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Welcome to contributing to the Yogstation Wiki - we're happy to have you here. This wiki would not be possible to maintain without the help and dedication of players and staff alike. In a game as complex as Space Station 13, having an up to date wiki is critical to properly enjoy it. Thank you for taking your time. | Welcome to contributing to the Yogstation Wiki - we're happy to have you here. This wiki would not be possible to maintain without the help and dedication of players and staff alike. In a game as complex as Space Station 13, having an up to date wiki is critical to properly enjoy it. Thank you for taking your time. | ||
== Getting Started == | == Getting Started == | ||
=== Your account === | https://forums.yogstation.net/forums/wiki-team-applications.290/=== Your account === | ||
As a first order of business, in order to edit pages a wiki | As a first order of business, in order to edit pages a wiki account is '''required''' - this is a method to reduce the possibility of grief showing up on the wiki itself. To obtain a wiki account, use the '''Create account''' button at the top right of the page. You will need to confirm your email address before you will be able to make changes to the wiki. | ||
In order to both maintain a minimum level of quality on the wiki and to limit the damage of grief, edits made by new accounts will not be immediately visible, once you save an edit, the wiki staff will get a notification of your edit so that your edit may be reviewed, potentially edited and then approved or rejected. During the review process, you will still be able to further edit the page while your edit is being reviewed but try to avoid submitting incomplete edits. The wiki staff patrols change logs to correct small errors and combat intentional misinforming edits, so please be mindful and be ready to explain your edit if it raises a red flag. The best way to prevent misunderstandings is adding proper summaries for all your edits. Once you've created your account, don't be afraid to jump in and start correcting and adding to pages. | |||
Once you have a few edits under your name, feel free to apply to join the wiki team at https://forums.yogstation.net/forums/wiki-team-applications.290, this will allow you to create new pages and bypass the need to have your edits manually reviewed by the wiki staff. | |||
=== [[Wikicode]] === | === [[Wikicode]] === | ||
Wikicode is the syntax used by all Wikipedias, including this one. It is not hard to pick up: Don't hesitate to read [[Wikicode|our internal guide]] or the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup wikipedias official article]. The syntax and options might seem daunting at first, but remember that you can edit allmost all articles with this 5 minute crash course: | Wikicode is the syntax used by all Wikipedias, including this one. It is not hard to pick up: Don't hesitate to read [[Wikicode|our internal guide]] or the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup wikipedias official article]. The syntax and options might seem daunting at first, but remember that you can edit allmost all articles with this 5 minute crash course: | ||
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There are a few concepts that drive Wiki functionality, and this guide will attempt to touch on the very basics that you'll need to get in and get going. If you have questions regarding more advanced topics, you are allways welcome to ask in the above mentioned [{{Constant/Discordurl}} #wiki-public]. | There are a few concepts that drive Wiki functionality, and this guide will attempt to touch on the very basics that you'll need to get in and get going. If you have questions regarding more advanced topics, you are allways welcome to ask in the above mentioned [{{Constant/Discordurl}} #wiki-public]. | ||
== What needs doing? == | == What needs doing? == | ||
The Yogstation Wiki is an utterly massive project, and the [[ | The Yogstation Wiki is an utterly massive project, and the [[Contributors#Wiki_Staff|active wiki staff team]] is small, comparatively. Most everywhere you look there is out-of-date information, duplicate guides, broken links, unintelligible references. The Wiki Team attempts to keep core pages up to date and patrolled, but there are many pages on the periphery in dire need of attention. | ||
A good place to start is by analysing your strengths and the completeness of your knowledge within the context of Space Station 13, and then attempting to revise or update material relevant to that. If you are a person who plays Roboticist every round, then take a moment to look over the [[Roboticist]] page and verify the information there - add tips and tricks that you've picked up; publish a new guide page for some advanced facet of the position - in short, play to your strengths when editing and contributing, otherwise information can be left worse off than when it started. | A good place to start is by analysing your strengths and the completeness of your knowledge within the context of Space Station 13, and then attempting to revise or update material relevant to that. If you are a person who plays Roboticist every round, then take a moment to look over the [[Roboticist]] page and verify the information there - add tips and tricks that you've picked up; publish a new guide page for some advanced facet of the position - in short, play to your strengths when editing and contributing, otherwise information can be left worse off than when it started. | ||
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As a recommendation, if you wish to work on a page uninterrupted and not worry about other users editing the same thing while you are working, you can mirror the page in to your personal [[Special:MyPage/Sandbox|sandbox]] area or anywhere in your own pages. This will create a "localized" copy that you can change unfettered by interference by others. | As a recommendation, if you wish to work on a page uninterrupted and not worry about other users editing the same thing while you are working, you can mirror the page in to your personal [[Special:MyPage/Sandbox|sandbox]] area or anywhere in your own pages. This will create a "localized" copy that you can change unfettered by interference by others. | ||
'''Additionally, if you are revising a page, PLEASE put a summary in the Summary section of your editing window towards the bottom of the page. This will help Wiki | '''Additionally, if you are revising a page, PLEASE put a summary in the Summary section of your editing window towards the bottom of the page. This will help Wiki Staff immensely when patrolling the moderation queue.''' | ||
=== Mark articles === | === Mark articles === | ||
Whenever you find a page that needs some work you can't do / you want to do later, make sure to mark it. Marking an article will not only insert a nice obvious note, it will temporarily add the page to a category. These categories serve as todo-lists, which is very convenient. As long as you don't mark every single page in existence, this alone will be helpful. | Whenever you find a page that needs some work you can't do / you want to do later, make sure to mark it. Marking an article will not only insert a nice obvious note, it will temporarily add the page to a category. These categories serve as todo-lists, which is very convenient. As long as you don't mark every single page in existence, this alone will be helpful. | ||
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|For articles without content / barebones | |For articles without content / barebones structure. | ||
|<code><nowiki>{{Stub|to set an example|~~~~}}</nowiki></code> | |<code><nowiki>{{Stub|to set an example|~~~~}}</nowiki></code> | ||
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