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Welcome to Fire Emblem Wiki's Help Guide! Here, we hope to be able to answer any questions you may have regarding using and editing Fire Emblem Wiki. Note that this guide is an eternal work in progress, so more information will be added as deemed necessary.
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| colspan="3"| ''Welcome to Fire Emblem Wiki! This is a page for those who need help with any aspect of the wiki. The following articles contain guidelines and help on how to do many things, from general editing to changing your signature. If there is something you want to ask that is not here, feel free to ask about it on this page's talk page, an [[Fire Emblem Wiki:Administrators|admin]]'s talk page or on the Fire Emblem Wiki Skype chat.''
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* [[Fire Emblem Wiki:About|About Fire Emblem Wiki]]
* [[Fire Emblem Wiki:General disclaimer|General Disclaimer]]
* [[Fire Emblem Wiki:Copyrights|Copyrights]]
* [[Fire Emblem Wiki:Quality Standards|Quality standards]]
* [[Fire Emblem Wiki:Coverage|Coverage policy]]
* [[Help:Citing sources|Citing sources]]
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* [[Fire Emblem Wiki:Administrators|Administrators]]
* [[Help:FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]]
* [[Help:Style primer|Style primer]]
* [[Help:Starting an article|Starting an article]]
* [[Help:Link templates|Link templates]]
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* [[Help:Color|Color]]
* [[Help:Links|Links]]
* [[Help:Images|Images]]
* [[Help:Editing|Editing]]
* [[Help:Naming images|Naming images]]
* [[Help:Signature|Signature policy]]
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Lost on how to do something? Need help on something? This is the place to ask fellow contributors. If you have any sort of question, and it's not on this page, please refer to this pages talk page. Thank you.
Any suggestions for extra information to add to the guide can be placed '''[[Help talk:Contents|here]]'''. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask on any [[Fire Emblem Wiki:Administrators|admin]]'s talk page, or on any of our [[Fire Emblem Wiki:Social media|social media pages]]. Thanks!


== How to make a signature ==
==Contents==
===Basic Editing===
*'''[[Help:Getting Started|Getting Started]]''' - Contains information on creating and editing pages, as well as basic wiki coding.
**'''[[Fire Emblem Wiki:To-do list|To-do list]]''' - Not sure where to start? Try checking here to see what needs to be done around the wiki.
*'''[[Help:Talk pages|Talk pages]]''' - How to edit talk pages properly.
*'''[[Help:Protected pages|Protected pages]]'''- General information concerning protected pages.
*'''[[Help:Images|Images]]''' - How to upload images and add them to pages.
**'''[[Help:Image sourcing|Image sourcing]]''' - How to properly credit the images you upload.
**'''[[Help:Naming images|Naming images]]''' - How to properly label and categorize the images you upload.
*'''[[Help:Color|Color]]''' - Infomation on hexadecimal color codes, and the color templates used on the wiki.
*'''[[Help:Moving pages|Moving pages]]''' - How to move a page to a different name.
*'''[[Help:Redirects|Redirects]]''' - How to use redirects.
*'''[[Help:Tables|Tables]]''' - How to design tables.
*'''[[Help:References|References]]''' - How to locate, add, and display references in articles.
*'''[[Help:Templates|Templates]]''' - How to create and use templates for pages.
**'''[[:Category:Formatting templates|Formatting templates]]''' - A list of every available formatting template.


