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tekmosis neostaff wiki staff neowiki total posts: 2619 GameGrep pts: 6420 since: Jul 2006	Nov 20, 08 at 1:03pm Gears of War 2 Giveaway - Winners Picked!
	Congrats to our two winners: Lord Awesome and Trojanman The contest To participate in this contest all you need to do is contribute to the Gears of War Wiki. The winner will be picked based on their quality and volume of their submissions. Winners will be picked on December 15th, 2008 Prizes We have TWO copies to give away! 1 copy of Gears of War 2 Bonus: 5 free downloadable maps Rules Plagiarism is not to be tolerated. Do not attempt to claim someone else's work as your. Spelling and grammar must be good. We can put up with the odd mistakes but pages written in text talk will be deleted. Leave a summary with your edit please. It helps us understand what you have contributed, so we can credit you correctly. Wiki staff may participate in this contets Getting started quote Redemption Personally I believe the easiest way to get started is to browse the wikis to get a feel for them. Learn the basic markup by clicking on the edit tags so you know some basic editing. This page here on Naruto has some nice basic markup that you can check out to get an idea. When you feel you are ready, find some small pages and see if there's anything you can help add to them. Or perhaps find a page that has some grammar or spelling errors that you can correct. You can find small pages using a special page called the "Short Pages". (Check out the Short Pages for Metal Gear and Smackdown). These special pages list all the pages from shortest to longest, and are a great place to start. If you are more brave you can find "Wanted" pages. These are pages that other contributors or Wiki Staff have linked from other pages but have not been created yet. Try to do more than create a page with one short sentence - write as much as you can think of to create a healthy start to the page. If you can only remember 3 sentences that's already FAR BETTER than a placeholder like "New page." If you are going to do that I would suggest you don't bother since it prevents another person from coming along and creating a proper page. To see wanted pages, check out the Wanted Pages for Zelda. Another way you can help is to flesh out the 'hub' pages. We need linked lists of characters, missions, etc from those pages. In this way you can help build up the Wikis by generating "Wanted" pages. Remember, every little bit helps to improve the Wikis! So if you aren't up yet to creating new pages try to help improve existing ones or even roam around finding small things to tweak. Ask the Wiki Staff and Others for Help Many Wiki Staff are experienced in editing portals, and are familiar with what we're looking for. Also, many of our members have experience editing Wikis and can help out with editing markup and other questions, so don't be afraid to ask! That's what the Best Practices and Help forum is here for . What to Contribute Check the following pages for some other pages to work on. Short Pages Wanted Pages Lore on GoW / GoW2 Walkthrough style guides Longer written pages are more highly desired. One sentence pages aren't what we are looking for. This message was edited by tekmosis on Nov 20 2008. This message was edited by tekmosis on Dec 16 2008. This message was edited by tekmosis on Dec 16 2008. -------------------
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Lifesapper seek-o-holic total posts: 994 since: Apr 2006	Nov 21, 08 at 6:54pm re: Gears of War 2 Giveaway - Winners Picked!
	Another great competition, time to get researching I guess. ------------------- Words are our Weapons
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Redemption "N" Custodial Engineer. (admin) total posts: 4996 GameGrep pts: 1066 since: Mar 2000	Nov 21, 08 at 10:08pm re: Want Gears of War 2? We
	Just a warning to members that if you haven't already played GOW2 the Wiki may already contain some spoilers. There are plenty of GOW1 related pages if you are worried about this, or just generally try to be cautious. As with our other contests, all games are BRAND NEW sealed in their plastic shrink wrap. This message was edited by Redemption on Nov 22 2008. ------------------- The further back you can look, the farther ahead you can see. <paraphrased> - Winston Churchill
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Sodachugger0 NeoXtreme since: Mar 2008	Nov 22, 08 at 3:00pm re: Gears of War 2 Giveaway - Winners Picked!
	Damn, I want to win the game, but I already bought a copy. -------------------
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Incinarater starting to like it total posts: 60 since: Sep 2008	Nov 22, 08 at 3:01pm re: Gears of War 2 Giveaway - Winners Picked!
	Ive submitted to the locust page can you check it. ------------------- Feeling is only for those with creativity in their lives
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GoUnderTaker you create your own destiny Two much Neo total posts: 2443 since: May 2008	Nov 22, 08 at 6:51pm re: Gears of War 2 Giveaway - Winners Picked!
	i want this game sooo bad!! but idk how the wiki works. can someone please give me the basic info on how to submit, and what it should be about? -------------------
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K Chop King Gun+Monkey=Profit mad messenger total posts: 338 since: Oct 2008	Nov 23, 08 at 6:35am re: Gears of War 2 Giveaway - Winners Picked!
	It's quite annoying that most of these contests are about submiting to a neowiki about a game that you more than likely don't have because you're trying to win it. -------------------
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Sodachugger0 NeoXtreme since: Mar 2008	Nov 23, 08 at 7:49am re: Gears of War 2 Giveaway - Winners Picked!
	Can you explain further how we prove what we contributed? I'm still not getting that. -------------------
