Future Card Buddyfight Wiki:Editors' Guide

Future Card Buddyfight Wiki encourages users to contribute to the site and improve it. This page helps users learn how/when to contribute and edit pages.

Editing
Editing is one of the more common ways to contribute to improve a page. To edit a page click the red "Edit" button at the top of the page. Important pages might be protected to only allow certain users to edit them, if you're not allowed to edit a page, the "Edit" button will have a lock icon over it.

Editing is most commonly required when a page's information needs to be updated. If you see a page that needs updating, you're free to edit it. If an edit is considered unnecessary, it will be undone, because of that it is recommended that you consult with an admin before making contribution affects many pages (such as creating a new category for several pages), as it would take plenty of work to undo it if it was unnecessary.

Don't feel bad if your edit was unnecessary or wrong (as long as it wasn't a troll edit or vandalism), after all we're all humans and make mistakes. You should only need permission to edit when making large contributions (normally, edits that involve 3 or more pages).

Creating a new page
Creating a new page is most commonly required when there's new information available but no page for it. Red links take to pages that don't exist yet, so they commonly indicate that a new page is required. Keep in mind that some templates automatically add Red links that might not be necessary, and when a page is renamed links to it might become Red.

Pages might also need renaming if they were mistranslated, in that case you can leave redirect so links to the page's previous name takes to the new one.

Some pages follow standard formats (such as pages for attributes), when creating a similar page, it is recommended to follow the same format, including templates and categories used.

Add a page
In the top right of every page there's a "Contribute" Button, clicking it shows a list of options, in there click "Add a page". It takes to a window were you give the new Page's name. If a page is created from a Red Link, it will automatically have the name of the red link. You're also offered 3 layout options, it is recommended to use the "Blank Page" layout to start working on.



Visual and Source mode
Edit windows offer 2 modes, visual and source. Visual mode show the page as it will appear when completed (except for templates) while source mode allows the page to be edited using coding. If you're not familiar with how to write coding, it is recommended to edit in Visual mode.



Links
To add a link, simply highlight a text and click the "add link" button in the edit window, which is highlighted in the picture below. In the Create Link window you're given 2 text boxes, one shows the name of the page the link will take to, and the other shows the text that will appear on screen. Keep in mind that when creating a link the name must be exactly the same as the page it is meant to take to, otherwise it will create a Red link as shown in the image. To create a link to an external site, click the "To an External site" option and add the full address of the page.

Categories
Categories allow related pages to be found easier, so it is always recommended that new pages are given at least 1 category. Too add one simply go to the "Categories" section in the edit window, and type the name of the category in the textbox, which will be added to the list below it.



Templates
To add a template to a page, go to the Template section of the edit window and click the "add new template" option. Then search for the name of the template you want to add to the page. If a template has editable parameters, you will be taken to the template's edit window. Templates appear as green puzzle pieces in Visual mode.

To create a template, create a page named "Template: TEMPLATE'SNAME"



Pictures
You can add pictures to pages to decorate them and make them more visually appealing, to add a picture, go to the "Add features and media" section in the edit window, then select how you want to add the picture, either as a Photo, a Gallery, or a Slideshow. You can also add videos and Tables.

When selecting what picture you want to add, you also have the option of uploading a new picture. After selecting which picture you want you can customize its size, location, and caption.



Edit Summary
It is recommended to leave a short summary of your edits, to do that simply type the description in the "Edit Summary" section of the edit window.