Help:Editing primer
 | This page serves to assist editors in understanding how to use and work with the MediaWiki software. Nothing on this page relates to the mechanics or narrative of the war game. |
 | This page is currently under construction! Expected information may be missing, sections may be empty, prose may cut off abruptly, etc. |
If completely unfamiliar with how MediaWiki works, this guide is for you. See table of contents to skip around to what you need.
Terminology
So that we share the same language, please commit the following terms to memory.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Wiki | A website that has a system in place to allow collaborative editing rather than a central authority dictating content, such as a blog. |
| Wikipedia | More properly known as the English Wikipedia, it is the online encyclopedia that everyone knows of.[1] |
| Wikimedia | A non-profit foundation that performs the adminstration and systems administrative upkeep of the various language editions of Wikipedia. |
| MediaWiki | A free and open source software that is designed to provide a wiki-style of editing to a website. This software is what runs this very website. |