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THE CONTENT BELOW IS A WORK IN PROGRESS BY CMAGNANI. I INTEND TO REPLACE THIS TEXT NOTICE WITH AN ACTUAL NOTICE BOX AS SOON AS I CAN GET IT CREATED. PLEASE BEAR WITH ME AS THE CATEGORY:, HELP:, AND TENTHFLEET: PAGES ARE CREATED & GETS INTEGRATED WITH CURRENT CONTENT. THANK YOU!
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| Useful links & information in the Help Namespace
; <div style="position:relative; font-family:  EasonPro, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;">This section provides links to ''Help'' articles, geared towards providing assistance to new users with questions about how to edit the Tenth Fleet Wiki.</div>
To get started, please click on a relevant link to what you want help with below.
 
If you're looking for help with Tenth Fleet, rather than help with editing the wiki itself, then try [[Frequently Asked Questions]]. Alternatively, try the [https://forums.trmn.org/viewforum.php?f=99 official TRMN Tenth Fleet forum].
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== Basic editing ==
Contributing is easy. There is an excellent '''[[Help:Editing|editing guide]]''' available which contains the need-to-know info if you want to modify or create an article from scratch. A '''[[Help:Cheatsheet|cheatsheet]]''' quick summary also exists.


If you're in a rush or don't feel confident enough to edit an article, you can drop a comment on an article's talkpage with the '''[[Help:Leaving article feedback|two click feedback button]]'''. The wiki community keeps an eye on talk pages and so will likely be able to resolve any issue you identify. If an article has been created with the wrong title, '''[[Help:Renaming articles|it can be renamed]]''' (same as moved) by logged in users.
=== Basic Editing ===
Welcome to the team! To help get you comfortable with editing the Tenth Fleet wiki, we've put together an [[Help:Editing|Editing Guide]] (& [[Help:Cheatsheet|Cheatsheet]]) for the basics: how to make [[Help:Editing#Links|links]], [[Help:Editing#Headings_and_sections|section headings]], [[Help:Editing#Lists|lists]], and [[Help:Editing#Tables|tables]]. Some easy things to start with will be keeping tabs on [[TenthFleet:Naming_conventions#General_conventions|redirects]] or [[TenthFleet:Naming_conventions#General_conventions|disambiguation]] pages.


Displaying information with '''[[Help:Images|images]]''' or '''[[Help:Tables|tables]]''' can often radically improve an article. '''[[Help:Templates|Templates]]''' are also routinely used to ensure a consistent appearance. Although they appear as discreet links at the bottom of articles, '''[[Help:Categories|Categories]]''' are a simple way of quickly navigating between similar content.
Once you've gotten comfortable with all that, you're ready to take the next steps:
# '''Learn the house style.''' Read the [[TenthFleet:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] so your pages match the rest of the wiki. In short: put the article title in bold in the first sentence, use sentence case for headings, and abbreviate ranks and post-nominals.
# '''Know where things go.''' Skim [[TenthFleet:Naming conventions|Naming conventions]] and the [[TenthFleet:Guide to layout|Guide to layout]] before you create a new page.
# '''Go more in-depth.''' Read the [[TenthFleet:Introduction|Editor's Handbook]] in it's entirety, from [[TenthFleet:Contributor%27s_guide|start]] to [[TenthFleet:Category_system|finish]]. It provides a wealth of knowledge, tips & tricks.


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We know, it's a lot to take in at first, but you shouldn't feel overwhelmed. Think of this page as a one-stop shop for most every function of getting help or support with writing and maintaining the Tenth Fleet Wiki. If you're still stuck or have questions, feel free to [[TenthFleet:Contact_us|contact a team member]], and we can help you out.
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== Advanced editing ==
If a statement made on an article is not easily verifiable ingame, then it is often a good idea to include a '''[[Help:References|reference]]''' to the original source. This is especially true of information gleaned from interviews and external sites.


The '''[[Help:Templates (advanced)|advanced template guide]]''' will point you in the direction of useful resources if you're looking to improve on the existing templates. If it isn't obvious how information appears on a page, the chances are it involves the '''[[Help:SMW|SMW]]''' data extension. When wikicode templates aren't quite sufficient, or you want to pull information from the GW2 API, '''[[Help:Widgets|Widgets]]''' can be assembled by trusted editors.
* [[Help:Renaming_articles|Moving articles]] (AKA renaming)?
* [[Help:images|Displaying images]]?
* [[Help:Categories|Working with Categories]]?


