Help:Improving help pages

=Help Pages Style Guide= Articles to update allowcachedresults=true category=Out of date help mode=ordered
 * Short is best. Pages should be 500 words or less. *Use simple and straightforward language, avoid complication – even if that means leaving out advanced variations. We also aim to be warm and engaging without being trite or talking down to people. *If there are three ways to do something, then choose the most important or common. Any alternatives should be on a subpage to avoid confusion. *All pages should include photos whenever possible. Screenshots are an excellent way to illustrate guides. **Screenshots should be from a neutrally themed wiki (Oasis theme is best) unless the skin color is part of what is being shown. **Screenshots should be added to the page at approximately 300px (or 620px for a full-width image) and should show just the area necessary to explain. *Mediawiki extensions (not specific to Wikia) and complex help on Mediawiki features should be left on mediawiki.org rather than included here. *You can find a standard page here.==What are the standard sections of a Help Page?== A typical Help Page should look something like this: Helppage-anatomy.png In other words, a page should have... * A clear introduction that briefly defines the subject of the article * Step-by-Step instructions for use * Clear screenshots that illustrate the subject of the help page * Links to related help pages for further reading * Links for other ways to get help If advanced options or additional reference material is needed, create a subpage called "/Advanced" and link to it within the article for further reading. ==What pages need updating?== Below is a list of pages categorized as "Out of date help". If you consider yourself an expert user on one of these subjects and can edit according to the Style Guide above, please feel free to update them! When you're done with a page, just remove that category from it, and it will disappear from this list. ==Renamed pages== When a help page on this wiki is renamed, - *the old name stops being transcluded and does not create redirects on the wikis that used it, and *visitors from wikis that used the old name will still be directed to the talk page for the old name. They should be instantly redirected to the talk page for the new name so that they see and may add to the latest discussion on the subject. So if you rename a help page here, please immediately make its talk page a redirect to the new talk page and transfer any existing content. If you come here by following a link on another wiki looking for a talk page and find nothing, check the help page itself; if it redirects, please create a corresponding redirect for the talk page so that others following your route will go straight to the updated talk page.