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Attn: New Wiki Editors. Please read this page and all mentioned pages carefully.

• Before editing pages, look over the make a Wiki page so you understand the wiki's syntax, and as always, for KoL specific items, adventures, monsters, etc., look over the Established Standards and its accompanying discussion.
• When editing pages always fill in the "Summary" textbox saying what you did, it makes it easier for others to understand and navigate through a pages history.
• When editing a page, always use the button to preview the page before saving. That way, you have a second chance to look for and fix problems in the page before saving it. This is much better than saving a page multiple times for a few trivial edits in a short period of time.
• Always sign your comments when posting in talk pages.
• Mark a page for deletion, or for discussion about being deleted in VKoL:Pages for deletion.
• Please post in/start a discussion somewhere before initiating large scale changes on your own.
• Never end a page name with a period!
• Do not link to a page which redirects to another page. Link to the terminal page directly instead.
• Do not redirect a page to a page which redirects to another page. This is called a "double redirect". Redirect to the terminal page directly instead.
• Never put a page which is in the User namespace (starting with "User:") into the Player category!
• Feel free to test things out in the Sandbox or in your User: page.

How to Post in Discussions/Talk Pages

• When viewing a particular wiki page, if you would like to view the Talk for that page, click on that page's "Discussion" tab.
• It is customary to use bullets (* in wiki syntax) and indents (: in wiki syntax) to post in/under an ongoing discussion.
• Always sign your posts. The second last button on the edit toolbar will automatically add "Your signature with timestamp". It looks like this http://thekolwiki.net/w/skins/common/images/button_sig.png. It will add the following: --~~~~, which after the page is saved will become --WIKIUSERNAME TIME, DATE.
• You can customize your timestamp in your Preferences by altering the textbox labeled "Your nickname (for signatures):". For more information on how to format the text in that box see this.

Marking Pages as Incomplete

• Add the following template to add an unfinished/incomplete page to the Needs Work Category, {{rewrite|comment=COMMENT}}, where COMMENT is a short description of what needs to be done.
• Not marking unfinished/incomplete/nonformatted pages as Needs Work delays their completion, because no one may ever easily notice.
• Instead of using the general rewrite template, NeedsConfirm, NeedsContent, and NeedsCleanup can be used to provide more specific Needs Work messages. Those three templace act the same as the rewrite template, and also have the "comment" field.

Using the Clan Template

• Use the following template {{clan|clan=CLAN NAME|link=CLAN LINK}}, where CLAN NAME is the name of a clan, spaces are allowed. CLAN LINK is a standard web link (http://www.server.com/dir/) which can be to a clan's web site, forums, etc. If one does not want to specify a link, the link variable may be omitted.

• For more information, see the template itself.

• Clans may be listed in the Clan Directory.

Page Name/Link Capitalization

• The first letter of all pages is automatically capitalized by the wiki.
• When linking to a page the case of the first letter does not matter, because the wiki knows all pages start with a capital letter. For example, [[Monkey]] and [[monkey]] both link to the same page. Using the lowercase link is useful when linking to a page in mid-sentence
• Wiki links and page names are case-sensitive on all characters besides the first. For example, [[Smelly Monkey]] and [[smelly Monkey]] link to the same page, whilst [[Smelly Monkey]] and [[smelly monkey]] do not.

Category Sorting

• Pages within a category are sorted not alphabetically, but by their ASCII value, which is case sensitive.

Alpbabetical Ordering	ASCII Ordering
cherry Grapes lemon Lime olive Orange	Grapes Lime Orange cherry lemon olive

• When a page is placed in a category by using [[Category:CATEGORY_NAME]], the default sort is by page name.
• You can override how the page is sorted by using [[Category:CATEGORY_NAME|SORT_AS]], where SORT_AS is how you wish to have the page sorted within the category. An example of this is a page which starts with a leading "the". If the page "The White House" is added to the category of "Presidential Residences" using [[Category:Presidential Residences]], "The White House" will be defaultly listed in "Presidential Residences" under "T", whereas if [[Category:Presidential Residences|White House, The]] is used, then "The White House" will be more desirably listed under "W".

The Placement of <center> Tags

• The wiki parser* may add extra spacing between lines depending on the placements of <center> and </center>. The wiki parser may either add a line break <br /> or create a new paragraph <p></p>.
• Here are some examples of how <center> positioning affects lines spacing:

Wiki Page Code	Resulting Display
<center>This is the first line<br /> And this second<br /> A third line is me<br /> This is the last line.</center>	This is the first line And this second A third line is me This is the last line.
<center> This is the first line<br /> And this second<br /> A third line is me<br /> This is the last line.</center>	This is the first line And this second A third line is me This is the last line.
<center>This is the first line<br /> And this second<br /> A third line is me<br /> This is the last line. </center>	This is the first line And this second A third line is me This is the last line.
<center> This is the first line<br /> And this second<br /> A third line is me<br /> This is the last line. </center>	This is the first line And this second A third line is me This is the last line.

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* By the wiki parser, what is meant is the internal wiki functionality which takes editor created pages and transforms them into the html web pages which are displayed. The parser will transform wiki functions - like images ( [[image:image|text]] ), templates ( {{template_name}} ), headings ( ==Heading== ), etc. - into the appropriate html. The wiki also parses normal html formatting and tables within a wiki page.

Useful References

• Proposed Standards - Proposed standards for all KoL type entries.
• Make a Wiki Page - Demonstrates wiki syntax.
• A Quick Wikistyle Reference - A quick guide that explains how to format in wikistyle.
• Wikimedia Help - Demonstrates wiki syntax.
• Special Pages - List of all special pages, including Unused Images, Most Wanted Pages (pages linked to but not created), Uncategorized Pages, etc.
• Categories - List of all available Categories.
• Templates - List of all available Templates.