Getting Started – Bohemia Interactive Community

Revision as of 02:37, 16 January 2021

Account Creation

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

Do you need an account?

For 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 Arma Discord in the #community_wiki channel.

Else, head towards Dwarden (or any available official Community Manager) and ask for a Wiki account on BI Forums or the Arma Discord!

Rules & Recommendations

Read the Bohemia Interactive Community Guidelines
Use the BI Community Wiki naming conventions
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 Operation Flashpoint makes sense for Armed Assault 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 ~~~~) - see these instructions.
Collaborate with other contributors on the Arma 3 Discord #community_wiki channel.
For experimentation, use your Sandbox.

You can find some excellent starting points for learning to edit the BI Wiki below, and on the help page

MediaWiki Tutorials & Guides

BiKi TODO list

To-do

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 == Account Creation ==
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 * Read the [[Bohemia Interactive Community:Guidelines | Bohemia Interactive Community Guidelines]]
 * Use the [[Naming_Conventions|BI Community Wiki naming conventions]]
-* [[Cheatsheet|Check the cheatsheet]], it holds all the basic editing information
+* [[: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 Arma etc.)
+* 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
-* Use the [[:Category:AnswerMe| AnswerMe template]] if you have a question
 * Add your '''signature''' on talk pages (with four tildes <tt>~~<nowiki/>~~</tt>) - see {{Wikipedia|Wikipedia:Signatures|these instructions}}.
 * Collaborate with other contributors on the [https://discord.gg/arma Arma 3 Discord] {{Inline code|#community_wiki}} channel.
-* For experimentation either use this public [[Sandbox]] or the one in your [[Special:Mypage|personal space]].
+* 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]]
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 == BiKi TODO list ==
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-* Expand [[:Category:Stubs|Stubs pages]] or remove the <tt>{{<nowiki/>Stub}}</tt> marker
-* Add examples to [[:Category:Example needed|Examples Needed pages]]
-* Add "See Also" related links to [[:Category:See also needed|See Also Needed pages]]
-* Format function's description for [https://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/BIS_fnc_exportFunctionsToWiki&limit=50 unformatted BIS_fnc pages]
-* Fix or remove dead links in [[:Category:Pages_with_broken_file_links|Broken Links pages]]
-* Answer questions asked in [[:Category:AnswerMe|Answer Me pages]]
-* More generally, BiKi maintenance according to what is listed in [[:Category:Maintenance|Maintenance]] and [[Special:TrackingCategories|Tracking Categories]]
-[[Category:BI Wiki Policies]]
 [[Category:Community Wiki]]