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{{HelpToC}}
This page will help you better understand how Coppermind works and how you can contribute.
== Your Account ==
The first thing you should do is '''create an account'''. The button to do this is in the top right corner, and it's very easy to do! Then visit the [[:Special:Preferences|Preferences]] link (top right corner) and make changes to your account settings if you'd like.
== The Number One Rule ==
The most important thing for you to hear: '''You can't mess anything up!'''
Don't worry about making a mistake or doing something wrong. Every revision you make is recorded and can be reverted with a few fast clicks of the mouse. It's okay if you have bad spelling, don't cite sources, get your facts wrong, or ruin an entire page. There are plenty of other editors who will sweep in to fix or improve upon your work.
Anything you can provide is helpful: whether that's writing new articles from scratch or just fixing a punctuation error. Don't let fear of mistakes turn you away from editing, and don't feel like you need to read EVERY help page before you start contributing.
== Editing ==
=== Edit Tab ===
Navigate to a page you want to edit and choose this tab to make changes. Editing uses a basic
Note that you can also edit a specific section of an article by clicking the <code>[edit]</code> button next to a section title.
=== History Tab ===
== Discussion Pages ==
Every page on the wiki has an associated discussion page, and it's accessible via a tab in the top left corner of the page. It's there to talk about changes, make recommendations, and so on. If you have a more immediate question about an article, you can alternatively post on the [http://www.17thshard.com/forum/forum/10-the-coppermind-wiki/ 17th Shard] or [https://discord.gg/
== User Pages ==
You can visit (or create) your own user page by clicking your username in the top right corner. Use this to tell others about who you are and what you're working on, if you'd like. You can also use it as a sandbox to
You can create additional subpages as well. Just append a
== Other Resources ==
: [[:Special:SpecialPages]] provides a very long list of other pages you may find useful.
== Categories and Templates ==
Over the course of this guide you'll hear about '''categories''' and '''templates'''. We'll cover them towards the end, because a full explanation is on the more advanced side of what we'll talk about. But you'll see them come up here and there in the meantime. So let's talk basics.
;Categories
== Namespaces ==▼
: Categories are tags we use to group and sort articles. You can find any article using the book/series categories listed on the Coppermind home page or using the content categories in the left sidebar. Categories are used to group articles this way. You can see what categories an article is in at the ''very bottom'' of a page. Some categories must be included manually, but many happen automatically thanks to templates.
;Templates
: Templates make more complicated and/or repetitive editing tricks easier to do. If you ever see something surrounded by double curly braces (<code>{{</code> and <code>}}</code>), it's a template. The template begins with the name of the template, which is followed by a number of ''parameters''--some required, some optional. Parameters are separated by vertical lines (<code>|</code>).
▲== Namespaces ==
Namespaces are an advanced topic. If you'd like to know more about how Coppermind is organized and why some pages (like this one) say things like <code>Help:</code> before the page name, then take a look at [[:Help:Namespaces]].
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