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[[Special: Unusedimages]] - See if there's anything you want to write about
[[Special: Unusedimages]] - See if there's anything you want to write about
==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.
===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..
===Short pages===
[[Special:Shortpages]] shows the shortest pages in the wiki.
===Surf around===
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.
===Don't forget===
Make sure there isn't another page like the one you make (a good example would be [[Knowledge Tree]] and [[Tree of Knowledge]].)


[[Category: Wiki]]
[[Category: Wiki]]

Revision as of 08:16, 6 March 2014

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!

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}}
Armageddon's Blade Only available when the official expansion, Armageddon's Blade, is installed.
{{sod}} Shadow of Death
{{insod}}
Only available when the official expansion, Shadow of Death, is installed.
{{hc}} Heroes Chronicles
{{inhc}}
Only available in Heroes Chronicles.
{{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