Help:Editing

Yume Wiki uses MediaWiki, the same software that powers sites like Wikipedia and Fandom. Mediawiki has extensive documentation on how to write and edit pages. If you're new to editing wikis, these are some resources you may find helpful.

Help Pages

These are the help pages currently on YumeWiki. The rest of this page is all external links to MediaWiki help pages. The goal is to tailor the Help namespace to this wiki. If you're an editor who knows a thing or two about the wiki, please help with these articles!

• Help:Files - currently, help on uploading files.

Useful links

• Upload a file
  • Latest files
• Wikitext cheatsheet
• Glossary of wiki terms

Basic tutorials

• Creating new pages
  • What not to do with page titles
• Editing existing pages
  • Using the visual editor
  • Using the source editor
• Adding a page to a category
  • List of categories

Basic formatting

When creating a new page or using the source editor, you'll need to use a special markup language called wikitext.

• Basic text
• Linking to pages
  • Linking to files/images
  • Linking to categories
• Images & galleries
• Lists
• Tables
• Footnotes

Intermediate tutorials

• Creating subpages for a page
• Writing an edit summary
• Moving a page
  • Controlling redirects
• Deleting a page
• Page history
• Page discussions
  • Signing a talk page

Advanced tutorials

• Creating templates
• Magic words
• Exporting wiki content
• How namespaces work
• How pages are sorted
• Keyboard shortcuts