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[[Category:BI Wiki Policies]] | [[Category:BI Wiki Policies]] | ||
[[Category:Community Wiki]] | [[Category:Community Wiki]] | ||
==Account Creation== | |||
=Account Creation= | |||
In order to prevent vandalism and bot spam, self-creation of accounts has been disabled.<br> Therefore you need to ask''' '''''@Dwarden''''' '''for an account [http://discord.gg/arma at our discord], or on [https://forums.bohemia.net/profile/743078-dwarden/ BI Forums]. | In order to prevent vandalism and bot spam, self-creation of accounts has been disabled.<br> Therefore you need to ask''' '''''@Dwarden''''' '''for an account [http://discord.gg/arma at our discord], or on [https://forums.bohemia.net/profile/743078-dwarden/ BI Forums]. | ||
=Rules & Recommendations= | ==Rules & Recommendations== | ||
* Read the [[Bohemia Interactive Community:Guidelines | Bohemia Interactive Community Guidelines]] | * Read the [[Bohemia Interactive Community:Guidelines | Bohemia Interactive Community Guidelines]] | ||
* Use the [[Naming_Conventions|BI Community Wiki naming conventions]] | * Use the [[Naming_Conventions|BI Community Wiki naming conventions]] | ||
*[[Cheatsheet|Check the cheatsheet]], it holds all the basic editing information | *[[Cheatsheet|Check the cheatsheet]], it 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 Arma etc.) | ||
* Check the "This is a minor edit" box for small edits to keep version history easy to read | * Check the "This is a minor edit" box for small edits to keep version history easy to read | ||
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You can find some excellent starting points for learning to edit the BI Wiki below, and on the [[Help:Contents|help page]] | 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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===Tutorials & Guides=== | |||
:[http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] | |||
:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial An excellent Wiki tutorial] | |||
:[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ] | |||
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===BiKi To-Do=== | |||
:[[:Category:Stubs|Stubs]] | |||
:[[:Category:Example needed|Examples needed]] | |||
:[[:Category:See also needed|See also needed]] | |||
:[https://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/BIS_fnc_exportFunctionsToWiki&limit=420&from=0 Need formatting] | |||
:[https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Pages_with_broken_file_links Broken links] | |||
:[[:Category:Stubs|Stubs]] | |||
:[[:Category:AnswerMe|Answers needed]] | |||
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Revision as of 01:00, 6 January 2019
Account Creation
In order to prevent vandalism and bot spam, self-creation of accounts has been disabled.
Therefore you need to ask @Dwarden for an account at our discord, or on BI Forums.
Rules & Recommendations
- Read the Bohemia Interactive Community Guidelines
- Use the BI Community Wiki naming conventions
- Check the cheatsheet, it 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.)
- 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 AnswerMe template if you have a question
- Add your signature on talk pages.
- Collaborate with other contributors on the Arma 3 Discord #community_wiki channel.
- For experimentation either use this public Sandbox or the one in your personal space.
You can find some excellent starting points for learning to edit the BI Wiki below, and on the help page