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You Made It!
Phew! You made it through the New Editor's Guide. Hopefully you found it a valuable resource. Be sure to let us know if it is need of correction or we missed out on something by posting on that page's discussion page.
So what's next?
How can you help?
- Edit as you go.
- You don't need to have something in particular in mind. Just browse The Reed and Rite as you normally would, but now if you find a mistake or see an article that needs some attention, you can fix it!
- Follow your interests.
- If you want to do some more intentional editing, then start with your interests. Take a look at articles related to the book, series, or topic that you find most interesting. Most books or series have an article status page which groups all related pages. This is a great way to find some articles that both interest you and need work.
- Special pages.
- There are many Special pages that can be used to hone in on editing needs. (Most useful for editing purposes will be the "Maintenance Reports" section at the top of the page.) These pages include things such as "Wanted Pages", which lists pages that are being linked to, but do not currently exist. Or "What Links Here", where you can enter a page name and see everywhere it's referenced.
Need more help?
If you want more help, we recommend the following options:
- Look for something similar.
- If you're trying to do something in an article and aren't sure how to get it right, look for somewhere that it's been done before and imitate it!
- Ask for help.
- You can ask for help by asking the admins directly.
- Turn to other wikis
- While there are some differences between The Reed and Rite and Wikipedia, they work pretty much the same way. So if you can figure out how something is done on Wikipedia, it very well might work the same way here! Wikipedia has thorough Help pages and guides of which you can make use. Another very extensive (though less user friendly) resource is MediaWiki.
The Number One Rule
Just need to reiterate this one last time. You can't mess anything up! So get out there and edit to your heart's content! If a mistake happens, it might even be fixed before you even realize it!
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