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Pending News

News is automatically set to pending. In order to appear on the front page, other users must set it as approved. Some user's votes have more weight than others; an administrator's vote automatically gives it a high enough rating to appear on the front page.

You can set your display threshold to be higher or lower than the default setting by editing your profile.

Unless you are an administrator, editing a news entry you've written will reset the approval votes your entry has aquired. You can, however, ask an administrator to correct it for you.

Appropriate News Content

All news is expected to use proper spelling and capitalization. Titles for news entries should be short and to the point and use the correct capitalization for titles (all words, other than simple words like a, an, or the, should be capitalized). Entries should be unbiased: either express no opinions or represent them all.

News entries should be applicable to a majority of the community. If you don't want party crashers coming to your event, don't advertise it.

Examples of Acceptible News

• Game updates
• Public/official in-game events
• Official game news
• Tournaments

Examples of Unacceptable News

• Messages to other players
• Private in game events (weddings, events for only close friends, etc.)
• Guild/site advertisements
• Rants/Discussions/Personal opinions

Condensed Syntax

Do not abuse formatting by using the improper mark-up because you like the way it looks. The appearance of the following elements can change at any time, so use the correct mark-up to describe your text.

General Text

Paragraphs of text must have two newlines seperating them from other elements, otherwise the formatting breaks.

Bold (Strong)

**Bolded Text**

Bolded Text

This should never be misused as a headline

Italic (Emphasis)

//Italics Text//

Italics Text

Strikeout (Deleted)

--Strikeout Text--

Strikeout Text

Underline (Inserted)

__Underlined Text__

Underlined Text

Link with description (must begin with protocol, such as http://)

[[http://www.guildwars.com/|Guild Wars Official Site]]

Guild Wars Official Site

Headlines

Headlines should appear in order, similar to an outline or nested lists. Start with level 1, then level 2, and finally level 3. Never jump straight from level 1 to level 3. You can, however, jump from level 3 to level 1.

Note: only pages that support expanded syntax support up to 4 levels of headlines. Pages that use the condensed syntax only go up to 3 levels of headlines.

= Level 1 Headline (top level headline) =

== Level 2 Headline (sub headline) ==

=== Level 3 Headline ===

Special Mark-up

Blockquote

The blockquote tag should only be used to quote other sources, either people or various documents, such as the game manual. This should never be used to indent or otherwise highlight a section of text other than the purpose of quoting a block of text.

""This is a blockquote""

No Mark-up

Occasionally, you'll want to have a section of text that shouldn't have the mark-up rules applied to it.

**Oh no, this is bolded text!** <<**Don't bold this text!**>>

Lists

Lists are for a collection of similar items, such as a list of tips, definitions, or a set of instructions to be followed in order. If you have a single element, it does not belong in a list just because you want it to line up with other elements on the page.

Unordered List

Most lists of items should be in the form of an unordered list. Here is an ingredient list for cookies:

* 1 c Granulated Sugar
* 1 c Brown Sugar
* 1 c Butter or Margerine, softened
* 2 Eggs
* 1 1/2 t Vanilla
* 1 t Baking Soda
* 1 t Salt
* 3 c Flour
* One of the following ingredients
** 12 oz Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
** 2 c Rasins
** 2 c Coconut
** 2 c Walnuts

Ordered List

An ordered list is ideal for a list of steps that should be completed in a particular order. Here is a set of instructions for making cookie dough:

# Place the following ingredients into mixer bowl
## Sugars
## Butter
## Eggs
## Vanilla
# Attach bowl and flat beater to mixer
# Stir with the mixer for about 1 minute, stopping to scrape bowl twice
# Turn mixer on low
# Gradually add the following ingredients
## Baking Soda
## Salt
## Flour
# Mix for about 2 minutes
# Add Chocolate Chips (or other desired ingredient)
# Stir for about 15 seconds

Definition List

A definition list is best suited for a list of terms or definitions, like a glossary. Here is an abbreviation guide for cooking:

+ t
- Teaspoon
+ T
- Tablespoon
- Equal to 3 Teaspoons
+ c
- Cup
- Equal to 16 Tablespoons