 April 2009 (BST).

	==Notability of articles==		==Notability of articles==

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	This is a [[Countdown Wiki\|wiki]] all about the game show [[Countdown]]. You are welcome to read and edit it at your leisure.		This is a [[Countdown Wiki\|wiki]] all about the game show [[Countdown]]. You are welcome to read and edit it at your leisure.