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Contributing to this Wiki requires editing privileges. To receive editing privileges, first create an account on this Wiki. You must then ask for editor privileges from an administrator on either (a) the [https://discord.gg/9buMtUt OWOT Discord server] or (b) the developer's personal | Contributing to this Wiki requires editing privileges. To receive editing privileges, first create an account on this Wiki. You must then ask for editor privileges from an administrator on either (a) the [https://discord.gg/9buMtUt OWOT Discord server] or (b) the developer's {{owoturl|fp|personal OWOT world}} (preferably in chat). Once you have editing privileges, congratulations! Your mission now is to maintain and improve an extremely helpful resource. To carry out this mission, you must enhance the articles on this Wiki by editing them. Don't worry if you have very little to add. Small edits add up on a wiki, and every editor can be proud to have made this Wiki better for all. | ||
Editing is easy; to edit, simply click on either the <kbd>Edit</kbd> tab for the [[MW:Help:VisualEditor/User guide|Visual Editor]] or the <kbd>Edit source</kbd> tab for the [[MW:Help:SourceEditor/User guide|Source Editor]]. Using the Visual Editor allows you to edit articles without the need to learn wikitext markup, using a "What You See Is What You Get" ([[Wikipedia:WYSIWYG|WYSIWYG]]) editor. The Source Editor, on the other hand, allows you to edit an article's wikitext, although this requires knowledge of wikitext markup. See Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Help:Cheatsheet|cheatsheet]] for the most commonly used wiki markup. | Editing is easy; to edit, simply click on either the <kbd>Edit</kbd> tab for the [[MW:Help:VisualEditor/User guide|Visual Editor]] or the <kbd>Edit source</kbd> tab for the [[MW:Help:SourceEditor/User guide|Source Editor]]. Using the Visual Editor allows you to edit articles without the need to learn wikitext markup, using a "What You See Is What You Get" ([[Wikipedia:WYSIWYG|WYSIWYG]]) editor. The Source Editor, on the other hand, allows you to edit an article's wikitext, although this requires knowledge of wikitext markup. See Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Help:Cheatsheet|cheatsheet]] for the most commonly used wiki markup. | ||
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You should write a short edit summary in the small field below the edit box when you have finished editing. To see how the page looks with your edits, press the "Show preview" button. To see the differences between the page with your edits and the previous version of the page, press the "Show changes" button. If you're satisfied with what you see, press the "Publish changes" button. Your changes will immediately be visible to everyone on this Wiki. | You should write a short edit summary in the small field below the edit box when you have finished editing. To see how the page looks with your edits, press the "Show preview" button. To see the differences between the page with your edits and the previous version of the page, press the "Show changes" button. If you're satisfied with what you see, press the "Publish changes" button. Your changes will immediately be visible to everyone on this Wiki. | ||
A recommended method of improving the Wiki is to go to a [[Special:Random|random page]]. Edit the article as much as you can, even if you have very little to add. Once the article has been improved to a satisfying degree, repeat with another [[Special:Random|random]] article. Other ways to improve the Wiki include fixing [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Red link|red links]], which are quite common due to many internal articles being imported from [[Wikipedia:|Wikipedia]] and de-orphaning orphaned articles (see {{section link|Our World of Text:State of the Wiki|Orphaned articles}} for more on orphaned articles). | A recommended method of improving the Wiki is to go to a [[Special:Random|random page]]. Edit the article as much as you can, even if you have very little to add. Once the article has been improved to a satisfying degree, repeat with another [[Special:Random|random]] article. Other ways to improve the Wiki include fixing [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Red link|red links]], which are quite common due to many internal articles being imported from [[Wikipedia:|Wikipedia]], and de-orphaning orphaned articles (see {{section link|Our World of Text:State of the Wiki|Orphaned articles}} for more on orphaned articles). | ||
== No firm rules == | == No firm rules == | ||
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If you create an article like the one above{{mdash}}with only one paragraph{{mdash}}always remember to use {{tlx|stub}} to mark it as a [[:Category:Stubs|stub]]. Again, articles should be unbiased and neutral, regardless of how the OWOT community feels about the topic. | If you create an article like the one above{{mdash}}with only one paragraph{{mdash}}always remember to use {{tlx|stub}} to mark it as a [[:Category:Stubs|stub]]. Again, articles should be unbiased and neutral, regardless of how the OWOT community feels about the topic. | ||
A final word on orphaned articles: orphaned articles are articles that no other articles link to, making them nearly unreachable and, as such, effectively useless. To ensure all articles are accessible, cross-reference articles and combine smaller articles into larger, more comprehensive ones whenever possible. See {{section link|Our World of Text:State of the Wiki|De-orphaning orphaned articles}} for more ways to de-orphan articles. | |||
=== What this Wiki is not === | === What this Wiki is not === | ||