Help:Editing this wiki

This page assumes you have never edited a wiki before. Nothing here can break anything permanently. Every version of every page is saved forever, and any change can be undone in two clicks.

Two ways to edit

At the top of every article there are two tabs.

Edit

A visual editor. It works much like a word processor: you type, and text appears. Use this one unless you have a reason not to.

Edit source

The underlying wiki markup. Useful for fiddly things like infoboxes and tables.

They both save to the same page. Switching between them is safe.

Making your first edit

1. Click Edit at the top of the page.
2. Change something.
3. Click Save changes at the top right.
4. In the box that appears, write a few words about what you changed. Something like "added her Book 2 arc" is plenty. This is the edit summary, and it is what makes the page history readable later.
5. Click Save changes again.

That is the whole loop.

Linking to another page

Links are what turn a pile of pages into a wiki, so make them generously. A good rule: the first time an article mentions a person, place, or thing that has its own page, link it. After that, plain text is fine.

In the visual editor, select the words and press Ctrl+K, or use the link button in the toolbar.

In source, wrap the name in double square brackets:

[[Aero Ellisvat]] handed her the blade.
[[Aero Ellisvat|Aero]] handed her the blade.

The second form shows different text than the page title. Use it whenever the sentence reads better with a nickname.

A red link is not a mistake. It means the page does not exist yet. Red links are useful. They tell us what still needs writing, and they turn blue on their own the moment someone creates that page. Leave them.

Citing a chapter

When you state a specific fact, say where it comes from. In source view:

Her eyes turn gold when she takes the cloak.<ref>Book 2, Ch. 14.</ref>

The article needs a references section at the bottom, once:

== References ==
<references />

This matters more than it looks. It is what lets you trust the wiki later when you are drafting and cannot remember whether something was established on the page or only in your head.

Undoing something

Click View history at the top of any page. You will see every version, who made it, and when. Click undo beside any change to reverse it. Nothing is ever really lost.

See also

• Help:Adding a new character: the fastest way to start a new page
• Help:Cheat sheet: the markup, on one screen
• Help:What goes where: which page a given fact belongs on
• Project:Manual of Style: house conventions