Best Practices

A comprehensive guide regarding creating articles can be found at Wikipedia:Help:Your_first_article.

Choosing a Topic

The beauty of specificity

Entering the rabbithole of a wiki means exploring as deeply as the wiki allows. Short, complete articles about a specific subject are more effective at communicating information than wikipedia:War and Peace regarding Tyres (or Tires, if you prefer. They both go to the same place). Write about a small topic first.

Search for an existing article

There are several ways to do this. The search bar at the top of the page is a good start. In addition, you may browse the categories below:

Category:Team

Category:Competition

Category:Vehicle

Not all articles are categorized (even though they should be). Navigate to Special:AllPages to see all articles.

Gather reference information

Citations

There is an extension for this! When you write a paragraph and wish to cite something, use the <ref>CITATION HERE</ref> Function. Then, at the bottom of the page (in a "references" or "notes" section), write <references />. It'll spit out everything you've cited above in a footnote format.

Reference Format

This is Wikipedia:APA Style formatting.

Type	Format
Book	Author, A. A. (year). Chapter title. In E. Editor (Ed.).Title of the book(pp. page-range). Location: Publisher.
Ebook	Author, A. A. (year).Title of the book(xth ed.) [eBook version]. Location: Publisher. Retrieved from URL
Online Journal	Author, A. A., & Author, A. A. (year). Title of the article.Title of the Journal, volume(issue), page-page. Retrieved from http://www.hompageofjournal.com
Print Journal	Author, A. A., & Author, A.A. (year). Title of the article.Title of the Journal, volume(issue), page-page.
Webpage
Blog	Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of the blog post [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://www.entirewebaddress.com
Video	Author, A. A. (Year, Month day).Title of video[Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.entirewebaddress.com
More can be found at the Broadview website at https://library.broadviewuniversity.edu/apa/references.

Can I upload this?

Figures, images, pdfs, sound bytes, and other files are welcome to be uploaded and linked in articles. The following are not allowed to be uploaded to FSwiki and linked to an article:

• Videos of any type
• Proprietary, copyrighted, classified or otherwise restricted content
• Files behind paywalls

Documentation is an excellent complement to an article. When including files, attach them in the following format at the bottom of the page: =====Files

File	Abstract/Synopsis	Notes
right|middle|thumb|This is my dog

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