Help:Common Mistakes

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This is a list of common mistakes that users make when creating a page. I will continue to add more things as I think of them. Feel free to add your own entries.

Creating tables

• Blank entries in a table DO NOT get a period a dash or any other mark. If there is no note or no actor, simply leave the cell blank.

When you create a table such as:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Bourne Legacy	Jeremy Renner	Aaron Cross		2012
Killer Elite	Jason Statham	Danny Bryce		2011

You MUST remember to close the Table. Note the difference:

WRONG:

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[The Bourne Legacy]]'' || [[Jeremy Renner]] || Aaron Cross || || 2012
|-
| ''[[Killer Elite (2011)|Killer Elite]]'' || [[Jason Statham]] || Danny Bryce || || 2011
|-

CORRECT:

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="150"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[The Bourne Legacy]]'' || [[Jeremy Renner]] || Aaron Cross || || 2012
|-
| ''[[Killer Elite (2011)|Killer Elite]]'' || [[Jason Statham]] || Danny Bryce || || 2011
|-
|}

Splitting into categories

When you create a page for a Film/TV Show/Video Game, you must categorize the weapons. (Handguns, Revolvers, Submachine Guns, Assault Rifles, etc.)