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Your Tutorial Guide to a Glorious Description
Tutorial descriptions by YingYong and mr3urious
Editions by Eric S. and mr3urious
Hello, there. We at the CLG Wiki are glad you've joined! Now what's the most important thing you do to improve the site? Why, writing articles! This tutorial will show you how to write a suitable entry for the site, and how to improve your pages. A demonstration of a glorious description CLICK HERE.
The Template: All pages have a basic form that everyone follows. They are:
Year: The date of release and retirement of the logo. For example:
1st Logo/ID/Open/Warning
(1992-1999)
Background (optional): This shows the history of the company whose logos you're describing. They can include when the company started, their business practices, who runs it, or business acquisitions they've made. You do not have to include this on your page, but it IS very informative.
Nickname(s) (optional): Just something people call the logo by. Nicknames are made from how cheesy the logo is, how scary it is, or a certain theme shown in the logo. These are on many idents, but do not necessarily have to be on a description.
Logo/ID/Open/Warning: The heart of it all. This is used to describe what happens in the logo. Be very descriptive on this part - use colorful adjectives as much as possible, and try to describe every little detail. Start by saying what color the background is, and then whatever animations are in the logo. For still logos, just name the background color and whatever is on the still image.
Take your time on these, and make sure you revise, because if you leave an important detail out, you can confuse people easily.
Variant(s) (optional): If there are different variants of a logo, post them here.
FX: This is a short section. Say what is moving in the logo, and what kind of effects are being used (and don't just be lazy and put "Everything" or "All the animation in the logo"). If it's still, simply say "None". Also try to state what looks professional in the logo.
Cheesy Factor (optional; may be paired with the "FX" section): This section is used to describe what kind of outdated effects, what doesn't make sense, and how much effort is put into the ident. Humor is key in this section - sly remarks about what is cheesy in the logo always get a laugh out of the reader. Remember, though, not all logos are cheesy.
Music/Sounds: Say what kind of sounds are being used, or what genre the music is in the logo.
Availability: This section is important - gather all of the information about where this logo can be found. State whether it is rare or not, tell where it can be found, and where it was last seen.
Scale of Availability
Use this nomenclature for your future logo descriptions:
Do not put vague or incoherent descriptions like "common but rare "or "current but common". Those thing confuse readers.
Scare Factor: This determines if the logo frightens you or not. The music, animations, and cheesiness are huge factors playing into the scare factor. If a logo scares you, but no one else, try to average out the factor. Putting "Nightmare" on something that only scares you will get the readers annoyed, but if you put "Low to medium", readers can better relate to you. The scale for the scare factor is:
That's about it. Have fun!
- The CLG Wiki Team
Editions by Eric S. and mr3urious
Hello, there. We at the CLG Wiki are glad you've joined! Now what's the most important thing you do to improve the site? Why, writing articles! This tutorial will show you how to write a suitable entry for the site, and how to improve your pages. A demonstration of a glorious description CLICK HERE.
The Template: All pages have a basic form that everyone follows. They are:
Year: The date of release and retirement of the logo. For example:
1st Logo/ID/Open/Warning
(1992-1999)
Background (optional): This shows the history of the company whose logos you're describing. They can include when the company started, their business practices, who runs it, or business acquisitions they've made. You do not have to include this on your page, but it IS very informative.
Nickname(s) (optional): Just something people call the logo by. Nicknames are made from how cheesy the logo is, how scary it is, or a certain theme shown in the logo. These are on many idents, but do not necessarily have to be on a description.
Logo/ID/Open/Warning: The heart of it all. This is used to describe what happens in the logo. Be very descriptive on this part - use colorful adjectives as much as possible, and try to describe every little detail. Start by saying what color the background is, and then whatever animations are in the logo. For still logos, just name the background color and whatever is on the still image.
Take your time on these, and make sure you revise, because if you leave an important detail out, you can confuse people easily.
Variant(s) (optional): If there are different variants of a logo, post them here.
FX: This is a short section. Say what is moving in the logo, and what kind of effects are being used (and don't just be lazy and put "Everything" or "All the animation in the logo"). If it's still, simply say "None". Also try to state what looks professional in the logo.
Cheesy Factor (optional; may be paired with the "FX" section): This section is used to describe what kind of outdated effects, what doesn't make sense, and how much effort is put into the ident. Humor is key in this section - sly remarks about what is cheesy in the logo always get a laugh out of the reader. Remember, though, not all logos are cheesy.
Music/Sounds: Say what kind of sounds are being used, or what genre the music is in the logo.
Availability: This section is important - gather all of the information about where this logo can be found. State whether it is rare or not, tell where it can be found, and where it was last seen.
Scale of Availability
Use this nomenclature for your future logo descriptions:
- Ultra-common: When you find this logo everywhere (also if this logo plasters everything).
- Common: You find that logo on newly produced shows/movies of that company, or is left intact on reruns/DVDs.
- Uncommon: You may find that logo on some prints of produced films/shows of that company.
- Rare: It appeared few times on some releases/prints.
- Scarce: You may find it on several prints/releases.
- Ultra-rare: Difficult to find.
- Extremely-rare: Appeared on some old releases/prints that hasn't been widely distributed.
- Extinct: Has been replaced by other logos.
- Myth: Only few people remember that, and there's no evidence of it.
- Unknown: If you don't know on which films/shows the logo has appeared.
- TBA: To be announced.
Do not put vague or incoherent descriptions like "common but rare "or "current but common". Those thing confuse readers.
Scare Factor: This determines if the logo frightens you or not. The music, animations, and cheesiness are huge factors playing into the scare factor. If a logo scares you, but no one else, try to average out the factor. Putting "Nightmare" on something that only scares you will get the readers annoyed, but if you put "Low to medium", readers can better relate to you. The scale for the scare factor is:
- None (to) (0, 0.5)
- Minimal (to)(1, 1.5)
- Low (to)(2, 2.5)
- Medium (to)(3, 3.5)
- High (to)(4, 4.5)
- Nightmare (5)!
That's about it. Have fun!
- The CLG Wiki Team
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Latest page update: made by MrLogoLord
, Nov 9 2008, 8:27 PM EST
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About This Update
Fixin' some details.
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