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thom675 i dont want to set the world on fire true seeker total posts: 1011 since: Feb 2008	Nov 23, 08 at 8:08am re: Want Gears of War 2? We
	hey everyone, just so you know i submitted the whole page on the centaur tank of the gow wikia. damn i really want to win this... http://gearsofwar.neoseeker.com/wiki/Centaur -------------------
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Mishtram Happy Birthday Mishtram (supermod) neopoints: 5728 since: Dec 2005	Nov 23, 08 at 12:54pm re: Gears of War 2 Giveaway - Winners Picked!
	quote Sodachugger0 Can you explain further how we prove what we contributed? I'm still not getting that. All your edits are recorded on the Wiki and all edits can be viewed in a list. So if there's 100 edits, someone can come through and view who edited what, what they changed and how much they added or removed from there. This includes the exact lettering and code which was added or removed. For example, the edit history for the main page of the Gears of War wiki allows you to compare history and edits between each version. ------------------- Neoseeker Goes to PAX Q22 and Sonic Flash are my goddamn heroes.
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calvin1100 The one and only DomAsian Two much Neo total posts: 2232 since: Sep 2007	Nov 23, 08 at 5:40pm re: Gears of War 2 Giveaway - Winners Picked!
	quote thom675 hey everyone, just so you know i submitted the whole page on the centaur tank of the gow wikia. damn i really want to win this... http://gearsofwar.neoseeker.com/wiki/Centaur Ok... I myself made a couple of pages and a good amount of information on other pages thom. No need to explain what you posted. ------------------- Akantors Slain : 6 or 7 Platinum Friend Code: 1934 7552 4502
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Spiritual a silver ribbon ties two together Legendary Seeker total posts: 17049 neopoints: 11650 since: Apr 2007	Nov 24, 08 at 4:03pm re: Gears of War 2 Giveaway - Winners Picked!
	Many games o:. I guess it's much more easier to win the game here on neoseeker than making enough money to buy it xD. Neoseeker has been extremely generous this month xD ------------------- Updated: Neohome 6
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Linkin Park Fan Fortune And Glory Permanently Plugged In total posts: 14706 neopoints: 769 GameGrep pts: 25357 since: Jul 2005	Nov 24, 08 at 5:10pm re: Gears of War 2 Giveaway - Winners Picked!
	Ahh the season of giving. And Neos doing it best ------------------- ~
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Unity Seeketh Maximus since: Apr 2006	Nov 24, 08 at 7:40pm re: Gears of War 2 Giveaway - Winners Picked!
	There's little to nothing to contribute, especially if you've never played either of the games. ------------------- GamerTag: Rogue Disco MSN: fragtical@live.com Facebook: search "Garrett Edwards"
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Redemption "N" Custodial Engineer. (admin) total posts: 4996 GameGrep pts: 1066 since: Mar 2000	Nov 24, 08 at 8:10pm re: Gears of War 2 Giveaway - Winners Picked!
	Unity: this is far from true. You run the risk of spoilers if you have not played either game, but if you want to contribute there is PLENTY to do. For someone who does not know the game: Achievements The Achievements page does not contain any of the icons for the Achievements. http://gearsofwar.neoseeker.com/wiki/Gears_of_War_Achievements There are literally 50+ images to upload in there alone. Missing Maps The Maps page doesn't have overhead or map like images for all maps. http://gearsofwar.neoseeker.com/wiki/Maps It also has tons of text which is not linked to any pages. Link to more pages from main page There are many pages that could be added to the main page, perhaps organized to help people find which ones need more work. http://gearsofwar.neoseeker.com/wiki/Main_Page Images! Many of the pages lack images. Many of the character pages only have an image cropped from a drawing, there are no ingame pics of almost all the characters. Organisation Many of the pages are just a dash of text. Using simple tags like bolding, splitting out info, and sorting it to look nice will greatly improve how the site looks. Even a short page like this one: http://gta.neoseeker.com/wiki/The_Fastest_Boat can look very clean and organized if done properly. Link back and forward between pages http://disgaea.neoseeker.com/wiki/Axes_(Disgaea_2) Notice how the team behind the Disgaea Wiki are interlinking pages, someone could do that. There's a LOT of organising that can be done. For someone who knows the game Take this page for example: http://gearsofwar.neoseeker.com/wiki/Hammer_of_Dawn It is missing: An image of the weapon screenshots of the weapon in use (I can think of 3 totally distinct phases that could be captured in 3 screenshots) Perhaps descriptions of where it is found/used. Bottom line: There is TONS that can be done on the Wiki The bottom line is if you approach the whole wiki contests thinking there is nothing to contribute you are almost certainly wrong. Use your imagination, look at the other pages people are making on OTHER wikis (I suggest you look at Disgaea, GTA, PES for example) and see what kinds of things they HAVE done and that have NOT been done to Gears of War, Call of Duty, and Bond. ------------------- The further back you can look, the farther ahead you can see. <paraphrased> - Winston Churchill
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The contest

Prizes

Rules

Getting started

Ask the Wiki Staff and Others for Help

What to Contribute

For someone who does not know the game:

Achievements

Missing Maps

Link to more pages from main page

Images!

Organisation

Link back and forward between pages

For someone who knows the game

Bottom line: There is TONS that can be done on the Wiki