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The following pages are designed to help new users of this Wiki to get acquainted with our guidelines and traditions.  These pages should be taken into consideration when creating and editing entries, as they represent a loose consensus among the most active editors of '''{{SITENAME}}'''.  Please try to follow these guidelines unless you have a good reason not to.  It is recommended that editors not make (significant) changes to the help pages without first proposing them on a talk page to see if other editors agree.


==Super-fast tips for the incredibly impatient==
#Our wiki has a lot of jokes, particularly in image captions.  As long as they don't get in the way of true, accurate information, these jokes are ''not considered vandalism''.  False article text is not welcome, even if it is funny, unless it is blatantly obvious to all readers that it is put forth in jest (and maybe not even then).
#Along those lines, please be sure that what you add is ''correct'' and objective.  Random theories you and your buddies came up with don't belong here.  Speculation to fill in gaps should be minimized if not eliminated entirely. Don't post stuff you think you heard some guy in a forum say once.  Post stuff you know and can verify.
#If all you plan on doing here is replacing existing jokes with different jokes, please just leave right now.  Also, don't bother editing out the occasional profanity you might come across, as your changes will be reverted, probably within 10 minutes.  It's not even worth your time.
#For the love of [[Primus]], please write ''well''.  If you can't type two sentences without committing half a dozen errors of spelling, grammar, or capitalization, please do not contribute to our wiki.  We would rather have a blank article than one which looks like it was written by a troglodyte.
#Get an account.  (The link should be in the upper-right corner.)  Changes credited to anonymous IP addresses are scrutinized more closely, and are more likely to be reverted.

==Main policies and guidelines==
*[[Help:Introduction|Introduction]] - Start here!  Very basic info about the purpose of this site and using Wikis.

*[[Transformers Wiki:Policies]] - The policies and practices of this wiki as reached by general consensus, regarding conduct, ''humor'', not-being-Wikipedia, and more.

*[[Help:Franchise identifiers|Franchise identifiers]] - Names and abbreviations for all the different franchises that have been part of the ''Transformers'' brand.

*[[Help:Article types and titles|Article types and titles]] - The main types of articles on this Wiki and how to title them.

*[[Help:Disambiguation|Disambiguation]] - Instructions for how to deal with things like needing more than one article called "Optimus Prime".

*[[Help:Style guide|Style guide]] - Lots of little things to keep in mind when working on pages.  How we like to ''employ humor'', capitalize things, how to cite your sources of information, and stuff like that.

*[[Transformers Wiki:User_page|User Page]] - Tips and etiquette for your own user page and others'.

*[[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal]] - Community discussion about ongoing issues.  If you've got questions or comments that affect multiple pages, this is the place to ask.

==Other helpful documents==
*[[Help:Editing|Editing]] - Instructions on using the mediawiki software to actually change pages.  Syntax examples for making links, page headings, tables, etc..

*[[Help:Coming soon|Coming soon]] - Usually we update the wiki with new information as soon as it's released, but only if that information was ''actually'' released to the public as opposed to stolen and sold on eBay, leaked from a production house, or published just-yesterday in a members-only fan club newsletter.  This article explains our policy and how to mark articles as being intentionally-incomplete.


==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia Help Contents] - Since this wiki uses the same software as Wikipedia, you may find their help documents useful.


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