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Welcome to {{SITENAME}}! Our focus is on technical documentation of the Sly Cooper games to aid in moddingdeveloping mods and developing modding tools. If you would'd like to contribute but aren’t sure where to start, keep reading for how to get startedbelow.
 
== Content Policy ==
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==== Article naming ====
When creating new articles, use sentence case for the title unless it is a proper noun.
: E.g. {{Color|limegreen|Sly 2:Entity swap tutorial}}, not {{Color|red|Sly 2:Entity Swap Tutorial}}.
 
==== Namespaces ====
Articles areshould groupedgo byin the namespace dependingfor on whichthe game theyin arethe relatedseries to (that's how we get those niftythey badges nextrelate to the page title). TheseThose namespaces are <code>Sly 1</code>, <code>Sly 2</code>, <code>Sly 3</code>, and <code>Sly 4</code>. TheyFor instance, if you are sometimesmaking collectivelyan referredarticle tofor asa ''gamespace''game mechanic in Sly 1, put the article in the Sly 1 namespace. That just means putting <code>Sly 1:</code> at the beginning of the article title.
* e.g. If you create an article for the [[Sly 1:Difficulty|Difficulty]] mechanic in Sly 1]], name the article {{Color|limegreen|Sly 1:Difficulty}}, not {{Color|red|Difficulty}} or {{Color|red|Difficulty (Sly 1)}}. If you are writing about the [[Sly 2:Difficulty|Difficulty structmechanic in Sly 2]], name the article {{Color|limegreen|Sly 2:Difficulty}}.
 
If you arecome creatingacross an article for something related to one game in particular, put the article in thewrong namespace for that game. For instance, if you arecan makingrename anit articleby formousing a game mechanic in Sly 1, putover the article in the Sly'''More''' 1 namespace. That just means putting <code>Sly 1:</code>menu at the beginningtop-right of the articlepage and titleclicking '''Move'''.
* e.g. If you create an article for the [[Sly 1:Difficulty|Difficulty]] mechanic in Sly 1, name the article {{Color|limegreen|Sly 1:Difficulty}}, not {{Color|red|Difficulty}} or {{Color|red|Difficulty (Sly 1)}}. If you are writing about the Difficulty struct in Sly 2, name the article {{Color|limegreen|Sly 2:Difficulty}}.
If you come across an article in the wrong namespace, you can rename it by going to the '''More''' menu at the top-right of the page and clicking '''Move'''.
 
=== Uploading images ===
If you can improve the wiki by adding an image, please do so! When in doubt, adding an image that may need to be replaced later is better than having no image at all if it will improve the article.
 
==== Image guidelines ====
When uploading images, please follow these guidelines:
* The preferred file type is PNG. Please do not upload JPEG images unless the only available file is a JPEG and there is no alternative.
* For in-game screenshots, capture the screenshot at the native resolution. ScreenshotsThis takencan withbe PCSX2done shouldby alwayssetting beyour nativePCSX2 resolution to PS2 (Native) and capturing the screenshot through PCSX2 directly.
** If you only have a screenshot that is non-native resolution and you are unable to take a new one, you can addupload it as long as it is a PNG. Just put {{Tlc|Replace image|Not native resolution}} in the image description and someone will eventually come along to fixreplace it it.
* Use descriptive files names, eg. {{color|limegreen|Sly 1 May demo debug menu.png}} instead of {{color|red|SCREENSHOT_202207050937.PNG}}.
 
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==== References section ====
If you includes references on an article, addput a References section toat the bottom of the page, like this:
<pre><nowiki>
== References ==
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</nowiki></pre>
 
Put it right after all the lastother sectionsections of the article,but before any maintenance or navigation templates. We do this because ifIf you do not include the <nowiki><references/></nowiki> tag somewhere in the article, the references will show up at the very bottom of the page, meaning they'll be hidden away below any templates like {{tl|stub}} or {{tl|Navbox Sly 1}}.
 
== How to contribute ==