Help:Basic actions

Create an account
Creating a new account will allow edits you make to be associated to your user and not to your IP address. You will also be able to do more things than unregistered users such as moving pages.

Log in
Logging in allows you to use the user name that you've created when creating an account.

CAPTCHA
A CAPTCHA is a test that protects Wikia from abuse by automated programs. It asks the user to enter in the text shown in the image. The image is designed so that it is hard for a machine to read the text.

Edit
(Getting to the editing dialog) (Potential Edit Problems - Locked pages, Edit conflicts)

Basic formatting
Wikia wikis utilize standard wikitext to format articles. Wikitext allows editors to specify page formating using plain text tokens. In most cases simple formating is accomplished with the apostrophe.

Italics
To emphasize text with italics, use the token '' (double apostrophe). For example: the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog becomes the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

Bold
To bold text, use the token ''' (triple apostrophe). For example: the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog becomes the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

Combining formatting options
To bold and italicize text, combine their operators to use '. For example: the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog becomes the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

Lists
Unnumbered lists use the * operator to define order and layout. For example: becomes
 * Example list
 * List item 1
 * Sub item 1a
 * Sub-sub item 1a1
 * List item 2
 * Example list
 * List item 1
 * Sub item 1a
 * Sub-sub item 1a1
 * List item 2

Numbered lists utilize the # operator. For example: becomes
 * 1) Example numbered list
 * 2) List item 1
 * 3) List subitem 2
 * 4) List subsubitem 1.2.a
 * 5) List item 2
 * 1) Example numbered list
 * 2) List item 1
 * 3) List subitem 2
 * 4) List subsubitem 1.2.a
 * 5) List item 2

List formats may be combined by combining list operators making certain to us proper operator precedence. Example: becomes
 * 1) Numbered list with unnumbered subitems
 * 2) *Unnumbered subitem 1.1
 * 3) *Unnumbered subitem 2.2
 * 4) Numbered list item 2
 * 1) Numbered list with unnumbered subitems
 * 2) *Unnumbered subitem 1.1
 * 3) *Unnumbered subitem 2.2
 * 4) Numbered list item 2

Note: the use of the preceding list operator to specify level is required for combined lists to display properly.

Excluding text from wiki formatting
Text may be excluded for formatting routines by surrounding it with   tags in a manor similar to that of HTML.

Redirects
Redirects are typically used to point users away from pages from which content has been moved to pages where content now exists, or from pages that are synonymous. For example: An article has been moved from Dates to Date. Redirects can be created with the syntax #REDIRECT pagename where pagename is the title of the page where the user will be redirected.

Page Moves
Page moves are used when page content is no longer adequately described by the current page's title. Page moves preserve article history and replace current page content with a redirect to the moved article content. The page move function is usually restricted to administrators, for rules and procedures for requesting page moves for individual wikia please refer to each individual wikia wiki's policy.

Basic Templating
Templates are reusable chunks formatted text. Templates allow for the inclusion of often used text without duplication. Templates may be inserted using the syntax where pagename is the name of the page to be included (this is known as transclusion). Templates should be created in the template namespace to reduce text duplication where appropriate.

Talk pages
Talk pages are used to discuss their associated article's content. Use them for things link suggesting major changes to article content, requesting page moves, or questioning article content. Of course talk page use and protocol will vary between individual wikia wikis so be sure to check for articles or protocols regarding their use.

When making a remark on a talk page use the --~ syntactical shortcut to sign your messages.

Using wiki-forums
(What are wiki forums) (How to create a new post) (Relation to talk pages)

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