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Latest revision as of 21:52, 10 July 2017

Introduction

PZwiki uses Mediawiki, a free software wiki engine licensed under the GNU General Public License. On this help page, you will find a user guide to help you start creating and updating pages on this wiki.

Editing basics

Create an account

To help prevent spamming, you'll need to create an account to edit the wiki. You can easily do that by clicking the 'Register' link at the top right hand corner of the page.

Start editing

To start editing a MediaWiki page, click on the "Edit this page" (or just "edit") link at the top of the page. This will bring you to the edit page: a page with a text box containing the wikitext: the editable source code from which the server produces the webpage.

Summarize your changes

You should write a short edit summary in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes, as described in the legend.

Preview before saving

When you have finished, press preview to see how your changes will look -- before you make them permanent. Repeat the edit/preview process until you are satisfied, then click "Save" and your changes will be immediately applied to the article.

Wikitext markup

Please note that this section has borrowed heavily from Mediawikis own help pages.

Formatting

What you type	What it looks like
''italic text''	italic text
'''bold text'''	bold text
no ident :single ident ::double ident :::triple ident	no ident single ident double ident triple ident

Links

What you type	What it looks like
[[canned soup]]	canned soup
[[canned soup]]s	canned soups
[[canned soup\|un-canned soup]]	un-canned soup
[http://projectzomboid.com Project Zomboid]	Project Zomboid

Minor edits

A user who is logged-in can mark an edit as "minor". Minor edits are generally spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearrangement of text. Users may choose to hide minor edits when viewing Recent Changes.

Marking a significant change as a minor edit is considered bad Wikiquette. If you have accidentally marked an edit as minor, make a dummy edit, verify that the "[ ] This is a minor edit" check-box is unchecked, and explain in the edit summary that the previous edit was not minor.

Specific PZwiki editing

See Also: PZwiki:HelpingOut

Use a template

We have several templates (known as Boilerplates) set up for you to make use of when creating a new page. These boilerplates make adding a new page quick and easy and makes sure all of the pages stick to consistent look. To see our current boilerplates see this page.

Mediawiki help

PZwiki uses a version of the same software that powers wikipedia. For more comprehensive help on anything to do with Mediawiki, see Wikipedia's own help section.

