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I .The "Tips" page Use common sense , appropriate etiquette assume good faith Be bold with your additions in a fair accurate manner perfEction Is n0t reQuired Wikipedia:Editing policy for more information.
II .Before starting a new article! - Notability Wikipedia:Notability for more information.
III .Use references . This is an encyclopedia, so remember to include references listing websites, newspapers, articles, books and other sources you have used to write or expand articles. New articles and statements added to existing articles may be deleted if unreferenced or referenced poorly . See: Wikipedia:Citing sources and Wikipedia:Verifiability for more information.
IV .Keep it simple .Stay on topic length ; sticking to the subject matter helps eliminate this. See: Wikipedia:Writing better articles and Wikipedia:The perfect article for more information..
V .Use images if possible . Images enhance articles greatly, but only use them when they are necessary, and ensure that their copyright status has been specified and we are allowed to use it on Wikipedia. See: Wikipedia:Images and Wikipedia:Picture tutorial for more information.
Tools & sister projects WPTEXAS automated pages Article alerts - List of deletions, featured & good article candidates, requests for comments, peer reviews etc.Article log - List of "Moved (renamed)" articles and recent assessments.Unreferenced BLPs - Articles of living people with no references . See BLPs Popular pages - Listing of the most viewed pages that should be improved (if need be) and watched over closely for vandalism.Tools Wikipedia:Tools - Contain various tools and tutorials intended to simplify, make more efficient, or provide additional functionality to Wikipedians.Reflinks - Adds title/dates/publisher/accessdates etc., to bare references automatically. (Interactive mode recommend)Checklinks - External link verifier, that allows editing and replacement of dead links.Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links by click and pick.Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.Google book tool - Converts bare url's into {{ cite book }} format.Watchlist Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Texas
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