SmashWiki:Character Project: Difference between revisions

==Current goals==

Here are the goals this project is currently trying to achieve.  You may propose new goals by editing this section.  We recommend you suggest any ''big'' goals on the [[SmashWiki talk:Character Project|talk page]].

===Redirects and links===

Try to turn character pages such as "Luigi" into disambiguations, instead of redirects.  Most of them right now are redirects to the Melee article.

===Eliminate "smasher bias"===

While SmashWiki needs to include information useful to competitive players, remember that most of our readers are casual players that don't want to be swamped by technical jargon and advanced strategy.  Thus, we need to revise each character page so that it is ''as accessible as possible''.  The focus of character articles should be ''first'' general aspects about the character, like weight and special attacks, and only ''afterwards'' competitive aspects. If there is staple info, try to sum it up as easily as possible. Demonstration clips may help.

====Pro/Cons====

The pro/con section in each article is useless to casual gamers, who don't understand or agree with most of the points, and don't know that the pro/cons apply only to tournament play.  We should attempt to turn each pro/con into a paragraph form, and move it to the back of each article under the heading "Pikachu in tournament play" or something of that ilk.

==Guidelines==

Below are some general editing guidelines that can help make character articles as good as they can be.

===Character articles are not guides===

SmashWiki's character articles are meant to be a source of information about the character - they should discuss the character's moves, attributes, and high-level strategy.  ''They are not, however, guides''.  Guides directly instruct the reader how to use a character.  They freely reflect the author's opinions and include a lot of information inappropriate for a SmashWiki article.  When you revise an article, you need to avoid these pitfalls.  Always ask yourself "am I writing objectively about the character, or am I infusing my own opinion and directly addressing the reader?"  If you lean towards the latter, reconsider your edit.

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====[[Super Smash Bros.]]====

<small>[[Mario (SSB)|Mario]] • [[Donkey Kong (SSB)|Donkey Kong]] • [[Link (SSB)|Link]] • [[Pikachu (SSB)|Pikachu]] • [[Yoshi (SSB)|Yoshi]] • [[Fox McCloud (SSB)|Fox]] • [[Samus Aran (SSB)|Samus]] • [[Kirby (SSB)|Kirby]]</small></center>

====[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]====

<small>[[Mario (SSBM)|Mario]] • [[Pikachu (SSBM)|Pikachu]] • [[Bowser]] • [[Peach]] • [[Yoshi (SSBM)|Yoshi]] • [[Donkey Kong (SSBM)|Donkey Kong]] • [[Captain Falcon (SSBM)|Captain Falcon]]

====[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]====

<small>{{SSBB|Mario}} • {{SSBB|Luigi}} • {{SSBB|Peach}} • {{SSBB|Bowser}} • {{SSBB|Donkey Kong}} • {{SSBB|Diddy Kong}} • {{SSBB|Yoshi}} • {{SSBB|Wario}}