Help:AllYouNeedToKnow

This help page is to show you pretty much everything you will need to know when using this wiki. Feel free to leave comments, feedback and suggestions at the |talk page.

Rich Text Editor
Mostly, you'll be using the Rich Text Editor (aka WYSIWYG = what you see is what you get ), where the page layout is already formatted, which the exception of any used Templates and Wiki codes. The Rich Text Editor can be found under the "Visual" view when editing (see upper right when editing). Sometimes rich text editing gets disabled because there's complex code on the page. Something to look out for is the use of the TES template in infoboxes, this will get the Rich Text Editor disabled.

Wikitext
But it's also good to know how to write Wikitext. This is the "Source" view. When you write Wikitext code in the Rich text editor, simply switch to Source view and back to Visual view to update the layout of the page with all the codes you wrote. It is possible that your code is getting to complicated, in which case your Visual view will become unavailable.

Preloadable Layouts
When creating a new article, you can select one of the preloadable layouts (aka preloadable templates). This will add the standard layout of that type of article to the editor and also add the corresponding infobox. Only fill in all the relevant information, leave blank everything that isn't.

Interwiki linking
Linking to The Elder Scrolls Wiki is generally a good idea since we don't change everything in Skyrim.

Templates
Templates are useful tools to increase the quality and look of an article. They offer a same look to be used on many pages concerning a similar subject.

Infobox
First and foremost, there are the Infobox templates. Every Skyrim Object related article should have an infobox. Use the preloadable layouts and the correct infobox will be added automatically. You only have to fill in the relevant information. For links to the documentation, see the templates page.

When you don't add an image to the Infobox, it will add the page to the Category:Image Needed automatically.

Article management
Templates are also used to manage articles. When you add any of these templates, please add them at the top, or in other words, the template code should be the very first code/text in the source view. Here is a list of all templates that can be used to tell something about the article:

* When a page has the template added, the page automatically gets added to this category.

Icons
There are several templates related to icons:. In the same order, you can add them by writing the following in Source View:

HTML Code
It is possible to use HTML codes in the articles. This allows many, many things. But most codes are not necessary for the average wiki user. There are a few that might come in handy in certain situations:

Wiki Code
There are also a few wiki codes that could be useful in certain situations:

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