StrategyWiki:Guide/Other ways to contribute

This page has everything you need to get you started creating and editing StrategyWiki pages.

How to Contribute
On StrategyWiki, anyone is free to create or modify game strategy guides! There are many ways to help out. Here are a few ideas:


 * Create a new guide for a game that doesn't have one yet. Right now we're small, but we're growing. You can help out by starting a page for your favorite game and working on it over time. Gradually, other people might contribute to your guide too, and soon it will be the best around!


 * Update an existing guide if you spot any mistakes or if you think you could say it better. This site is all about collaboration, so feel free to jump right in and contribute.


 * Photographers go into a game and take screenshots to explain parts of a game that words cannot. In a similar fashion, cartographers make maps or charts for games to better explain things. Artists hunt down official game art with which to beautify the guides. StrategyWiki guides are expected to have at the least the boxart on the game's main page.


 * Format a guide if it's looking a little bland and you're familiar with Mediawiki markup. Divide pages into sections, split long pages, add in images -- anything you like to improve presentation of your favorite guide.


 * Copyedit a guide if you're a stickler for spelling and grammar and can't stand seeing a page with a mistake. With so many authors working on one guide, mistakes are bound to slip in.


 * Check for errors in cheat codes and glitch descriptions. A single button out of place could be the difference between victory and a reload screen.

Editing Pages
In order to begin editing pages, you will need to register for an account. Don't worry, the process is very simple. Look at the top-right of the page to find a "log in" button, then fill out the information on the page that appears and you'll be editing articles in no time.

Once you have an account, all you have to do to modify the page you're reading is click the "Edit" tab above the page's main heading. This will display the page and the page's edit box below. Simply enter your changes into the edit box and click the "Save page" button, and your generous contribution will be instantly visible to all the visitors to the page.

If you want to try out a few edits without fear of messing up a page, you can use the sandbox. It's the perfect page to learn how to edit and test Mediawiki markup.

Oh, and don't worry about messing something up. Wiki pages keep track of all the changes that have ever been made to them, from the most recent edit back to the very first version of the page! Nothing is ever really lost, so dive right in!

Discussion pages
Every page also has an associated "talk page" that can be viewed by clicking the "Discussion" link on the right-hand sidebar. These pages are usually used to aid collaboration between multiple users who are all making edits to the page. If you have any questions about a possible edit you'd like to make, you can always ask other users by using the talk page.