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==The basic principles== | ==The basic principles== | ||
*Give the [[Blooncyclopedia:style guide|style guide]] a read before you start making major additions or changes. | *Give the [[Blooncyclopedia:style guide|style guide]] and [[Help:FAQ|FAQ]] a read before you start making major additions or changes. | ||
*'''Be bold!''' As long as you're acting in good faith, anything you add is likely to do more good than harm, and you won't learn without trying. Everyone makes mistakes, they're part of the learning process, and are easy to forgive. Even if you mess up royally, your changes can always be undone, no harm no foul. | *'''Be bold!''' As long as you're acting in good faith, anything you add is likely to do more good than harm, and you won't learn without trying. Everyone makes mistakes, they're part of the learning process, and are easy to forgive. Even if you mess up royally, your changes can always be undone, no harm no foul. | ||
*While you can edit most articles without logging in, you won't be able to edit [[Blooncyclopedia:Strategy guidelines|strategy articles]] and your edits will be attributed to your IP address, which will be visible to everyone. Creating an account will hide your IP address and allow you to become [[Blooncyclopedia:Autoconfirmed users|autoconfirmed]], which will allow you to create new articles, edit more kinds of articles, and upload files. | *While you can edit most articles without logging in, you won't be able to edit [[Blooncyclopedia:Strategy guidelines|strategy articles]] and your edits will be attributed to your IP address, which will be visible to everyone. Creating an account will hide your IP address and allow you to become [[Blooncyclopedia:Autoconfirmed users|autoconfirmed]], which will allow you to create new articles, edit more kinds of articles, and upload files. | ||
**If you want to create a new page, but aren't autoconfirmed yet, you can create it in the [[Blooncyclopedia:Sandbox|general sandbox page]] first. Once you become autoconfirmed, you can copy its contents to an article in the main space. | |||
==Where do I start?== | ==Where do I start?== | ||
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**[[:Category:Articles with incomplete sections]] - articles with sections that need additional information | **[[:Category:Articles with incomplete sections]] - articles with sections that need additional information | ||
**[[:Category:Articles with empty sections]] - articles with sections yet to be written | **[[:Category:Articles with empty sections]] - articles with sections yet to be written | ||
*Browse the [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]] log. It gives an idea of what other editors are doing, and what areas of the wiki need expanding on. You can see the specific changes made in each edit by clicking on the "diff" button. | *Browse the [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]] log. It gives an idea of what other editors are doing, and what areas of the wiki need expanding on. You can see the specific changes made in each edit by clicking on the "diff" button. | ||
*View the talk pages to see what other editors are discussing. You can see the talk page for an article by clicking on the "talk" tab at the top of the screen (on desktop) or tapping the "discussion" tab below the article's title (on mobile). | *View the talk pages to see what other editors are discussing. You can see the talk page for an article by clicking on the "talk" tab at the top of the screen (on desktop) or tapping the "discussion" tab below the article's title (on mobile). | ||
Once you become autoconfirmed, you can also help out by uploading screenshots. They're relatively easy to create and the wiki needs a ''lot'' of them. See the [[Blooncyclopedia:screenshot guidelines|screenshot guidelines]] for information on what kinds of screenshots are needed and how to compose them, and see [[:Category:Articles that need screenshots]] for a list of articles that need screenshots. | |||
==How do I edit?== | ==How do I edit?== | ||
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*[[Help:Modules]] - creating and writing Lua scripts | *[[Help:Modules]] - creating and writing Lua scripts | ||
*[[Help:Cargo]] - working with Cargo so Cargo can do all the work for you | *[[Help:Cargo]] - working with Cargo so Cargo can do all the work for you | ||
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