Sysops are usually chosen for their ability to mediate conflicts between other users. They are not chosen for their memory, which is lucky because there is a '''[[Help:Sysop guide|Sysop Guide]]'''.
=== Advanced Editing ===
* [[Help:References|Including a reference]]
* [[TenthFleet:Template_guide|Advanced template guide]]
* [[Help:Semantic MediaWiki|Semantic MediaWiki]] info page?
* [[Help:API|API]] info page?
* [[Help:Widgets|Widgets]] info page?
* [[TenthFleet:Styling_and_theme_system|Styling & theme]]
* [[TenthFleet:Infobox_construction|Infoboxes]]
* [[TenthFleet:Navbox_construction|Navboxes]]
* [[TenthFleet:Dynamic_page_lists|Dynamic lists (DPL)]]
* [[TenthFleet:Supersession_framework|Supersession]]
* [[TenthFleet:Category_system|Categories]]


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=== Where To Help ===
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* [[TenthFleet_talk:Community_portal|Community Portal talk]] page
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* [[Special:WantedPages|Wanted pages]]
== Where can I help? ==
* [[Category:Stubs|Stubs]]
As with most wikis, we are still missing some articles. If you find a subject that needs an article, you can add some basic information and create it (it doesn't have to be complete!).
* [[TenthFleet:Projects|Tenth Fleet Projects]]
* [[Special:Random|Random page]]
*; If you get stuck, you have options:
** Leave a message on an article's Talk page to discuss that page.
** Email the Wiki Team at wikimaster at tenthfleet dot org.
** See [[TenthFleet:Contact_us|Contact us]] for more ways to reach the team.


Any incomplete page that you find is yours to edit and improve, but if you have a suggestion for a change that might affect a large number of pages or is of controversial nature, discuss it on the '''[[Guild Wars 2 Wiki talk:Community portal|community portal]]''' first.
=== Miscellaneous ===
* [https://wiki.tenthfleet.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Guides Category:Guides]
* [[Help:Appearance|Appearance]]
* [[Help:Archiving]]
* [[Help:Redirect]]
* [[Help:Reverting|Reverting]]
* [[Help:Searching|Searching]]
* [[Help:Signatures|Signatures]]


If you want to go looking for incomplete content you could try '''[[Special:Wantedpages|the list of wanted pages]]''' (pages which have been linked to, but not created), have a swing at the '''[[:Category:Stubs|stubs]]''' (pages which have been created, but are known to be missing key sections), check out the '''[[TenthFleet:Projects|Wiki Projects]]''', or just go for a '''[[Special:Random|random page]]'''. Regardless of what you edit, we will appreciate your contribution.
{{Editor documentation}}


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== Miscellaneous ==
| <h2>Wiki Support</h2>
* [[Help:Appearance]] — Customise how the wiki appears to you, includes a dark mode theme
* [[Help:Archiving]] — Move the talkpage and create a link to it
* [[Help:Redirect]] — Making it easier to find pages even if you're a dingus
* [[Help:Reverting]] — Fixing poorly made edits by other users
* [[Help:Searching]] — With {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} pages, if you can find the article, the game is yours to command
* [[Help:Signatures]] — Always leave your calling card when contributing on talk pages
* [[Help:WikiLove]] — Praising other editors is one of the most important things that can be contributed to the wiki
 
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| Useful links & information in the TenthFleet Namespace
; <div style="position:relative; font-family:  EasonPro, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;">This section provides an overview of all pages within the ''Tenth Fleet Wiki'' namespace, used for anything about the wiki that doesn't fit anywhere else.</div>
The intention of the Tenth Fleet Wiki namespace is to provide an area for the community to discuss and document decisions made with regards to how to structure the rest of the wiki.
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== Core and Community ==
* [[TenthFleet:Welcome to the wiki|Welcome to the wiki]]
* [[TenthFleet:FAQ|FAQ]]
* [[TenthFleet:Ask a wiki question|Ask a wiki question]] — If you're stuck with editing the wiki, this is the page for you.
* [[TenthFleet:Community portal|Community portal]] — Discuss ideas or changes to the wiki that need support from others
* [[TenthFleet:Practices and processes|Practices and processes]] — An overview of how we do things here
* [[TenthFleet:Projects|Projects]] — Things to do
* Social media:
** [[TenthFleet:Discord|Discord]] — If you need a quick answer from another user
** (What other social media presences do we have?)
** TenthFleet:IRC|IRC
* [[TenthFleet:Sandbox|Sandbox]] — For experimenting with editing


