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This page describes the usage of the wiki itself. If you find outdated information in an article something wrong, misspelled words, a dead link or sanythiming else thart needs fixing, don't be scared of editing. You could allwaysn use the Ppreview, function at any time to examine your changes before you save anything. If something getshould tgotally wrong, you can alsould revert to a previous revision of an article. Helping on the wiki is highly recommended. If you want to make big changes to an existing article, please ask prior in the [Homepage fForums](https://wl.widelands.org/forum/forum/11/) prior to editing. ¶

Some of the wiki’s pages are created automatically created, those pages can't be editetd. This article explains the handling of handmade articles. ¶

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## Main actions ¶
AOn the top right above each wikipage, you will see on the right three green links: ¶

* _'Edit this article'_ - This will opens the articele in editor mode. You have to be logged in to edit an article. ¶
* _'HEditing history'_ - Shows all revisions of this article with the possibility to compare and [revert](/wiki/WikiHelp#reverting_to_a_previous_revision) articles. ¶
* _'Observe'_ - CIf you clicking on this and, you will be e-mailed about changes oin this article. If logged in, you can adjulst the notific [mations hge youre: [Nnotifications](https://wl.widelands.org/notification/).

## Editing ¶
Checkout the WikiSyntax before you edit an article. There is also a WikiSandbox where you couldan play around with the syntax without changing any actual content. ¶

The editor consists of four rows: ¶

1. _'Title'_ -– The Ttitle of the article. ___Don't change this!___ This field is to be used for renaming articles only. If you change this, a redirect from "Old Name"' to "New Name" wisll be created. If "New Name" allready exists, a call on "New Name" will triggers an Eerror (c.f. the corresponding [Bbug](https://bugs.launchpad.net/widelands-website/+bug/1399461)).
1. _'Content'_ -– This is the place, where the article’s text could beis editetd/insertetd.
1. _'Page Summary'_ -– Mandatory for the first revision. This field should reflect the article’s contents in shorta few words. Be descriptive as well as concise, as this is shown in the [list of all articles](/wiki/list).
1. _'Comment for this revision'_ -– A Sshort description of your changes.

After editing, always use the _'Preview'_ button andto examine your edits. If alleverything is okOK, press _'Save'_. Clikcking the _'Diff'_ button will shows all edits agcompainsred to the last saved revision. ¶

At the bottom is the possibility to upload an images. Please read the section on [Images](/wiki/WikiHelp#images) abofut limitations and how it works. ¶

## New articles ¶
To create a new article, you have to be logged in. Now change the web address in you browser like this: ¶

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https://wl.widelands.org/wiki/edit/YourNewArticleName ¶
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Be sure to create an article name as in the Eexample, and do not tryadd to blank spamces, e.g. articles liken "my new page" (with spaces). Those names are wono’t be catcughedt by the Wwiki parser and you would have to use the syntax for external links to use them in other articles. So, always use **Camel****Case** instead.

The chapter on [Editing](/wiki/WikiHelp#editing) explains the fields of the editor. You will have to save a newly created article before you couldan upload images to it. ¶

## Images ¶

You couldan add images to an article, but keep in mind: ¶

* There is currently no limitation ion size! Be sure to upload only pictures that fits in size. Screenshots with a resolution of 1800x1600 are definitetly too large. A maximum width of around 600 pixels is appreciated. ¶
* The All images will be displayed in their sactuamel size as it is. There is NO way to make them displayed smaller. ¶
* Remember that not all picture types are sure to show up for everybody. To be safe, use mainly _.png_, _.jpg_ or similar formats, as these are most widely supported. ¶
* Pictures will NOT work for the Wwiki if they contain a Sspace in the filename. ¶
* It is currently not possible for everybody to remove an image once it is uploaded (unless an administrator does some serious hacking), so only add images you know you need to use! ¶
* A newly created article has to be saved before the image- upload can works.

### Uploading

To upload an image to the Wwiki, press _'Edit this article'_ in the top right hand corner of the article that you wish to add the picture to it. ¶

Scroll down to the bottom of the edit options. AtUnder 'Imagename:', press the _'choose file'_ button and find the picturmage you wish to upload. When you have chosen the image(s), press the _'Upload Image'_ button. On the right you'll find tThe code which is used to display teachis image will be shown on the right. ¶

### AddDisplaying thimages codein tyour articletext

To add an image into your article, you must do the following: ¶

*1. If it is a newly created article, save it first ¶
*1. Press _'Edit this article'_ ¶
*1. AddCopy the code wrdittsplayend to the right of the image you wish to show
1. Paste the code into your article in the spot where you wish to show it.
*1. Press _'Save'_ ¶

## Reverting to a previous revision ¶

All articles are stored as a revisions, which cyould bewill seefind in their _'HEditing history'_. To revert the content s to a previous revision, markselect the appropriate revision and click on _'Revert to selected Rrevision'_. ¶


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