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To learn how to use MediaWiki, the software that this wiki uses, go to [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents the MediaWiki Users' Handbook].
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To learn how to use MediaWiki, the software that this wiki uses, go to [[MetaWikipedia:Help:Contents|the MediaWiki Users' Handbook]], or see the [[Wikia:Help:Tutorial|Wikia tutorial]].
  
'''BEFORE you begin editing, make sure to read up on the [[Project:Guidelines|Creatures Wiki Guidelines]].'''
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Here are some quick tips:
 
 
Here are some other quick tips:
 
  
 
* '''To experiment with editing, go to the [[Project:Sandbox|sandbox]].''' Open that in another window so you can still see this!
 
* '''To experiment with editing, go to the [[Project:Sandbox|sandbox]].''' Open that in another window so you can still see this!
 
* ''You'' can edit any page by clicking the '''edit''' tab at the top - do this if you think it could do with more information, or if there's an error in the page. You can also see how the wiki features work by editing existing pages - just make sure you don't save without meaning to!
 
* ''You'' can edit any page by clicking the '''edit''' tab at the top - do this if you think it could do with more information, or if there's an error in the page. You can also see how the wiki features work by editing existing pages - just make sure you don't save without meaning to!
* Anywhere you see a <font color="red">red link</font>, you can '''create a new page'''. You can also use the box below to make a new page:
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* Anywhere you see a <font color="red">red link</font>, you can '''create a new page'''. You can also just type the name of an page into the URL box after the /index.php/ or /wiki/ bit, or create a link to that page in the sandbox and then click it. Why not start with a [[Special:Wantedpages|wanted page]] or [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:stub|stub]]?
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**Why not start with a [[Special:Wantedpages|wanted page]] or [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:stub|stub]]?
 
 
* To '''link to a page''' (even if it doesn't exist yet), write it like this: <nowiki>[[article name]]</nowiki>. It is case-sensitive except for the first letter.
 
* To '''link to a page''' (even if it doesn't exist yet), write it like this: <nowiki>[[article name]]</nowiki>. It is case-sensitive except for the first letter.
 
* To '''redirect one page to another''' (useful for different spelling or capitalization), write this: <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Other Page]]</nowiki>
 
* To '''redirect one page to another''' (useful for different spelling or capitalization), write this: <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Other Page]]</nowiki>
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**To ''link'' to a category page, use <nowiki>[[:Category:Whatever|whatever category]]</nowiki>.
 
**To ''link'' to a category page, use <nowiki>[[:Category:Whatever|whatever category]]</nowiki>.
 
* If you make a change and don't like it, click the history tab and click the date of the previous version, then hit edit and save that version.
 
* If you make a change and don't like it, click the history tab and click the date of the previous version, then hit edit and save that version.
* To use any '''[http://creatures.wiki/Special:AllPages?namespace=10 template]''', put <nowiki>{{nameoftemplate}}</nowiki> on the page.  The position of the template will change depending on where you put the code for it.
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* To use any '''[http://creatures.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=10 template]''', put <nowiki>{{nameoftemplate}}</nowiki> on the page.  The position of the template will change depending on where you put the code for it.
 
* If you need to sign your name, use <nowiki>~~~</nowiki>, or <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> to include the date too. You shouldn't normally do this unless talking to someone on a talk page or making a personal note outside the normal flow of the article - wherever you can't avoid saying "I" ;-)
 
* If you need to sign your name, use <nowiki>~~~</nowiki>, or <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> to include the date too. You shouldn't normally do this unless talking to someone on a talk page or making a personal note outside the normal flow of the article - wherever you can't avoid saying "I" ;-)
 
* Please remember to '''click Preview before saving'''. Check all your links!
 
* Please remember to '''click Preview before saving'''. Check all your links!
  
 
If you need to talk to someone, put a question on the user talk pages of one of the [[Creatures_Wiki:Administrators|Administrators]].
 
If you need to talk to someone, put a question on the user talk pages of one of the [[Creatures_Wiki:Administrators|Administrators]].

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