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=== Core and Community ===
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* [[TenthFleet:Welcome_to_the_wiki|Welcome to the wiki]]
== Formatting ==
* [[TenthFleet:FAQ|TenthFleet: FAQ]]
Documentation of our current conventions in article formatting. Includes copy-pastable templates. (Note: Most of the items in this list were left in to serve as an example; add relevant and/or delete irrelevant items as necessary)
* [[TenthFleet:Ask_a_wiki_question|Ask a wiki question]]
* [[TenthFleet:General formatting|General formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Community_portal|Community Portal]]
<ul style="column-count:2; margin-left:1.6em; margin-top:0;">
* [[TenthFleet:Practices_and_processes|Practices and processes]]
* [[TenthFleet:Color schemes|Color schemes]]
* [[TenthFleet:Projects|Projects]]
* [[TenthFleet:Achievement formatting|Achievement formatting]]
* Social Media:
* [[TenthFleet:Adventure formatting|Adventure formatting]]
** [[Discord]]
* [[TenthFleet:ArenaNet employee formatting|ArenaNet employee formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Sandbox|Sandbox]]
* [[TenthFleet:Armor formatting|Armor formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Armor gallery formatting|Armor gallery formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Back item formatting|Back item formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Decoration formatting|Decoration formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Dialogue formatting|Dialogue formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Drop rate formatting|Drop rate formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Dungeon formatting|Dungeon formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Dye formatting|Dye formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Effect formatting|Effect formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Event formatting|Event formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Gem Store combo formatting|Gem Store combo formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Hero challenge formatting|Hero challenge formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Image formatting|Image formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Inventory formatting|Inventory formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Item formatting|Item formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Location formatting|Location formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Mastery formatting|Mastery formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:NPC formatting|NPC formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Object formatting|Object formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Release formatting|Release formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Renown heart formatting|Renown heart formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Skill formatting|Skill formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Skin formatting|Skin formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Story formatting|Story formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Trait formatting|Trait formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Trinket formatting|Trinket formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Upgrade component formatting|Upgrade component formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Weapon formatting|Weapon formatting]]
* [[TenthFleet:Weapon set formatting|Weapon set formatting]]
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=== Maintenance ===
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* [[TenthFleet:Admin noticeboard|Admin Noticeboard]]
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* [[TenthFleet:List_of_candidates_for_maintenance|List of candidates for maintenance|]]
== Maintenance ==
* Requests
* [[TenthFleet:Admin noticeboard|Admin noticeboard]]
** [[TenthFleet:Bots|Bots]]
* [[TenthFleet:List of candidates for maintenance|List of candidates for maintenance]]
** [[TenthFleet:Requests_for_technical_adminstration|Technical Adminstration]]
* [[TenthFleet:Reporting wiki bugs|Reporting wiki bugs]]
** [[TenthFleet:Requests_for_user_merge|Requests for user merge]]
* Requests:
** Page deletion
** [[TenthFleet:Bots|Bots]] — For repetitive changes to multiple pages
** [[TenthFleet:Requests for technical administration|Technical administration]] — For new MediaWiki extensions
** [[TenthFleet:Requests for user merge|Requests for user merge]] — To rename your account


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=== User Permissions ===
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* [[TenthFleet:User rights|User Rights]]
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== User permissions ==
* [[TenthFleet:User rights|User rights]]
** [[TenthFleet:Bureaucrats|Bureaucrats]]
** [[TenthFleet:Bureaucrats|Bureaucrats]]
** [[TenthFleet:Sysops|Sysops]] <small>([[TenthFleet:Requests for adminship|requests for adminship]])</small>
** [[TenthFleet:Sysops|Sysops]] ([[TenthFleet:Requests_for_adminship|Requests for adminship]])
** [[TenthFleet:Extended editors|Extended editors]]
** [[TenthFleet:Extended_editors|Extended editors]]
** [[TenthFleet:Autoconfirmed users|Autoconfirmed users]]
** [[TenthFleet:Autoconfirmed_users|Autoconfirmed users]]
* Edit restricted namespaces:
* Edit restricted namespaces:
** API namespace <small>([[TenthFleet:Requests for API editorship|requests for API editorship]])</small>
* API namespace [[TenthFleet:Requests_for_API_editorship|Requests for API editorship]]
** Widget namespace <small>([[TenthFleet:Requests for widget editor rights|requests for widget editorship]])</small>
* Widget namespace ([[TenthFleet:Requests_for_widget_editor_rights]])
** [[TenthFleet:Interface administrators|Interface administrators]]
* [[TenthFleet:Interface_Editors|Interface Editors]]
 
=== Formatting ===
([[Category:Wiki_templates]])
Documentation of current conventions in article formatting. Include copy-pastable templates.
* [[TenthFleet:General_formatting|General Formatting]]
* Message/infobox Templates (Category:Wiki_message_templates)
* [[TenthFleet:Template_guide]]


