Help:Featured Song: Difference between revisions
→3. Clear out old stuff, paste in new stuff
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*Delete all the information from the previous Featured Song, but '''''DO NOT DELETE''''' any text within the formatting ''<nowiki><noinclude> </noinclude></nowiki>''. Anything within that formatting is there to help people edit that page, or to place the page in a category.<br><br> | *Delete all the information from the previous Featured Song, but '''''DO NOT DELETE''''' any text within the formatting ''<nowiki><noinclude> </noinclude></nowiki>''. Anything within that formatting is there to help people edit that page, or to place the page in a category.<br><br> | ||
*Copy significant information from the article, and paste it into the Featured Song page. Often times the first 4 or 5 paragraphs are used.<br><br> | *Copy significant information from the article, and paste it into the Featured Song page. Often times the first 4 or 5 paragraphs are used.<br><br> | ||
*As is required with all Weezerpedia articles, '''make sure the first words that you use on the | *As is required with all Weezerpedia articles, '''make sure the first words that you use on the Featured Song page are the following:''' <pre>"'''[[Song Title]]'''" is..."</pre> Be sure to make the song's name an [[Help:links|internal link]] by placing two brackets around it. For example, if "[[Say It Ain't So]]" was going to be used as the Featured Song, the first line of the Featured Song text that you should be able to read on the Main Page should be... <pre>"'''[[Say It Ain't So]]'''" is the third single and seventh track from ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)|The Blue Album]]''.</pre> | ||
:which gives you...<br><br> | :which gives you...<br><br> | ||
::"'''Say It Ain't So'''" is the third single and seventh track from ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)|The Blue Album]]''. | ::"'''[[Say It Ain't So]]'''" is the third single and seventh track from ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)|The Blue Album]]''. | ||
: | :Except for the brackets around the song's name, this formatting is probably already set up on the page. You will probably only need to copy it.<br><BR> | ||
===4. Make edits for redundancy and style=== These edits should be made ''only to the Featured Song page'', and not the actual article. For example, if you were to copy the first few paragraphs from "Say It Ain't So", your article would '''incorrectly''' look like this: | ===4. Make edits for redundancy and style=== These edits should be made ''only to the Featured Song page'', and not the actual article. For example, if you were to copy the first few paragraphs from "Say It Ain't So", your article would '''incorrectly''' look like this: | ||