SupremeWiki:Getting started

If you'd like to contribute to SupremeWiki, this page will help you get started.

What can I do?

The simplest way to get involved is to find things that you're reading about on the forum and start writing it down on a page, whether it's a fact or a question. Beyond that, consider what you're good at in the game. Maybe what you know would be useful to other people? But the most common way that people contribute to wikis is usually just correcting typos and rewording sentences as they come across them, and that helps improve readability greatly.

Control/ownership of articles

Everyone has equal right to edit anything on this wiki. Articles are not controlled by any one person, including any admins, and disputes must be resolved between users.

Anything contributed to the wiki is available to use under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license. This requires only that SupremeWiki be credited and subsequent copies be under this license.

Appropriate information

SupremeWiki can include anything relevant to a Supreme Ruler 2010 player. We ask only that the information be presented in the third person and in a neutral way. This is the most informative and reference-like format to use. If you would like to write your personal tactics, consider a blockquote or linking to a related article. For instance, regarding an article Aircraft carriers, you might use Aircraft carriers (Username's tactics).

Naming conventions

It is unlikely that SupremeWiki will have any naming conflicts to speak of--use the most obvious name. A style inherited from Wikipedia is to capitalize the first word of a page name or section name, and no other words unless they are proper nouns.

Starting an article

An article is most readable when it starts with the topic bolded and its context explained. Although you may have followed a link to the page and understand where you are, other users may not.

Spotting is the process of having one unit or upgrade reveal other Regions' units and terrain.

Then give a brief introduction of the topic, and start subheadings after that.

It repels the "fog of war" that ordinarily shrouds terrain that is not near one of the player's units. Some units may not be visible under certain conditions. What is actually spotted is affected by a number of factors that are listed below.

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Basic editing help

If you are unsure of how to style or format text, you can use the toolbar above the edit box for some common functions. A brief list of syntax to type is below. For a comprehensive list, please see Wikipedia:How to edit a page.

Visible version	Syntax to write
Italic text	''Italic text''
Bold text	'''Bold text'''
Production Wikilink to page of same name as link	[[Production]]
industry Wikilink to page of name different from displayed text	[[Production|industry]]
Supreme Ruler 2010 Website External hyperlink	[http://www.supremeruler2010.com Supreme Ruler 2010 Website]
Supply amplifiers in barren SouthWest Australia	[[Image:Supply.png|thumb|right|Supply amplifiers in barren SouthWest Australia]]
Top-level bullet point Sub-level bullet point	*Bullet point **Bullet point
Top-level numbered list Sub-level numbered list Top-level numbered list	#Top-level numbered list ##Sub-level numbered list #Top-level numbered list
Top of no-bulletpoint list Items on list Item on list	;Top of no-bulletpoint list :Items on list :Item on list
[edit] Top-level heading [edit] Sub-heading [edit] Lower yet	==Top-level heading== ===Sub-heading=== ====Lower yet====
A single line of indented text	:A single line of indented text
Indented text that can withstand linebreaks.	<blockquote>Indented text <br /> that can withstand <br /> linebreaks.</blockquote>

Finding things to do

Aside from simply improving pages that you read and think need to be improved, there are a few pages you can use to see where help may be needed.

• Tasks has a list of user requests for requesting new articles, expanding articles, factchecking articles, etc.
• Wanted pages shows how many links point to wiki pages that don't yet exist.
• Recent changes lists all edits made to wiki pages.
• New pages shows what pages have created and when. This may not be useful until a SupremeWiki becomes high-traffic.