Board Thread:New on Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki/@comment-112155-20170830150648

With the release of The Defenders there has been, as usual, a peak in contributions. Now, with the release of Inhumans this week, it is expected another peak. But despite everyone's good faith, not all contributions are all that helpful.

Let's give a quick reminder on the usual issues in these peaks of "mass contributions".

The creation of articles is not a goal, the goal is filling them with content. With more than 500 stubs in the wiki, we are dangerously close to the percentage that would made Fandom not consider the Wiki for spotlights.

If you're not planning on writing anything in the main section, and just add the template and the initial description, then better don't create the article at all.

Choosing the names of an event is not something that can be done lightly. Looks like everything has to be a "Skirmish" these days, when I bet that any of you hardly use that word on a day-to-day basis. By choosing a wrong name, the workload is unnecessarily increased. Make sure you choose the adequate name from the list of types of events, based on what we see and the actual purpose of the characters while performing it.

Images for main characters are usually the best poster/promotional picture available from their latest appearance. Not necessarily a frame of their literal "latest appearance". Changing main images back and forth is counterproductive, and only makes everyone waste a precious time that should be used anywhere else.

There is no point in having duplicate images. Before uploading anything, just make sure the image is not already in the wiki. It will take you less time than uploading it, so you'll actually save time.

Be very careful with the the style while writing. Overuse of "After this" sentences, casual first names, opinionated statements ("It should be noted"), unnecesary piped links, or unreferenced sections, are common mistakes while writing, and will probably make the whole edit be reverted upon notice. 