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=== Technical ===
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* [[TenthFleet:Changelog|Changelog]]
== Technical ==
* [[TenthFleet:Mobile|Mobile]]
(The following list is an example of items for this category. Admin(s), please modify the list as necessary, and delete this statement.)
* [[TenthFleet:Popups|Popups]]
* [[TenthFleet:Changelog|Changelog]] — Occasionally the wiki receives an upgrade
* [[TenthFleet:Semantic Mediawiki|Semantic Mediawiki]]
* [[TenthFleet:Mobile|Mobile]] — How the wiki appears on mobile devices
* [[TenthFleet:Semantic Forms|Semantic Forms]]
* [[TenthFleet:Popups|Popups]] — Page previews when hovering over links (aka tooltips)
* [[TenthFleet:Semantic MediaWiki|Semantic MediaWiki]] — Helps automate overview pages
* [[TenthFleet:Semantic Forms|Semantic Forms]] — Rarely used


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=== Legal ===
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== Legal ==
* [[TenthFleet:About|About]]
* [[TenthFleet:About|About]]
* [[TenthFleet:Copyrights|Copyrights]]
* [[TenthFleet:Copyrights|Copyrights]]
* [[TenthFleet:Copyrighted content|Copyrighted content]]
* [[TenthFleet:Copyrighted_content|Copyrighted content]]
* [[TenthFleet:General disclaimer|General disclaimer]]
* [[TenthFleet:General_disclaimer|General disclaimer]]
* [[TenthFleet:Privacy policy|Privacy policy]]
* [[TenthFleet:Privacy_policy|Privacy Policy]]
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Latest revision as of 05:45, 7 August 2026

Help — how to read, edit, and build pages on the Tenth Fleet Wiki. New here? Start with the Introduction.

Editing

  • Click Edit on any page to change it. Describe your change in the edit summary and save.
  • Practice in your user sandbox before editing live pages.
  • Wikitext basics: ''italic'', '''bold''', [[Page]] for a link, [[Page|label]] for a labelled link, and == Heading == for sections.

Building a page

  • Search for the title first to avoid duplicates.
  • Start with a bold lead sentence, add sections with headings, and finish with categories.
  • Match the conventions in the Manual of Style.

Links, categories, and images

  • Link generously to related pages; a red link marks a page that doesn't exist yet.
  • Add [[Category:Name]] at the foot of a page to file it.
  • Ask the Wiki Team about uploading images.

Templates

  • Templates such as {{Order info}} and {{News}} provide reusable formatting; see their template pages for usage.

More help


🚧 Under constructionThis page is actively being built and is not yet finished. Its layout, dependencies, or wording may be incomplete or change substantially. The Help:Contents page is undergoing expansion to include new pages in the Help and TenthFleet Namespaces. Content below this notice is currently being constructed. Content above is remaining during expansion so as not to be disruptive.It should not be treated as a settled page until this banner is removed.

Wiki Help

Useful links & information in the Help Namespace

Basic Editing

Welcome to the team! To help get you comfortable with editing the Tenth Fleet wiki, we've put together an Editing Guide (& Cheatsheet) for the basics: how to make links, section headings, lists, and tables. Some easy things to start with will be keeping tabs on redirects or disambiguation pages.

Once you've gotten comfortable with all that, you're ready to take the next steps:

  1. Learn the house style. Read the Manual of Style so your pages match the rest of the wiki. In short: put the article title in bold in the first sentence, use sentence case for headings, and abbreviate ranks and post-nominals.
  2. Know where things go. Skim Naming conventions and the Guide to layout before you create a new page.
  3. Go more in-depth. Read the Editor's Handbook in it's entirety, from start to finish. It provides a wealth of knowledge, tips & tricks.

We know, it's a lot to take in at first, but you shouldn't feel overwhelmed. Think of this page as a one-stop shop for most every function of getting help or support with writing and maintaining the Tenth Fleet Wiki. If you're still stuck or have questions, feel free to contact a team member, and we can help you out.

Advanced Editing

Where To Help

Miscellaneous


Tenth Fleet Wiki — Editor Documentation
Start here Contributor's guide · Introduction · Be bold · Editing basics
Style & layout Manual of Style · Guide to layout · Naming conventions · Namespaces · Citing sources
Building content Peerage page · Award page · Ship page · Echelon page · Order · News item
Templates Template guide
Deep dives Styling & theme · Infoboxes · Navboxes · Dynamic lists (DPL) · Supersession · Categories
Policies & Guidelines

Wiki Support

Useful links & information in the TenthFleet Namespace

Core and Community

Maintenance

User Permissions

Formatting

() Documentation of current conventions in article formatting. Include copy-pastable templates.

Technical

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