WikiAir:Outline articles

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An outline article is any article in Wikiair that has a template set up, but is still does not address its subject sufficiently to be very useful for other travellers.

In general, outline articles are incomplete articles. Subjects worth having an article about are usually worth having at least a paragraph written about each of the standard template (ie. The City Template) sections. If only some of the sections of a standard template are filled, then the subject is not covered fully or it may not merit its own article and should be incorporated into another one.

How to add the outline tag

If you add template sections to an article that doesn't have them, or see one that someone else has made, it's good to add a little disclaimer that says that the article isn't done yet. It gives a bit of extra impetus to readers to add what they know to an article. There's special markup in our software to mark something as an outline. It looks like this:

{{outline}}

...which makes this appear on the page:

This is an Outline Article which needs more content. It has a template but there is very little information present. Please Dive In and help it grow!

You can add the outline message at the bottom of the page. This reassures readers that we know the article is not complete, and that it's not indicative of the overall quality expected out of Wikiair articles. Also, it invites them to add whatever they can to make the article better.

Taking out outline disclaimers

It can be hard to tell when an article is no longer just an outline. An article doesn't have to be perfect to take the outline disclaimer out of the article -- just relatively complete. If you feel an article is somewhat complete, you can insert the usable articles tag by replacing the {{outline}} tag with a {{usable}} tag.