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This article is a beginner's guide to editing CivWiki. If you have questions or want additional help, feel free to join the [https://discordapp.com/invite/H74bEUp CivWiki Discord].
See also [[CivWiki:Editing Projects]] for ongoing projects that you can help with!
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▲[[File:CivWikiLarge.png|thumb|200px|Thank you for editing CivWiki!]]
=== Q: How do I edit a page? ===
==Tips==▼
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? ===
Go to the url for the page you want to create and press "create".
=== Q: How do I upload an image? ===
Click the [[Special:Upload|Upload file]] link in the left sidebar.
=== Q: How do I create a redirect? ===
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? ===
A template can standardize and save large amounts of time. To add a template to a page click 'Edit source' and paste in the template.
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}}
=== 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 ===
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 ==
=== 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])
=== 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 ===
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:
<code><nowiki>{{when}}</nowiki></code>
=== Templates ===
[[:Category:Civ templates]] has a number of useful civ-specific templates that may be useful.
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