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While it's recommended to read and understand these guidelines, you shouldn't worry too much about following them to the letter.
'''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!


More experienced contributors are more than happy to help new contributors fix any mistakes they may make while learning how to use the system.
== 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 [http://heroes.thelazy.net/wiki/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&namespace=10 here], and some help to create templates from  [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Template here].


== What to do? ==
=== 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.


Look through the [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]] to see which pages have been most recently edited. It's always good to have new content double-checked by other contributors.
{| border=1 cellspacing=0
 
!Template!!Effect
Browse through categories starting at the top level [[:Category:Content|content]] to see if there are any areas you are interested in. There may also be areas you find lacking, or altogether missing.
|-
|[[Template:homm|<nowiki>{{homm}}</nowiki>]]|| {{homm}}
|-
|[[Template:roe|<nowiki>{{roe}}</nowiki>]]|| {{roe}}
|-
|[[Template:hommroe|<nowiki>{{hommroe}}</nowiki>]]|| {{hommroe}}
|-
|[[Template:ab|<nowiki>{{ab}}</nowiki>]]|| {{ab}}
|-
|[[Template:inab|<nowiki>{{inab}}</nowiki>]]|| {{inab}}
|-
|[[Template:sod|<nowiki>{{sod}}</nowiki>]]|| {{sod}}
|-
|[[Template:insod|<nowiki>{{insod}}</nowiki>]]|| {{insod}}
|-
|[[Template:hc|<nowiki>{{hc}}</nowiki>]]|| {{hc}}
|-
|[[Template:inhc|<nowiki>{{inhc}}</nowiki>]]|| {{inhc}}
|-
|[[Template:inabhc|<nowiki>{{inabhc}}</nowiki>]]|| {{inabhc}}
|-
|[[Template:insodhc|<nowiki>{{insodhc}}</nowiki>]]|| {{insodhc}}
|-
|[[Template:wog|<nowiki>{{wog}}</nowiki>]]|| {{wog}}
|-
|[[Template:inwog|<nowiki>{{inwog}}</nowiki>]]|| {{inwog}}
|-
|[[Template:Comboartifact|<nowiki>{{Comboartifact}}</nowiki>]]|| {{Comboartifact}}
|-
|}


Try to make sure a page doesn't already exist before creating a new one. Don't worry about this too much though, as a more experienced contributor will be able to see your new page when they check the recent changes and will help you resolve the issue.
==Categories==
Use categories to group pages.


===Add page in a category===
Just add '''<nowiki>[[Category: </nowiki>''name of category''<nowiki>]]</nowiki>''' somewhere in the page.
A page can have multiple categories.
Just add more '''<nowiki>[[Category: </nowiki>''category''<nowiki>]]</nowiki>''' links on the page.


== Categories ==
===Create a new category===
Do exactly like when adding a page to a category. If the category doesn't exist, it will be created.


Categories help us keep the wiki organized. Every page should have at least one category, but can also belong to several categories.
===List of existing categories===
[[Special: Categories]] - Some of them may be removed later.


The [[contributor resources]] category contains many resources you may find useful as a contributor.
==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 [[Special:Log/upload|Upload Log]].
===New images===


== Images ==
You'll find a list of newly uploaded images on the [[Special:Newimages]] page.


If you find any articles missing images, or you have a better one, you are welcome to add it to the wiki!
===Unused pictures===


To upload images, see: [[Special:Upload]]
[[Special: Unusedimages]] - See if there's anything you want to write about


Just like pages and categories themselves, images should be given a proper category to help keep the wiki organized.
==What to do?==


===Most wanted page===
[[Special:Wantedpages]] shows a list over the pages that have most links to it. This would be a good start.


== Templates ==
===Recent edits===
Look through the [[Special:Recentchanges]] page and see if there are some spelling errors, some layout you could fix, some info you could add..


Templates help us keep the wiki more consistent. Secondary skills are a good example of this. We can use a single template that requires just the name and description of the skill. The template then uses the name to get the correct images, and then takes those images, the name, and the description, and puts them all together in a consistent manner for each different skill. Most templates provide instructions and examples to help beginners.
===Short pages===
[[Special:Shortpages]] shows the shortest pages in the wiki.


You can also study the existing templates on the wiki. When you open a page preview, you can scroll down to a line of text with a dropdown arrow that reads "Templates used in this preview". You can click this dropdown to show any templates the current page is using. You can read these templates and then study how they are used on that page.
===Surf around===


For a complete list of templates, see: <span class="plainlinks">[http://heroes.thelazy.net/wiki/index.php?title=Special%3AAllPages&from=&to=&namespace=10&hideredirects=1 All Templates]</span>.
Surf around. See if you find places you know something that's not in the text, look for red links, make a new page if needed.


For help creating templates, see: <span class="plainlinks">[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Template Template Help]</span>
===Don't forget===
 
As a small example of what templates can do, here are a few text templates we use to keep our references to {{homm}} consistent throughout the wiki:
 
{| border=1 cellspacing=0
!Template!!Effect
|-
|[[Template:homm|<nowiki>{{homm}}</nowiki>]]|| {{homm}}
|-
|[[Template:roe|<nowiki>{{roe}}</nowiki>]]|| {{roe}}
|-
|[[Template:hommroe|<nowiki>{{hommroe}}</nowiki>]]|| {{hommroe}}
|-
|[[Template:ab|<nowiki>{{ab}}</nowiki>]]|| {{ab}}
|-
|[[Template:sod|<nowiki>{{sod}}</nowiki>]]|| {{sod}}
|-
|}


Make sure there isn't another page like the one you make (a good example would be [[Knowledge Tree]] and [[Tree of Knowledge]].)


[[Category: Contributor resources]]
[[Category: Wiki]]
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