Wiki contribution guide

This is the guide for users who are new to editing wikis in general, and a style reference for all editors on the RetroMC wiki.

Important info

Rules

You are encouraged to create a page for a town, a project you made on the server, et cetera, it should be kept in mind that server rules will apply here, so please use your common sense.
For the wiki in particular:

1. Don't post NSFW or hateful content.
2. Don't self advertise for anything other than content you have made relating to RetroMC/BetaLands.
3. You can fix formatting, add links and images (provided that they are on-topic for the page you are editing) without permission.

   You will need permission if you want to make major edits.

4. Don't vandalize/grief!

Punishments are given to users as blocks (disabling of edits) - these will range from temporary to permanent depending on the serverity of a rule-breaking action.
Wiki blocks will not get you banned on the Minecraft/Discord servers unless the offending action is extremely severe.
However, MC/Discord bans will result in your account on the wiki being blocked unless your bans on those platforms are lifted.

Password resets

Special:PasswordReset. Only works if you added an email address when you created your account.

Creating your account

Head to Special:CreateAccount, and make an account with the same name you use in the Minecraft server.
This is for moderation purposes. If an account namesquats (uses a popular username), then it'll be blocked unless the user who created it or the MC username owner verifies it in in a ticket (#helpdesk).

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To log into your account, use Special:UserLogin.

Page creation

Simply search for the name of the page you want, then click on the red link in the "Create the page "[page name]"...".

Reference these pages on MediaWiki:

• Starting a new page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page
• Links: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links
• Images: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images
• Formatting: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting

Style guide

A neutral POV is preferred for most pages, however, a non-neutral POV (using words such as "You", "I", etc. outside of quotations) can be used inside of guides, like this very page.
You can also utilize templates, such as Template:User, Template:Infobox, Template:Infobox User and Template:Infobox Town.