Help:Quickstart

Here's some quick steps to get setup and oriented as an editor!

1. If you have not already, you can use Special:CreateAccount to create an account (all you need is an email address and a password) and start editing.
2. Some useful context to check out:
   • The "Understanding the wiki way" section of Best practices for using MediaWiki to learn about the ethos of a wiki.
   • The Stencil:Styleguide for guidelines on writing for and editing this wiki.
   • If you're interested in some background, this post: robertbaxter.substack.com/p/red-link-citation-needed from User:Robertbaxter has some info on how this wiki came to be.
3. An introduction to editing tools:
   • To learn about wikitext (the markup language used for wiki editing) read the MediaWiki cheatsheet (more detailed information can be found in Help:Formatting—also from MediaWiki). Whenever you use the "Edit source" button it will take you to a wikitext editor (with limited WYSIWYG tools along the top bar).
   • If you're editing the body of an article, it might be easier to use the Visual Editor—this is what you get when using the "Edit" button. It's a much more straightforward in-place editor, but not great at handling templates or fine-tuning layout.
   • And for Category:Places, Category:Events, Category:Inks, Category:Duplicator series, and Category:Tutorials, you're probably doing most of your editing with a Page Form, using the "Edit with form" button. This is a pretty straightforward (though ugly) HTML form interface, with the body of the article in one big textbox at the end.
4. Before you get editing pages, there's some important rules to know!

• Remember not to include personal or identifiable information on the wiki for anyone but yourself (if you choose to share it)—this means no addresses, no emails, etc.
• Please don't submit any copyrighted files, images, or text without permission!
• Use <ref></ref> tags to reference outside sources for articles, then include {{References}} at the end of the page to display them!

And that's it, welcome to the wiki!

Next steps

Update your place in the atlas

Editing your own place page is a great way to get a feel for the system. Follow the instructions on Help:Places to setup or edit the page for your studio/printshop. Detailed instructions are listed in the "Walkthrough" section.

Learn how to contribute

There's always some editorial support needed—Help:Contribute lists some of the current areas we're focusing on!