Fallen Earth Wiki:Community Portal

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Welcome to our Wiki. This page tries to help new users understand what needs to be done and how they can help improve the wiki. If you have never seen a Wiki, you should watch the video introduction below:

There is also an advanced tutorial for the Mediawiki software which is also used for this site:

[edit] Contributing to this Wiki

The aim of this site is to catalogue everything in Fallen Earth in a professional manner, providing pleasant, standardised formats for each type of page.

[edit] New Articles

Something important is missing from the wiki? Create a new article about it! Don't be shy about putting new stuff up, even if it is not perfect, others will see and further improve the article. If you want to learn more about the standards we're defining for formatting the site have a look at Style and formatting.

Please keep in mind that, you should not simply copy articles from other sources directly. See original content for more information on what is the best practice.

[edit] Learning MediaWiki

Wikis use code that is different (and much easier) than normal HTML. Check out Editing guide to see how it works.

[edit] Wanted Pages

See the Wanted Pages for a list of linked-to-but-not-yet-written pages (ordered from most-linked-to to least).

[edit] Filling out Stubs

A good way to get started is filling out some stubs. Stubs are articles that don't yet have enough information. To view the complete list have a look at the Stubs Master Category.

[edit] Quality Control

One of the strengths of wiki is its iterative design process. A stub will be written, and someone will come and add a paragraph, and someone else will add something more, and so on. A side effect of this can be somewhat inconsistant article quality.

Pages that are way "below the bar" are listed in the Cleanup category. These pages have useful information, but are grammatically incorrect, written from the first-person perspective, or violate the Style & Formatting guide in some other way. Acting as a copyeditor and fixing these articles is a great way to meaningfully contribute to the Wiki.

[edit] Watching the Wiki

The Recent changes page shows a list of all the changes that have been made to the site. Have a look at the list to see if anything interesting is going on. Alternatively, if you are logged in you can add pages to your Watchlist by clicking the 'Watch' link at the top of an article. The Watchlist is like your own Recent Changes page, showing only those pages that interest you. This is useful for keeping up with certain sections of the wiki that you are interested in.

[edit] Get Involved

There are discussions going on all the time about the Wiki, and your input is always of value. Clicking on the discussion link at the top of an article will take you to a discussion page for that article. For a lot of parts of the site there are already discussions taking place that you can contribute on, or you can start your own discussion on the relevant page and someone will hopefully notice it in the Recent Changes list. Remember to sign your comments on the discussion page so contributers will know who they are responding to! Also, spread the word! This Wiki grows as a resource due to the contributions of users like you, and they have to find the site somehow. Post on the messageboards you frequent (But please- no spamming of our URL. That doesn't just annoy people, it makes us all look bad), add our URL to your signature, or link to us from your website.