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Anyone can edit and improve articles. You just need to create an account.

Creating your account

Due to repeated spam on the wiki on a daily basis (noted by the outstanding user and edit count of the wiki), a measure was put in place that requires each account to be manually created by the admin (Koder). To do this, you can contact him and request the creation of your account on the Discord in the #wiki channel. If it's a minor fix you want, or want info double checking, you can also ask many of the other members of the Discord, and they're always willing to provide help in other areas as well.

Reminder

Capitalization: Use sentence case!
(Do Not Capitalize Everything. NO ALL CAPS!)
Use Δ to insert the Δ sign! (symbols)
Use American English spellings if not directly quoting another spelling case!

How to edit

Read the style guide. Consistency is important for a wiki!
There are two methods of editing: source mode or VisualEditor
MediaWiki reference: Formatting | Links

Contribute

To upload an image, click the menu icon on the sidebar, then Upload file.
To-do list – a list of pages that are wanted, need further edits, or new/updated images
Maintenance: Recent changes | Logs
Managing pages: New pages | All pages | Orphaned pages
Managing files: New files | All files | Unused files | Help

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-== Getting started ==
+__NOTOC__
+Anyone can edit and improve articles. You just need to create an account.
+== Creating your account ==
+Due to repeated spam on the wiki on a daily basis (noted by the outstanding user and edit count of the wiki), a measure was put in place that requires each account to be manually created by the admin (Koder). To do this, you can contact him and request the creation of your account on the [https://discord.gg/dv Discord] in the #wiki channel. If it's a minor fix you want, or want info double checking, you can also ask many of the other members of the Discord, and they're always willing to provide help in other areas as well.
+<div style="border:2px solid orange; margin:30px 0 0 20px; padding-left:10px; width:45%; float:right">
+=== Reminder ===
+* Capitalization: '''Use sentence case!'''<br/>(Do Not Capitalize Everything. NO ALL CAPS!)
+* Use <code>&amp;Delta;</code> to insert the &Delta; sign! ([https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting#Inserting_symbols symbols])
+* Use '''American''' English spellings if not directly quoting another spelling case!
+</div>
+== How to edit ==
+* Read the [[Wiki:style guide|style guide]]. Consistency is important for a wiki!
+* There are two methods of editing: [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing_pages source mode] or [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:VisualEditor/User_guide VisualEditor]
+* MediaWiki reference: [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting Formatting] | [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links Links]
+== Contribute ==
+* To upload an image, click the menu icon on the sidebar, then ''Upload file''.
+* [[:Category:TODO|To-do list]] &ndash; a list of pages that are wanted, need further edits, or new/updated images
+* Maintenance: [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]] | [[Special:Log|Logs]]
+* Managing pages: [[Special:NewPages|New pages]] | [[Special:AllPages|All pages]] | [[Special:LonelyPages|Orphaned pages]]
+* Managing files: [[Special:NewFiles|New files]] | [[Special:ListFiles|All files]] | [[Special:UnusedFiles|Unused files]] | [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Managing_files Help]
+== Administrational ==
 * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
 * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
 * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]
 * [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating_spam Learn how to combat spam on your wiki]
-== Pages to look at ==
-[[Page Writing Guidelines]] - take a look to see the few standards that have been set in stone for pages
-[[:Category:TODO|TODO List]] - a list of pages that are wanted, need further edits, or in need of new/updated images