User:Jaszon Maynard/Jaszons sandbox Help the general help

I'm currently developing this article and will probably eventually publish it to the wiki

There's a lot to write for this Help, here's a few thoughts and tips about that.

Articles That Need Work

In addition to the various red links you will find to articles that need to be created, here's a list of articles that need expansion or that have barely been written at all: Help stubs.

Issues Regarding Writing Articles

Organization of Topics

It seems likely that eventually a lot of the information contained under Main Viewer will be accessible from two perspectives: 1) From a mechanical perspective, the perspective of the menus and dialogs in the Viewer; and 2) From a functional perspective. And this is probably a good thing.

Write Or Link?

KB refer to linked official area, only talk about what not covered there linking to KB also slow! & freq tech problems login

Operating System Independence

When starting an article it may help future editors if you give some thought to structure and platform-specific dependencies: Can the article be written as a single topic that's valid for all operating systems (with perhaps small embedded notes about O.S. differences), or does the article need to have major sub-sections where section 1 deals just with Windows, section 2 Macintosh, and section 3 Linux?

SLurls, Tutorials

When possible the article should include useful SLurls, and if there are applicable in-world tutorials definitely give a SLurl to the relevant place (like Public Orientation Island or Public Help Island). Since the SLurl won't bring you right to the tutorial, & the islands can be crowded, confusing, laggy, & crashy, describe major landmarks near the applicable tutorial and how to get there so the resident can find it. i.e.--Once you've arrived, find the tall building labelled "XYZ". Stand so the building is to your left. Walk straight ahead until you come to a stand of trees, and look for a sign on your right....