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== Typical article disposition ==
== Typical article disposition ==
Consider this a recommendation.  Though most of the articles follow this convention some don't.
{{main article|FlightGear wiki:Style guide – Article disposition}}


=== Generic disposition ===
Consider this as a recommendation.  Though most of the articles follow this convention some don't.
  <nowiki>{{Some messagebox}}
  <nowiki>{{Some messagebox}}
{{Some other messagebox}}
{{Some other messagebox}}
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[[File:Some other image.jpg|thumb|Some other caption]]
[[File:Some other image.jpg|thumb|Some other caption]]


A '''generic article disposition''' would look something like this.
The first section of a '''generic article disposition''' would look something like this.


== Heading ==
== Heading ==
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== Related content ==
== Related content ==
* [[Some page]]
* [[Some wiki link]] – Some description


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [Some link] Some description
* [Some external link] – Some description


{{Some navbox}}
{{Some navbox}}
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[[en:Some language link]]
[[en:Some language link]]


[[Category:Some category]]</nowiki>
[[Category:Some category link]]</nowiki>


; Messageboxes
=== The first section ===
: One or more ''[[:Category:Messagebox templates|messageboxes]]'' could sometimes begin typical article page.  The messageboxes would tell a reader or editor something about the article, like for example that it is outdated due to new developments.
One important thing to put some attention on is the first sectionof the article. It should be a ''short summary'' of the article.  Preferably the '''page title in bold''' should be within the first sentence of the first section. This short summary should help a reader to quickly figure out if he found the page he was looking for, as well as help him grasp the main concepts of the article.
 
; Infobox or navbox
: Often an ''[[:Category:Infobox templates|infobox]]'' or ''[[:Category:Navigation templates|navbox]]'' will follow.  An ''infobox'' will contain more detailed information about a piece of software, an aircraft, an airport etc. that is the topic of the article and a ''navbox'' could help the reader find his way around a series of or similar articles.
 
; Images
: Many articles would be helped by additional images.  While it is often a good idea to have at least one of them on top of the article, as this will help a reader to figure out if he landed on the right article and what it is about.  While they can all be in the beginning of the article text, they can just as well be spread out within the article. Most of the time having just thumbnail images will be preferable.
 
; First section
: The ''first section'' of an article should be a ''short summary'' of the article or an ingress.  Preferably the '''page title in bold''' should be within the first sentence or the first section.
: This short summary of the article would help a reader to quickly figure out if he found the page he was looking for, as well as help a him grasp the main concepts of an article a bit faster.
 
; Article text
: The article text that follows is preferably broken up in not too long, but not too short ''sections'' separated by headings and subheadings.  Often it would help the reader if there are images and tables to help understand the article text.  Sometimes it is a good thing to mark more some important words differently.
 
; Links to related content
: ''Links'' to related content, like other articles forum topics etc. can be put in the end, though in general having the internal wikilinks within the article text is preferable.
 
; Links to external resources
: Links to external resources should be put at the very end of the article.
 
; Navbox
: Many pages end with a ''navbox'' with for example other aircraft by the same manufacturer.
 
; Language links and categories
: All articles should end with one or more ''categories''. They are preceded by ''language links'', if there is any translations of that page.


== Formatting the wiki text ==
== Formatting the wiki text ==
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