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Guidelines

Zelda Wiki's
Help Guide

Basic Editing:

Getting Started
Citing Sources
Images and Uploading
Initialisms
Protected Pages
Redirects
Talk Pages
Templates (Template List)

Guidelines and Policies:

Canon Policy
Editing Etiquette
Image Deletion Policy
Inter-Wiki Policy
Nintendo Article Guidelines
Quality Standards
User Accounts
User Conduct

Advanced Editing:

Archiving Talk Pages
Article Reorganization
Custom Signatures
Keyboard Shortcuts
Merging and Moving Pages
Patrolling
Tables
User Navigation Bars
WikiExclusives

General Information

Staff
User Rights
About
Glossary

Welcome to Zelda Wiki's Help Guide! Here, we hope to be able to answer any questions you may have regarding using and editing Zelda Wiki.

Any suggestions for extra information to add to the guide can be placed here. Thanks!

If you cannot find what you're looking for, why not ask the staff? Jump in there if there is a section of the Help Guide you cannot find, or there is a topic you feel hasn't been given enough justice.

Content

Well-rounded editors are proficient in many tasks. To become one, you must first:

Basic Editing

Get started writing articles, creating edits, and using basic coding.
Learn to locate, add, and cite sources in articles.
Upload files to the wiki and implement them in articles.
Understand the purpose of protecting pages.
Use tight redirects when linking pages together.
Learn how to use Discussion Pages to the benefit of the wiki.
Implement existing templates and learn to make your own. This list of formatting templates should be of great use.

Editing Guidelines

Use the wiki's canon policy to discern between canonical, ambiguous, and non-canonical material.
Practice proper editing etiquette when dealing with users, discussions, and editing disputes.
Actively participate in the nomination and voting of Featured Content.
Ask about the technique required in contributing to Nintendo articles.
Figure out why images are deleted in accordance with other image deletion policy.
Learn how Zelda Wiki interacts with other Zelda wikis using our unique inter-wiki policy.
Master the quality standards of an article by maintaining, contributing, and creating content.
Understand the limitations and privileges provided to user accounts.

Advanced Editing

Successfully learn to archive Discussion pages when they grow too large.
Become a master of article reorganization, and give the gift of reading ease and beauty to the wiki.
Break open the secrets behind making a cool custom signature.
Find out how to proficiently merge two or more pages into one.
Boldly consider moving pages that require a new, or more relevant title.
Step up to the plate and grasp the concept behind patrolling edits. (Patrollers, Admins, Bureaucrats)
Understand the coding behind implementing tables in articles.
Ask about how to make a unique navigation header for your userpages.
Put your best theory to the test by submitting a WikiExclusive to Zelda Wiki.

Other Information

Get to know your friendly and supportive administrative staff.
Learn what you can and cannot do as a user in Zelda Wiki's narrow, transparent hierarchy.
Read about our GNU Free Documentation License, and more.
Use all resources available to you, including this wiki's Glossary, in order to further your wiki experience.

Video Tutorials

Editing

Basic editing

Uploading and adding images

Adding references

Images

Basic Rendering

Path Rendering

Other Help Resources

If you have any other questions not answered in this help guide, please see Zelda Wiki's Discussion Center.

