Difference between revisions of "Category:Guides"

This category contains guides on the Eve University wiki.

What belongs here?

For the purposes of the UniWiki, a "guide" is a walkthrough, set of step-by-step instructions, or explanation of a game mechanic or concept geared toward new players.

What is a guide? What does a guide do?

• Guides lead readers toward a goal.
  • They are called "guides", after all, and what do guides do? They lead you to a destination. When deciding how to classify an article, ask the question, "Is the reader being led to a specific conclusion by the end of this article? If so, what is it?" If the answer to the first question is "No", the article is not a guide. If the answer to the second question is unclear, the page is either not a guide, or needs to be rewritten with a clearer goal.
• Guides explain concepts in a way that builds on previous information.
  • While all articles should be organized in a logical manner, guides present information in a way that encourages readers to read from top to bottom in a clear sequence.
• Guides are substantial.
  • Given EVE's complexity, there are many things that can be explained step-by-step. However, short articles that quickly detail how to use a specific feature (such as Audio Alerts) are not guides. Brief explanations of how to use specific game features are considered implicit in the description of those features.
• Guides are current, relevant, and up-to-date.
  • To avoid confusion and conflicting information, deprecated and outdated pages should be removed from this category. Other category tags may be left for organizational purposes.

What doesn't belong here?

Most articles are not guides, nor should they be labeled as such. The UniWiki is first and foremost an encyclopedia documenting game mechanics, items, and concepts in EVE Online. There is absolutely a place for guides on the UniWiki, and it is important to distinguish a "guide" from an explanatory article.

What guides aren't:

• Guides are not simply an explanation or description of a topic.
• Guides are not lists, checklists, indices, or glossaries.
• Guides are not guides just because they say they are.
  • Anyone can write an article on the UniWiki. Not all authors will read these guidelines, and may proudly proclaim in their introductory paragraph that their article is "a guide". However, if it does not meet the criteria for being a guide, it should not categorized as one, regardless of what the article's text asserts.

Article types that are never guides:

• Syllabi
  • Syllabi (such as Armor Tanking 101) are used by teachers to teach classes, so they are written for teachers, not new players/students. Teachers may re-write the syllabi they use as scripts, but regardless of the format of a syllabus, they should never be marked as guides.
• Articles about 3rd Party Tools
  • In general, a description of how to use a tool is implicit in the description of the tool. If a particular function of a tool warrants its own page and provides step-by-step instructions, then that specific page may be labeled as a guide.

Please make sure to include this category in your guides as well as the relevant subcategory (if applicable)!