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If you see wrong information, you can correct it yourself, but you may want to bring it up on * Stay in touch with the rest of the Wurmpedia team via the Discord if it seems like a larger issue. Please don't assume that incorrect wiki information is brought on by maliceor IRC.
Let's be respectful of other WAs and editors and all staff* Please don’t edit anyone’s personal page, except your own. Exception: you may remove dead (red) links. We all contribute!
For the English portion of the wiki, please 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".
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==Guidelines==
The Wurmpedia is a resource used by new and experienced players alike. It is typically the first place a new player will turn when they want to understand something. As such, we want the Wurmpedia to be as organized, accurate, and user-friendly as possible. These are some guidelines in place to help us all keep the Wurmpedia to a high standard. Always abide by Wurm game rules while editing the wiki.
==General Wurmpedia Etiquette==
* As the Wurmpedia team works as a team, we want to run any large changes past other editors and WAs before taking any steps. Trying to look at similar pages before you correct any formatting.
* If you see wrong information, you can correct it yourself, but you may want to bring it up on Discord if it seems like a larger issue. Please don’t don't assume that incorrect wiki information is brought on by malice. Don't engage in edit anyone’s personal page, except your ownwars. Exception: you may remove dead Reverts are not (redand shouldn't be) linkspersonal.
* Let's be respectful of other WAs and editors and all staff. We all contribute! * Feel free to bring up issues with the Wurmpedia to the management or direct other players to management for issues you can't resolve with wiki information. * Please report any vandalism to the wiki, but also fix it! * As of right now, the only language we are translating the Wurmpedia into is Russian. If you’d like to work on another language project (or that one!) please message the Manager or the team in general.
==Stylistic Guide==
* Please use [[wikipedia:list of common misspellings | correct spelling]] and do not use slang, [[wikipedia:texting language | 'txtspk']] or [[wikipedia:leet speak | 'leet speak']]. Example: 'You need to', not 'U need 2'.
* Spelling in Wurm is a strange and diverse mix of UK and US spelling. However, the Wurmpedia must conform to the game, not what we feel is the “right way”. So armour, but favor. Check in game for other spellings.**Feel free to post a bug report for mistakes found in spelling or grammar in game.
* If you aren't a spelling and grammar pro, use a spell checker. ([http://www.iespell.com/ IE] [http://www.svarteper.com/ff/aspellfox/ FF] [http://aspell.net/ Opera]).
* Excluding proper nouns, words in page titles should '''not''' be capitalized. Use "Small metal shield" or "small metal shield"<sup>[1]</sup>, and not "Small Metal Shield". Also, don't capitalize nouns in the middle of sentences, unless they're proper nouns.
* Use <nowiki>[[links]]</nowiki> when referring to other pages (refrain from linking the same page multiple times in the same article.)
* Much of our crafting information has been moved into the Itembox template, including dye information. Please don't add crafting instructions to the main wiki article, unless you check in with other WAs/staff. If you need help with the itembox, ask in Discord.
* Don't create a table of specific skill gains at each skill level with a specific tool. This would be better for a guide.
* Don't use dates for updates or links to posts.
* Don't use information taken from WU or speculation.
* We no longer add food recipes to the wiki, including links.
* Avoid personal bias when editing. When in doubt, take it to the talk page.
* Do not post suggestions. They belong in the forums or on IRC - not here.
* Everything on the Wurmpedia is a work in progress, including this handbook.
=== Breadcrumbs ===
For items with only one possible size (same weight, no combine), note the number of items needed with the suffix 'x', e.g. "15x [[stone brick]]". If the item can be reduced in weight (e.g. [[shaft]]), also include the minimum weight possible for use. For other items specify the total weight needed and avoid listing the "normal" number of items used.
===Itembox===
We have moved much of the information on crafting into the itemboxtemplate, including dye information. Please don’t add crafting instructions to the main article. If you need assistance with the template, ask in the Discord.
==Namespaces==
* 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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If you do choose to do this when making an article, make sure that every reference to the current page (aside from <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki>, which will give the name of whichever page it is currently on) is changed to that of your current article. Also be sure to check the categories, as some may be in categories that are not relevant to the new article.
===Redirects===
A redirect is a way to forward from one page to another, by placing #redirect <nowiki>[[New page]]</nowiki> in the body of a page, where New page is the proper page name that the user should be redirected to. Please use redirects sparingly as they can become confusing.
You may use a redirect in the following situations:
To forward from a page with different letter case than the main page, but has the same exact spelling.
Example: Settlement:Tap_dance may redirect to Settlement:Tap_Dance.
To forward between a User and a Player page owned by the same person.
Example: User:Keenan redirects to Player:Keenan.
Don't make double redirects. If there are multiple redirects to one page, because of spelling or condensed pages, have them all go to the end result page.
===Headers===
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If placed at the row start level, it will only align the text within that row's cells the way specified.
{| style="height:100px; width=100px;" border="1"; |- style="text-align:left;"
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