Help:Contents

Lost  New to Wikia? Need help getting started? See the Wikia Tutorial. This is only a selection of help pages on Wikia. For a complete listing of Help pages, see Category:Help.

Getting started

 * I want to know about Wikia
 * Find a Wikia to join in the full list of Wikia or by description
 * A glossary of terms that may be unfamiliar
 * Some common mistakes to avoid
 * Setting your user preferences
 * Test out any sort of editing experiment in the sandbox!

Editing

 * Editing pages
 * Creating a new page
 * Uploading files
 * Using images
 * Linking to other wikis or other languages
 * How to move (or rename) a page
 * Reverting vandalism
 * Using your watchlist

Policies and guidelines

 * For a full listing, see Category:Policy.

Copyright, legal, and general site policies

 * Terms of use
 * Wikia copyrights
 * Wikia disclaimers
 * Image policies
 * Prohibited content
 * What Wikia is not
 * Wikia creation policy
 * Spelling and grammar guidelines
 * Ownership of the wiki and its pages
 * Assuming good faith about other users

Administrator-related policies

 * Protected pages
 * Deletion of pages
 * Blocking users or IP addresses

Contacting other Wikicitizens

 * Report a problem
 * Start a community discussion or ask a question at the community portal
 * Join the Wikia IRC channel to chat (and see if your favorite Wikia has its own channel)
 * Join the mailing lists for Wikia and for your favorite local communities

Bells and whistles

 * Customizing the appearance of the site with a user stylesheet
 * Using the live preview extension
 * Using an external editor to edit Wikia