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This article provides a starting point for beginner editors. For more help and to answer any questions the [https://discordapp.com/invite/H74bEUp CivWiki Discord] is highly advised. ▼
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See also [[CivWiki:Editing Projects]] for ongoing projects that you can help with!
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== FAQ ==
[[File:CivWikiLarge.png|thumb|200px|Thank you for editing CivWiki!]]
=== Q: How do I edit a page? ===
The excellent [[Wikipedia:Help:Introduction|editing guide on Wikipedia]] explains how to edit and format a page. Wikipedia also has:
* [[Wikipedia:Help:Introduction to editing with VisualEditor|A tutorial for the visual editor]]
* [[Wikipedia:Help:Introduction to editing with Wiki Markup|A tutorial for the source editor]]
You must first [[Special:CreateAccount|create an account]] in order to edit CivWiki.
=== Q: How do I create a page? ===
=== Q: How do I upload an image? ===
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=== Q: How do I
Create a page with the following: <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Mechanics and Plugins]]</nowiki></code>. This will create a redirect from that page to [[Mechanics and Plugins]].
=== Q: How are templates used? ===
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An example template is [[Template:Coord]], used to affix a link to CCMap centered on specified coordinates. To center on x=0, z=0 with a viewing radius of 100, paste <code><nowiki>{{Coord|0|0|100}}</nowiki></code>. This will render as {{Coord|0|0|100}}
== Writing standards ==▼
=== Q: Is there anywhere I can experiment with editing? ===
Yes! feel free to use [[CivWiki:Sandbox]] to experiment with editing, formatting, or getting familiar with MediaWiki (the software behind both Wikipedia and CivWiki).
▲== Writing standards ==
Per [[CW:DEFER]], articles on CivWiki follow [[WP:SMOS|Wikipedia's manual of style]] and are written from a [[WP:NPOV|neutral point of view]]. Nevertheless, [[CW:NOTWP|CivWiki is not Wikipedia]]: in particular, content that is not written from a neutral point of view can remain as long as it is clearly stated to be opinion.
References should be used whenever possible. They can be anything from reddit posts, links to discord messages(screenshots of discord messages are also okay but a link is preferred), imgur albums/pictures, newspapers, or anything that has a name attached to the source which is easily verifiable.
== Tips ==
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=== Page checklist ===
In addition to content standards consider
* Relevant images to break up long walls of text
* A short summary at top that can be understood without reading the full article
* Page is not a stub (i.e. pages is too short to provide a relatively encyclopedic coverage of a subject
** Searching Civ subreddits and discords for relevant content will often turn up useful information, references and images
* "If an article's title is a formal or widely accepted name for the subject, display it in bold as early as possible in the first sentence" (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section#Format_of_the_first_sentence here])
▲=== Redirects ===
=== Categories ===
To add a page to a category, add <code><nowiki>[[Category:category_name]]</nowiki></code> to the bottom of the page. For instance, to categorize a page as a civlization, add <code><nowiki>[[Category:Civilizations]]</nowiki></code> to the bottom of the page.
=== Dating information ===
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Information that may quickly go out of date should be dated. (E.g. ''the population of X is 40'' should be replaced with ''the population of X is 40, as of January 2020''). If you find information that is not dated, affix the template:
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[[:Category:Civ templates]] has a number of useful civ-specific templates that may be useful.
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