Help:Getting Started

Welcome to the Age of Mythology: Retold Wiki! We are glad to see that you're interested in helping out. Editing a wiki can be overwhelming at first with the number of pages that exist and the new writing language (wikicode) to learn, but it won't be long before improving and changing the wiki becomes second nature.

Quick Start

For the eager editor, this guide should show you a few of the steps to take before making your first edits.

1. Register an account.
2. By default you will only be able to edit existing pages or upload images.
3. Explore our editing guides
   • Start with Help:Editing to brush up on wiki code or Help:Style guide to write pages in a similar style to everything else.
4. Make your first edit!
   • Pages like Gameplay Mechanics always need more information from recent news posts or videos. Just be sure to make some references and links to official sources.
   • We suggest editing your Userpage (Be sure to get Verified first). You can put just about anything there.
   • Message one of the task leaders on their talk page to see what you can do.

Some suggestions for things to do

After you've familiarized yourself with basic editing on your userpage, it's time to make some important, world-changing edits!

• Browse the Tasks page to see some general and maintenance tasks that need to be worked on
  • This includes things like filling out stub pages (Which are missing some content) or adding detail to important pages
• Adopt a page! Pick a page and make it the best page on the wiki. Fill it in with official, referenced info, and a good number of interesting images.
• Patrol the Recent Changes log to revert vandalism, help out other contributors, or suggest improvements

Additional Reading

• Star Citizen:Editing: a collection of guides on editing the wiki.
• Help:Editing: A general overview of editing syntax. Basic formatting code and how to edit/create pages.
• Help:Style_guide: A guide for the "style" of wiki pages. Mostly useful when first creating a page or adding large sections. Includes formatting for dates, linking, and citatios.
• Frequently Asked Questions and Project:FAQ: FAQs for Star Citizen and the SC Wiki respectively. Some basic questions that may come up with answers. Taking suggestions!
• ProjMGMT:Issue_List and Star_Citizen:Tasks: Issue lists and task lists for new editors looking to contribute or request help.

References

An important part of wiki editing is references, citations, and sourcing. It's important to have primary sources for any facts or information that is posted on the wiki for correctness and to reduce misinformation.