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Posting Rules

(as you can see, technically speaking even movie scripts are fine, but first things first, let us define what qualifies as first sentence.)


Some authors employ fictional forewords/introductions into the realm where the events take place, e.g. one of the Dune series contains excerpts from an interrogation, etc. skip these, these are not the “real” first sentences.

The Rules

• only and only the first sentence. fight the temptation even when the second sentence is much better/funnier/whatever as the first one.

• try to record the sentence in the exact same way as it was in the book. no added emphasis, no case change, nothing. the typographical capitalisation added by the publisher can be ignored.

• everything is ordered alphabeticaly, works, authors, translated versions, everything. and so all the author WikiNames are surname first. Phillip K. Dick becomes DickPhillipK and not PhillipsKDick or DickKPhillips:
  [[DickPhillipK Dick, Phillip K.]]
  some languages, notably hungarian and japanese have surname first officialy, these names do not require a comma for seperation, e.g.
  [[SzerbAntal Szerb Antal]]
  an exception to the everything alphabeticaly rule: series. does not make sense to order the Dune series or the Hitchhiker's guide books alphabeticaly, does it? always apply common sense.

• special characters are not allowed in links, so instead of e.g.
  [[BrontëEmily Brontë, Emily]] use
  [[BronteEmily Brontë, Emily]] (note the 'ë' in the text of the link, that's ok)

• short stories are ok. if there's a whole collection by the same author (e.g. Slow Learner by Pynchon) put the collection title before every short story title: Slow Learner: The Small Rain.

• multiple authors: put the stuff under the first (or main) author's name and use cross-references. example: AdamsDouglas: Last Chance to See...

• translations: any language is welcome, the more translations the better. please specify the language and the name of the translator for reference in parentheses under the first sentence, e.g.:
  (hungarian translation by Killgore Trout)
  please note, that it's in the translator's power to make the first sentence shorter or longer (in one word: different) than the original.

• poems are all right. really.

• movies are fine, as long as there is no published literary piece it was based on. usually the later is better, so preferably submit that one. the author is of course the scriptwriter (if not noted otherwise). they should go into Drama :)

• if there are more editions/publications of the same piece, and it's not clear which one is the one to rule them all (this one also does not qualify, you hear me?), all versions may be presented with proper annotation.

• if the author is unknown or disputable, use TrulyAnonymous (becasue as we all know, there was an actual chronicler called Anonymous, although i still can't find his book on the net.)

• a brief note about a particular change (Please add a note on your edit. under the main edit window) is mostly welcome.

• the sitemap goes like this (example in parentheses):
  1. genre (prose),
  2. initial of the author surname (A),
  3. name of the author (AdamsDouglas),
  4. book (hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy)

• if in doubt, always look at the existing wiki markup how to format the author name, and the other titles, texts.

Templates

to make adding easier here are templates for adding stuff. these templates are also accessible from the Help button in the editor.

Letter page template

[[CategoryProse Prose]]

=====X=====

here come the author WikiNames

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[[CategoryProse Prose]]

{{lastedit}}

Author page template

[[ProseX X]] | [[CategoryProse Prose]]

=====Au, Thor=====

====My Work====

bla bla

(hungarian translation by Killgore Trout)
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[[ProseX X]] | [[CategoryProse Prose]]

{{lastedit}}

thank you and have fun.