Talk:Editing guide

Here are some MadGenderScience-specific tricks for editing the wiki.

Tips and tricks

 * Reference a Wikipedia page by using Wikipedia page, where "Wikipedia" is the article name in this example and "Wikipedia page" is the text to display.
 * The authors voice is usually formal for lists and tables, but much more loose and informal for prose. Mad science articles especially have a large margin for wild moods and other fun.
 * The language should be as inclusive as possible, ideally taking into account a wide range of gender identities, and intersex conditions too. Try to use gender neutral language wherever possible, avoiding binary terms where they can be replaced by alternatives like singular they pronouns, AMAB/AFAB (rather than natal-male/female or the like), and feminizing/masculinizing (rather than MTF/FTM, which assume binary genders).
 * If adding color, keep in mind that we are trying to avoid the stereotypical male=blue female=pink enby=purple trope.

Templates

 * Add a notice by using
 * If there's a Wikipedia page on this topic, declare . Example:


 * Put a notice at the top of the page if it covers DIY trans health information. Facts and conjecture are fine without it, but anything that looks like a guide needs this. This looks like so:


 * Put an notice at the top of the page if it covers very experimental trans health stuff. This looks like so:


 * Put an notice at the top of the page if it is largely incomplete and needs to be filled in more. You should also add  to the bottom of the page so we know which pages to work on. This looks like so:


 * if you are creating an article on a drug, please fill in a Drugbox template to transclude, below is an example template you can find at