We're really glad you want to help out! This page will tell you a bit about how things work here, and how you can help. Keep reading, and we'll touch on some of the wiki's commonly used templates and how to use them to help the wiki.
Note that this article is meant to talk about specific details related to this wiki. For general help, see Help:Contents.
Rule #(some important number): Don't leave info in the comments! If you've got something to contribute, add it to the wiki, not a page's comments. You can help more by editing a page yourself so that it's correct, instead of leaving a comment saying what's wrong (honestly, very few people here will read them and change anything).
Adding/Fixing Content[]
Pages that need information, or pages that need improvement are tagged with meta tags.
How do meta tags work? Pages that need work can be tagged with meta tags (which are wiki templates), so other contributors know where the wiki needs help. These should be placed at the top of the page or section they apply to, so it's the first thing people see, to encourage others to help out. By adding a meta tag, you also add it to a category, which helps other contributors find which articles need fixing.
Below is a table of some page management templates, listed by default in order of issue severity.
| Name | Should be used for | How to Insert | Adds to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delete | Articles that should be deleted | {{Delete}} | Category:Candidates for deletion |
| Cleanup | Articles that need cleanup | {{Cleanup}} | Category:Cleanup |
| Wikify | Articles that need their source code formatted to MediaWiki standards (e.g. replacing HTML with MediaWiki markup). | {{Wikify}} | Category:Wikify |
| Upcoming | Articles or section that talk about unreleased content. | {{Upcoming}} | Category:Upcoming content |
| Infobox incomplete | Infoboxes that are incomplete. | {{Infobox incomplete}} | Category:Infobox incomplete |
| Infobox needed | Pages that need infoboxes (only use on pages where an infobox would be appropriate). | {{Infobox needed}} | Category:Infobox needed |
| Missing data | Pages that are missing relevant data about their subject. | {{Missing data}} | Category:Missing data |
| Merge | Pages that should be merged with other existing pages (e.g. if two pages cover the same topic). | {{Merge}} | Category:Merge |
| Split | Pages that should be split into separate articles, such as very long pages. | {{Split}} | Category:Split |
| Bad image | Pages with image(s) that are of poor quality, and should be improved. | {{Badimage}} | Category:Image improvement needed |
| Image | Pages that have no relevant images, and would benefit from adding an image. | {{Image}} | Category:Image needed |
| Stub | Any article that is short, only proving the most rudimentary of information on its topic. | {{Stub}} | Category:Stub |
| Section | Sections that need to be written. | {{Section}} | Category:Section |
Any of these templates will add the page to Category:Page maintenance.