Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Writing better articles (section)

==== Check your fiction ====<!-- This section is linked from [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation]] -->
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The advice about factual articles also applies to articles on fiction subjects. Further considerations apply when writing about fictional topics because they are ''inherently not real''. It is important to keep these articles verifiable and encyclopedic.

If you add fictional information, clearly distinguish fact and fiction. As with normal articles, establish context so that a reader unfamiliar with the subject can get an idea about the article's meaning without having to check several links. Instead of writing:

: {{!xt|'''Trillian''' is [[Arthur Dent]]'s girlfriend. She was taken away from Earth by [[Zaphod]] when he met her at a party. She meets Dent while travelling with Zaphod.}}

write:

: {{xt|'''Trillian''' is a [[fictional character]] from [[Douglas Adams]]'s radio, book and film series ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''. In the first book, Trillian is introduced to the main character [[Arthur Dent]] on a spaceship. In her backstory, she was taken away from Earth when the space alien [[Zaphod Beeblebrox]] met her at a party.}}