New MediaWiki User Tips

Special Note:

For everyone’s protection and to help keep the archive organized, users are only able to create new pages and edit their own work. Editing or changing pages created by others has been disabled.

Creating a New Page

Starting a new page:

Editing an Existing Page (Your Own Work)

You can edit any page you’ve created. To do so:

1. Go to your page.
2. At the top, click Edit or Edit source. You’ll have two options:

Option 1: Visual Editor (Recommended for Beginners)

• VisualEditor/User guide

Option 2: Source Editor (Wikitext)

• See Formatting

Adding Categories

Categories help organize pages and make it easier for others to find related content. They are essential for organizing this archive and are highly encouraged. Please use everything that applies: Date range, location, category, and faction.

Using the Visual Editor

1. Click Edit at the top of your page.
2. In the Visual Editor toolbar, click the “hamburger menu”.
3. Choose Categories from the menu.
4. Type the name of the category you want to add (for example, 180 AR, Cordor, or History).
5. If the category doesn’t exist yet, it will be created automatically when you publish.
6. Click Apply changes, then Publish your page.

You’ll see the category link appear at the bottom of your page after saving.

Using the Source Editor

1. Open your page using the Edit source option.

At the very bottom of your page, add one or more category tags like this:

[[Category:Cordor]]
[[Category:110-119 AR]]
[[Category:History]]

1. Save your page.

When the page is published, those categories will appear as links at the bottom, helping others browse related pages.

For further Information

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