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Zelda Wiki's
Help Guide

Basic Editing:

Getting Started
Citing Sources
Images and Uploading
Initialisms
Protected Pages
Redirects
Talk Pages
Templates (Template List)

Guidelines and Policies:

Canon Policy
Editing Etiquette
Image Deletion Policy
Inter-Wiki Policy
Nintendo Article Guidelines
Quality Standards
User Accounts
User Conduct

Advanced Editing:

Archiving Talk Pages
Article Reorganization
Custom Signatures
Keyboard Shortcuts
Merging and Moving Pages
Patrolling
Tables
User Navigation Bars
WikiExclusives

General Information

Staff
User Rights
About
Glossary

Welcome to Zelda Wiki's Help Guide! Here, we hope to be able to answer any questions you may have regarding using and editing Zelda Wiki.

Any suggestions for extra information to add to the guide can be placed here. Thanks!

If you cannot find what you're looking for, why not ask the staff? Jump in there if there is a section of the Help Guide you cannot find, or there is a topic you feel hasn't been given enough justice.

Content

Well-rounded editors are proficient in many tasks. To become one, you must first:

Basic Editing

Get started writing articles, creating edits, and using basic coding.
Learn to locate, add, and cite sources in articles.
Upload files to the wiki and implement them in articles.
Understand the purpose of protecting pages.
Use tight redirects when linking pages together.
Learn how to use Discussion Pages to the benefit of the wiki.
Implement existing templates and learn to make your own. This list of formatting templates should be of great use.
Make fun userboxes for your userpage, or hoard existing ones from the userbox list.

Editing Guidelines

Use the wiki's canon policy to discern between canonical, ambiguous, and non-canonical material.
Practice proper editing etiquette when dealing with users, discussions, and editing disputes.
Actively participate in the nomination and voting of Featured Content.
Ask about the technique required in contributing to Nintendo articles.
Figure out why images are deleted in accordance with other image deletion policy.
Learn how Zelda Wiki interacts with our Zelda wikis using our unique inter-wiki policy.
Master the quality standards of an article by maintaining, contributing, and creating content.
Understand the limitations and privileges provided to user accounts.

Advanced Editing

Successfully learn to archive Discussion pages when they grow too large.
Become a master of article reorganization, and give the gift of reading ease and beauty to the wiki.
Break open the secrets behind making a cool custom signature.
Find out how to proficiently merge two or more pages into one.
Boldly consider moving pages that require a new, or more relevant title.
Step up to the plate and grasp the concept behind patrolling edits. (Patrollers, Admins, Bureaucrats)
Understand the coding behind implementing tables in articles.
Ask about how to make a unique navigation header for your userpages.
Put your best theory to the test by submitting a WikiExclusive to Zelda Wiki.

Other Information

Get to know your friendly and supportive administrative staff.
Learn what you can and cannot do as a user in Zelda Wiki's narrow, transparent hierarchy.
Read about our GNU Free Documentation License, and more.
Use all resources available to you, including this wiki's Glossary, in order to further your wiki experience.

Video Tutorials

Editing

Basic editing

Uploading and adding images

Adding references

Images

Basic Rendering

Path Rendering

Other Help Resources

If you have any other questions not answered in this help guide, please see Zelda Wiki's Discussion Center.

