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To register an account, go to [[Special:Userlogin]]. Enter your desired username and password, and click on the 'Create new account' button. (At present, this is not possible. Contact a sysop to create an account for you; to create an account if you're a sysop, enter the user's desired username and ''email address'', and click on the 'by email' button.) | To register an account, go to [[Special:Userlogin]]. Enter your desired username and password, and click on the 'Create new account' button. (At present, this is not possible. Contact a sysop to create an account for you; to create an account if you're a sysop, enter the user's desired username and ''email address'', and click on the 'by email' button.) | ||
After you register, first consult the [[Bulbapedia: | After you register, first consult the [[Bulbapedia:Policy|policy page]] for information on all of the policies, rules, and regulations of Bulbapedia. If you're not interested in reading through everything quite yet and just want to start writing articles, you can visit our tutorial on [[Bulbapedia:How to create an article|how to create an article]]. After that, you can start contributing! | ||
If you wish to familiarise yourself with Bulbapedia | If you wish to familiarise yourself with Bulbapedia guidelines on how articles are written, consult [[Bulbapedia:Manual of style]]. | ||
If you're unsure of a good place to start, simply click on the [[Special:Randompage|random page]] link on the left toolbar; if you see a red link on a page, it means that there is no content on that page. You can make it blue by adding content to that page. A more direct method is to consult the [[Special:Wantedpages|list of wanted articles]] -- these are articles that have been linked to but have no content. Instructions on using MediaWiki, of which Bulbapedia is an instance of, can be found [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Index here]. | If you're unsure of a good place to start, simply click on the [[Special:Randompage|random page]] link on the left toolbar; if you see a red link on a page, it means that there is no content on that page. You can make it blue by adding content to that page. A more direct method is to consult the [[Special:Wantedpages|list of wanted articles]] -- these are articles that have been linked to but have no content. Instructions on using MediaWiki, of which Bulbapedia is an instance of, can be found [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Index here]. | ||
Revision as of 17:06, 1 January 2005
Getting started
To register an account, go to Special:Userlogin. Enter your desired username and password, and click on the 'Create new account' button. (At present, this is not possible. Contact a sysop to create an account for you; to create an account if you're a sysop, enter the user's desired username and email address, and click on the 'by email' button.)
After you register, first consult the policy page for information on all of the policies, rules, and regulations of Bulbapedia. If you're not interested in reading through everything quite yet and just want to start writing articles, you can visit our tutorial on how to create an article. After that, you can start contributing!
If you wish to familiarise yourself with Bulbapedia guidelines on how articles are written, consult Bulbapedia:Manual of style.
If you're unsure of a good place to start, simply click on the random page link on the left toolbar; if you see a red link on a page, it means that there is no content on that page. You can make it blue by adding content to that page. A more direct method is to consult the list of wanted articles -- these are articles that have been linked to but have no content. Instructions on using MediaWiki, of which Bulbapedia is an instance of, can be found here.
A list of all pages which currently have content on them can be found at Special:Allpages, and a list of categories can be found at Special:Categories.
Administrative Information
To grant sysop or bureaucrat privileges, go to Special:Makesysop. This is available to bureaucrats only.
