Introduction To The Paradox Wiki

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Introduction To The Paradox Wiki

Unread post by Spiff » Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:48 am

Hello, This is your guide on how to use the Paradox! The Musical Wiki. The wiki is a place that helps direct players through their everyday adventures in Paradox. The information on the wiki is pretty reliable but may sometimes not be true since this is written by the players. you can always help by editing, creating or modifying pages. Modifying pages can be done in several different ways: spell checking, inserting information, adding missing image links, or even adding a simple reference no one else has noticed yet. For those unfamiliar with how the wiki works, we have added some guides to help you get started.

Wiki Rules: (COMING SOON)

Your Navigation Menu and You:
Main page: Area where announcements and general important links are posted.
Current Events: An area to find what needs to be worked on, may contain spoilers.
Recent Changes: An area to see what has been recently edited or added.
Random Page: Possibly the most useful button for a wiki newbie, this link will take you to a random page and it may need editing, and lucky you, you are looking for things to edit.
Help: Area that helps you get started on the wiki or if you simply forgot how to do something.
Donations: a page to donate towards the wiki, no rewards like in game.
Contact Us: contact the wiki admins.
Wiki Admins: List of active wiki administrators.
Search Bar: Use this bar to search for any criteria.
Quick Links: This is mostly links to lists of things that the links direct you to with a few exceptions, then list the things that have exceptions like Chat, Combat, Farming, Forums, Mechanics, Reset, and Quests

Creating a page: When you want to create a new page, first go to the correct category page of the item and input the name of the item in the "Create an article in this category" bar and click submit. It automatically uploads that items template and all you have to do is enter the info of the item. This is the easiest way to create a page.
However, there are other alternatives to creating a page, such as, by going into the Search bar of the wiki and writing the name of the item, adventure or whatever it is your adding on the search bar. In the results it will say there is no such page and give you the option to create the page. Click it and you will be on the page. Now you're going to have to look for the proper template to use on the page. The template you will use depends on what the page is for, weapon, misc item, food, drink, adventure, etc. A page must always have the correct template and the appropriate content like all the other pages. The wiki has many templates and pages to look at as an example to see how they should be done. All pages should include the Notes, References, Quick Links, and Header sections in addition to whatever else the page calls for based on the template you are using.

For a list of Templates and more on making pages properly, check out this link: http://www.paradoxwiki.com/index.php?ti ... _Standards

Uploading an Image: First to do this you must save an image from the game to your computer. Then you must go to the upload file tab right under the search bar and click it. There you will browse the image and the image will be uploaded. When uploading images, use the same filename for the image as is used in the game. If you receive an error that the file already exists, then it already exists. Do not change the filename of yours. To add the image to any page just type [[Image:(Insert image name).png]].

Discussing/Requesting a Page: To discuss about a mayor change or something about a page just go to the discussions tab on it or if its something thats big or affects multiple pages you can discuss it on the main discussion page of the wiki (http://www.paradoxwiki.com/index.php?title=Discussion). For those that can't understand how to create a page, request a page for it. If you can't create a page, and you think it is needed, add it to the request page. Requesting a page is normally done for optimal stuff, like farming gear, tables, stat gains, locations by power, etc. Please don't be afraid to request a page, sometimes a page could benefit many other players and help the wiki be better place to help players. You can request a page here: http://www.paradoxwiki.com/index.php?ti ... est_A_Page
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