SotA Wiki:Getting started

Welcome to SotA Wiki, a wiki written collectively by the members of the Shroud of the Avatar community. If you want to find out how to improve a page by adding content, updating the information or even fixing grammar, this page is designed to guide you through your first steps as a contributor.

How to edit a page

You can edit any page unless they are protected. This can be done by simply clicking on the "edit" tab at the top of the page which brings the editable text (source) of the current page. From there, you can type in the text that you want to add, using wiki markup to format the text and add other elements like images and tables.

Wiki Markup

Markup	Output
Use 2 apostrophes on each side to ''italicize text'' Use 3 to '''bold the text''' Use 5 apostrophes for '''''bold italics'''''	Use 2 apostrophes on each side to italicize text Use 3 to bold the text Use 5 apostrophes for bold italics
Use two square brackets on each side to link to another wiki article like [[Shroud of the Avatar]]. Use a pipe character (|) to rename the [[Shroud of the Avatar|link]]. Use a single bracket on each side to link to another web site: [http://www.shroudoftheavatar.com Shroud of the Avatar Website]	Use two square brackets on each side to link to another wiki article like Shroud of the Avatar. Use a pipe character (|) to rename the link. Use a single bracket on each side to link to another web site: Shroud of the Avatar Website
== Section 1 == === Section 1.a === ==== Section 1.a.i ====	Section 1 Section 1.a Section 1.a.i
Indentation :is done by adding colons at the start of a line ::each of which causes the line to be indented by three more character positions	Indentation is done by adding colons at the start of a line each of which causes the line to be indented by three more character positions
* Item 1 * Item 2 * Item 3 * Item 4 ** Item 4.1 *** Item 4.1.1 **** Item 4.1.1.1 **** Item 4.1.1.2 ** Item 4.2 * Item 5	Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 4.1 Item 4.1.1 Item 4.1.1.1 Item 4.1.1.2 Item 4.2 Item 5
# Item 1 # Item 2 # Item 3 # Item 4 ## Item 4.1 ### Item 4.1.1 #### Item 4.1.1.1 #### Item 4.1.1.2 ## Item 4.2 # Item 5	Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 4.1 Item 4.1.1 Item 4.1.1.1 Item 4.1.1.2 Item 4.2 Item 5
{| class="sotawikitable" !Planet !Moon |- |Mars |Phobos |- |Jupiter |Europa |}	Planet Moon Mars Phobos Jupiter Europa
[[File:Logo.png]]	File:Logo.png
[[File:Logo.png|50px]]	File:Logo.png
[[File:Logo.png|frame|SotA Wiki logo]]	File:Logo.png SotA Wiki logo
[[File:Logo.png|frame|center|SotA Wiki logo]]	File:Logo.png SotA Wiki logo
[[File:Logo.png|frame|SotA Wiki logo|link=SotA Wiki]]	File:Logo.png SotA Wiki logo

Creating your first article

Only registered users can create a new article. Before you create one, you might want to try editing existing articles to get a feel for using wiki markup language. Make sure there is not an article with the same title or subject as the one you wish to create and the subject is suitable for the wiki: SotA Wiki only covers subjects related to Shroud of the Avatar.

Title for your new article

SotA Wiki uses title case for article names. When writing a name, use capital first letters for all words except for articles, prepositions, and conjunctions unless one of them is the first word.

Examples

• Axe of Prosperity (not Axe Of Prosperity, Axe of prosperity or axe of prosperity)
• Dragon Bug

Page layout

Sota Wiki articles generally follow the following structure:

Introductory sentence:	"Kingsport is a water front village on the isle of lost Vale."
Sections	History Buildings
See also	See also Owl's Head
Sources	Sources 1. Shroud of the Avatar : 6 Month Progress Video
Categories	Category:Locations

Sources

Main article: SotAWiki:Citations

In general, pieces of information that can be easily verified by logging in Shroud of the Avatar do not need citations. On the other hand, the technical aspects or the inner mechanics of the game should be properly sourced. Never copy and paste text from another source into an article, SotA Wiki requires all original work to be attributed to the source, or the result is plagiarism.

Things to avoid

Sota Wiki articles should not

• be about yourself, your website, a guild you're in, your guildmaster, or a story you wrote. You can, however, use User pages to write about those subjects. For more information about user pages, see: SotAWiki:User Pages.
• promote a product or commercial websites.
• advocate a point of view.
• have personal attacks, including racial, ethnic, sexual, gender-related and religious slurs, and derogatory references to groups such as social classes or nationalities. They should also be free of insults, name-calling, gross profanity or indecent suggestions.