Editor guidelines
Editor guidelines are instructions how to use this wiki and how to extend it. Although this are just guidelines, we hope that you try to follow them whenever possible. Enjoy!
What to do?
Wanted pages: There are several things need to improved. One thing to do is to chech Special:Wantedpages, which shows a list of pages that does not exist, but other pages has links to. To create these new pages could be a could place to start.
Short pages: From Special:Shortpages you can see a list of the shortest pages in the wiki. Some of them might need more infromation. But remember, even a short page can say everything there is to say about the matter.
Recent edits: Look through the Special:Recentchanges page and see whcih pages have been edited recently. They might be new pages with lot to do, or they can contain spelling errors, some layout you could fix or some info you could add.
Surf around: Surf around or visit a random page (Special:Randompage) to see if you could find a subject of a page you know something that is not included in this wiki. Look for red links, and make a new page if needed.
Do not forget: Make sure there is not already another page, that contains the same or very similar infromation (a good example would be Knowledge Tree and Tree of Knowledge).
Templates
Templates gives you a fast way to create complex tables, infoboxes or texts while keeping the format the same. You can see the heroes wiki's complete template list from here, and some help to create templates from here.
Text templates
Here are a few text templates, that are mainly used in addition to text. All text templates can be found from Category: Text templates. Most of the template pages include instructions how to use them.
| Template | Effect |
|---|---|
| {{homm}} | Heroes of Might and Magic III |
| {{roe}} | Restoration of Erathia |
| {{hommroe}} | Heroes of Might and Magic III: Restoration of Erathia |
| {{ab}} | Armageddon's Blade |
| {{inab}} | |
| {{sod}} | Shadow of Death |
| {{insod}} | |
| {{hc}} | Heroes Chronicles |
| {{inhc}} | |
| {{inabhc}} | Template:Inabhc |
| {{insodhc}} | Template:Insodhc |
| {{wog}} | Template:Wog |
| {{inwog}} | Template:Inwog |
| {{Comboartifact}} | Template:Comboartifact |
Categories
Use categories to group pages.
Add page in a category
Just add [[Category: name of category]] somewhere in the page.
A page can have multiple categories. Just add more [[Category: category]] links on the page.
Create a new category
Do exactly like when adding a page to a category. If the category doesn't exist, it will be created.
List of existing categories
Special: Categories - Some of them may be removed later.
Images
You can get a complete list of images at Special:Imagelist.
Upload
You need to be registered and logged in to upload pictures. Once you are, go to Special:Upload. See also the Upload Log.
New images
You'll find a list of newly uploaded images on the Special:Newimages page.
Unused pictures
Special: Unusedimages - See if there's anything you want to write about