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Want to start contributing to Blooncyclopedia? We'd love your help! Here's a guide for those new to editing. | |||
==The basic principles== | |||
*Give the [[Blooncyclopedia:style guide|style guide]] 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. | |||
*While you can edit most articles without logging in, you won't be able to edit [[Blooncyclopedia:Strategy articles|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 strategy articles, and upload files. | |||
==Where do I start?== | ==Where do I start?== | ||
Some editors like to dive in solo and make improvements wherever they see fit, others like to coordinate through our Discord server and our projects board. Here are a few beginner-friendly ways to start helping out: | Some editors like to dive in solo and make improvements wherever they see fit, others like to coordinate through our Discord server and our projects board. Here are a few beginner-friendly ways to start helping out: | ||
*Ease yourself in by making small improvements, such as fixing typos and adding missing categories. | *Ease yourself in by making small improvements, such as fixing typos and adding missing categories. | ||
*Fill in short articles and empty/incomplete sections. Are there any ''Bloons'' games or subjects that you're knowledgeable about and Blooncyclopedia is | *Fill in short articles and empty/incomplete sections. Are there any ''Bloons'' games or subjects that you're knowledgeable about and Blooncyclopedia is sorely lacking coverage of? See [[:Category:Article stubs]], [[:Category:Articles with incomplete sections]], and [[:Category:Articles with empty sections]] for articles that need more prose. | ||
*Upload screenshots. See [[Help:Screenshots]] for information on how to take and upload good screenshots, and see [[:Category:Articles that need screenshots]] for a list of articles that need screenshots. | *Upload screenshots. See [[Help:Screenshots]] for information on how to take and upload good screenshots, and see [[:Category:Articles that need screenshots]] for a list of articles that need screenshots. | ||
*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. | ||
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