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This Wiki aims to be '''neutral''', '''understandable''', and '''informative'''. Every article should be written unbiasedly, factually, and formally. The Wiki should leave no questions unanswered for anyone reading the Wiki. Never assume prior knowledge. Someone completely new to OWOT should be able to understand everything. For example, do not write: | This Wiki aims to be '''neutral''', '''understandable''', and '''informative'''. Every article should be written unbiasedly, factually, and formally. The Wiki should leave no questions unanswered for anyone reading the Wiki. Never assume prior knowledge. Someone completely new to OWOT should be able to understand everything. For example, do not write: | ||
{{Blockquote | {{Blockquote | ||
|text= | |text=fg is a retarded activity by textwallers | ||
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In addition to being a grammatically invalid and non-neutral sentence, this ''very'' brief article raises many questions that someone unfamiliar with OWOT might not know the answers to. What is | In addition to being a grammatically invalid and non-neutral sentence, this ''very'' brief article raises many questions that someone unfamiliar with OWOT might not know the answers to. What is fg? Why do people hate it? Who are textwallers? A better article about this topic would start something like this: | ||
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|text=''' | |text='''Fictional googlology''' ('''FG''' or '''fg''') is the niche hobby of assigning {{wp|Unicode}} characters as names for fictional numbers. Fictional googology is common, as well as widely accepted, on [[TextWall]], but it faces near-universal stigmatization among OWOT's users. While fictional googology is meant to be an offshoot of {{wp|Googology|standard googology}}, it is typically regarded by OWOT's users as more of an art project that primarily serves as entertainment for children than a mathematical pursuit. People who engage in fictional googology are known as '''fictional googologists''', '''FGers''', or '''FGists'''. | ||
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If you create an article like the one above{{mdash}}with only one paragraph{{mdash}}always remember to use {{tlx|stub}} to mark it as a [[:Category:Stubs|stub]]. Again, articles should be unbiased and neutral, regardless of how the OWOT community feels about the topic. | If you create an article like the one above{{mdash}}with only one paragraph{{mdash}}always remember to use {{tlx|stub}} to mark it as a [[:Category:Stubs|stub]]. Again, articles should be unbiased and neutral, regardless of how the OWOT community feels about the topic. | ||