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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. | 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. | ||
One thing which differentiates this wiki from Wikipedia is that many of our articles contain humor, particularly in the captions for images. New editors often seem to think the humor should be removed when they first start contributing here. Not all jokes are vandalism. There is no reason that a resource can't be both informative and amusing at the same time. | '''Note:''' One thing which differentiates this wiki from Wikipedia is that many of our articles contain humor, particularly in the captions for images. New editors often seem to think the humor should be removed when they first start contributing here. Not all jokes are vandalism. In fact, the overwhelming majority of them on this wiki aren't. There is no reason that a resource can't be both informative and amusing at the same time. | ||
==Helpful documents== | ==Helpful documents== | ||
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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 MediaWiki. 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.
Note: One thing which differentiates this wiki from Wikipedia is that many of our articles contain humor, particularly in the captions for images. New editors often seem to think the humor should be removed when they first start contributing here. Not all jokes are vandalism. In fact, the overwhelming majority of them on this wiki aren't. There is no reason that a resource can't be both informative and amusing at the same time.
Helpful documents
- Introduction - Start here! Very basic info about the purpose of this site and using Wikis.
- Franchise identifiers - Names and abbreviations for all the different franchises that have been part of the Transformers brand.
- Article types and titles -- The main types of articles on this Wiki and how to title them.
- Disambiguation - Instructions for how to deal with things like needing more than one article called "Optimus Prime".
- Style guide - Lots of little things to keep in mind when working on pages. How we like to capitalize things, how to cite your sources of information, and stuff like that.
- Editing - Instructions on using the mediawiki software to actually change pages. Syntax examples for making links, page headings, tables, etc..
External links
- Wikipedia Help Contents - Since this wiki uses the same software as Wikipedia, you may find their help documents useful.
