This page outlines the many ways you can help our wiki, some of which do not even require the editing of our articles! New editor? Check out our help pages and policies and guidelines.

Contents 1 For readers of the site 1.1 Feedback 2 For editors 2.1 Create pages 2.2 Correcting spelling and grammar 2.3 Expand pages 2.4 Categorising articles 2.5 Add links 2.6 Upload images 2.7 Source facts 2.7.1 Help with image sourcing and licensing 2.8 Correct template usage/insert templates 2.9 Revert/counter vandalism 2.10 Recent edits patrolling 2.11 Update an article 2.12 Improve an article 2.13 Voting

For readers of the siteEdit

FeedbackEdit

Feedback can be given on the talk page provided with each article, just make sure you sign your posts with four tildes (~)! Feedback allows you to tell us what needs improving, and where, which helps our wiki grow. But when criticising please be constructive. Editors can still give feedback.

For editorsEdit

If you've not already logged in, now might be a good time to create an account! There are loads of good reasons to log in, and it's free!

There are many ways you can help us, aside from things such as voting on community events listed on the main page, and voting or discussing important issues. You can also take part in user projects.

Before saving an edit, please preview it, you may have made a mistake!

Create pagesEdit

To create a page type its name in the search box and check the results to see if it has already been created, if not click on the red link version of the term you typed at the top of the result page to create it! When creating the page, please follow the layout guide with your content and see the editing help page if you get stuck.

For a list of wanted pages, see the wanted pages list. There is also the requested articles page.

Correcting spelling and grammarEdit

This is fairly simple. Remember that American English is used in articles to keep consistency and that in universe content is in the past tense to distinguish it from gaming tips.

Expand pagesEdit

To expand a page simply add more content! Please follow the layout guide with your edits and see the editing help page if you get stuck.

Categorising articlesEdit

To categorise an article, type [[Category:Category name]] at the bottom of the page. Please follow the style given in the layout guide when categorising.

Add linksEdit

A list of pages that are not linked to can be found here. Adding relevant links stops articles from being cut off from the rest of the site and reduces the creation of multiple articles with similar titles on the same subject. To add a link simply put [[Link title]] or see Help:Editing for more information.

Upload imagesEdit

To upload an image see Special:Upload then follow the instructions. Only logged in users can upload images. Make sure you add a correct license and source. See the step-by-step uploading guide, image policy or the upload help page for further information..

A list of articles marked as needing images can be found here. There is also the requested images page.

Some images uploaded to the wiki are of low quality or resolution, but we currently have no alternative images to use. Uploading alternative images or improved resolutions is also useful. These images can be found here.

Source factsEdit

Sourcing facts helps us to prove that the information in an article is correct. See Category:Articles requiring citation for a list of categories with points requiring sources. To add a sentence to this list, type {{fact}} where the source should be. For help with sourcing see Ratchet & Clank wiki:Sourcing and the Fact template.

Help with image sourcing and licensingEdit

The first step to helping with this is reading the upload page so that you know what to add to an image. After doing that, provide the details for any images you've uploaded. If you see another user's image lacking a source or license put the {{Licensing}} template on the image's page (even if it is only missing a source or a license the template remains the same) then add the {{Provide}} template on the uploader's talk page.

Correct template usage/insert templatesEdit

A list of templates can be found here and all of them should have usage instructions. Please make sure you add them relevantly, and leave messages on each articles discussion page as to why you are adding the template where possible. Infoboxes are also templates. Please follow the layout guide when inserting templates and infoboxes.

If a template does not have usage instructions, but you know how to use the template then add some usage instructions! To add content to a template, that isn't attached to the actual template add <noinclude> to the bottom of the actual template code then add your usage information, then add </noinclude> at the bottom of the page. If you don't know how to add usage information or how to use a template, contact an administrator and ask them to do it for you.

Revert/counter vandalismEdit

To revert vandalism, don't just simply remove content, instead go to the history tab and click revert edits. Then just revert to latest version that was not vandalism. If you need help have a look at the Help wikia or ask an administrator. Remember to inform administrators about major vandalism, and to warn vandals, but be careful when doing this! Not all vandalism is intentional, and if in doubt ask an administrator! See vandalism policy for more information.

Recent edits patrollingEdit

Patrolling the recent edits basically means that you watch the recent changes page and welcome new users (including anonymous IPs), clean up the edits of new users in line with the manual of style whilst informing them about it (Template:MoS1), watch the upload log and ask users to provide sources/licenses for new images (Template:Provide) and also watch for vandalism or fanon and ask them not to vandalise or add fanon (Template:Not constructive). Users can patrol with or without patroller rights.

Update an articleEdit

Some articles will become out of date if they are not updated when new information is released. If you can help with this a list of article marked as needing an update can be found here.

Improve an articleEdit

A list of articles needing improvements can be found here.

If an article is improved to an exceptional standard, it can become featured. How to create a featured article can be found here, or for shorter articles here. A list of featured articles in danger of loosing there status can be found here.

VotingEdit

Users can also vote for various things on this site. There are several featured statuses to be voted on found on the main page, and in the forums there are often discussions with votes on policies for this wiki. Since this wiki is community run, it is important to have input from editors.