Help:Guidelines: Difference between revisions

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General Guidelines

One of the purposes of this wiki is to have all the content easy to understand. The articles should be dumbed down so the reader never has to scratch his head wondering. In most cases prior knowledge on a topic shouldn't be assumed and all content should be more focused on getting the reader to understand, rather than trying to sound linguistic expert.

Korean Romanization should be used as little as possible except in beginners sections only. Beginners should be encouraged to learn Hangeul first before moving onto grammar and other sections. Try at all costs to avoid Romanization in other sections unless absolutely necessary. If you must Romanize, use the Revised Romanization of Korean system. If you want to talk about special pronunciation cases, in most cases you should use the IPA instead of Korean Romanization since Korean Romanization can cause improper pronunciation.

Specific Guidelines

For help in creating and editing pages in certain sections on this wiki, please click on the name of the section you would like to work in:

Grammar, Vocabulary, Chinese roots, Idioms, Proverbs, Slang, Media

Creating and Naming Pages

tba

Sentence Examples

Please use basic Korean names in the examples to avoid confusion for beginners. Name usages in examples, 철수, 영희, my brother, sister, etc.
Use full sentences, and all markers(subject, object, particles etc)

Categorizing and Sorting

If you don't sort it manually it will sort wrong and sort it under 도 instead of ㄷ

Creating Redirects

tba

Posting Related Links

tba

Grammar Patterns with Multiple Usages

N/A

Posting Audio

The audio must in mp3 format. No other formats allowed, especially the .ogg format used on wikipedia.
Mp3s must be encoded at 11.025 kHz, 22.050 kHz, or 44.100 kHz otherwise they won't play properly. This is an error from 1 Pixel Out Audio player.
Please do not encode at a really high biterate unless absolutely necessary.
Please use the default parameters provided after clicking on the "mp3" button in the toolbar so the player is blue and red always, such as:
<flashmp3>filename.mp3|leftbg=003478|rightbg=c60c30|lefticon=ffffff|righticon=ffffff</flashmp3>
See the How to make an mp3 page in the help section for more for more.

Colors

We try to use the same colors from the Korean flag and the Seoul subway lines. If you are going to style anything with colors, please choose from a shade from the table below. Templates have been created so you can memorize the line number instead of having to keep looking up the color code.

Source	Code	Template code
Red from Korean flag	#c60c30	{{Kred}}
Blue from Korean flag	#003478	{{Kblue}}
Line 1 subway	#0166cb	{{line1}}
Line 2 subway	#009865	{{line2}}
Line 3 subway	#fe9900	{{line3}}
Line 4 subway	#0099ff	{{line4}}
Line 5 subway	#9966cb	{{line5}}
Line 6 subway	#999a34	{{line6}}
Line 7 subway	#677425	{{line7}}
Line 8 subway	#ff67cc	{{line8}}
Line 9 subway	#aa8840	{{line9}}
Bundang line subway	#ffcc00	{{bundang}}
Jungang line subway	#00cccd	{{jungang}}

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 Korean Romanization should be used as little as possible except in beginners sections only. Beginners should be encouraged to learn Hangeul first before moving onto grammar and other sections. Try at all costs to avoid Romanization in other sections unless absolutely necessary. If you must Romanize, use the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean Revised Romanization of Korean] system. If you want to talk about special pronunciation cases, in most cases you should use the IPA instead of Korean Romanization since Korean Romanization can cause improper pronunciation.</div>
+</div>
+<!------------------------------------Specific Guidelines--------------------------------------->
+<div style="border:1px solid #6805ca; background:#bfb5ca; padding:0;">
+<div style="background:#9966cb; padding:0.2em 0.5em; border-bottom:1px solid #6805ca; text-align:center; font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;">[[Image:Write.png|35px]]Specific Guidelines</div>
+<div style="padding-top:0;">
+For help in creating and editing pages in certain sections on this wiki, please click on the name of the section you would like to work in:
+*[[Editing grammar|Grammar]], [[editing vocabulary|Vocabulary]], [[Editing Chinese roots|Chinese roots]], [[Editing idioms|Idioms]], [[Editing proverbs|Proverbs]], [[Editing slang|Slang]], [[Editing media|Media]]
+</div>
 </div>
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 <div style="background:#0099ff; border-bottom:1px solid #0166cb; padding:0.2em 0.5em; font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;">[[Image:New page.png|30px]]Creating and Naming Pages</div>
 <div style="border-bottom:1px solid #0166cb; padding:0.4em 1em 0.3em;">
-*Use the + symbol to connect grammar.
+*tba
-*On grammar patterns that can have a 요 ending, have the particular grammar's main page be the one with 요 in the title and have the others redirect to it. For example the grammar pattern [[V + (으)ㄹ래요]] would be the main page, while [[V + (으)ㄹ래]] would redirect to [[V + (으)ㄹ래요]]. (explanation needs to be rewritten)
-*When using slashes(/) to separate certain grammar patterns, do not use spaces between them. For example make the title [[A/V + 아/어/여]] not A/V + 아 / 어 / 여.
-*Do not use subject or object markers in the title, if it's necessary list it on the page's content, not in the title.
-*Use parenthesis to indicate optional things, i.e. [[V + (으)ㄹ 수(가) 있다]].. make the main page have the optional thing, then make a similar redirect without it. For example [[V + (으)ㄹ 수(가) 있다]] is the main page and [[V + (으)ㄹ 수 있다]] redirects to it.
-*The only pattern that should have 아/어/여 is [[A/V + 아/어/여 + 요]], for other patterns that use 아/어/여, just use 아/어 to keep it short and simple. For example:
-**[[A/V + 아/어 + 도 되다]] not A/V + 아/어/여 + 도 되다
-**[[V + 아/어 보다]] not A/V + 아/어/여 보다
 </div>
 <!------------------------------------Sentence Examples-------------------------------------->
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 <div style="border:1px solid #0166cb; border-left:none; border-right:none; background:#0099ff; padding:0.2em 0.5em; font-size:125%; line-height:1.2; font-weight:bold;">[[Image:Sort.png|30px]]Categorizing and Sorting</div>
 <div class="plainlinks" style="padding:0.4em 1em 0.3em;">
-*If (으)ㄴ / (으)ㄹ sort by ㄴ and ㄹ respectively, not by ㅇ
 *If you don't sort it manually it will sort wrong and sort it under 도 instead of ㄷ
-*If the first letters are A/V or N, don't sort it by that, but instead the first Korean letter.
-provide examples
 </div>
 <!------------------------------------Creating Redirects-------------------------------------->
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 <div style="background:#ffcc00; border-bottom:1px solid #fe9900; padding:0.2em 0.5em; font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;">[[Image:Write.png|35px]]Grammar Patterns with Multiple Usages</div>
 <div style="border-bottom:1px solid #fe9900; padding:0.4em 1em 0.3em;">
-*If a grammar pattern has a lot of usages, separate them into different pages. Make a disambiguation page that links to all of them.
+*N/A
-*If a grammar pattern has a few different usages, they can fit onto one page broken into two sections.
 </div>
 <!-------------------------Posting Audio---------------------------------->

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