ppy · Ephemeralis · Mar 10, 2019 · Mar 10, 2019 · Mar 11, 2019 · Mar 11, 2019
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
 Thanks for taking the time to make the osu! wiki better!
 
-To help you get started on the right track, check out the following resources to help you get started:
+Anyone is allowed (and encouraged!) to contribute to the osu! wiki.
 
-- The [Article Styling Criteria](https://osu.ppy.sh/help/wiki/Article_Styling_Criteria) for the styling standards in wiki.
+## Getting Started
 
-- The [Getting Started Guide](https://osu.ppy.sh/help/wiki/osu!wiki_contribution_guide) _(New to the GitHub workflow? You should read this first)_.
+### Markdown
 
+The osu! wiki is formatted using Markdown (specifically [GitHub-Flavoured Markdown (GFM)](https://help.github.com/articles/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/ "GitHub Help: Writing on GitHub")), a markup language that allows for text to have basic styling.
+
+[adam-p's Markdown Cheatsheet](https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet) is a fantastic tool of reference if you need to quickly learn about or refresh your memory of a Markdown feature.
+
+### Git and GitHub
+
+Since the osu! wiki is managed through this GitHub repository, you'll need some basic knowledge of [Git](https://git-scm.com/) in order to contribute.
+
+Luckily, if you're not willing to get too involved with the technicalities of Git, GitHub provides some on-site tools that can help you easily make changes. The [osu! wiki Contribution Guide](https://osu.ppy.sh/help/wiki/osu!_wiki_Contribution_Guide) explains step-by-step how to utilise them in order to make changes to the osu! wiki, assuming that you have no prior knowledge of Git or GitHub.
+
+## Standards and Requirements
+
+The [Article Styling Criteria (ASC)](https://osu.ppy.sh/help/wiki/Article_Styling_Criteria) is a set of standards that **must** be adhered to for all new and edited articles going forward. Among these are rules regarding project structure, usage of Markdown, formatting, diction and grammar. The ASC is fairly verbose, so please refer to it if you have any specific questions or concerns before asking other contributors of the osu! wiki.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -1,25 +1,17 @@
-# osu! wiki [![dev chat](https://discordapp.com/api/guilds/188630481301012481/widget.png?style=shield)](https://discord.gg/ppy)
+# osu! wiki
+
+[![dev chat](https://discordapp.com/api/guilds/188630481301012481/widget.png?style=shield)](https://discord.gg/ppy)
 
 <!--
 Uncomment and replace after the main wiki page gets implemented, link isn't official:
 Home of the [Knowledge Base](https://osu.ppy.sh/help/wiki).
 -->
 
-Home of the [osu!](https://osu.ppy.sh) wiki.
-
-## Requirements
-
-1. General understanding of the feature-branch workflow (e.g. make a pull request from a branch that is not `master`).
-2. Knowledge in [Markdown](https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet "adam-p's cheatsheet for Markdown"), specifically [GitHub-Flavoured Markdown (GFM)](https://help.github.com/articles/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github/ "GitHub Help: Writing on GitHub").
-3. Ability to write in English, preferably British English.
-
-## Getting Started
-
-### Helpful Links
+Home of the [osu!](https://osu.ppy.sh/home) wiki.
 
-- The [osu! wiki Contribution Guide](https://osu.ppy.sh/help/wiki/osu!_wiki_Contribution_Guide) for help with using GitHub, specifically tailored for the osu! wiki project.
+## Contributing
 
-- The [Article Styling Criteria](https://osu.ppy.sh/help/wiki/Article_Styling_Criteria), which **must** be adhered to for all new and rewritten articles going forward.
+Please see [the "contributing" file](CONTRIBUTING.md) if you are interested in helping out with the project!
 
