Talk:Beginner's Guide

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Last updated for 3.72 on June 17, 2012.

I searched for hours to find any cohesive up to date guide on how to start out in BTW and came up short. Everything i found was horribly old, or i had to browse between several pages to find recipes and such. So, here it all is. I'll try to be concise and to the point. Feel free to edit for grammer and such!

Itamarcu: The guide is not complete yet. I fixed a few mistakes and grammar errors, although someone should probably change the name of the page to "Beginners' Guide" or "Beginner's Guide".

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I've added a limitation on the scope of this guide in the head, as a guard against its growing in size over time. I strongly think this page should serve the surgical purpose of explaining the absolutely most central features of BTW, focusing on "what do I do?" versus "how do I do it?" - that's answered on specific feature pages.

This guide should not cater to those who know what to look for and where in other places but would rather not, and should absolutely not degenerate into anything FAQ-ish.

This guide should ideally not restate details found on specific item pages - links should suffice. It should explain principles and mod "flow", not specific methods.

Also this guide should not be written excessively informally. I don't object to the second person singular on this page, but colloquialisms should be avoided - a wiki is a wiki.

I will, if I have the time, be going over this guide and revising it, particularly in matters of tone and organization.

Shmooooo 21:37, 21 June 2012 (MDT)

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Hello, I'm the author thus far of the beginners guide and i dont entirely understand some of what your saying in your post there. Especially the second person part. If you would please go http://sargunster.com/btwforum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4581&p=76136#p76136 and provide more instruction i would be happy to attempt to update my writing style.