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-'''Before creating an article, please read ZW.org's [[Zelda Wiki.org:Quality standards|Quality Standards]].
+{{HelpGuides}}
-'''
+Welcome to Zelda Wiki's Help Guide! Here, we hope to be able to answer any questions you may have regarding using and editing Zelda Wiki.
-== Editing an article ==
-You first must be registered to edit articles. Once you are registered and logged in, click on "edit" on the top of the article. Make your changes, scroll to the bottom and click "Save Page."
+Any suggestions for extra information to add to the guide can be placed '''[[Help talk:Contents|here]]'''. Thanks!
-View [[help:editing|this page]] for further instructions on how to edit and customize your articles.
+If you cannot find what you're looking for, why not ask the staff? Jump in there if there is a section of the Help Guide you cannot find, or there is a topic you feel hasn't been given enough justice.
-== Adding an article ==
+==Content==
+Well-rounded editors are proficient in many tasks. To become one, you must first:
-EXAMPLE: To submit an article about Link, change the address like so:
+=== Basic Editing ===
+* '''[[Help:Getting Started|Get started]]''' writing articles, creating edits, and using basic coding.
+* Learn to locate, add, and '''[[Help:Citing Sources|cite sources]]''' in articles.
+* '''[[Help:Upload|Upload files]]''' to the wiki and '''[[Help:Images|implement them in articles]]'''.
+* Understand the purpose of '''[[Help:Protected Pages|protecting pages]]'''.
+* Use tight '''[[Help:Redirects|redirects]]''' when linking pages together.
+* Learn how to use '''[[Help:Talk Pages|Discussion Pages]]''' to the benefit of the wiki.
+* Implement existing '''[[Help:Templates|templates]]''' and learn to make your own. This '''[[Help:Template List|list of formatting templates]]''' should be of great use.
-zeldawiki.org/Main_Page '''->''' ''Change to'' '''->''' zeldawiki.org/Link
+=== Editing Guidelines ===
+* Use the wiki's '''[[Zelda Wiki:Canon Policy|canon policy]]''' to discern between canonical, ambiguous, and non-canonical material.
+* Practice proper '''[[Help:Editing Etiquette|editing etiquette]]''' when dealing with users, discussions, and editing disputes.
+* Actively participate in the nomination and voting of '''[[Help:Featured Content|Featured Content]]'''.
+* Ask about the technique required in '''[[Zelda Wiki:Guidelines for Nintendo Articles|contributing to Nintendo articles]]'''.
+* Figure out why images are deleted in accordance with other '''[[Zelda Wiki:File Deletion Policy|image deletion policy]]'''.
+* Learn how Zelda Wiki interacts with other Zelda wikis using our unique '''[[Zelda Wiki:Inter-Wiki Policy|inter-wiki policy]]'''.
+* Master the '''[[Zelda Wiki:Quality Standards|quality standards of an article]]''' by maintaining, contributing, and creating content.
+* Understand the limitations and privileges provided to '''[[Zelda Wiki:User Accounts|user accounts]]'''.
-You can also type in a term in the Search box that has no article yet written, which would do the same as replacing the URL.
+=== Advanced Editing ===
+* Successfully learn to '''[[Help:Archiving|archive Discussion pages]]''' when they grow too large.
+* Become a master of '''[[Help:Article Reorganization|article reorganization]]''', and give the gift of reading ease and beauty to the wiki.
+* Break open the secrets behind making a cool '''[[Help:Custom Signatures|custom signature]]'''.
+* Find out how to proficiently '''[[Help:Merging Pages|merge two or more pages]]''' into one.
+* Boldly consider '''[[Help:Moving Pages|moving pages]]''' that require a new, or more relevant title.
+* Step up to the plate and grasp the concept behind '''[[Help:Patrolling|patrolling edits]]'''. <small>(''Patrollers, Admins, Bureaucrats'')</small>
+* Understand the coding behind implementing '''[[Help:Tables|tables]]''' in articles.
+* Ask about how to make a unique '''[[Help:User Navigation Bar|navigation header]]''' for your userpages.
+* Put your best theory to the test by submitting a '''[[Help:WikiExclusives|WikiExclusive]]''' to Zelda Wiki.
-=== Creating a Nintendo-Related Article ===
+=== Other Information ===
-If the article you wish to create is not specifically about Zelda, but is still associated with Nintendo or Zelda in some way, please read Zelda Wiki.org's [[Guidelines for Nintendo Articles]].
+* Get to know your friendly and supportive  '''[[Zelda Wiki:Staff|administrative staff]]'''.
+* Learn '''[[Help:Group Rights|what you can and cannot do as a user]]''' in Zelda Wiki's narrow, transparent hierarchy.
+* Read '''[[Zelda Wiki:Copyrights|about]]''' our GNU Free Documentation License, and more.
+* Use all resources available to you, including this wiki's '''[[Help:Glossary|Glossary]]''', in order to further your wiki experience.
-==Putting an item in a category==
+===Video Tutorials===
-<i>(from [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Category Wikimedia])</i>
+==== Editing ====
+{{Youtube|whoN1qYJZXE|200|Basic editing}} {{Youtube|i4NAW1TTgr8|200|Uploading and adding images}} {{Youtube|bfGjawzgjGE|200|Adding references}}
+{{clear}}
-A page in any namespace can be put in a category by adding a category tag, e.g.:
+==== Images ====
+{{Youtube|fFIuPODFDEw|200|Basic Rendering}}
+{{Youtube|oAvE0BP1ZjE|200|Path Rendering}}
+{{clear}}
- <nowiki>[[</nowiki>Category:''Category name'']]
+== Other Help Resources ==
+If you have any other questions not answered in this help guide, please see Zelda Wiki's [[Zelda Wiki:Discussion Center|Discussion Center]].
-This provides a link to the appropriate category page, which is in the namespace "Category". A category typically has an editable part, containing at least a category tag of a supercategory, see below; if it does not, the link to the category page is treated as a link to a non-existing page, hence it is a link to the edit page.
-Pages can be included in more than one category by adding multiple category tags. These links do not show up in-page, but at the page margin in a fixed place, depending on the skin (the bottom for Monobook, the upper right corner for Standard). Category tags may be placed anywhere in the article, although they are typically added to the end of the article to avoid undesirable text display side effects. Category links are displayed in the order they occur in the article, unlike the automatic ordering of lists in the category pages themselves.
-You can view all existing categories [[special:categories|here]].
-==Uploading files to the Wiki==
-When you go to any place on the ZW.org, you will always see the left menu Toolbox. Under the toolbox, there is an option to upload a file, conveniently titled "Upload file." Aternativly, follow this link [[Special:Upload|here]].
-When you reach the page, click the Browse button and select the file you wish to upload. If you feel you want to, you can add a summary or short decription of the file. When you are ready, click the "Upload file" button.
-The preferred formats are JPEG for photographic images, PNG for drawings and other iconic images, and OGG for sounds. Please name your files descriptively to avoid confusion. To include the image in a page, use a link in the form
-'''<nowiki>[[</nowiki>Image:file.jpg]]''' or <br />
-'''<nowiki>[[</nowiki>Image:file.png|alt text]]''' or <br />
-'''<nowiki>[[</nowiki>Media:file.ogg]]''' for sounds.
-If you wish to align an image to the left or right of the text, use:
-'''<nowiki>[[</nowiki>Image:file.jpg|left]]'''
-or if you wish to add text and make it a thumbnail
-'''<nowiki>[[</nowiki>Image:file.jpg|left|thumb|10px|Text Here]]''' <br/>where you replace 10 with the size you want the image to be within the article.
-Please note that as with wiki pages, others may edit or delete your uploads if they think it serves the project, and you may be blocked from uploading if you abuse the system.
-==Citing Sources==
-If you are unsure how to cite a source on any article, please view ZW.org's separate article about [[Citing Sources]].