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=== Breadcrumbs ===
Please try to keep the breadcrumbs at the top of each page. In the [[Complete DB|Complete Database]] it is done like this:
<nowiki>[[Main Page]] :: [[Example Page 3]] :: '''{{PAGENAME}}'''</nowiki>
=== Weights and measures ===
When indicating crafting materials, please be as explicit as possible.
For the English portion of the wiki, please use a decimal point (period) when referring to fractional numbers. Always specify weights with two decimal places. This avoids ambiguity between "item has integer weight" and "didn't bother to check exact weight".
===Itembox===
We have moved much of the information on crafting into the itembox, including dye information. Please don’t add crafting instructions to the main article.
==Namespaces==
|Wurmpedia||Information about the wiki, including wiki roles||Admin+
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===Main namespace===
A table of what every skill level and tool quality affects is not necessary.
The wiki does not contain any recipes. Recipes are meant to be discoverable by players, and players have other means to acquire help with their cooking questions.
==Settings==
As a new editor, you are probably just excited to dive in and get some sweet edits in. That's great! But it's also great to know that there are some settings in your Preferences that can make editing easier and more efficient.
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Here are some basic outlines and comments about the most notable features you will find:
===User Profile, Appearance, Editing===
* User Profile: contains basic stuff like email and password, and ability to change them.
* Appearance: Here you can change the wiki skin (I hate all the other ones!), change the way dates and times are displayed, as well as your time zone, among some other things.
* Editing: The editing preferences contain many highly useful and awesome features that you can enable to help with your editing. You can Enable section editing by right clicking on section title, Edit pages on double click, Mark all edits minor by default, warn me when I leave an edit page with unsaved changes, side-by-side preview (shown below), and more.
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===Recent Changes, Watchlist, Search===
* Recent changes: You can view the recent changes, which shows articles and files recently edited, in the Recent changes page (linked on the sidebar, as shown below). In your preferences, you can change how this page will display by default, including how many days to show, number of edits to show, you can group changes by page, hide minor edits, hide patrolled edits, and more.
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* Watchlist: When editing an article, you get the option (which is selected by default) to watch that page. You have a separate section to view your watched articles, which shows if edits have been made since you began watching that page.
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* Search: Which namespaces to search when you search for an article by default. When searching, you can also hit the magnifying glass, then go to Advanced, which will show the page pictured below. Here, you can select which namespace(s) you wish to search in. Great if you're looking for a particular kind of page!
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==Special Pages==
There are some special pages on the Wurmpedia which collect articles based on some criteria. These special pages can be useful for finding articles that are out of date, have incorrect links, are missing images, and more. These pages are found [[Special pages|here]].
It is a good idea to check through some of these pages, especially if you are looking for something to edit but are having trouble figuring out what to do.
There is always something that needs to be done on the wiki, even if all of those pages are up-to-date. If you are ever looking for work, please reach out to a Wurmpedia Assistant, Wurmpedia Assistant Manager, or Wurmpedia Manager.
==Editing Basics==
To edit an article, click on Edit at the top of the page. You will be brought to a page that looks like the one below. This is the editing page.
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#Title – shows that you are editing a page, and the title of the page you’re editing.
#This is the page content. Written in Wiki Markup; there are a few tools at the top of the editor that will assist with basic things (bold, italic, linking to articles/websites).
#Summary – Brief description of what edits you’ve made. This helps future editors/readers see when a change happened should they require that information. The summary is quick and simple – for example, “grammar fix”, “typos”, “cupboard now requires 2 tar as of Jun 2nd update” or “June 2 update – 2 tar to make”. Anything that gets the point across!
#“This is a minor edit” – This is another tool to help editors/readers find particular changes. I mark almost everything as minor unless it is an overhaul of the page, if the page is being changed to a template, or something along those lines. Fixing typos are minor.
#“Watch this page” – I never really watch pages; this will show up in your watched items for X days (depending on your Preferences) for you to see if any other edits occur during that time.
#Save page – 99% of the time, I use #7 Show Preview first, to make sure I didn’t make any obvious errors. It is a lot easier to spot errors when you see it on the page rather than in the editor. Save page will save your edits to the page, along with your summary comment, and become live.
#Show preview – This shows what the page will look like should you save.
#Show changes – This will show you what changes you have made in this edit.
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The right column includes your edits. Text is highlighted where you have made changes.
==Basic Wiki Markup==
The Wurmpedia uses wiki markup, a type of coding language used to format text and images in a custom way. You can do anything from making text bold and italic, to making text appear only if certain conditions are met (for example, if the item is made of wood, display text indicating the types of wood that item can be made from). For this introductory course, you will be introduced to formatting text in bold and italics, creating headers, and linking to other articles or webpages. These are the most common markup codes you will use in editing.
