Archived Everything FAQ

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This was previously the official guide to enjoying and contributing to Everything2, but you should now refer instead to Everything2 Help.

• E2 FAQ: Introduction — What is Everything2?

The User Interface

• E2 FAQ: Home Nodes — Your Home Node
• E2 FAQ: Nodelets
• E2 FAQ: Chatterbox/Message Inbox
• E2 FAQ: Polls

The above four now redirect to the new e2nodes covering them. I plan to put a bunch more forwards into place, though I'm not sure yet whether it's worth covering the entire FAQ this way...

Writing for Publication on Everything2

• E2 FAQ: Read Me First: Getting Started on E2 — The "Read Me First" document for writers
• E2 Quick Start
• What writings are accepted on Everything2?
• How do I submit a writeup of my own?
• Using HTML
• E2 FAQ: Using Special HTML Characters — A detailed guide to using HTML on E2


• E2 FAQ: What should I node? — What kinds of topics are successful?
• E2 FAQ: What NOT to Do
• Pick titles carefully
• E2 FAQ: Capitalization in nodes
• E2 FAQ: Integrate your writeups
• E2 FAQ: Links — Hyperlinking


• E2 FAQ: How to cite your sources
• E2 FAQ: Copyrighted Material
• E2 FAQ: Noding public domain works


• E2 FAQ: Nodeshells (Empty nodes)
• E2 FAQ: Assimilating old writeups
• E2 FAQ: Languages (Using different languages)
• E2 FAQ: Back Up Your Work (Backing up your work)
• E2 FAQ: When is it okay to node about noding? (Noding about E2.)

Levels and Experience

• The Voting/Experience System
• E2 FAQ: Eggs, Tokens, E2 Gift Shop and Wheel of Surprise
• E2 FAQ: Why Don't I Have Votes Today?
• Honor Roll and You (Current Statistics)

Getting more help

• E2 FAQ: Mentoring — The Mentor System
• E2 FAQ: Usergroups
• E2 FAQ: "Censorship" and "Suggestions" — Quality of Writing
• Additional Reading
• E2 Glossary
• E2 FAQ: Online Community Dynamics

Writeup Deletion

• E2 FAQ: Klaproth — Why was my writeup deleted?
• E2 FAQ: Marked for Destruction
• E2 FAQ: Nuke Request Etiquette — Requesting deletion of a write-up

Special Node Topics

• E2 FAQ: Quests and Contests
• E2 FAQ: Gathering and Aftermath Nodes
• E2 FAQ: Webster 1913 (Public Domain Dictionary)

• E2 FAQ: How to Make an Episode Guide
• E2 FAQ: Prescription medications
• E2 FAQ: Recipes
• E2 FAQ: Diseases
• E2 FAQ: Video Games
• E2 FAQ: Writing a Biography

Development

• E2 FAQ: How come the site goes down so much?
• E2 FAQ: Source Code

Further Reading

Wise words from individual noders.

• The Newbie's Guide to Your Home Node by Rancid_Pickle
• E2 FAQ: Bookmarks / Personal Nodelet by /dev/joe
• E2 HTML tags : Quick Start by N-Wing
• E2 HTML — Guide to using HTML on E2 by themanwho
• HTML symbol reference by mcc and Accipiter
• Everything Style Guide by Wharfinger
• E2 Sarcasm FAQ — Sarcasm on E2 by donfreenut
• Honor Roll by Professor Pi
• E2 Bugs by JayBonci

(Adding information to Everything2 Help)