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+== Introduction ==
-{{languages}}
+PZwiki uses [http://mediawiki.org Mediawiki], a free software wiki engine licensed under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License]. On this help page, you will find a user guide to help you start creating and updating pages on this wiki.
-{{header|Community|hidever=true|type=Neutral}}
-{| style="float:right; border:2px solid 000000;border: 2px solid #A9A9A9;text-align: center;margin:.46em 0 0 .2em;"
+== Editing basics ==
-|- style="font-size:100%"
-| valign="top" |[[Image:SpiffoWAVE.jpg|Spiffo, the Indie Stone Mascot of Choice. Also likes burgers, fast food, and is ingame to help.]]<!--
-  --><br><small> ''[[Spiffo]] welcomes you to the Zomboid Wiki. <br>Hope you have a pen handy..''</small>
-|}Project Zomboid's Wiki '''''(PZWiki for short)''''' requires continous updates as the game develops. To make any general suggestions please use the [[PZwiki_talk:Community_portal|discussion page]].
-Indie Stone's current aim is to currently update the game with newer features and improve on existing ones. As a matter of course, as the updates continue, the previously written wiki pages become obsolete and require bringing up to date to current information.
+==== Create an account ====
+To help prevent spamming, you'll need to create an account to edit the wiki. You can easily do that by clicking the 'Register' link at the top right hand corner of the page.
-PZWiki would appreciate player assistance in keeping pages up to date to help newer players understand the game and to keep visiting older players up to date with current game design progress.
+==== Start editing ====
+:To start editing a MediaWiki page, click on the "Edit this page" (or just "edit") link at the top of the page. This will bring you to the edit page: a page with a text box containing the wikitext: the editable source code from which the server produces the webpage.
-To that end, PZWiki would appreciate help in any way provided. (as long as it follows the basic [[PZwiki:Wiki_Rules|Wiki rules]])
+==== Summarize your changes ====
+:You should write a short edit summary in the small field below the edit-box. You may use shorthand to describe your changes, as described in the legend.
-== Things anyone can do ==
+==== Preview before saving ====
-<br>
+:When you have finished, press preview to see how your changes will look -- before you make them permanent. Repeat the edit/preview process until you are satisfied, then click "Save" and your changes will be immediately applied to the article.
-Assisting the Wiki can be done in many forms:
+== [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikitext Wikitext] markup ==
+Please note that this section has borrowed heavily from [http://mediawiki.org Mediawikis] own help pages.
+===Formatting===
-=== Create Pages from Missing Content ===
+{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #666666; background-color: #efefef; width: " cellpadding="5"
-As the game continues to expand, new features and items will enter into the game which the Wiki will not have catalogued, such as the planned (at time of writing) vehicles being introduced into the game.
+|-
+! What you type || What it looks like
+|-
+|<pre>''italic text''</pre> || ''italic text''
+|-
+|<pre>'''bold text'''</pre> || '''bold text'''
+|-
+|<pre>
+no ident
+:single ident
+::double ident
+:::triple ident
+</pre>
+||
+no ident
+:single ident
+::double ident
+:::triple ident
+|}
-Please check if the page already pre-exists before creating a new page, for sake of preventing duplication.
+===Links===
+{| border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #666666; background-color: #efefef; width: " cellpadding="5"
+|-
+! What you type || What it looks like
+|-
+|<pre>[[canned soup]]</pre> || [[canned soup]]
+|-
+|<pre>[[canned soup]]s</pre> || [[canned soup]]s
-Alternatively, check our [[Special:WantedPages|missing pages]] category, which lists pages that are currently noted as missing. However please note you will need to go a fair bit down the list as all languages are collected in this category, so it lists french, russian, japanese (etc) missing pages together.
+|-
+|<pre>[[canned soup|un-canned soup]]</pre> || [[canned soup|un-canned soup]]
+|-
+|<pre>[http://projectzomboid.com Project Zomboid]</pre> || [http://projectzomboid.com Project Zomboid]
+|}
+== Minor edits ==
-<small>'''''(Don't know how to edit a page? Don't worry, Spiffo has you covered. Check out the [[:Category:Boilerplates|Boilerplates]] category for current designs of pages in which you need to just fill in the blanks. As for how to edit, we recommend our page on editing [[Help:Contents|here]].)'''''</small>
+A user who is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Logging_in logged-in] can mark an edit as "minor". [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Minor_edit Minor edit]s are generally spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearrangement of text. Users may choose to hide minor edits when viewing [http://pzwiki.net/wiki/Special:RecentChanges Recent Changes].
+Marking a significant change as a minor edit is considered bad [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette Wikiquette]. If you have accidentally marked an edit as minor, make a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Dummy_edit dummy edit], verify that the <small>'''"[ ] This is a minor edit"'''</small> check-box is unchecked, and explain in the edit summary that the previous edit was not minor.
-===Editing Existing and/or Stub Pages===
+== Specific PZwiki editing ==
+''See Also:'' [[PZwiki:HelpingOut]]
+==== Use a template ====
+:We have several templates (known as Boilerplates) set up for you to make use of when creating a new page. These boilerplates make adding a new page quick and easy and makes sure all of the pages stick to consistent look. To see our current boilerplates see [http://www.pzwiki.net/wiki/Category:Boilerplates this page].
-On occasion the Wiki Managers or the Indie Stone will set up Stub pages to be improved on later by Wiki editors, these simply need filling out/formatting with the most recent [[:Category:
+== Mediawiki help ==
-*[[:Category:Stub articles|Add more content to stub articles]]
+PZwiki uses a version of the same software that powers [http://wikipedia.org wikipedia]. For more comprehensive help on anything to do with Mediawiki, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia's own help section].
-*[[:Category:Articles in need of improvement|Work on current pages in need of improvement]]
-*Help with translating pages
-*Add pages for these [[Special:UnusedFiles|unused images]] (excluding the half whiskey and possibly bowls too.)
-*Change unnecessary capital letters to lower case. A lot of links on various pages have been spelt with capital letters when they are in the middle of a sentence. These need to be changed to lower case where appropriate.
-*Move pages for things that are currently not in the game to the [[:Category:Notyetingame]] category.
-=== Reporting Spam ===
-When reporting spam the first thing you should do is check to make sure that the article in question is not focused on Project Zomboid. Check the page's title, look to see that there is not an extensive history for the page. If you are not sure that the article is not legitimate leave a note on the article's discussion page.
-If you are absolutely positive that the article is spam and does not belong on the wiki insert the following into the article, before any content:
-  <nowiki>{{Deletion|Spam|speedy=1}}</nowiki>
-Preview to make sure a red box has appeared on the page, then save your changes. An admin will delete the article after review. To report someone you believe is a spambot simply leave a message on [{{fullurl:Special:ListUsers|group=sysop}} an admin's talk page].
-=== Adding Pages To Categories ===
-When creating a new page or coming across a page that hasn't been added to an appropriate category, edit using this format:
-  <nowiki>[[Category:NAME]]</nowiki>
-You can find a listing of category names on [[Special:Categories|this page]].
-=== Adding Notice Boxes To Pages ===
-Notice boxes are the boxes added to the top of pages to indicate problems or concerns with the article. One example is the ''in need of improvement'' notice box:
-{{NoticeBox|1|#ff0|desc=This article or section may be '''in need of improvement'''. Editors are encouraged to add any missing information to the article, while verifying that the article's current content is correct.}}
-Adding this notice box to a page is as simple as inserting this line at the top:
-  <nowiki>{{Notice|Improve}}</nowiki>
-Adding notice boxes will not only display helpful information, but it may also add the article to a special category. For a list of notice boxes, see [[Template:Notice|this page]].
-== Important Topics ==
-=== Attention Required ===
-Any pages that have been put in these categories require attention. Once improved feel free to remove the notice to take it out of the category page.
-When browsing a page if it has a version notice at the top, be sure to update the n.umber if you update the information in the page. If it doesn't have one, we would appreciate it if you put a version notice in there. Just copy and paste the version and build notice from the main page.
-=== Main page ===
-*Are there any other sections we should add?
-*Add more screenshots to the main page using [[Template: Main Page Screenshot|this]] template.
-*Suggest changes on the [[main page sandbox]].
-[[Category:Community]]