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Here are some things ''you'' can do:
*Invite quality editors to participate.▼
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*''Family Guy'' characters are [[WP:WAF#The_problem_with_in-universe_perspective|not real]].▼
*Don't nitpick on [[Continuity (fiction)|continuity]]
*[[WP:FGjokebook|Don't attempt to recreate the humor of the show.]] This rarely works, and is contrary to the purpose of an encyclopedia.▼
*Replace explicit references with [[WT:FAMILYGUY#Episode citation style for events and character actions|episode citations]].▼
'''Cleanup'''
*Add [[WP:WAF#Secondary_information|out-of-universe]] information.
▲*Replace explicit references to episodes with [[
*Move superfluous examples of character actions to appropriate episode pages.
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*[[WP:PLOT#Wikipedia_is_not_an_indiscriminate_collection_of_information|Shorten plot synopses]].
*Identify editors who swap in [[smart quotes]] for typewriter quotes and beat them bloody.
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*Help finish project [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Family Guy/Tasks|tasks]].
▲*''Family Guy'' characters are not real.
▲*Invite quality editors to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Family Guy#Participants|participate]].
▲*Don't nitpick on [[Continuity (fiction)|continuity]], because continuity is ''Family Guy'''s bitch.
*Welcome [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Family Guy#Participants|new editors]].
▲*Don't attempt to recreate the humor of the show. This rarely works, and is contrary to the purpose of an encyclopedia.
'''Announce'''
*Let other Project members know [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Family Guy#Completed_tasks|what you've done]]!
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Latest revision as of 04:57, 4 September 2011
Here are some things you can do:
Remember
- Family Guy characters are not real.
- Don't nitpick on continuity.
- Don't attempt to recreate the humor of the show. This rarely works, and is contrary to the purpose of an encyclopedia.
Cleanup
- Add out-of-universe information.
- Replace explicit references to episodes with episode citations.
- Move superfluous examples of character actions to appropriate episode pages.
- Trim Cultural references sections, removing non-notable examples of things no one needs explained.
- Convert trivia sections into freakin' brilliant prose.
- Shorten plot synopses.
- Identify editors who swap in smart quotes for typewriter quotes and beat them bloody.
Build the project
- Help finish project tasks.
- Invite quality editors to participate.
- Welcome new editors.
Announce
- Let other Project members know what you've done!