BGWiki:Getting started

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Welcome to BGWiki! Thank you for taking the time to create an account and even more so for contributing to your local FFXI Wiki! The following sections serves as a guide if this is your first time editing a wiki or if you're a vet, it'll give a rough idea of BGWiki's vision. Have fun editing!

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Contribution Tips

  • When adding new content, make sure to crosslink any searchable terms using the appropriate tags.
  • Wikis need plenty of editing and proofreading, since everybody makes mistakes, even best-selling authors. Correcting things like run-on sentences, comma splices, and misspelled words helps BGWiki to create a more professional and credible image. Even if you don't have any unique information to add, there's always still plenty to do.

How to Edit The Wiki

Starting out? Read these first!

Need to make a template?

  • We suggest contacting a BGWiki admin so they know why and what for etc but feel free to make one, and then putting it in your /Sandbox (just type /Sandbox at the end of the URL of your user page to create this new page), then submitting it for approval.
  • The difference between style guide and templates are as follows -
Style guides makes it so you need to go into the actual coding of the page and look at all the pretty squigglies... like so: Template:Weapon
Advanced templates make it so that you enter only the 'content' of each field, without looking at the squiggly codings, like so: Template:Quest

A Wiki Expert? Read these to broaden your horizons!

What to Contribute

Looking for areas of the Wiki that needs work? We have created several categories to host pages that need to be worked on.

  • Stubs - This section lists every page that still needs more information or are just placeholder pages.
  • Needs Formatting - This lists all for pages marked in need of proper formatting. For proper BGWIki formatting styles please check BGWiki:Formatting.
  • Wanted Pages - This section lists every 'linked' to term that do not yet have actual pages. Some may not be legit terms, so double check which pages are linking to a term and make sure its the correct spelling, that another page does not already exist for this term but named differently or if its just a test link, like this one: "Place Name of Drop Here ‎(53 links)"
  • Proofreading - If you'd like to help proofread, please feel free to do so! Just proof the article as necessary and remove the Proofreading category tag in the page ([[Category:Proofreading]]). If you're not sure about editing certain topics, simply check out the page's 'discussion' tab.
  • Uncategorized Pages - Occasionally, some pages will be lost in the shuffle and not be categorized correctly or any at all. Checking this page will ensure that all loose pages fit in somewhere on the site. If unsure of where a page belongs, leave it in there or make a 'discussion' entry to call an admin's attention to it.
  • Need Images - Every page on here will need an in game image taken and uploaded. All images should be named after the page for which it's made, and if there are multiple images, name the extras by numbers or purpose. Remove the {{Need Image}} tag from the page when done.
  • Item Images - Just like the above for items. Remove the {{Need Image}} tag from the page when uploaded.
  • Need Wares - Vendors and other NPC pages may need a detailed content list of items which they sell. You can fill in this information using the appropriate templates Refer to Template:NPC to guide you though this. Remove the {{Need Wares}} tag from the page when done.


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