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It's easy to start editing on the GalCiv Wiki! Here are some quick tips:

To experiment with editing, go to the sandbox. Open that in another window so you can still see this!
You can edit any page by clicking edit this page at the top - do this if you think it could do with more information, or if there's an error in the page. You can also see how the wiki features work by editing existing pages - just make sure you don't save without meaning to!
Anywhere you see a red link, you can create a new page. You can also just put it in the search box at the left and press Go (not Search) or type the name of a page into the URL box after the /index.php/ or /wiki/ bit, or create a link to that page in the sandbox and then click it. Why not start with a wanted page or stub?
To link to a page (even if it doesn't exist yet), write it like this: [[article name]]. It is case-sensitive except for the first letter.
To link to a Wikipedia article, write it like this: [[Wikipedia:ArticleName]]
To link to a page on another site, write it like this: [http://whatever.com/page.htm Description]. Note:
- Only one pair of brackets, not two.
- Space between URL and description, not | character.
To redirect one page to another (useful for different spelling or capitalization), write this: #REDIRECT [[Other Page]]. Redirects to a page that is also a redirect will not work correctly.
To revert a page to a previous version click on the page's History tab, click a date and time prior to the edit you want to remove, click Edit, then save. You might want to do this after vandalism, of it you make a change and don't like it.
Write plurals like this unless the article title should be plural: [[Ship]]s.
To display different text for a link, write this: [[article name|description]].
Italics can be done with two single quotes, ''like this''; bold with three, '''like this'''
Numbered lists can be created by putting one or more # at the start of each line, with no spaces before
Unnumbered lists, like this one, have one or more * at the start of each line
To indent text, place one or more : at the start of each line
A space at the start of each line will stop the text from wrapping - you can also use the <pre> tag
More complicated formatting is possible with the <div>, <span> and <font> HTML tags, which work here
You can make headers like this: == Header text == - add a = mark on each side for increasing depth of headers
You can use images as well, but you need to log in and upload the file first. Add an image with [[Image:imagename.png|left or right or none|frame or thumb (if you want a frame or thumbnail - if not, leave this out)|Description]]. Examples:
- [[Image:Wiki.png|left|frame|This is the [[Galactic Civilizations II]] logo!]]
- [[Image:Testimage.png|right|This text only shows up when you hover over the image]]
- [[Image:Yourimage.jpg|right|220px|This is will be sized to 220px in width]]
To put a page into a category, write this anywhere in it: [[Category:Whatever]]
- If you do this to a page with a title like Category:Something, it makes that page a subcategory of the category you wrote.
- To link to a category page, use [[:Category:Whatever|whatever category]].
If you need to sign your name, use ~~~, or ~~~~ to include the date too. You shouldn't normally do this unless talking to someone on a talk page or making a personal note outside the normal flow of the article - wherever you can't avoid saying "I" ;-)
Please remember to click Preview before saving. Check all your links!
Don't forget, every signed in user gets a User Page! If you're signed in, you can also take advantage of your Watchlist to keep track of updates on your favorite articles.
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