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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 sorely lacking coverage of? See [[:Category:Article stubs]], [[:Category:Articles with incomplete sections]] | *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 our maintenance categories for articles that need filling out: | ||
*Upload screenshots. See [[ | **[[:Category:Article stubs]] - articles that are short and missing general information | ||
**[[:Category:Bot-generated articles that need work]] - articles created by [[User:Pymonkibot|Pymonkibot]] that have all the technical information they need but are missing prose, such as intro summaries | |||
**[[:Category:Articles with incomplete sections]] - articles with sections that need additional information | |||
**[[:Category:Articles with empty sections]] - articles with sections yet to be written | |||
*Upload screenshots. 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. | |||
*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). | ||
==How do I edit?== | ==How do I edit?== | ||