Help:Contents

Sarna.net runs MediaWiki software to enable anyone in the BattleTech community to contribute to the website.

Quick Help

Recommend reading:

1. First, review the official MediaWiki Editing Guide to learn how to edit a wiki. You can also check out the whole MediaWiki Help Contents.
2. Next, learn about MediaWiki's Wikitext Syntax (wiki != HTML). You can also print out a Wikitext Reference Card
3. Play around in Help:Sandbox. This article is meant to be used for testing.
4. Finally, please contribute to the Sarna.net BattleTech Wiki!

Getting Started

• Getting Started
• Editing an Existing Article
  • Cleaning Up an Article
  • Deleting an Article
• Using WikiLinks
• Using Wiki Markup
• Commonly used templates
• Creating a Page
  • Quickly Create - An AeroSpace Fighter Article
  • Quickly Create - A Battle Armor Article
  • Quickly Create - A BattleMech Article
  • Quickly Create - A Character Article
  • Quickly Create - A Combat Vehicle Article
  • Quickly Create - A Conventional Fighter Article
  • Quickly Create - A DropShip Article
  • Quickly Create - An Exoskeleton Article
  • Quickly Create - A Faction Article
  • Quickly Create - An IndustrialMech Article
  • Quickly Create - An Infantry Unit article
  • Quickly Create - An Infantry Weapon Article (work in progress)
  • Quickly Create - A JumpShip Article
  • Quickly Create - An Organization article:
    • Military Command
    • Mercenary Command
    • Solaris Stable
  • Quickly Create - A ProtoMech Article
  • Quickly Create - A Real Person Article
  • Quickly Create - A Small Craft Article
  • Quickly Create - A Solar System/Planet Article
  • Quickly Create - A Space Station Article
  • Quickly Create - A Static Structure Article
  • Quickly Create - A Support Vehicle Article
  • Quickly Create - A WarShip Article
  • Quickly Create - A Weapon Article
• Creating a Sub-Page
• Request Admin Help
• How to Cite References
• How to use Magic Words

What To Contribute

Whatever you want! Contribute anything that comes to mind.

However, if you want some guidance, there are To-Do and Wanted lists.

Policies

1. General disclaimer
2. Policies, Essays, Procedures & Projects
3. Manual of Style
4. Uncompleted Policies
5. Template gallery
6. Article Naming
7. Assume good faith
8. Be bold
9. Canon
10. Consensus
11. Copyrights
12. Disruptive editing
13. Editing
14. Fanon
15. Images
16. Libel
17. Manual of Style
18. Moratorium
19. Neutral point of view
20. No legal threats
21. No personal attacks
22. Notability
23. Privacy
24. Sign your posts on talk pages
25. Talk page
26. Vandalism
27. Year Pages
28. Policy

External Resources

Official MediaWiki Help

• MediaWiki Help Contents
• Editing Guide
• Wikitext Reference and Examples
• Printable Wikitext Reference Card

Other Tools

• Convert HTML to Wiki
• Convert CSV to Wiki