 ## File caching
 

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Here are a few tips to make reading the Easy mod a little bit easier, too:
 
 **What are some good practice maps?**
 
-Hmm... now this is a tough one. Really, there's no one standard of maps that are simple and fun to read. I personally really enjoy playing [Kirby MIXes](https://osu.ppy.sh/p/beatmaplist?q="kirby%20mix"&m=-1&r=0&g=0&la=0&success=1512684053) with Easy, as they contain very few overlaps, and were created for AR8 (rather than the modern standard of AR9) so it's less of a stretch to use the lower AR. Other maps include anything by [mtmcl](https://osu.ppy.sh/p/beatmaplist?q=mtmcl&m=-1&r=0&g=0&la=0), thanks to the simple patterns and lack of overlap, as well as [Avicii - Levels (Nightcore Mix)](https://osu.ppy.sh/b/169505), which, although not the greatest map, is very simple and repetitive, and great to help ease into the Easy mod. I highly recommend playing maps that you're personally comfortable with, though, as anything I can suggest may very well be unreadable to you!
+Hmm... now this is a tough one. Really, there's no one standard of maps that are simple and fun to read. I personally really enjoy playing [Kirby MIXes](https://osu.ppy.sh/p/beatmaplist?q="kirby%20mix"&m=-1&r=0&g=0&la=0&success=1512684053) with Easy, as they contain very few overlaps, and were created for AR8 (rather than the modern standard of AR9) so it's less of a stretch to use the lower AR. Other maps include anything by [mtmcl](https://osu.ppy.sh/p/beatmaplist?q=mtmcl&m=-1&r=0&g=0&la=0), thanks to the simple patterns and lack of overlap, as well as [Avicii - Levels (Nightcore Mix)](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmaps/169505), which, although not the greatest map, is very simple and repetitive, and great to help ease into the Easy mod. I highly recommend playing maps that you're personally comfortable with, though, as anything I can suggest may very well be unreadable to you!
 
 **And finally, what skin works well?**
 

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ _*laughs*_ There's a favorite part? Really? There's nothing really "favorite" ab
 
 I've actually been thinking about that for a long time. To be honest, when we cut the gap between the MAT and the BAT, I was hoping that we would end up with more bubbles. At that point, the MAT was practically the BAT anyway, since they were doing a lot of the bubble work.
 
-**But weren't the MAT supposed to be the "trial period" for BAT entry?**
+**But weren't the MAT supposed to be the "trial period" for BAT entry?**
 
 Yeah, they were. That's a pretty silly question. In the end, it ended up being less of them being in a trial period and more like being BATs who couldn't rank. Even more so when they could only proto-bubble, which was pretty useless.
 
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ Please don't bring up bad memories. Zallius's office is a frightening thing.
 
 **Well Ephemeral, it was a swell interview! Is there anything you'd like to say before we call this a day?**
 
-I don't know.  Make people feel like they don't have to question me through the osu!monthly. I just wish more people would talk to me, since God knows we need more people to actually do things. Just please, talk to me. I'm desperate. It's like that one anime about the girl who wants to be popular. Just like that.
+I don't know. Make people feel like they don't have to question me through the osu!monthly. I just wish more people would talk to me, since God knows we need more people to actually do things. Just please, talk to me. I'm desperate. It's like that one anime about the girl who wants to be popular. Just like that.
 
 —osu!news team
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Minimum System Requirements
 
 Hello, gamers! Today I will tell you about an amazing game. It's an experience that people have awaited for the last two years. It's an action-packed adventure with voxels and has surprisingly good gameplay for an alpha! Guess what game it is! Minecraft, perhaps? Good guess, but the correct answer is Cube World, which just got released on PC recently. Speaking of Minecraft, people tend to claim that Cube World is just a massive rip-off of Minecraft. The truth is that the only similarity with Minecraft are the voxels. Cube World focuses on completely different elements.
 
-Cube World is developed by a married German couple, Wolfram von Funck and his wife Sarah. They face a huge challenge: making a dream game which involves infinite adventures, with you in control as a hero. Even after multiple people have offered to help with powerful servers, the couple has chosen to work alone on this project, for unexplained reasons. Will they really be able to do it themselves?  I hope this doesn't crash the project!
+Cube World is developed by a married German couple, Wolfram von Funck and his wife Sarah. They face a huge challenge: making a dream game which involves infinite adventures, with you in control as a hero. Even after multiple people have offered to help with powerful servers, the couple has chosen to work alone on this project, for unexplained reasons. Will they really be able to do it themselves? I hope this doesn't crash the project!
 
 The developers had no idea just how quickly this game would get immensely popular. Alpha was released in early July, but the servers got overloaded right away. The shop for buying the game was down for two days and, even as I write this article, the shop is still closed. Fortunately, things are getting more stable as time goes on.
 

