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== Account Creation ==

In order to  prevent vandalism and bot spam, self-creation of accounts has been disabled.<br>
You need to ask for an account creation, Wiki account that will be linked to your [[Bohemia Interactive]] account.

=== Do you need an account? ===

{{Feature|ylands | For {{Name|ylands}}, see [[Ylands WIKI FAQ]]!}}

Before asking for an account, ask yourself:
; Do you want to edit only a couple of pages where you noticed an error?
: If so, it is better to ask someone to edit said page(s) on the [http://discord.gg/arma Arma Discord] in the {{hl|#community_wiki}} channel.

Else, head towards {{User|Dwarden}} (or any available official Community Manager) and ask for a Wiki account on [https://forums.bohemia.net/profile/743078-dwarden/ BI Forums] or the [http://discord.gg/arma Arma Discord]!


== Rules &amp; Recommendations ==

* Read the [[Bohemia Interactive Community:Guidelines | Bohemia Interactive Community Guidelines]]
* Use the [[Bohemia Interactive Community:Naming Conventions|BI Community Wiki naming conventions]]
* [[:Bohemia Interactive Community:Formatting|Formatting]] holds all the basic editing information
* You can refer to [[Bohemia Interactive Community:Formatting]] for information on wikitext
* Use categories to distinguish content specific for a particular project (e.g. not everything for {{ofp}} makes sense for {{arma1}} etc.)
* Check the "This is a minor edit" box for small edits to keep version history easy to read
* Include some summary text of edits you have made
* Add your '''signature''' on talk pages (with four tildes {{hl|<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>}}) - see {{Link|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures|these instructions}}.
* Collaborate with other contributors on the [https://discord.gg/arma Arma 3 Discord] {{hl|#community_wiki}} channel. 
* For experimentation, use your [[Special:Mypage/Sandbox|Sandbox]].

You can find some excellent starting points for learning to edit the BI Wiki below, and on the  [[Help:Contents|help page]]

=== MediaWiki Tutorials & Guides ===

* [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide]
* {{Link|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial|An excellent Wiki tutorial}}
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]


== BiKi TODO list ==

See [[:Category:Maintenance|Maintenance]] and [[:Category:To-do|To-do]].


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