Help:Contents

Check out the Community portal for information our plans and other things Help us get the Krafties Wiki into shape, cleaning up articles and adding content

• Formatting and templates

Getting started on the Wiki

Register

• Create an account here on the wiki

Need help?

• Check the Help pages

Be bold

• There's no need to wait. Jump right in and start editing. The wiki maintenance category may be a great place to start, or you can start small by fixing spelling, grammar, and other errors you come across.

Start a new article

• just type a new article name in the search. A link will be provided to start the article at the top of the search results if it hasn't been created already.
• you can make a new page redirect to it's proper place by adding #REDIRECT [[PageName]]

Community discussion

• See what the community is currently talking about or make suggestions on the talk pages.

Creating Articles / Editing Content

Creating Content is as easy as searching for it. If you can't find it, feel free to create it, because somebody else will probably search for it too at some point.

Can browse the existing pages and categories or simply use the Search function. If the search can't find it, it will give you the option of creating the missing page.

This is the options when editing a page, "Summary" is where you write why/what you were editing

Creating a New Page

1. When failing to find something with search, you will get:
   • Create the page "NewPage" on this wiki!
2. Click the red link to proceed to the creation page. Add content, category or redirect it to the proper place.
3. Show preview of what you've made so far.
4. Save page when you're done. You just made a page!

Edit Existing Pages

When you find a page lacking content, or wish to add your knowledge to the page, or simply wish to add links and thumbnails, then you edit.

1. Click edit on the top of the page/part of page which you wish to edit.
2. Add your content, press Show preview to see the results

   When to use the "This is a minor edit"?

   • When you're correcting a link, or changing a spelling are ideal reasons. You should not check this option if you were adding something new to the page. But whatever you do, it will always appear in the "History" of a page.
3. Press Save page when done.

Tips to keep in mind

Try making your Userpage first

• it helps you get used to editing the wiki and you can use it as your personal sandbox for testing out things like templates.

Updating files/images

• If you just need to update an existing file, then go to that file and use the "Upload a new version of this file"
• If the new image is drastically different, such as being a different subject, then just create a new file

Image size

• Please do not update a file with a worse quality image (such as shrinking it).
• Just use parameters like |thumb| for a instant small thumbnail, or use |300px| to specify a size.

Use templates when they are provided (to display information)

• there is always a {{Documentation}} on every template that explains how to use it
• templates are very easy to use once you get used to it, try them out on your userpage first if unsure.

The Help Navigation

General Wiki Help	Krafties Wiki Specific
Basics Editing pages - how to edit pages Formatting - how to add basic formatting Links - how to create links (within and outside) Advanced Tables - how to use tables Images - how to insert images/galleries Lists - how to create lists Templates - how to use templates Managing files - how to manage files/images Redirects - how to create redirects Moving/Renaming pages - how move/rename pages Categories - how categories work Other Namespaces - what are namespaces? User page - what to do with your userpage? Subpages - why would subpages be useful?	Basics Getting started (Read First) Making Links - within wiki and out Templates Using Templates - trying to explain it simply List of Templates - list of our templates Navigation Tables - for easy interlinking Images / Files Using Files - how to upload and manage List of recent files - recently uploaded images Other Extra features - adding "class" to access features
Notes
The wiki is very CASE SENSITIVE when it comes to links and filenames When you move a page to a new name, it will create a REDIRECT which forwards people to the current location Think of using Templates like you are actually filling in forms, manual is on the template pages themselves Please Use your UserPage like a sandbox to test out formatting or pre-creating content There are sometimes hidden notes which can only be seen while editing, <!-- putting these around the message -->.