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===Main namespace===

The main namespace contains articles regarding current mechanics. Pages in the main namespace do not have any label in front of the article name. EG: “Onion” is in the main namespace, “Historical:Onion” would be in the Historical namespace. More information on namespaces is in the next section.

Here are guidelines for the main namespace:

Current information only (past functionality belongs in the Historical namespace)

As a new editor, you are probably just excited to dive in and get some sweet edits in. That's great! But it's also great to know that there are some settings in your Preferences that can make editing easier and more efficient.

Here are some basic outlines and comments about the most notable features you will find:

* Appearance: Here you can change the wiki skin (I hate all the other ones!), change the way dates and times are displayed, as well as your time zone, among some other things.

* Editing: The editing preferences contain many highly useful and awesome features that you can enable to help with your editing. You can Enable section editing by right clicking on section title, Edit pages on double click, Mark all edits minor by default, warn me when I leave an edit page with unsaved changes, side-by-side preview (shown below), and more.

===Recent Changes, Watchlist, Search===

* Recent changes: You can view the recent changes, which shows articles and files recently edited, in the Recent changes page (linked on the sidebar, as shown below). In your preferences, you can change how this page will display by default, including how many days to show, number of edits to show, you can group changes by page, hide minor edits, hide patrolled edits, and more.

* Watchlist: When editing an article, you get the option (which is selected by default) to watch that page. You have a separate section to view your watched articles, which shows if edits have been made since you began watching that page.

* Search: Which namespaces to search when you search for an article by default. When searching, you can also hit the magnifying glass, then go to Advanced, which will show the page pictured below. Here, you can select which namespace(s) you wish to search in. Great if you're looking for a particular kind of page!

==Special Pages==

To edit an article, click on Edit at the top of the page. You will be brought to a page that looks like the one below. This is the editing page.

#Title – shows that you are editing a page, and the title of the page you’re editing.

#Show changes – This will show you what changes you have made in this edit.

The right column includes your edits. Text is highlighted where you have made changes.

==Previewing Your Changes==

Previewing your changes before hitting the "Save page" button is a very important step, especially when you're first starting out. Not only will it help prevent the need to edit the same thing multiple times, either by yourself or someone else, but it also helps give you an idea of what it will look like when you're finished, especially if you're making layout changes. It also is a great way for you to test if something you are unsure of will work the way you hoped it would.

For example, if you look at the picture above to the line that says "Link to the Wurm online forums", you'll see that the first option with a forum link looks kind of silly, as it is just a number 1 in brackets. The second one is much more appealing since it contains some clickable text. You may also find that you put an improper article name to link to, which will result in a red link such as:

Showing the preview before saving a page is a great habit to get into.

If you need to create a new article, simply type the title into the search bar (keeping in mind that articles only have the first word capitalized, except in the case of a proper noun).

Search for the page. If it exists, it will take you there; if not, you will see similar pages, with a red link offering you the option to create the page.

Click the red link to be taken to the not yet created article, where you can begin editing.

Or if a new tool was introduced to Wurm, you could find a similar tool page to copy from - this can give you a head start on some of the categories, materials, right-click menus, equipping information, etc.

If you do choose to do this when making an article, make sure that every reference to the current page (aside from <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki>, which will give the name of whichever page it is currently on) is changed to that of your current article. Also be sure to check the categories, as some may be in categories that are not relevant to the new article.

One useful thing that you'll find on most Wurmpedia articles is a header of links which shows what categories the item is a part of.

These headers are very helpful as they help the reader discover other things they can do with particular skills, or have a quick glance to see what skill the item uses.

TIP: I like to find a page that is similar to what I am working on and copy the header they have there. In our unicorn example, it would be:

==Linking Articles to Categories==

Categories are listed at the bottom of every article. They are useful for similar reasons as the headers by providing links to discover items related to the one the reader is viewing. The categories are a specific type of page which links to other articles, gathering articles of a certain type in one place.

There are many categories available for articles to be linked under, which can be seen here: https://wurmpedia.com/index.php/Special:Categories.

'''Fun Fact''': You can create a clickable link to get to that category page by adding a colon to the beginning. To link to the Blacksmithing items category, you would add <nowiki>[[:Category:Blacksmithing items]]</nowiki>.

==Babel categories==

'''Step 1: Choose a name for your template and go to create the page.'''

'''Step 2: Content'''

Now on clicking show preview, you will see:

'''Step 3: Include and noinclude'''