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Wiki Help & Documentation
Welcome to RB's documentation for wiki-dbase editing, all you need to know about Wiki-dbase editing right in one handy spot.
Our custom Wiki-dbase system has been designed to closely match the MediaWiki platform so If you have used Wikia, MediaWiki or Wikipedia you will see that 90% of their markup, tools and functions will work here with very few changes
First-Time Editors	First-Time Editors
Beginners Guide 	All you need to know to get you started with simple tips & tricks and where to go next.
Getting Help 	Getting Help
Help Table of Contents 	From very basic help pages to slightly more complete help. Easier to read than our full documentation.
Contacting RB (ZAM) Live Helpvia IRC	Live help with Wiki-dbase can be found in the RB (ZAM) #wiki-dbase IRC channel. Click here For info on how to connect to IRC.
Wiki-dbase Forums 	The ZAM forum for all things wiki-dbase. Ask for advice, Find some given advice or give suggestions on how to improve the wikibase.
General Help 	General Help
Guidelines to RB Wiki-dbase	An in-depth guide explaining the major elements of a wiki-dbase article and how to submit a productive wiki article.Basically a simple do's and Don'ts of the wiki-dbase.
Cheatsheet 	A cheatsheet that has all basic formatting techniques and skills you could need for a very long time.
Wiki Formatting 	Creating bold, italics, indents, numbered lists, bullet points and other miscellaneous text formatting.
Tables 	How to Build tables to make your data appear orderly and how to edit an improve existing tables.See also:*Skin Specific Looks: Tables look graphically different in different RB skins, check them out here.
*Tables in Action: See how each table class appears compared to each other to find the table class suitable.
*Table Addon Skins: Check out how to use these extra CSS class to improve the look and feel of tables.
Links 	Creating Internal and External links.
Images 	How to upload images, display and customize how people see the images in the wiki article.
Headers 	Create and understand headers to organize content on Wiki-dbase article
Game Specific Help	Game Specific Help
Directory 	Find game-specific information for all wiki-dbase sites in one spot.
Naming Conventions	Guidelines on naming new wiki articles separated into each game wiki.
Gameid Guide 	Find out how to use gameid when a template calls for it and find out what is the gameid for your Wiki-dbase.
GameTag 	The essential tool that every editor should know.
*Category:Game Tag Templates for an up-to-date view of all used GameTags
Advanced Help 	Advanced Help
Directives 	Instructs the wiki compiler to do specific things
Templates: How To 	Syntax, notes, tips and tricks for writing templates.
Internal Functions 	Those functions defined by the devs and built-in to the Wiki engine
Proposed Functions 	These are functions that have been proposed but are NOT in the compiler (yet) and may not be used.
Templated Extensions 	Templates intended to provide extended capability using the built-in functions.
Global Templates 	Templates intended for use by more than one game.
Template Users Guides 	See the subcategories list for documentation of templates designed for a specific game.
Magic Words 	These are pre-defined variables you can use in any template. Some are similar to functions.
Councellor's ColorScheme Test	This page combines multiple samples showing all the different classes that Councellor expects to find in each game's .css file. This page was created as a quick way to see how Councellor's classes look against the total .css for each game.
Admin Documentation 	Admin Documentation
Maintaining Documentation 	Steps and Processes for admin to keep Documentation up-to-date.
Maintaining GameidDocumentation	Steps and Processes for admin to keep Documentation up-to-date for gameid.
*useful for when a new gameid is developed
Boilerplates 	Pre-Constructed pages for repetitive article setups. Naming Conventions, help pages e.t.c
Building Documentation 	A guide on how to build help pages & documentation for a new Wiki-dbase wiki.
Image Library 	Useful Images you can refer to and reuse for useful purposes. Will load slowly