Portal:RuneScape/Fancruftguide

Remember: Wikipedia is not a game guide, all content must be of a neutral point of view, all content must be verifiable. In these subpages, we are not writing for RuneScape players; we are writing for everybody in the world. Very few of people need to know things like "abby whips cost 2mil" or "zammy prayerbooks are a reward from horror from the deep quest". This is Fancruft, in that it only appeals or means anything to players and fans of RuneScape, and will "bore, distract or confuse a non-fan, when its exclusion would not significantly harm the factual coverage as a whole". It makes a poor article to be filled with fancruft. Instead, a more basic explanation is more often required, as readers may not know as much as you do!

In short, fancruft includes things like:

• Pricing information
• How to complete quests and what the rewards are.
• Instructions for how to use and perform a skill, for example "to make bronze bars you need 1 tin ore and 1 copper ore"
• Lengthy, detailed descriptions of items.

Avoiding Fancruft

• Instead of giving a specific price (which is subject to change anyway), state, for example, "Runite armour often fetches significant sums of money in RuneScape's marketplaces"
• Do not give game guide type information for quests.
• Limit mentioning the different types of equipment or raw material used for a skill
• Never describe an item in intricate detail, for example, the "Abyssal Whip", readers do not need to know that "the abyssal whip comes from abyssal demons which require 85 slayer to kill"

Instead, use inline citations, linking to the relevant RuneScape knowledge base article.

Wikipedia is not the place to guide people through every detail of playing RuneScape, as such a level of detail is inappropriate. It is appropriate at the RuneScape Wiki, a version of Wikipedia intended for players.

Furthermore, read Wikipedia's Manual of Style. Then read it again. You may also wish to read the Wikipedia Introduction in full. Make it easier on your fellow contributors before you click the Save button; click the Preview button, Wikilink to other articles (for example, Wikilink to Sword), make sure your spelling and grammar is absolutely immaculate, don't ask readers to message you ingame, and don't ever use shorthand! Ur nt in rs anymore, you are writing an Encyclopedia!