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*Give the [[Blooncyclopedia:style guide|style guide]] a read before you start making major additions or changes. | *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. | *'''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 | *While you can edit most articles without logging in, you won't be able to edit [[Blooncyclopedia:Strategy articles|strategy guidelines]] 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. | ||
==Where do I start?== | ==Where do I start?== | ||
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==How do I edit?== | ==How do I edit?== | ||
To start editing an article, click the "edit" tab near the top-right of the screen (desktop) or the icon that looks like a pencil (mobile). Blooncyclopedia is powered by [[wp:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]], so articles are created and edited with wikitext. You can always look things up on [https://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki's website] if you need more information. | To start editing an article, click the "edit" tab near the top-right of the screen (desktop) or the icon that looks like a pencil (mobile). Blooncyclopedia is powered by [[wp:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]], so articles are created and edited with wikitext. You can always look things up on [https://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki's website] if you need more information. | ||
*[[Help:Editing]] - general editing help | *[[Help:Editing basics]] - general editing help | ||
*[[Help:Links]] - creating links within article text [[Bloonchipper|like this]] | *[[Help:Links]] - creating links within article text [[Bloonchipper|like this]] | ||
*[[Help:Tables]] - creating and editing tables | *[[Help:Tables]] - creating and editing tables | ||