User talk:ThatOneGuy42

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Hello, this ThatOneGuy42. I'm gonna cut this short, so if you have any questions or Comments on something I've done:

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Lines beginning with a space[edit]

Hi there, I started looking at your fan fiction story The Great War, but I found it rather awkward to read, as I had to keep scrolling across the page to read the text. Every line of text in a wiki document that begins with a space is rendered as being <pre>formatted, so they do not wrap properly down the page.

Rather than using a space to put text into a box, you might like to consider some alternatives, such as using <blockquote>...</blockquote> tags, or the {{message}} or {{notice}} templates. Another useful trick is to italicize quotations. To be honest though, I can't see the reason for putting these boxes around the text of your story anyway. It would probably be easier to read if you just left everything on the left margin, and applied vertical spacing before and after quotations. I have provided below a quick sample of your story, formatted as I have suggested, so you can see the difference.



Chapter 1 The Beginning…

"Wake Up Legionaries! We’re moving out!" Legate Caius yelled across the Camp. Several men groaned as they woke up but a few woke up quickly. Two of the last men to wake up, were the brothers, Darius, and Cyrus.

"Why is he making us wake up? I was having such a wonderful Dream," Darius muttered to his brother.

"I have no idea Darius, but as long as I get paid and the occasional battle; I'm happy," Cyrus said in return. Both the Brothers laughed as they got dressed and put on their Armor. The armor they wore wasn't great; it had a thick leather jacket underneath the armor and leather gloves underneath the Gauntlets, same as with the Boots. On top of the Leather, was the layer of Steel Armor bearing the Sign of the Empire on the front of it. Not all Legionaries were this, only the Front-line defenders and assaulter's. The Scout's and Archer's wore a Leather Armor without sleeves that bared the Sign of the Empire on the front of it as well and a small layer of Chainmail around the back of the neck and on top of the shoulders.



This is much easier to read, as you don't need to scroll across the page horizontally. Please don't take this personally, I just want to help you get your story to be more readable. Have a look at the Quick Editing Guide for more information about wiki markup. Darictalk 12:26, 21 January 2013 (GMT)

Ah, thank you very much, as I have stated in your talk page. ThatOneGuy42 talk 3:38, 2 February 2013 (CST)