Help:Contents

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Quick Help

Recommend reading:

First, review the official MediaWiki MediaWiki Help Contents for Editors.
Next, consider reviewing MediaWiki's Wikitext examples (wiki != HTML). You can also access the Wikitext Reference Card
Play around in Help:Sandbox. This article is meant to be used for testing.
Finally, please contribute to the Sarna.net BattleTech Wiki!

Getting Started

Getting Started
Editing an Existing Article
- Cleaning Up an Article
- Deleting an Article
Using WikiLinks
Using Wiki Markup
Commonly used templates
Creating a Page (Procedures)
- Quickly Create - An Aerospace Fighter Class Article
- Quickly Create - A Battle Armor Article
- Quickly Create - A BattleMech Article
- Quickly Create - A Character Article
- Quickly Create - A Combat Vehicle Article
- Quickly Create - A Conventional Fighter Article
- Quickly Create - A Corporation Article
- Quickly Create - A DropShip Class Article
- Quickly Create - A Dynastic House Article
- Quickly Create - An Exoskeleton Article
- Quickly Create - A Faction Article
- Quickly Create - An IndustrialMech Article
- Quickly Create - An Infantry Unit article
- Quickly Create - An Infantry Weapon Article (work in progress)
- Quickly Create - A JumpShip Class Article
- Quickly Create - A Military Command
- Quickly Create - An Organization Article
- Quickly Create - A Planet or System Article
- Quickly Create - A ProtoMech Article
- Quickly Create - A Real Person Article
- Quickly Create - A Small Craft Class Article
- Quickly Create - A Space Station Class Article
- Quickly Create - A Sports Team Article
- Quickly Create - A Static Structure Article
- Quickly Create - A Support Vehicle Article
- Quickly Create - An Individual Spacecraft Article (WarShip, JumpShip, DropShip, or Small Craft)
- Quickly Create - A WarShip Class Article
- Quickly Create - A Weapon Article
Creating a Sub-Page
Request Admin Help
How to Cite References
How to use Magic Words

What To Contribute

Whatever you want! Contribute anything that comes to mind.

However, if you want some guidance, there are BTW's Task Center and Wanted page list.

Help Pages

Help articles

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How Tos

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Information Pages

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Procedures

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External Resources

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