Help talk:A Quick Guide to CWCki
Why I Made This
I'm sure to piss off half the people here for it but thanks to CWCki, I've become a bit of a wikifag and I now see why so many Ass Pies are admins over at Wikipedia. While we're not Wikipedia, we're still aiming to be a respectable wiki, even if it is a wiki devoted to an autistic manchild we love to hate and hate to love, and we should at least strive for very basic stuff (like notability guidelines, not editing an article about yourself, that sort of thing).
This isn't intended to be official, but just good guidelines. As anything else, this can be edited so if you disagree, you can edit it to make it better. I hope you all agree the need for some of these suggestions and edit it accordingly. --Champthom 02:24, 14 March 2009 (CET)
i love shiny marshtomp D:
in my pants
but seriously though i'll put this up on some...thing Clydec 05:39, 14 March 2009 (CET)
Dates
Linking them like "1 March 2009" saves the trouble of explicitly linking 2009#March. Also, it gives a list of back links which can be useful when maintaining lists. Axe 05:17, 3 May 2009 (CEST)
Ob the subject of dates, any way we can get it to display the current date in the format of DD MONTH YYYY with the month spelled out? the dd/mm/yy tends to confuse the hell out of people, as Eurofags might read 9/11 to think it's 9 November whereas an Americunt will read it as 11 September. Of course, if you say 11 September, the Eurofag will be like "Oh, that makes sense" and an Americunt will find it an alright way, as people sometimes say like "the [x]th of [month]." --Champthom 09:01, 11 October 2009 (CEST)
"When it comes to dates, be a Eurofag"
Should we really be doing this? Chris and most his trolls are American, after all; plus it just makes us look pretentious. --Espanolic 04:02, 30 August 2010 (PDT)
- But this is an international standard and there can be no confusion, not to mention it's easier to link to months. --Champthom 17:29, 20 December 2010 (PST)
Images
We could use some images here, preferably ORIGINAL CONTENT, to illustrate points here.--Champthom 17:38, 20 December 2010 (PST)
- So like what, one image per section? Should it just be ASCII (e.g. "Sign your comments" has an image of 4 tildes) or do you want some stylized Wikipe-tan chibi shit (e.g. "When it comes to dates be a Eurofag" has Niggo-tan (working title) dressed as a Russian)? Freecell 17:50, 20 December 2010 (PST)
This is an example of my commissioned art. It's still better than most of DA. Freecell 18:00, 20 December 2010 (PST)
- Some sort of drawing is what I was more feeling like, perhaps something incorporating [{CWCki-tan]] would be an interesting theme. More or less whatever you feel can convey the message best.--Champthom 16:59, 3 January 2011 (PST)
Grammar
I don't know if it really matters, but I recently became aware of a few differences between American and English grammar. For example, I was looking at this edit and noticed that the comma was placed inside the quotation mark ("Conventional" grammar, a.k.a. American), whereas here in England it would only be put in the quote if it was part of the source material being quoted ("Logical" grammar). Again, it's a pretty minor thing, but I guess it would be useful to know. Freecell (t/c) 05:12, 22 March 2011 (PDT)
- This would probably be inclusive to "When it comes to spelling, be an Americunt," though the language could be broadened. Let's make it happen', capt'n.--Champthom 10:01, 22 March 2011 (PDT)
I agree with you 100%, i to have been noticing grammar flaws as well, and I'm going out of my way to condense articles and making the sentences roll off easily like a novel, I read a lot and people have looked at my reading abilities expectantly. --Beanmachine91 (talk) 01:43, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
to much illiteracy and mumbo jumbo big words that sound like immature filler!
If you have read enough books and novels like i have,
you would see that there are many articles that look like they have been written by illiterate weens and the sentences/paragraphs don't roll off like they should. big words make you look pretentious if you use them when you don't have to. Besides, there is nothing wrong with technicality, it's obvious many editing guidelines were ignored, by the way I have been lurking long before I signed up. --Beanmachine91 (talk) 01:36, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
Feedback: Pronouns and prominence
Hello again,
I wish to suggest adding a section about what pronoun we should use for Chris, because since the Tomgirl Saga, new editors who do not frequent Kiwi Farms or social media sites may be caught off-guard if they used the wrong pronoun (whether it is he, she or they). I understand that there are people like me who avoid social media, due to the recent antics of Facebook and others.
Also, I think the link to this page could be more prominent towards the top the homepage, particularly since we are allowing registrations again, and I hope the plans for the new layout will take that into consideration. When I can skip the captcha, I may have a go at designing the new home page.
Best wishes, --Little Owl (talk) 19:23, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
- As the Quote of the Now (as of 18 April 2019) shows, most interested in Chris refer to him as male. Though there was some discussion a few years ago about either retroactively changing all references to be female (rejected because it would make Chris' previous comments on the homos even more baffling) or referring to post-Tomgirl Saga Chris as female, neither option was chosen and CWChronologists continue to refer to him as male for recent events. Discussion on Kiwi Farms and in comments to Chris' own YouTube videos concur in using his TRUE and HONEST gender. ChanOfTartary (talk) 03:06, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
After thinking this through, here is my proposed addition:
- Use male pronouns for Chris
- The current consensus between Christorians is to use male pronouns when writing about him. There was a proposal to at least describe Chris as a female from the start of the Tomgirl Saga, but there was no consensus.
I think the challenge is what sets Chris apart from other transgendered people, that causes the followers to continue using male pronouns. --Little Owl (talk) 09:44, 10 May 2019 (UTC)