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Contents \| Introduction \| Guidelines \| Markup \| References \| Images \| Categories \| Templates \| What's Next?

This page contains links to the various help files, policies, and guides as they become available.

New Editor's Guide

Don't know where to start? Follow our guide below:

Getting Started: Learn how to create an account and the basics of the Read, Edit, and History tabs.
Guidelines: Learn the guidelines surrounding etiquette, style, and structure.
Markup: Learn how to edit articles through the use of Wikitext.
References: Learn how to add references, footnotes, and/or citations to articles.
Images: Learn how to integrate images in articles.
Categories: Learn what categories are and how to use them.
Templates: Learn what templates are and how/when to use them.
What's Next?: Explains where to get more help and what to do next.

More Help Pages

Style Guide, for information on writing conventions, capitalization, and other guidelines for The Reed and Rite.
Editing and Wiki Syntax, for help with typesetting potentially unfamiliar wiki syntax.
Categorization, for info on categories and the category hierarchy.
Article structure, for standard article formats and headers.
Discussion, for info on how to participate in talk pages.
Speculation, for when it is appropriate to add speculation to an article, and how to do it properly.
Namespaces, for the basics on how pages are organized into namespaces.
Infoboxes, for information on infoboxes.
Artists, for details about how to get new art and artists into The Reed and Rite.
Character Histories, for tips and tricks on writing histories on Character pages.
Gallery subpages, for guidelines on creating Gallery subpages.
Spoiler policy, for details on when spoilers are allowed and how they are tagged.
Canonicity, for details on the varying levels of canon for different sources of information and how they should be treated on The Reed and Rite.

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-This is a link to various help files, policies, and guides as they become available.
+This page contains links to the various help files, policies, and guides as they become available.
 ==New Editor's Guide==
-Don't know where to start? This is for you!
+Don't know where to start? Follow our guide below:
-#'''[[Help:Getting Started|Getting Started]]''' - create an account and learn how to get around
+* '''[[Help:Getting Started|Getting Started]]''': Learn how to create an account and the basics of the Read, Edit, and History tabs.
-#'''[[Help:Guidelines|Guidelines]]''' - rules of thumb for style, structure, layout, and etiquette
+* '''[[Help:Guidelines|Guidelines]]''': Learn the guidelines surrounding etiquette, style, and structure.
-#'''[[Help:Markup|Markup Basics]]''' - how to make your edits look right
+* '''[[Help:Markup|Markup]]''': Learn how to edit articles through the use of Wikitext.
-#'''[[Help:References|References & Citations]]''' - how to cite your sources
+* '''[[Help:References|References]]''': Learn how to add references, footnotes, and/or citations to articles.
-#'''[[Help:Images|Images]]''' - how to upload and add images
+* '''[[Help:Images|Images]]''': Learn how to integrate images in articles.
-#'''[[Help:Categories|Categories]]''' - what categories are and how to use them
+* '''[[Help:Categories|Categories]]''': Learn what categories are and how to use them.
-#'''[[Help:Templates|Templates]]''' - what templates are and how to use them
+* '''[[Help:Templates|Templates]]''': Learn what templates are and how/when to use them.
-#'''[[Help:What's Next?|What's Next?]]''' - where to get more help and what to do next
+* '''[[Help:What's Next?|What's Next?]]''': Explains where to get more help and what to do next.
 ==More Help Pages==
-*[[Help:Style|Style Guide]], for information on writing conventions, capitalization, and other guidelines for the Coppermind.
+*[[Help:Style|Style Guide]], for information on writing conventions, capitalization, and other guidelines for The Reed and Rite.
 *[[Help:Editing|Editing and Wiki Syntax]], for help with typesetting potentially unfamiliar wiki syntax.
 *[[Help:Categorization|Categorization]], for info on categories and the category hierarchy.
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 *[[Help:Namespaces|Namespaces]], for the basics on how pages are organized into namespaces.
 *[[Help:Infoboxes|Infoboxes]], for information on infoboxes.
-*[[Help:Artists|Artists]], for details about how to get new art and artists into the Coppermind.
+*[[Help:Artists|Artists]], for details about how to get new art and artists into The Reed and Rite.
-*[[Help:Character histories|Character histories]], for tips and tricks on writing histories on [[:Category:Characters|Character]] pages.
+*[[Help:Character Histories|Character Histories]], for tips and tricks on writing histories on [[:Category:Characters|Character]] pages.
 *[[Help:Gallery subpages|Gallery subpages]], for guidelines on creating [[:Category:Gallery Subpages|Gallery subpages]].
 *[[Help:Spoilers|Spoiler policy]], for details on when spoilers are allowed and how they are tagged.
-*[[Help:Canonicity|Canonicity]], for details on the varying levels of canon for different sources of information and how they should be treated on the Coppermind.
+*[[Help:Canonicity|Canonicity]], for details on the varying levels of canon for different sources of information and how they should be treated on The Reed and Rite.
 ==Other Documents and Resources==
 *[[Project:Editor's Corner|Editor's Corner]] for useful statistics and, in the future, a to-do list for the entire wiki.
-*[[Project:About|About the Coppermind]] (incomplete)
+*[[Project:About|About The Reed and Rite]] (incomplete)
 *[[Project:Copyrights|Copyrights]] info on copyright policy
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