Is There Some Way To Get "Help" Making An Article?

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Is There Some Way To Get "Help" Making An Article? Jun 24, 2020 20:59:52 GMT

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Post by thatgamingasshole on Jun 24, 2020 20:59:52 GMT

I'm trying to assemble an article, and frankly I have all the evidence for this lost media plus some pieces of it (it's Partially Lost) and a host of actual materiel, but to be blunt I'm terrible at this. I kept having trouble changing the title, and even assembling the gallery section for some of the video links was a trial by fire, so is there some way to maybe get help? Or possibly some "ready to go" format that I could plunk the ammo down in and just make the title?

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Is There Some Way To Get "Help" Making An Article? Jun 27, 2020 20:17:50 GMT thatgamingasshole likes this

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Post by forlornjackalope on Jun 27, 2020 20:17:50 GMT

Man, I feel you on this. I have a shit ton of articles to work on as well, but I absolutely suck with the formatting. What I'm thinking we could do is have a thread (or even a channel on the Discord) about volunteer work and getting a hand with all the technical and formatting issues we're struggling with. I know with the one I did on Tony48219, someone went through with cleaning it up when I mentioned having trouble with the gallery, fixing the URL, and tweaking the resource section.

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Is There Some Way To Get "Help" Making An Article? Jun 27, 2020 22:20:30 GMT

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Post by thatgamingasshole on Jun 27, 2020 22:20:30 GMT

forlornjackalope
Yeah I was able, I THINK, to kind of get mine "up to standards" but to be honest the standards seem somewhat nebulous and kind of behemothic. The whole "we never reference wikipedia" think is even harder for me, because this references ANCIENT cartoons with almost no documentation left. (seen here: lostmediawiki.com/Cartoon_Lost_and_Found_(partially_found,_live-action/animated_TV_special;_1990) )

My only hope is that this one works, or at least some kind of pre-set format that you can fill in the blanks for.

thatgamingasshole Lost Media Enthusiast Posts: 610	Is There Some Way To Get "Help" Making An Article? Jun 27, 2020 22:28:16 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by thatgamingasshole on Jun 27, 2020 22:28:16 GMT Oh and of course the link still doesn't work...I'm about to give up on this...

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Is There Some Way To Get "Help" Making An Article? Jun 27, 2020 22:44:27 GMT

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Post by forlornjackalope on Jun 27, 2020 22:44:27 GMT

Is this it?

lostmediawiki.com/Cartoon_Lost_and_Found_(partially_found,_live-action/animated_TV_special;_1990)

I know I'm trying to figure out how to fix the Sleepaway Camp soundtrack article because someone uploaded "Take a Chance", and it's not listed in the video gallery.

Edit: Nevermind, the url isn't posting for me now.

Last Edit: Jun 27, 2020 22:46:13 GMT by forlornjackalope

thatgamingasshole Lost Media Enthusiast Posts: 610	Is There Some Way To Get "Help" Making An Article? Jun 27, 2020 22:54:54 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by thatgamingasshole on Jun 27, 2020 22:54:54 GMT forlornjackalope Yeah that's it, for some reason the link is broken, I thought I fixed it kinda!

forlornjackalope Lost Media Veteran I just wanted to be Steve McQueen, with my horses of English racing green. Posts: 1,062	Is There Some Way To Get "Help" Making An Article? Jun 27, 2020 23:09:22 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by forlornjackalope on Jun 27, 2020 23:09:22 GMT Yeah, I was hoping it would have worked itself out. I'm guessing the comma is what broke the link. I'm sure someone can go in and fix it real quick.

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Is There Some Way To Get "Help" Making An Article? Jun 28, 2020 0:01:21 GMT via mobile

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Post by MediaMonster on Jun 28, 2020 0:01:21 GMT

Jun 27, 2020 23:09:22 GMT forlornjackalope said:

Yeah, I was hoping it would have worked itself out. I'm guessing the comma is what broke the link. I'm sure someone can go in and fix it real quick.

I had this exact same problem when I made an article with an apostrophe in the title. Removing the comma should fix it.

thatgamingasshole Lost Media Enthusiast Posts: 610	Is There Some Way To Get "Help" Making An Article? Jun 28, 2020 3:32:01 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by thatgamingasshole on Jun 28, 2020 3:32:01 GMT Ok let's see if this works... lostmediawiki.com/Cartoon_Lost_and_Found_(partially_found_live-action/animated_TV_special;_1990) FINALY!
	Last Edit: Jun 28, 2020 3:35:07 GMT by thatgamingasshole

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Is There Some Way To Get "Help" Making An Article? Jun 28, 2020 20:19:35 GMT thatgamingasshole likes this

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Post by forlornjackalope on Jun 28, 2020 20:19:35 GMT

Jun 28, 2020 3:32:01 GMT thatgamingasshole said:

Ok let's see if this works...

lostmediawiki.com/Cartoon_Lost_and_Found_(partially_found_live-action/animated_TV_special;_1990)

FINALY!

Awesome! \m/

Is There Some Way To Get "Help" Making An Article?

Post by thatgamingasshole on Jun 24, 2020 20:59:52 GMT

Post by forlornjackalope on Jun 27, 2020 20:17:50 GMT

Post by thatgamingasshole on Jun 27, 2020 22:20:30 GMT

Post by thatgamingasshole on Jun 27, 2020 22:28:16 GMT

Post by forlornjackalope on Jun 27, 2020 22:44:27 GMT

Post by thatgamingasshole on Jun 27, 2020 22:54:54 GMT

Post by forlornjackalope on Jun 27, 2020 23:09:22 GMT

Post by MediaMonster on Jun 28, 2020 0:01:21 GMT

Post by thatgamingasshole on Jun 28, 2020 3:32:01 GMT

Post by forlornjackalope on Jun 28, 2020 20:19:35 GMT

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