User blog:Zmario/Share Your Knowledge

Hey everyone, Zmario here. I wanted to create this blog post so any user would be able to share their knowledge when it comes to being a member of Wikia! Feel free to post in the comment section any information you think other Wikians could use to their benefit. Try not to post duplicate tips!! I will be recording the information below. Remember, have fun! Something you think is basic Wikia knowledge could be something someone didn't even know, so don't be afraid to post!! There is no limit on how many things a user could post, so put everything you know out there!!

The Wiki Wealth Database so far (I've already provided one tip):
 * Zmario - MediaWiki:Createpage-with-video is the default page layout when creating a new page. You can edit this to include templates or categories beforehand.


 * Zmario - Special:EditCount will show you a breakdown of the edits on whatever wiki you are on, as well as an overall view of activity on all Wikis.


 * Underscorre - If you need to make lots of basic edits quickly, using tools like AutoWikiBrowser can be very effective.


 * Underscorre - To work out how to customise text elements of your wiki, you can add "?uselang=qqx" (without the quotes) to the end of the URL, which shows the system messages.
 * Underscorre - (This doesn't really apply until JS is re-enabled, but it's still useful). Using custom JavaScript can greatly speed up and improve your editing, as well as improving the experience for your users, if you're an admin. There are a wealth of JavaScript tools available at Dev Wiki.


 * Underscorre - If you ask staff to enable the Special:AbuseFilter on your wiki, you can create conditions all edits will be checked against, which can be useful for preventing spam and vandalism.


 * Rider ranger47 - MediaWiki:Titleblacklist is helpful for preventing vandalism and is enabled by default. It can stop account creations and page creations by matching regex.


 * M67PattonZippo - If you aren't very good at spelling or grammar, copy/pasting your edit into a blank Word document can allow you to use Spellcheck and proofread your edit before publishing it.


 * M67PattonZippo - Also, don't get too upset when someone over-writes your edit. That doesn't help anyone.


 * KCCreations - If you're going to be making an edit that you don't want to do all in one sitting (such as mass copy-editing), it helps to copypaste the source code of the entire page being edited into a blank Notepad document so that you have it later. Remember to save the file as something you'll be able to recognize.