Help:Reviews

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Each story, poem, plot, character description, and author story page has a "reviews" action tab between the "discussion" and "edit" tabs. Clicking on this tab brings you to the Reviews page for that story. Every Reviews page has a tab that allows you to return to the story being reviewed.

General discussion and planning of the story (such as the Guidelines) belong on the Talk pages, not the reviews namespace. If a wikistory has had significant work done it, write a review for it, just as a literary critic would for a book. A story does not need to be complete to be reviewed because, after all, a collaborative story is never done.

What to include

There are three items you must include in your review:

Link to Version
Review Body
Signature

Link to version

Since the story may change after you have written your review, it is important to include a link to the version of the story you are reviewing. To do this, go to the story and on the lefthand navigation bar in the toolbox section click on "Permanent Link", which will take you to a new (similar looking) page. Now, copy the the url of this new page into a link above your Review.

Review Body

Write your review.

(Optionally, you can include a title for your review or a rating of the story you are reviewing.)

Include your signature

At the end of your review, type "~~~~". The four tildes will automatically be converted into your signature. By default your signature is your author name as a link to your Author page, followed by a timestamp. You can change your signature in your preferences, if you want.

Sample Reviews

Here is an example of possible reviews of Poem:Mood. They would go on the Reviews:Poem:Mood page if they were real.

[http://www.wikistory.com/ws/index.php?title=Poem:Mood&oldid=135 Poem:Mood]</nowiki>

*Rating: 9/10

The extended metaphor is really well done.  I feel like I'm by the seashore at the same time that I feel 
introspective.  There are also nice plays on words ("sole" and "soul").  It's very deep and resonates with me. 
The last couplets are not as good as the rest (the "sun blinds" is redundant), but ultimately a great poem.

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Poem:Mood

Rating: 9/10

The extended metaphor is really well done. I feel like I'm by the seashore at the same time that I feel introspective. There are also nice plays on words ("sole" and "soul"). It's very deep and resonates with me. The last couplets are not as good as the rest (the "sun blinds" is redundant), but ultimately a great poem.

Emily Dickinson 19:19, 14 May 2008 (UTC)