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Hello everyone! It's been roughly a year and a half since the last release of th
 
 **What is the osu!monthly?**
 
-The osu!monthly's original concept was to be a newsletter for the community to find the highlights of the game each month. Over the timeline of the project, it's progressed into a magazine of sorts, but we've decided to turn back to the root of the idea. The monthly is now transitioning into a blog-type publication – updates are posted in more frequent intervals, and are separated by individual posts now, rather than an entire issue.
+The osu!monthly's original concept was to be a newsletter for the community to find the highlights of the game each month. Over the timeline of the project, it's progressed into a magazine of sorts, but we've decided to turn back to the root of the idea. The monthly is now transitioning into a blog-type publication – updates are posted in more frequent intervals, and are separated by individual posts now, rather than an entire issue.
 
 Our goal is to provide information about the community and be open to ideas from the community about anything happening on osu!. We understand that the forums can be an overwhelming place for someone who's new, and that's why the osu!monthly was conceived in the first place; to be the bridge between the information and to those that are interested in reading it.
 

@@ -11,37 +11,37 @@ A few distinct individuals have taken it upon themselves to provide service to t
 
 The first recipients of the community contributor badge are as follows (in no particular order):
 
-- [Darkimmortal](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/10886) - for developing and maintaining the popular osu!record replay recording service
+- [Darkimmortal](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/10886) - for developing and maintaining the popular osu!record replay recording service
 
-- [nanashiRei](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/807630) - for developing and hosting one of osu!'s longest running beatmap mirrors
+- [nanashiRei](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/807630) - for developing and hosting one of osu!'s longest running beatmap mirrors
 
-- [RBRat3](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/307202) - for numerous (beyond count) graphical contributions to the game client and everything else
+- [RBRat3](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/307202) - for numerous (beyond count) graphical contributions to the game client and everything else
 
 - [Ballance](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/165946) - for designing and drawing our fantastic achievement artwork
 
-- [akrolsmir](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/576800) - for developing and maintaining AIBat, arguably the most popular third-party beatmap modding tool ever produced
+- [akrolsmir](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/576800) - for developing and maintaining AIBat, arguably the most popular third-party beatmap modding tool ever produced
 
-- [statementreply](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/126198) - for outstanding performance in bugfix/feature testing and coding numerous utilities for mappers and modders
+- [statementreply](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/126198) - for outstanding performance in bugfix/feature testing and coding numerous utilities for mappers and modders
 
-- [Loctav](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/71366) - for his tireless efforts in organising several major official tournaments (including the OWC)
+- [Loctav](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/71366) - for his tireless efforts in organising several major official tournaments (including the OWC)
 
-- [Blazevoir](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/120265) - for her utterly insane moderation track record (equivalent to roughly 6 staff members) and almost single-handedly moderating #osu during peak hours (9k+ users)
+- [Blazevoir](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/120265) - for her utterly insane moderation track record (equivalent to roughly 6 staff members) and almost single-handedly moderating #osu during peak hours (9k+ users)
 
-- [Piotrekol](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/304520) - for developing and maintaining osu!stats and developing a number of useful utilities for both beatmapping, modding and general play
+- [Piotrekol](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/304520) - for developing and maintaining osu!stats and developing a number of useful utilities for both beatmapping, modding and general play
 
-- [MillhioreF](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/941094) - for outstanding performance in bugfix/feature testing and handling user support queries
+- [MillhioreF](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/941094) - for outstanding performance in bugfix/feature testing and handling user support queries
 
-- [DeathxShinigami](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/49516) - for 3+ years of silent work tirelessly handling beatmap packing and several years of managing the beatmap charts
+- [DeathxShinigami](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/49516) - for 3+ years of silent work tirelessly handling beatmap packing and several years of managing the beatmap charts
 
 And a super special mention for our oldest contributors:
 
-- [LuigiHann](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/1079) - for years upon years of service, including designing the original beatmap skin, advancing storyboarding as an art and motivation
+- [LuigiHann](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/1079) - for years upon years of service, including designing the original beatmap skin, advancing storyboarding as an art and motivation
 
-- [awp](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/2650) - for early community management and moderation and huge contributions over the course of his time here
+- [awp](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/2650) - for early community management and moderation and huge contributions over the course of his time here
 
