Changes: WikiHero:Community Portal

Latest revision as of 06:28, 13 August 2009

Welcome to the wiki! The Community Portal is where this wiki community comes together to organize and discuss projects for the wiki. To see the most recent discussions, click the Discussion tab above.

You can find out more general information about the wiki on the About page.

New to wikis?[]

If you are new to wikis, you may want to read the tutorial on the Central Wikia.
There is some advice on getting this wiki started at Help:Starting this wiki.
A list of all help pages can be found in Category:Help.

How to help[]

If you want to help but you're not sure where to start, try improving the various stub articles by adding content.
Another helpful activity would be to check the list of wanted pages for frequently linked-to articles that don't exist yet.
To follow the changes to this wiki, and to look out for new users and edits use recent changes.
You can find a list of useful templates on Category:Templates, some of which are documented on WikiHero:Templates.
A style guide for this wiki can be found on WikiHero:Manual of Style.
If you need help editing, you could start with Help:Editing or the tutorial on the Central

How to discuss stuff[]

If you want to discuss anything specific to an article, you can use the talk pages for that article
For more general discussions you can use the Discussion tab of this page.

Things to do[]

This wiki's current goal should be to provide information on all the songs that have appeared in the Guitar Hero games. This includes putting information in about difficulty, note charts, cutoffs, and other information related to individual songs. This should be the first priority, adding information about venues, the store, characters, etc. should come later.

Please check the Slow Ride page to see what the layout for the song pages should be.

Useful activities

Help expand some article stubs.
Locate and mark pages that need expanding as article stubs.
Create links to some orphaned pages.
Upload and add some images! Visit Special:Upload. Add them to a category too, like [[Category:Images]].
Write a new article that's on the the wanted list!
Consider splitting up very long pages.
Create some links on dead end pages.
Add more...

Other useful special pages

Special:BrokenRedirects
Special:DoubleRedirects
Special:ProblemReports
Special:Uncategorizedcategories
Special:Uncategorizedimages
Special:Uncategorizedpages
Special:Unusedimages
Special:Wantedcategories
Check out the full list of special pages at Special:Specialpages.

Ten article stubs to expand:

Last ten article edits:

These lists dynamically change - refresh me!

Interesting pages[]

Want to find out what you've done so far? Visit [[Special:Contributions/YourName]]
Find out more about the wiki on Special:Statistics and Special:Version!

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+'''Welcome to the wiki!''' The Community Portal is where this wiki community comes together to organize and discuss projects for the wiki. To see the most recent discussions, click the '''Discussion''' tab above.
-{{tocright}}
-'''Welcome to the wiki! This portal lists some of the pages you might like to use as you help out around the site.'''
-If you want to discuss the wiki in general without using the forums, please see the talk page - '''[[WikiHero talk:Community Portal]]'''.
+You can find out more general information about the wiki on the [[WikiHero:About|About]] page.
-== Starting on the wiki ==
+== New to wikis? ==
 * If you are new to wikis, you may want to read the '''[[Wikia:Help:Tutorial 1|tutorial]]''' on the Central Wikia.
 * There is some advice on getting this wiki started at '''[[Help:Starting this wiki]]'''.
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 == How to help ==
-* If you want to help but you're not sure where to start, try improving the various '''[[:Category:Article stubs|stub]]''' articles by expanding them.
+* If you want to help but you're not sure where to start, try improving the various '''[[:Category:Article stubs|stub]]''' articles by adding content.
 * Another helpful activity would be to check the list of '''[[Special:Wantedpages|wanted pages]]''' for frequently linked-to articles that don't exist yet.
-* To follow the changes to this wiki, and to look out for new events and problem edits, use '''[[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]]'''.
+*  To follow the changes to this wiki, and to look out for new users and edits use '''[[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]]'''.
 * You can find a list of useful templates on '''[[:Category:Templates]]''', some of which are documented on '''[[WikiHero:Templates]]'''.
 * A style guide for this wiki can be found on '''[[WikiHero:Manual of Style]]'''.
+* If you need help editing, you could start with '''[[Help:Editing]]''' or '''[[Wikia:Help:Tutorial 1|the tutorial]] on the Central
 == How to discuss stuff ==
-* If you want to discuss anything about an article, you can use '''[[Help:Talk page|the talk pages]]'''.
+* If you want to discuss anything specific to an article, you can use '''[[Help:Talk page|the talk pages]]''' for that article
-* For more general discussion, use '''[[Forum:Index|the forum]]'''.
+* For more general discussions you can use the Discussion tab of this page.
-* If you need help editing, you could start with '''[[Help:Editing]]''' or '''[[Wikia:Help:Tutorial|the tutorial]] on the Central Wikia'''.
 == Things to do ==
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 ; Useful activities
-* Help expand some '''[[:Category:article stubs|article stubs]]'''.
+* Help expand some '''[[:Category:Article stubs|article stubs]]'''.
+* '''[[Special:Shortpages|Locate]]''' and '''[[Template:Stub|mark]]''' pages that need expanding as [[:Category:Article stubs|article stubs]].
-<!-- * Nominate and discuss '''[[Project:Featured content|Featured Articles]]'''! -->
-* '''[[Special:Shortpages|Locate]]''' and '''[[Template:Stub|mark]]''' pages that need expanding as [[:Category:article stubs|article stubs]].
 * Create links to some '''[[Special:Lonelypages|orphaned pages]]'''.
-* Upload and add some screenshots! Visit '''[[Special:Upload]]'''. Add them to a category too, like <nowiki>[[Category:Screenshots]]</nowiki>.
+* Upload and add some images! Visit '''[[Special:Upload]]'''. Add them to a category too, like <nowiki>[[Category:Images]]</nowiki>.
 * Write a new article that's on the '''[[Special:Wantedpages|the wanted list]]'''!
 * Consider splitting up very '''[[Special:Longpages|long pages]]'''.
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 *[[Special:BrokenRedirects]]
 *[[Special:DoubleRedirects]]
+*[[Special:ProblemReports]]
 *[[Special:Uncategorizedcategories]]
 *[[Special:Uncategorizedimages]]
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 *'''Check out the full list of special pages at [[Special:Specialpages]].'''
 {{col-end}}
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+{{col-2}}
+'''Ten [[:Category:Article stubs|article stubs]] to expand:'''
+<!-- This list is automatically populated from whatever articles are in [[Category:Article stubs]] -->
+<DynamicPageList>
+category    = Article stubs
+randomcount = 10
+</DynamicPageList>
+{{col-2}}
+'''Last ten article edits:'''
+<DynamicPageList>
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+ordermethod = lastedit
+count       = 10
+order       = descending
+</DynamicPageList>
+{{col-end}}
+''These lists dynamically change - [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=purge}} refresh me!]''
 == Interesting pages ==
 * Want to find out what you've done so far? Visit <code><nowiki>[[Special:Contributions/YourName]]</nowiki></code>
 * Find out more about the wiki on '''[[Special:Statistics]]''' and '''[[Special:Version]]'''!
 [[Category:Help|Community Portal]]
-[[Category:Community]]
+[[Category:Community| ]]