Help:Contents
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
- TenthFleet:Manual of Style — house style
- TenthFleet:Policies and guidelines — what belongs and how to source it
- TenthFleet:Contact us — reach the Wiki Team
- General MediaWiki editing help
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.
Once you've gotten comfortable with all that, you're ready to take the next steps:
- 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.
- Know where things go. Skim Naming conventions and the Guide to layout before you create a new page.
- 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.
- Moving articles (AKA renaming)?
- Displaying images?
- Working with Categories?
Advanced Editing
- Including a reference
- Advanced template guide
- Semantic MediaWiki info page?
- API info page?
- Widgets info page?
- Styling & theme
- Infoboxes
- Navboxes
- Dynamic lists (DPL)
- Supersession
- Categories
Where To Help
- Community Portal talk page
- Wanted pages
- Tenth Fleet Projects
- 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 Contact us for more ways to reach the team.
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
- Welcome to the wiki
- TenthFleet: FAQ
- Ask a wiki question
- Community Portal
- Policies and guidelines
- Projects
- Social Media:
- Sandbox
Maintenance
- Admin Noticeboard
- List of candidates for maintenance|
- Requests
- Bots
- Technical Adminstration
- Requests for user merge
- Page deletion
User Permissions
- User Rights
- Edit restricted namespaces:
- API namespace Requests for API editorship
- Widget namespace (TenthFleet:Requests_for_widget_editor_rights)
- Interface Editors
Formatting
Documentation of current conventions in article formatting. Include copy-pastable templates.
- General Formatting
- Message/infobox Templates (Category:Wiki_message_templates)
- TenthFleet:Template_guide