Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Writing better articles (section)

== Other issues ==<!-- This section is linked from [[Wikipedia:Integrate changes]] -->
; Honorifics: Do not use [[honorific]]s or [[title]]s, such as Mr, Ms, Rev, Doctor, Professor, etc. See [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (royalty and nobility)]] and [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biography]]
; Inappropriate subjects: If you are [[Wikipedia:Masking the lack of notability|trying to dress up]] something that doesn't belong in Wikipedia—your band, your Web site, your company's product—think twice about it. [[WP:NOTADVERTISING|Wikipedia is not an advertising medium]] or [[WP:NOTWEBHOST|home page service]]. Wikipedians are pretty clever, and if an article is really just [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest#Self-promotion|personal gratification]] or [[Wikipedia:Spam|blatant advertising]], it's not going to last long—no matter how "[[Wikipedia:Wikipuffery|important]]" you say the subject is.
; Integrate changes: {{anchor|Integrate changes}}When you make a change to some text, rather than appending the new text you would like to see included at the bottom of the page, if you feel so motivated, please place and edit your comments so that they flow seamlessly with the present text. Wikipedia articles should not end up being a series of disjointed comments about a subject, but unified, seamless, and ever-expanding expositions of the subject.
; Avoiding common mistakes: It is easy to commit a Wikipedia ''[[wikt:faux pas|faux pas]]''. That is OK—everybody does it! Nevertheless, here are a few you might [[Wikipedia:Avoiding common mistakes|try to avoid]].
; Make a personal copy: Suppose you get into an [[Wikipedia:Edit war|edit war]]. Or worse, a [[Wikipedia:Reverting|revert]] war. Therefore, you try to [[Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot|stay cool]]. This is good. Congratulations! However, what would be great is if you could carry on working on the article, even though there is an edit war going on, and even though the version on the top is the evil one favored by the other side in the dispute.
:So, '''make a temporary personal copy''' as a subpage of your user page. Just [[Help:Starting a new page|start a new page]] at [[Special:MyPage/Article name]] (it can be renamed in the [[URL]] address to start a page with a different article name), and copy and paste the wiki-source in there. Then you can carry on improving the article at your own pace! If you like, drop a note on the appropriate [[Wikipedia:talk page|talk page]] to let people know what you are doing.
:Some time later, at your leisure, once the fuss has died down, merge your improvements back in to the article proper. Maybe the other person has left Wikipedia, finding it not to their taste. Maybe they have gone on to other projects. Maybe they have changed their mind. Maybe someone else has made similar edits anyway (although they may not be as good as yours, as you have had more time to consider the matter). Alternative versions of pages [[WP:UP#COPIES|should be deleted]] once you are finished with them.