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-Welcome to Zelda Wiki.org's Help Guide! Here, we hope to be able to answer any questions you may have regarding using and editing Zelda Wiki.org. Note that this guide is an eternal work in progress, so more information will be added as deemed necessary.
+Welcome to Zelda Wiki's Help Guide! Here, we hope to be able to answer any questions you may have regarding using and editing Zelda Wiki.
 Any suggestions for extra information to add to the guide can be placed '''[[Help talk:Contents|here]]'''. Thanks!
+If you cannot find what you're looking for, why not [[Help:Ask the Staff|ask the staff?]] Jump in there if there is a section of the Help Guide you cannot find, or there is a topic you feel hasn't been given enough justice.
-== Contents ==
+==Content==
+Well-rounded editors are proficient in many tasks. To become one, you must first:
 === Basic Editing ===
-*'''[[Help:Getting Started|Getting Started]]''' - Contains information on creating and editing pages, as well as basic Wiki coding.
+* '''[[Help:Getting Started|Get started]]''' writing articles, creating edits, and using basic coding.
+* Learn to locate, add, and '''[[Help:Citing Sources|cite sources]]''' in articles.
-*'''[[Help:Images|Images]]''' - How to upload images and add them to pages.
-**'''[[Help:Image Sourcing|Image Sourcing]]''' - How to properly credit the images you upload.
+* '''[[Help:Upload|Upload files]]''' to the wiki and '''[[Help:Images|implement them in articles]]'''.
-*'''[[Help:Moving Pages|Moving Pages]]''' - How to move a page to a different name
+* Understand the purpose of '''[[Help:Protected Pages|protecting pages]]'''.
-*'''[[Help:Redirects|Redirects]]''' - How to use redirects.
+* Use tight '''[[Help:Redirects|redirects]]''' when linking pages together.
-*'''[[Help:References|References]]''' - How to locate, add, and display references in articles.
+* Learn how to use '''[[Help:Talk Pages|Discussion Pages]]''' to the benefit of the wiki.
+* Implement existing '''[[Help:Templates|templates]]''' and learn to make your own. This '''[[Help:Template List|list of formatting templates]]''' should be of great use.
-*'''[[Help:Talk Pages|Talk Pages]]''' - How to edit talk pages properly.
+* Make fun '''[[Help:Userboxes|userboxes]]''' for your userpage, or hoard existing ones from the '''[[Help:Userbox List|userbox list]]'''.
-*'''[[Help:Templates|Templates]]''' - How to create and use templates for pages.
-**'''[[Help:Template List|List of Formatting Templates]]''' - A list of every formatting template along with the uses of each.
-*'''[[Help:Userboxes|Userboxes]]''' - How to add userboxes to your user page, and how to make a userbox.
-**'''[[Help:Userbox List|Userbox List]]''' - A list of all userboxes with the coding for each listed next to them.
-*'''[[Help:Protected Page|Protected Pages]]'''- General information concerning protected pages.
 === Editing Guidelines ===
-*'''[[Zelda Wiki.org:Guidelines for Nintendo Articles|Guidelines for Nintendo Articles]]''' - What to and what not to do in a non-''Zelda'' article.
+* Use the wiki's '''[[Zelda Wiki:Canon Policy|canon policy]]''' to discern between canonical, ambiguous, and non-canonical material.
+* Practice proper '''[[Help:Editing Etiquette|editing etiquette]]''' when dealing with users, discussions, and editing disputes.
-*'''[[Zelda Wiki.org:Quality Standards|Quality Standards]]''' - What is expected in an article.
+* Actively participate in the nomination and voting of '''[[Help:Featured Content|Featured Content]]'''.
-*'''[[Zelda Wiki.org:File Deletion Policy|Image Deletion Policy]]''' - Some of the most common reasons an image will be deleted from the Wiki.
+* Ask about the technique required in '''[[Zelda Wiki:Guidelines for Nintendo Articles|contributing to Nintendo articles]]'''.
-*'''[[Zelda Wiki.org:Inter-Wiki Policy]]''' - Caveats on issues concerning relations with other wikis hosting similar content.
+* Figure out why images are deleted in accordance with other '''[[Zelda Wiki:File Deletion Policy|image deletion policy]]'''.
+* Learn how Zelda Wiki interacts with our Zelda wikis using our unique '''[[Zelda Wiki:Inter-Wiki Policy|inter-wiki policy]]'''.
+* Master the '''[[Zelda Wiki:Quality Standards|quality standards of an article]]''' by maintaining, contributing, and creating content.
+* Understand the limitations and privileges provided to '''[[Zelda Wiki:User Accounts|user accounts]]'''.
 === Advanced Editing ===
-*'''[[Help:Archiving|Archiving Talk Pages]]''' - If a talk page is getting too long, it should be archived. Find out how here.
+* Successfully learn to '''[[Help:Archiving|archive Discussion pages]]''' when they grow too large.
+* Become a master of '''[[Help:Article Reorganization|article reorganization]]''', and give the gift of reading ease and beauty to the wiki.
-*'''[[Help:Custom Signatures|Making a Custom Signature]]''' - All of those cool custom signatures you see people with? Here's how you make one of your own.
+* Break open the secrets behind making a cool '''[[Help:Custom Signatures|custom signature]]'''.
-*'''[[Help:Merging Pages|Merging Pages]]''' - Combining several pages into one article.
+* Find out how to proficiently '''[[Help:Merging Pages|merge two or more pages]]''' into one.
-*'''[[Help:HTML]]''' - Listing of used HTML prompts.
+* Boldly consider '''[[Help:Moving Pages|moving pages]]''' that require a new, or more relevant title.
+* Step up to the plate and grasp the concept behind '''[[Help:Patrolling|patrolling edits]]'''. <small>(''Patrollers, Admins, Bureaucrats'')</small>
+* Understand the coding behind implementing '''[[Help:Tables|tables]]''' in articles.
+* Ask about how to make a unique '''[[Help:User Navigation Bar|navigation header]]''' for your userpages.
+* Put your best theory to the test by submitting a '''[[Help:WikiExclusives|WikiExclusive]]''' to Zelda Wiki.
 === Other Information ===
+* Get to know your friendly and supportive  '''[[Zelda Wiki:Staff|administrative staff]]'''.
-*'''[[Zelda Wiki.org:Administrators|Administrators]]''' - Who are they and what do they do?
+* Learn '''[[Help:Group Rights|what you can and cannot do as a user]]''' in Zelda Wiki's narrow, transparent hierarchy.
-*'''[[Help:WikiExclusives|WikiExclusives]]''' - A creative, unique way to contribute to the wiki!
+* Read '''[[Zelda Wiki:Copyrights|about]]''' our GNU Free Documentation License, and more.
+* Use all resources available to you, including this wiki's '''[[Help:Glossary|Glossary]]''', in order to further your wiki experience.
 ===Video Tutorials===
+==== Editing ====
-{{Youtube|whoN1qYJZXE|200|Basic editing}} {{Youtube|i4NAW1TTgr8|200|Uploading and adding images}}
+{{Youtube|whoN1qYJZXE|200|Basic editing}} {{Youtube|i4NAW1TTgr8|200|Uploading and adding images}} {{Youtube|bfGjawzgjGE|200|Adding references}}
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+==== Images ====
+{{Youtube|fFIuPODFDEw|200|Basic Rendering}}
+{{Youtube|oAvE0BP1ZjE|200|Path Rendering}}
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 == Other Help Resources ==
+If you have any other questions not answered in this help guide, please see Zelda Wiki's [[Zelda Wiki:Discussion Center|Discussion Center]].
-=== Question Centers ===
-If you have any other questions not answered in this help guide, please see Zelda Wiki.org's various community help departments:
-*[[Zelda Wiki.org:Pieces of Heart|Pieces of Heart]], an archive of all previously-asked questions. Check here before asking a question elsewhere, as your question may have been answered already.
-*[[Zelda Wiki.org:Hyrule Castle|Hyrule Castle]], where you can ask the staff questions and provide feedback for the site.
-*[[Zelda Wiki.org talk:Castle Town|The Heart Container]], where you can ask for other users' help with Wiki tasks that you can't do yourself such as clearing up images.