-- [Sinistro](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/5530) - for being the first impromptu community manager and global moderator, who set the bar extremely high for the GMT to follow
+- [Sinistro](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/5530) - for being the first impromptu community manager and global moderator, who set the bar extremely high for the GMT to follow
 
-- [Ivalset](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/827) - for being the first staff manager and BATmanager and single-handedly forming an elite beatmap moderation team from nothing
+- [Ivalset](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/827) - for being the first staff manager and BATmanager and single-handedly forming an elite beatmap moderation team from nothing
 
 To all of these people, thank you. Thank you for your efforts in providing vital services to the osu! community - and while I know that there are others out there who are yet to receive accolades for their work in making osu! a better place for everyone, know that your time is coming, and I know who you are.
 

@@ -5,33 +5,33 @@ permalink: http://osunews.tumblr.com/post/59476752574/august-2013-ranking-chart
 date: 2013-08-15 00:00:00 +0000
 tumblr_url: http://osunews.tumblr.com/post/59476752574/august-2013-ranking-chart
 ---
-This month, we feature the winning maps of the [osu! Beatmapping Contest #4](https://osu.ppy.sh/forum/p/2464179). You can see the new chart here, and the packlist here.
+This month, we feature the winning maps of the [osu! Beatmapping Contest #4](https://osu.ppy.sh/community/forums/posts/2464179). You can see the new chart here, and the packlist here.
 
 Congratulations to the July Chart Winners!
 
 **osu!standard**
 
-1.  [SapphireGhost](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/388602) - 1 month of supporter
-2.  [Alumetorz](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/1145984)
-3.  [Imamoto](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/1201224)
+1.  [SapphireGhost](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/388602) - 1 month of supporter
+2.  [Alumetorz](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/1145984)
+3.  [Imamoto](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/1201224)
 
 **Taiko**
 
-1.  [Konpaku Sairel](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/533502) - 1 month of supporter
-2.  [\-\[ ix Ishida xi \]\-](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/242910)
-3.  [OzzyOzrock](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/465153)
+1.  [Konpaku Sairel](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/533502) - 1 month of supporter
+2.  [\-\[ ix Ishida xi \]\-](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/242910)
+3.  [OzzyOzrock](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/465153)
 
 **Catch the Beat**
 
-1.  [Dusk](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/533210) - 1 month of supporter
+1.  [Dusk](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/533210) - 1 month of supporter
 2.  \[Radiant\]
-3.  [Kyon97](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/1491901)
+3.  [Kyon97](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/1491901)
 
 **osu!mania**
 
-1.  [arcwinolivirus](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/2039089) - 1 month of supporter
-2.  [xxbidiao](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/47840)
-3.  [\[Shi\-Ra\]](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/2008489)
+1.  [arcwinolivirus](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/2039089) - 1 month of supporter
+2.  [xxbidiao](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/47840)
+3.  [\[Shi\-Ra\]](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/2008489)
 
 Good luck to this month!
 

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ At the beginning of the month, peppy announced in [a Community Voice thread](htt
 
 #### Noteworthy Websites
 
-**<http://osusignature.x10.mx>** \- a wonderful page created by [XPJ38](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/273531) which uses the osu! API to create user info signatures in four different styles - two of which replicate the old, now decrepit osu! signatures from the past! Definitely worth checking out, as they are very high quality.  
-**<http://osumodding.tumblr.com>** \- a blog created by [Shiro](https://osu.ppy.sh/u/113005), one of our most dedicated BATs. Here, you can take a look at explanations for different mapping styles, and how to identify and avoid common mistakes in mapping. There aren't many articles here yet, but more should be on the way!
+**<http://osusignature.x10.mx>** \- a wonderful page created by [XPJ38](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/273531) which uses the osu! API to create user info signatures in four different styles - two of which replicate the old, now decrepit osu! signatures from the past! Definitely worth checking out, as they are very high quality.  
+**<http://osumodding.tumblr.com>** \- a blog created by [Shiro](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/113005), one of our most dedicated BATs. Here, you can take a look at explanations for different mapping styles, and how to identify and avoid common mistakes in mapping. There aren't many articles here yet, but more should be on the way!
 
 —peppy