: 1) Go to your user page and add at the end of the url "/sig".
===Guidelines and Policies===
: 2) At "YourUserName/sig" add this code in it:
*'''[[Fire Emblem Wiki:User accounts|User accounts]]''' - Policies regarding account naming and the userspace.
::<pre>[[User:YOUR USERNAME HERE|'''''<span style="CSS CODE HERE;">- &nbsp; YOUR USERNAME HERE''''']]&nbsp; </span><noinclude>[[Category:User Signatures|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude></pre>
*'''[[Fire Emblem Wiki:Coverage policy|Coverage policy]]''' - What information is acceptable for coverage on Fire Emblem Wiki.
: 3) Save then make the page "YourUserName/sig2" and put in it:
*'''[[Fire Emblem Wiki:Quality standards|Quality standards]]''' - What is expected in an article.
::<pre>{{:User:YOUR USERNAME HERE/sig}}</pre>
*'''[[Fire Emblem Wiki:File deletion policy|File deletion policy]]''' - Some of the most common reasons why an image may be deleted from the wiki.
: 4) Save it and go to [[Special:Preferences|My Preferences]] and input <nowiki>{{subst:User:YOUR USERNAME HERE/sig2}}</nowiki> in the box next to where it says "Signature" and then click on the "Treat signature as wikitext (without an automatic link)" box.
*'''[[Fire Emblem Wiki:Featured Articles|Featured articles]]''' - Information on the requirements for featured status, and how to nominate such articles.
: [[File:Help-Sig-example.png]]
*'''[[Fire Emblem Wiki:Interwiki policy|Interwiki policy]]''' - Caveats on issues concerning relations with other wikis hosting similar content.
: 5) Save it and your signature should be up and running. If you have issues go to the [[Fire Emblem Wiki:Ostia Square|Ostia Square]].


If you did this correctly you will get a signature like {{:User:Yusei/sig}} 16:45, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
===Advanced Editing===
*'''[[Help:HTML|HTML]]''' - Listing of used HTML prompts.
*'''[[Help:Custom signatures|Making a custom signature]]''' - All of those cool custom signatures you see people with? Here's how you make one of your own.
*'''[[Help:Archiving talk pages|Archiving talk pages]]''' - If a talk page is getting too long, it should be archived. Find out how here.
*'''[[Help:Administrators' guide|Administrators' guide]]''' - All you need to know about how to use an administrator's tools.


== Wiki Administrators, Staff, Patrollers, etc. ==
===Other Information===
 
*'''[[Fire Emblem Wiki:Administrators|Administrators]]''' - Who are they and what do they do?
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*'''[[Help:Group rights|User rights]]''' - What rights and abilities the various user groups have access to.
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* '''[[Fire Emblem Wiki:Social media|Social media]]''' - Information on the wiki's social media pages, and how to get involved.
| align="center" style="width:33%; font-size:16px; background-color:{{Color2}}; border:1px solid #372b00; padding:5px;" | '''Real Name'''
* '''[[Fire Emblem Wiki:Affiliates|Affiliates]]''' - Our affiliates, and how to join them.
| align="center" style="width:33%; font-size:16px; background-color:{{Color2}}; border-top:1px solid #372b00; border-right:1px solid #372b00; border-bottom:1px solid #372b00; padding:5px;" | '''Username'''
| align="center" style="width:33%; font-size:16px; background-color:{{Color2}}; border-top:1px solid #372b00; border-right:1px solid #372b00; border-bottom:1px solid #372b00;" | '''Rank'''
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| align="center" style="width:33%; font-size:12px; background-color:{{Color1}}; border-right:1px solid #372b00; border-bottom:1px solid #372b00; padding:5px;" | [[User:Yusei|Yusei]]
| align="center" style="width:33%; font-size:12px; background-color:{{Color1}}; border-right:1px solid #372b00; border-bottom:1px solid #372b00; padding:5px;" | Administrator and Bureaucrat
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| align="center" style="width:33%; font-size:12px; background-color:{{Color1}}; border-left:1px solid #372b00; border-right:1px solid #372b00; border-bottom:1px solid #372b00; padding:5px;" | Mike
| align="center" style="width:33%; font-size:12px; background-color:{{Color1}}; border-right:1px solid #372b00; border-bottom:1px solid #372b00; padding:5px;" | [[User:Maike|Maike]]
| align="center" style="width:33%; font-size:12px; background-color:{{Color1}}; border-right:1px solid #372b00; border-bottom:1px solid #372b00; padding:5px;" | Administrator and Bureaucrat
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== Basic Coding  ==
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| align="center" style="width:50%; font-size:12px; background-color:{{Color1}}; border-left:1px solid #372b00; border-right:1px solid #372b00; border-bottom:1px solid #372b00; padding:5px;" | <nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki> (This is for signatures for talk pages).
| align="center" style="width:50%; font-size:12px; background-color:{{Color1}}; border-right:1px solid #372b00; border-bottom:1px solid #372b00; padding:5px;" | --[[User:Yusei|'''''<span style="font-size:16px; font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color:#5ad2fe;">- </span><span style="color:#2dace1;">Y</span><span style="color:#1995c9;">u</span><span style="color:#1974c9;">s</span><span style="color:#0b43a0;">e</span><span style="color:#021661;">i</span>''''']]&nbsp;</span> ([[User_talk:Yusei|<span style="font-size:11px; font-family:Trebuchet MS; color:#2ea417;">My Talk Page</span>]]) ([[Special:Contributions/Yusei|<span style="font-size:11px; font-family:Trebuchet MS; color:#ff9900;">My Contributions</span>]]) 09:09, 19 September 2010 (MDT)
| align="center" style="width:50%; font-size:12px; background-color:{{Color1}}; border-right:1px solid #372b00; border-bottom:1px solid #372b00; padding:5px;" | --[[User:Yusei|'''''<span style="font-size:16px; font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color:#5ad2fe;">- </span><span style="color:#2dace1;">Y</span><span style="color:#1995c9;">u</span><span style="color:#1974c9;">s</span><span style="color:#0b43a0;">e</span><span style="color:#021661;">i</span>''''']]&nbsp;</span> ([[User talk:Yusei|<span style="font-size:11px; font-family:Trebuchet MS; color:#2ea417;">My Talk Page</span>]]) ([[Special:Contributions/Yusei|<span style="font-size:11px; font-family:Trebuchet MS; color:#ff9900;">My Contributions</span>]]) 09:09, 19 September 2010 (MDT)
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| align="center" style="width:50%; font-size:12px; background-color:{{Color1}}; border-right:1px solid #372b00; border-bottom:1px solid #372b00; padding:5px;" | [[File:FESD Marth.png|thumb|left|[[Marth]] from {{FESD}}.]]
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Revision as of 15:19, 18 January 2019

