Writer's Guide

Search before you start a new article. Since a wiki works best when there is only one page per topic, duplicate pages will be merged. Before starting a new article first search DiscoverPsychic. If your exact topic already exists, please edit the existing article. You should feel free to make dramatic changes to existing articles in the spirit of improvement.

The following is a brief introduction to the standard article format:

[edit] Title

Create a brief and accurate title. The title should be the most concise, most commonly searched way to describe the topic.

[edit] Introduction

Write a brief summary for the topic that invites your reader to continue reading. Ideally this area should consist of about 40 to 70 words, but you can use more or less if necessary.

[edit] Article Tips

• Good writing excludes the use of:
  
  
  • ALL CAPS
  • instant messenger language abbreviations - R U OK?
  • emoticons - :)
  • excessive punctuation - !!!
  • sentences starting with lower case - "pour the milk into the saucepan. heat it."

[edit] Sources and Citations

• This optional section can contain links that provide attribution of where the article came from, or other sources and cites mentioned in the article. If you are providing attribution for the article be sure that you have already received permission to use the content.
• http://www.example.com - Source of information on (insert specifics here).

[edit] Edit Summary

• Leave a note here to explain your edit details to other authors what you did and why. For example you might write "spelling", or "added details" or "removed personal references".