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How to edit WikiMSK

For a crash course on editing WikiMSK see Help:Crash Course. You can also see the following guides:

Getting Started - create an account and learn how to get around
Guidelines - rules of thumb for style, structure, layout, and quality control
Markup Basics - how to make your edits look right
References & Citations - how to cite your sources
Images - how to upload and add images
Categories - what categories are and how to use them
Templates - what templates are and how to use them
Tables Information about tables
What now? - where to get more help and what to do next
Category:Articles Awaiting Peer Review - articles awaiting fellow review

More advanced topics

For guides on more advanced topics:

MCQs - How to make MCQs
Namespaces More information about namespaces
Algorithms Learn how to make branching algorithms
Case Histories Learn how to make case history pages
This wiki supports graphing using Mermaid, see here for usage
Creative Commons - Where to find creative commons sources for text and images
Upload Log
Signatures - the wiki way of putting in a signature
Sandbox - how to create and use your sandbox
Category:Templates - the full list of WikiMSK templates

About WikiMSK and Policies

For information about WikiMSK and various policies:

About
Policies

These are links to various help articles and related material for those involved in writing and reviewing articles. See Category:Help for a complete list of help topics. Administration related matters are in Admin:Editors Corner and Admin:Documentation

Basic	Crash Course. Getting Started Guidelines Markup Basics References & Citations Images Categories Templates Tables What now?
Intermediate	Namespaces Creative Commons Signatures Sandbox Naming Pages Discussion Pages Red Links
Advanced	Redirects Magic Words Algorithms Infoboxes Case Histories MCQs
Policies	Peer Review Process Privacy Policy Disclaimers Ported Content Copyrights

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+|card-text=For a crash course on editing WikiMSK see [[Help:Crash Course]]. You can also see the following guides:
+*[[Help:Getting Started|Getting Started]] - create an account and learn how to get around
+*[[Help:Guidelines|Guidelines]] - rules of thumb for style, structure, layout, and quality control
+*[[Help:Markup|Markup Basics]] - how to make your edits look right
+*[[Help:References|References & Citations]] - how to cite your sources
+*[[Help:Images|Images]] - how to upload and add images
+*[[Help:Categories|Categories]] - what categories are and how to use them
+*[[Help:Templates|Templates]] - what templates are and how to use them
+*[[Help:Tables|Tables]] Information about tables
+*[[Help:What now?|What now?]] - where to get more help and what to do next
+*[[:Category:Articles nearing completion|Category:Articles Awaiting Peer Review]] - articles awaiting fellow review
+}}
+{{Card
+|card-title=More advanced topics
+|card-title-background-color=lightsteelblue
+|card-title-color=black
+|card-text=For guides on more advanced topics:
+*[[Help:MCQs|MCQs]] - How to make MCQs
+*[[Help:Namespaces|Namespaces]] More information about namespaces
+*[[Help:Algorithms|Algorithms]] Learn how to make branching algorithms
+*[[Help:Case Histories|Case Histories]] Learn how to make case history pages
+*This wiki supports graphing using [https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/ Mermaid], see [https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/Mermaid/blob/master/docs/USAGE.md here] for usage
+*[[Help:Creative Commons|Creative Commons]] - Where to find creative commons sources for text and images
+*[[Special:Log/upload|Upload Log]]
+*[[Help:Signatures|Signatures]] - the wiki way of putting in a signature
+*[[Help:Sandbox|Sandbox]] - how to create and use your sandbox
+*[[:Category:Templates]] - the full list of WikiMSK templates
+}}
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+|card-title=About WikiMSK and Policies
+|card-title-background-color=lightsteelblue
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+|card-text= For information about WikiMSK and various policies:
+*About
+**[[WikiMSK:About|About WikiMSK]]
+**[[WikiMSK:Website Brief|WikiMSK Brief]]
+**[[WikiMSK:What WikiMSK Is Not|What WikiMSK Is Not]]
+**[[WikiMSK:Editorial Board|Editorial Board]]
+**[[WikiMSK:Donate|Donate]]
+**[[WikiMSK:News|News]]
+**[[WikiMSK:Contact|Contact]]
+*Policies
+**[[WikiMSK:Peer Review Process|Peer Review Process]]
+**[[WikiMSK:Privacy policy|Privacy Policy]]
+**[[WikiMSK:General disclaimer|Disclaimers]]
+**[[WikiMSK:Ported Content|Ported Content]]
+**[[WikiMSK:Copyrights|Copyrights]]
+}}
+}}
+These are links to various help articles and related material for those involved in writing and reviewing articles. See [[:Category:Help]] for a complete list of help topics. Administration related matters are in [[Admin:Editors Corner]] and [[Admin:Documentation]]
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+[[Category:Help]]
-Don't know where to start? This is for you!
+{{Help footer}}
-#'''[[Help:Getting Started|Getting Started]]''' - create an account and learn how to get around
-#'''[[Help:Guidelines|Guidelines]]''' - rules of thumb for style, structure, layout, and etiquette
-#'''[[Help:Markup|Markup Basics]]''' - how to make your edits look right
-#'''[[Help:References|References & Citations]]''' - how to cite your sources
-#'''[[Help:Images|Images]]''' - how to upload and add images
-#'''[[Help:Categories|Categories]]''' - what categories are and how to use them
-#'''[[Help:Templates|Templates]]''' - what templates are and how to use them
-#'''[[Help:What now?|What now?]]''' - where to get more help and what to do next
-==More Help Pages==
-*[[Project:Style|Style Guide]], for information on writing conventions, capitalization, and other guidelines for the Coppermind)
-*[[Help:Editing|Editing and Wiki Syntax]], for help with typesetting potentially unfamiliar wiki syntax.
-*[[Help:Categorization|Categorization]], for info on categories and the category hierarchy.
-*[[Help:Article structure|Article structure]], for standard article formats and headers.
-*[[Help:Discussion|Discussion]], for info on how to participate in talk pages.
-*[[Help:Speculation|Speculation]], for when it is appropriate to add speculation to an article, and how to do it properly.
-*[[Help:Namespaces|Namespaces]], for the basics on how pages are organized into namespaces
-*[[Help:Infoboxes|Infoboxes]], for information on infoboxes
-*[[Help:Artists|Artists]], for details about how to get new art and artists into the Coppermind.
-*[[Help:Character histories|Character histories]], for tips and tricks on writing histories on [[:Category:Characters|Character]] pages.
-==Other Documents and Resources==
-*[[Project:Editor's Corner|Editor's Corner]] for useful statistics and, in the future, a to-do list for the entire wiki.
-*[[Project:About|About the Coppermind]] (incomplete)
-*[[Project:Copyrights|Copyrights]] info on copyright policy
-[[Category:Help| ]]