Welcome to Fire Emblem Wiki's Help Guide! Here, we hope to be able to answer any questions you may have regarding using and editing Fire Emblem Wiki. Note that this guide is an eternal work in progress, so more information will be added as deemed necessary.

Any suggestions for extra information to add to the guide can be placed here. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask on any admin's talk page, or on any of our social media pages. Thanks!

Contents

Basic Editing

  • Getting Started - Contains information on creating and editing pages, as well as basic wiki coding.
    • To-do list - Not sure where to start? Try checking here to see what needs to be done around the wiki.
  • Talk pages - How to edit talk pages properly.
  • Protected pages- General information concerning protected pages.
  • Images - How to upload images and add them to pages.
    • Image sourcing - How to properly credit the images you upload.
    • Naming images - How to properly label and categorize the images you upload.
  • Color - Infomation on hexadecimal color codes, and the color templates used on the wiki.
  • Moving pages - How to move a page to a different name.
  • Redirects - How to use redirects.
  • Tables - How to design tables.
  • References - How to locate, add, and display references in articles.
  • Templates - How to create and use templates for pages.

Guidelines and Policies

  • User accounts - Policies regarding account naming and the userspace.
  • Coverage policy - What information is acceptable for coverage on Fire Emblem Wiki.
  • Quality standards - What is expected in an article.
  • File deletion policy - Some of the most common reasons why an image may be deleted from the wiki.
  • Featured articles - Information on the requirements for featured status, and how to nominate such articles.
  • Interwiki policy - Caveats on issues concerning relations with other wikis hosting similar content.

Advanced Editing

Other Information

  • Administrators - Who are they and what do they do?
  • User rights - What rights and abilities the various user groups have access to.
  • Social media - Information on the wiki's social media pages, and how to get involved.
  • Affiliates - Our affiliates, and how to join them.
Fire Emblem Wiki help pages
Basic editing Getting started (To-do list) • Talk pagesProtected pagesImagesImage sourcingNaming imagesColorMoving pagesRedirectsTablesCiting sourcesTemplates (List of formatting templates) • Sort keys
Guidelines and policies User accountsCoverage policyQuality standardsFile deletion policyFeatured articlesInterwiki policyCopyrightsPrivacy policyScreenshot guidelinesGeneral disclaimer
Advanced editing HTMLCustom signaturesArchiving talk pagesMagic wordsParser functionsAdministrators' guide
Wiki information AdministratorsUser rightsSocial mediaAffiliatesAbout