CCG Workshop Wiki FAQ
From CCG Workshop Wiki
You're a part of the wiki!
When you first see a wiki, it doesn't seem like it could possibly work. If anybody can come along and change things, then how can the information be trusted? Doesn't it just get vandalized, or fall into chaos?
Once you start participating, you see that that "weakness" is actually a wiki's greatest strength. Sure, anybody can add anything -- and then everybody else gets to proofread it, and fix mistakes. Information that looks suspicious can be verified. Vandalism is almost always fixed within minutes. It's possible for someone to post errors, or nonsense -- but over time, the best wins out.
Create a user name
Log in and create a user name -- it helps you (and everybody) keep track of your contributions, and it makes it possible to communicate with other contributors.
You're also invited to post your name on your user page -- either your full name, or just a first name and an initial. It's not required, but it helps everyone get to know you and trust you.
Neutral Point of View
Articles on the CCG Workshop Wiki should be written from a neutral point of view (NPOV), representing all views fairly and without bias. Post facts, not opinions. If you write about an issue that players disagree about, describe the debate without taking sides. Avoid "weasel words" like "Many players think x", which is usually just a way of attributing your own opinions to other people. For more discussion, see Wikipedia's article on NPOV.
Talk pages
Sign talk posts with four tildes -- ~~~~ -- which automatically adds your user name and a date stamp. When you reply on a talk page, put a colon (:) at the front of your post to indent it.
Link sanity
Only link a name the first time it's used on a page. Please don't link every single capitalized word -- it makes the page confusing and messy.
The exception is on lists -- if some of the items in a list are linked, then go ahead and link all of them, even if they're repeated elsewhere in the article.
How to upload pictures
Click on "Upload file" on the left navigation bar to upload pictures. You can add your image to any page using this code:
- [[Image:yourpicture.jpg|thumb|300px|Caption for your picture.]]
Images should not exceed 300 pixels wide for article tidyness and copyright adherence.
How to add category tags
You can put an article into a category by adding this code: [[Category:YourCategory]] . You can change the way the article is alphabetized within the category like this: [[Category:The Crow|Crow, the]] - this will list the game under the letter "C" instead of "T".
Before you create a category, check the Category list to see if there's a similar category that already exists. If the category doesn't exist yet, then adding that code will create the category. You'll need to add some text to the new category page to make it work properly.
External links
You can add links to other websites by putting one bracket around the site's address, like this: [http://www.ccgworkshop.com]. That'll look like this: [1].
You can add a description to the link by adding a space before the description, like this: [http://www.ccgworkshop.com CCG Workshop website]. That comes out like this: CCG Workshop website.
No shopping links
Please don't add links to Amazon or other commercial sites. It's nice to help other players find the cool products that are available, but we don't want to look like we're trying to sell things. We also don't want to open the possibility to people posting sponsored Amazon links, or links to their own Ebay store. If a product is currently in print and available, you can note that in the article. If that inspires readers to buy the product, then they can find it online themselves.
History tab
Nothing is ever lost on a wiki! You can see all of the changes that have been made to a page -- and who made them -- by clicking on the "History" tab at the top of any page.
Setting your preferences
There's a lot of useful stuff on your Preferences page.
You can change your display so that links show up without the underlining. You can also change your time zone, and the number of items you see on the Recent Changes page or the Category list.
Keyboard shortcuts
There's some helpful shortcuts to navigate around within a page.
Alt-T : Talk
Alt-E : Edit
Alt-H : History
Alt-R : Recent Changes
Dealing with vandalism
Vandalism isn't much of a problem on a wiki, because everybody has the power to fix it when they see it.
Vandalism is any addition, deletion, or change to content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. The most common type of vandalism is the replacement of existing text with obscenities, page blanking, or the insertion of other wholly irrelevant content.
Any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia, even if it's misguided or incorrect, is not vandalism. Apparent bad-faith edits that do not make their bad-faith nature inarguably explicit are not considered vandalism.
Revert the page
If you find that a page has been vandalised, it's easy to revert the page to the previous version.
Reverting means undoing all the changes made to a page. The result will be that the page becomes identical to how it used to be at some previous time.
- Click on "history" at the top of the page. Click on the time and date of the earlier version you want to revert to.
- When that page comes up, you'll see something like "(Revision as of 22:19 Aug 15, 2002)" below the title.
- Verify that you've selected the correct version, and click to edit the page, as you would normally.
- Important: in the case of vandalism, make sure that you're reverting to the last version without the vandalism; there may be multiple vandal edits.
- You'll get a warning, above the edit box, about editing an out-of-date revision.
- Save the page. Be sure to add the word "revert" and a brief explanation for the revert to the edit summary. You can abbreviate "revert" as "rv".
- Click on "history" again. A new line will have been added, and you'll be able to verify (by clicking on "last") that you undid the vandalism plus all subsequent bona fide edits, if any. (If you undid any real edits, please add them again.)
- Hint: In a vandalism case where sections of text were simply deleted and then subsequent edits were made by others, it may be easier for you to cut and paste those missing sections of text back in, than to revert and then re-do the edits.
Check the contribution history
Check the contribution history of the user who vandalized the article. (Click on their IP address or username.) The vandal may have vandalised other pages, and you can fix those too.
Contact administrators
The CCG Workshop Wiki administrators are BugLaden and Novelty. If you have questions or comments about the wiki, you can leave a message on an admin's talk page.
Check the Help pages for more information on contributing to CCG Workshop Wiki!
