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Getting Started

Create a user account
Please feel free to experiment, it's a wiki and pretty much everything can always be corrected. The Sandbox is a great place to play around.

Creating Neutral Content

Write from a Neutral Point of View (NPOV)
Do not include promotional material; the point is to educate not sell

Licensing

It is ok to use images that are in the public domain or under a creative commons license. It is also ok to use company logos.
It is also ok to use content from ICANNWiki.org (the older version of this site), but much of it has been written from a promotional point of view and will need to be converted to NPOV.
Do not copy text or images from other websites, writing must be original. It is fine to read, understand and then create your own content.

Linking

Using an internal link is always good, so, as an example, instead of defining an acronym like this "ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)", just use "[[ICANN]]" and then we'll define ICANN on that page.

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-Guidelines for creating a great article here:
 == Getting Started ==
 * Create a user account
 * Please feel free to experiment, it's a wiki and pretty much everything can always be corrected.  The [[Sandbox]] is a great place to play around.
-== Creating Content ==
+== Creating Neutral Content ==
 * Write from a Neutral Point of View ([[NPOV]])
+* Do not include promotional material; the point is to educate not sell
+== Licensing ==
 * It is ok to use images that are in the public domain or under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ creative commons license].  It is also ok to use company logos.
-* It is also ok to use content from ICANNWiki.org (the older version of this site), but much of it has been written from a promotional point of view and will need to be converted to a neutral point of view.
+* It is also ok to use content from ICANNWiki.org (the older version of this site), but much of it has been written from a promotional point of view and will need to be converted to [[NPOV]].
-* using an internal link is always good, so, as an example, instead of defining an acronym like this "ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)", just use "<nowiki>[[ICANN]]</nowiki>" and then we'll define [[ICANN]] on that page.
+* Do not copy text or images from other websites, writing must be original.  It is fine to read, understand and then create your own content.
+== Linking ==
+* Using an internal link is always good, so, as an example, instead of defining an acronym like this "ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)", just use "<nowiki>[[ICANN]]</nowiki>" and then we'll define [[ICANN]] on that page.
-== What '''not''' to do ==
-* Do not include promotional material; the point is to educate not sell
-* Do not copy text or images from other websites, writing must be original.  It is fine to read, understand and then create your own content.
-== Creating Company Articles ==
-* When uploading a company logo, try to give it a name which includes the name of the company and the word logo, like "ABC-Logo.jpg".  If you use just "logo.png" over time some logos will overwrite others.
-* Use the [[:Template:CompanyInfo|Company Infobox Template]]
-* Put all key people into the infobox
-*: Shorten people's titles to make them fit better, so "Executive Vice President" becomes [[EVP]]
-* Add <nowiki>[[Category:Company]]</nowiki> to the bottom of the page to categorize the article as a company
-* If the company is a Registrar or Registry, then add <nowiki>[[Category:Registrars]]</nowiki> or <nowiki>[[Category:Registries]]</nowiki>
 == Related Links ==
 * [[Articles needed]]
+* [[How to create a great company article]]
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