Difference between revisions of "Beginner's Guide"

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Welcome, Editor!

On this page, you will find out the basics of editing the wiki, using templates and filling pages with information (text, links, and images).

Create a new page

If you see red clickable text, that means that there's a link to a page that doesn't exist yet. Clicking it will open the wiki editor. Fill out the page, check if it looks like you want it to, and save it.

Should you want to link to a completely new page, you need to first create a link to that particular page. Since it obviously doesn't exist yet, the text will be red (see the paragraph above).

Here is how you create a link:

• If the text is the same as the page name: [[World of Tanks]] ==> World of Tanks
• If the text differs from the page name: [[World of Tanks|text]] ==> text
• In case you want to link to a non-wiki page: [https://worldoftanks.eu/ World of Tanks EU] ==> World of Tanks EU
  • Mind the difference between the external links and the wiki page links: only one bracket instead of two, and a space between the link and the text instead of a separator "|".

Edit a tank page

As you'll most likely work on the tank pages, adding info on the vehicles and their gameplay, let’s take a look at the ‘TankData’ template. This one is used for every tank page on the wiki:

And here is what each section of the template is for:

• TankData|Tank= <== Leave this empty, the tank data is added automatically.
• | <== Here you can add additional intro text.
• |Gallery= <== Add vehicle pictures to the Gallery here
• |InTheGame_pros= <== Used to describe the strong points of a specific vehicle. Please only use bullet points.
• |InTheGame_cons= <== Used to describe the weak points of a specific vehicle. Please only use bullet points.
• |InTheGame_performance= <== Add more information on the gameplay/playstyle of the respective vehicle.
• |InTheGame_research= <== Type here your recommendations on which modules to research first to make the grind as efficient/comfortable as possible.
• |InTheGame_equipment= <== Mention here the pieces of equipment you recommend mounting into the vehicle. Please mind that you need to use the correct name, else the picture won’t show.
• |InTheGame_Equipment_Builds= <== Can be used to describe further the choice of equipment, together with Crew Skills.
• |External_Reviews= <== Normally used to link videos created by YouTubers.
• |History= <== Add here historical information about the vehicle.
• |HistoricalGallery= <== In case there are historical images, link them here.
• |Ref_references= <== Part of the “Sources and External Links” section. Add References to information here.
• |Ref_sources= <== Part of the “Sources and External Links” section. Meant for links leading outside of the wiki if the information has been taken from there to people can read up the source of the information. in case there’s additional information to be found about a vehicle.
• |Ref_links= <== Part of the “Sources and External Links” section. Add additional links there if you want.

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The guide will be updated soon. --Royalty:eu (talk) 14:15, 17 August 2018 (UTC)