SWG Wiki:New user guide


 * Anyone can contribute to SWG WIKI. Any improvements to the site would be welcome, whether it's updating, correcting, or adding missing pages, sections links, background, or tips/suggestions.
 * Anyone is welcome to sign up a user name in order to have further identification and contribution options. Click on your user name to write/edit your user page to let others know about you, your SWG characters, and your contributions/interests.
 * For a guide on how to format a new page, see the Templates page for many examples. Simly edit the page, copy the text, and past that into the new page's edit page.  Then replace the generic titles, links, and info as appropriate.
 * To find what has recently been added and changed, click on Recent changes in the Navigation menu on the left margin. This is often an easy way to find something to add or correct, and can lead to pages that are in need of further contributions.  You can also find new pages of interest this way.
 * The Wanted pages list s pages that have not been created, but that have many links directed to them. You can find the Wanted pages from the Special pages link at the bottom of the Toolbox menu on the left margin.
 * A complete, final version of a page or section isn't required in order to contribute. Any additional relevant information that you know is always appreciated, and will help make SWG WIKI a more complete Star Wars Galaxies information source.  If you don't know something, chances are someone else does and can add it later.
 * When you create a page (or edit an unwritten page), you can click on What links here in the Toolbox menu on the left margin. You will see a list of pages that contains a link to that page.  This can be helpful in finding pages that are missing links, or to see what else has been written about a topic.
 * Follow the example of other pages and sections for the format for links and page titles. The templates give examples of most of these.  If you're unsure whether a page has been written yet (for a link), or if it's formatted correctly, open a new window and search for it in the search bar.  If it's types exactly, you will jump to that page.
 * To make a word or phrase a SWG WIKI link, add 2 brackets ([) on each side. The text must be the title of the page.  Capitalization doesn't matter for the first letter of a word.
 * To make the link text different than the linked page title, place a | (shift-back slash) after the page name, followed by the link text. To just add to the end of the page name for the link, add those characters after the brackets.  For example, Doctors links to the Doctor page, not the Doctors page, because the "s" is after the brackets.
 * To view the title of the page a link is connected to, hover the mouse over the link to see the tooltip.
 * To make a link to a site outside of SWG WIKI, place the address inside one pair of brackets. To rename the link, insert a space after the address and then type the link text, which would be follwed by the closing bracket.
 * To link to a heading within a page, use the format "page name#heading", using double brackets instead of quotation marks. For example, CDEF Pistol is a heading on the Pistols page.  The link to jump to that part of the page would be "Pistols#CDEF Pistol".  If the heading is'nt present on the page, you simply jump to the top of the page.  CDEF Pistol As you can see, the tooltip only gives the title of the page.
 * To add italics emphasis, surround the text with 2 apostrophes on each side. To use bold, use 3 apostrophes on each side.  HTML commands for text work as well, if desired.
 * If you use a website to gather info that isn't widely known or easily found in-game, simply add credit to the website at the bottom of the page.
 * Links that lead to written pages will be blue. Artisan for example. Links to unwritten pages will be red (by default). Profession Name for example. If you preview a page edit, links will be updated to show whether the linked pages exist. This can be an easy way to check spelling and format of links to written pages.