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== General editing help ==
Everything from page creation over basic editing through advanced topics is covered in this
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide]
Tutorials can be found
* at the English [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page Wikipedia]
* and [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing Meta].

== Eternal Lands specific editing help ==
* Before creating a page, please search (use the search function) if the contents you intend to add isn't already available somewhere else.
* Pages that describe an item of Eternal Lands should have the same name as the item, use the ''eye'' to find out the name of an item.
* The above is true for images as well. Note that spaces and some other special characters, such as & aren't a problem in image names (however / won't work).
* If there is already a page about something but you think it should be available under a different name as well, you can create a ''redirect'' page that links to the existing page (e.g. create a page [[FE]] that redirects to [[Fire Essence]]).
* If unsure about how to do something, check how it's done in other places of the wiki.
* Cross-links are the essence of a Wiki, ''If there is no link to a page, it doesn't exist, so remember to add cross-links to all relevant pages.''
* You can also add links to non-existent pages (again, search if the information you're linking to isn't available somewhere else in the wiki), that way other authors can see what pages are [[Special:Wantedpages|wanted]].
* Use the '''Show preview''' button to preview your work.

=== How to handle secrets ===
To log a secret you should
* create a post in the secrets thread of our [http://forum.el-wiki.net/viewforum.php?f=18 forum] (see [[forum:173]] for details).
* Link from the page the secret belongs to to that post:
<pre><nowiki>
[[forum:topic-number|Name of the Secret]]
</nowiki></pre>
* topic-number is the number in the link to your topic after ''t=''
* and finally edit the forum post to link back to the wiki page where the secret exists.
Please see [[Quests]] for an example.

=== Templates ===
Templates provide a nice possibility to include recurring information such as navigation bars, lists of shop items etc. in pages as well as unify the appearance of the wiki.<br />
A complete list of all templates of the wiki can be found on this [http://el-wiki.net/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=10 page].

One template that you will definitely need when creating a new page is the ''FoCW Header'', it creates the header of the wiki pages, this page's header was created by
<pre><nowiki>
{{FoCW Header|Help:Editing|Eternal Lands Wiki}}
</nowiki></pre>
The second argument can be left empty.

=== Should you need more info ===
If you need information about how to work with a wiki, you can try the following links for information:
* Join the wiki channel in game 9454 (''is this still in use?'')
* Have a look at other pages to see how it's done.
* Browse the links above, the user's guide (which is also available by the ''Help'' link in the navigation box) should be more than enough.

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