Saturday, September 2, 2017

What not to add

So our site allows folks to add a new entry.  It still has to get voted on to go live on the main site, but this helps move things along.  The problem is we rarely see developers or newcommers follow the existing format.

One submission in particular basically showed what not to do when creating an entry.  This was cleaned up shortly after adding, but this conveniently made a list:



Some of the highlights:
  • Over-emphasizing with words (unique, special, superfast) and via bold and capitalized text
  • Tons and tons of categories
  • Duplicating details about the program in the entry already covered by the entry itself (such as file size and the developer website)
  • Frequent repetition of text (unique, easy, fast, etc.)
  • Lots of linking inside the entry
In fairness, the last 6 lines were spot on.

Related: How to write/edit an entry