One:Guide to accepting an article

GM process to accepting an article has a few important phases, and each phase has some important details:

1. Vetting:
   1. Ensure that the article author is not the same as the first link creator. If this is the case, deny further vetting, move writer along to writing a different article.
   2. Ensure that the minimums and maximums are met:
      1. Maximum of 2 entirely new phantoms created in any article.
         If this is unclear, check each phantom to make sure it's new to the article in question by following the link to the unwritten article and using the Toolbox > What links here link to find out what pages are linking to it. For entirely new phantoms there should only be two links: 1 from the article itself and possibly 1 from the index. For ones that might have been created by another author/article first, there will be other links from other articles. Use article history and timestamps to resolve questions of close timing.
      2. Minimum of 2 phantoms (new or previously linked) in every article.
      3. Minimum of 1 link to an existing article in every article.
         GM's choice as to whether the requirement is met by a previously subbed article from the same turn, though in general it needs to be an article from a previous turn.
2. Populate Article Metadata:
   1. Edit the article's Discussion page.
   2. Ensure that the metadata uses the Template:SimpleBox1-One template.
      Usage of a template is outlined in the template itself, but invoke this one by using the syntax:
      {{SimpleBox1-One|Title=Article Metadata|Auth=Otter Jenkins|FL=Otter Jenkins|TC=Before Time Began|Dib=September 1, 2012 22:00|Sub=September 2, 2012 23:00|Acc=September 3, 2012 23:30|Phant1=Phantom Article 1|P1FL='''(FL)'''|Phant2=Phantom Article 2|P2FL='''(FL)'''|BackArt=Existing Article 1|WC=100|Notes=These are my sample notes.}}
   3. Replace the fields with appropriate values for your article.
   4. Ensure that all data in the template is accurate. Populate fields per the template's help (on the template's page). Remember that timestamps are in PDT and use a 24 hour clock.
   5. For links not accounted for in the template, add a section to the Discussion page titled "== Additional Links ==" and describe the links' roles (e.g. "Links to existing articles", "Links to previously created phantoms", "Links to external sites") and present them in a clickable format (e.g. [[One:Article|Article]] or [http://www.cnn.com Pre-excession news site])
3. Populate Index:
   1. Use, where possible, the Template:IndexInline-One template.
      In some cases the template will not work well (for instance character M-2 cannot have eir name formatted with the bold by using the template). In this case use standard Wiki markup to replicate the look and feel.
   2. Most links will use types "FL", "FL-Dib", "FL-Sub" and "FL-Acc". In the case of entirely new articles not derived from previously linked phantoms, use types "Dib, "Sub" and "Acc" instead.
   3. Remember that timestamps are in PDT and the 24 hour clock in the format YYYYMMDDhhmm.
   4. If you are using the index's letter subsection to keep track of where you are in the acceptance process, move the line for this into the accepted area and be sure to use the type "FL-Acc" or "Acc" depending on article type.
4. Mark article as accepted:
   1. Once metadata exists in the article's discussion page, you can delete the following info from the main article page:
      1. Author signature
      2. Listing of links (phantoms, citations) unless part of the text or part of in-article footnote references
      3. Word count
      4. The submission category
   2. Accept an article formally by adding two categories:
      1. [[Category:What came after]]
      2. [[Category:What came after/Turn ?]] where you replace ? with the current turn letter.