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4th Feb 2012, 03:07 PM	How can i post a tutorial? #1
M.M.A.A. Original Poster Alchemist Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2,573 Thanks: 469 in 16 Posts 4 Achievements View My Journal	hello everyone, im not really a modder (i dont have any uploads (yet)), but i have a simple tutorial for changing the loading screen music that i would really like to post. now, what should i do (other than uploading something)? thanks in advance P.S. i read some of the old threads in this section, but im still not sure of what im supposed to do.
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6th Feb 2012, 06:10 PM	#2
Buzzler 1978 gallons of pancake batter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,211 Thanks: 28010 in 74 Posts 22 Achievements View My Journal	First, you need to decide if you want to post the tutorial to the wiki or to the forum as regular posting. I'd strongly suggest the wiki as the possibilities to properly format stuff are way better there. Forum posts are just too untidy for tutorials. In either case, make a post to e.g. Modding Discussion (either the tutorial or the Q&A thread for the tutorial) and poke a staff member with rights there to move it to the Tutorials section. Look at the existing stuff in the Tutorials section for references.
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6th Feb 2012, 09:23 PM	#3
M.M.A.A. Original Poster Alchemist Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2,573 Thanks: 469 in 16 Posts 4 Achievements View My Journal	okay so just after posting this thread, i discovered that i could post on the wiki :D but thanks anyway for clarifying that but what about the achievement for this, i posted in the thread in the sticky.
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6th Feb 2012, 09:44 PM

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but what about the achievement for this, i posted in the thread in the sticky.

The achievement for writing a tutorial is "Instructor". You get it automatically if you have a thread in the Tutorials forum.

But, err, that's it?

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6th Feb 2012, 11:16 PM

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The achievement for writing a tutorial is "Instructor". You get it automatically if you have a thread in the Tutorials forum.

But, err, that's it?

i guess so

thanks for the info

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7th Feb 2012, 05:17 AM	#6
maybesomethingdunno Site Helper Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,973 Thanks: 4858 in 16 Posts 23 Achievements View My Journal	I'd like to point out that forum posts allow for Question and Answer. If people have questions about the tutorial or its subject matter, they can post and (hopefully) someone will answer or clear up any confusion. This doesn't seem to be the case with Wiki entries, or at least the Wiki articles I've seen. But I'm most certain capable of being wrong. I don't suppose posting the information as both Wiki entry and forum post is allowed or desired?
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7th Feb 2012, 06:12 AM	#7
armiel I've retired. But I'm still a pro at lurking. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2,079 Thanks: 36625 in 120 Posts 31 Achievements View My Journal	There IS a second achievement, called "Wikid!" and that you can get for contributing to Wiki. One tutorial is not enough though, you'd have to work a lot in the Wiki before you can ask for that achievement (that is what the sticky thread is for). ETA I see Buzz has already sort of told this to you in the sticky thread, but I guess there's no harm in mentioning it here too
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7th Feb 2012, 08:07 AM

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I don't suppose posting the information as both Wiki entry and forum post is allowed or desired?

Redundancy is bad, mkay?

Best thing is to have a Q&A thread in the tutorials forum that points to the wiki page and the wiki page pointing back to the tutorials. Look at the stuff under the articles on my profile for examples.

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7th Feb 2012, 07:07 PM	#9
maybesomethingdunno Site Helper Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,973 Thanks: 4858 in 16 Posts 23 Achievements View My Journal	I thought so, but, you know, sometimes it's best to check.
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