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Revision as of 15:37, 11 January 2022

This is a link to various help files, policies, and guides as they become available.

New Editor's Guide

Don't know where to start? This is for you!

  1. Getting Started - create an account and learn how to get around
  2. Guidelines - rules of thumb for style, structure, layout, and etiquette
  3. Markup Basics - how to make your edits look right
  4. References & Citations - how to cite your sources
  5. Images - how to upload and add images
  6. Categories - what categories are and how to use them
  7. Templates - what templates are and how to use them
  8. What now? - where to get more help and what to do next

More Help Pages

  • Style Guide, for information on writing conventions, capitalization, and other guidelines for the LOTC Wiki.
  • Editing and Wiki Syntax, for help with typesetting potentially unfamiliar wiki syntax.
  • Categorization, for info on categories and the category hierarchy.
  • Article structure, for standard article formats and headers.
  • Discussion, for info on how to participate in talk pages.
  • Speculation & Bias, for when it is appropriate to add speculation or bias to an article, and how to do it properly.
  • Namespaces, for the basics on how pages are organized into namespaces.
  • Infoboxes, for information on infoboxes.
  • Artists, for details about how to get new art and artists into LOTC and how to properly reference and credit them.
  • Character histories, for tips and tricks on writing histories on Character pages.

Other Documents and Resources

For more projects, assistance, or general conversation about the Lord of the Craft Wiki, please visit the LOTC Community Involvement Discord or message a Wiki Team Member!