 | This page documents one of Memory Alpha's guidelines. |
The standards and practices described below are widely accepted and should not be substantively changed without consensus. If you have any questions, suggestions, or complaints, please post them on the talk page. |
When you write (or rewrite) an article, make sure that you take the time to balance the page's appearance and organization. For example, don't write a few short sentences of text and then include a long list of links – if a visitor wants to read an article on a certain subject, they would much rather find concrete paragraphs providing information instead of a list of links to other pages!
Naturally, there are exceptions to this rule. Most often, a brand-new article (or episode listing) will have only a small amount of information about the subject in question, and a long list of references to other articles. It's okay to have an unbalanced page initially – as long as you (or someone else) fixes it later.