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This page briefly answers various common questions about wikis and Zelda Dungeon Wiki specifically. The goal here is to cover the most basic issues to help people get started with editing the wiki. If you have problem, please check here first before asking anyone, as you'll just be directed back here if your question is already answered here. If your question is not covered here, feel free to ask one of our [[Zelda Dungeon Wiki:Administrators|<span style="color:#2BA206">active administrators</span>]] for assistance.

A few reasons. Most important is that, without this requirement, we would get overwhelmed by spambots, and we have before we implemented this. It also allows other users to email you, if you choose to leave this option enabled (it can be disabled at any time in [[Special:Preferences|my preferences]]). And it also gives you a way to recover your account in the event that you lose your password. Just about any standard email service can be used, however, temporary email account services cannot be used. They are blocked due to how frequently they are utilized by spambots.

This gets asked quite frequently. The short answer is no. It cannot be deleted. Wiki software doesn't allow this. Even if it did, it would cause damage to the database as every edit made by every user is tracked in page histories. There is no telling what damage it'd do if there suddenly wasn't any account tied to edits. If you have personal information on the wiki you need removed, contact an [[Zelda Dungeon Wiki:Administrators|<span style="color:#2BA206">administrator</span>]] for support. Sort of that there is nothing we can do about unwanted accounts.

Generally no. This is almost always not permitted, and if another account is used to bypass a ban or cause other trouble, your IP will be blocked for for three months. Only staff can create more than one account, and in that case the other accounts must be bot accounts and they must be labeled as such. Unauthorized alternate accounts are usually permanently banned. We currently do not have the ability to merge accounts.

User's account names can be changed upon request. Ask an [[Zelda Dungeon Wiki:Administrators|<span style="color:#2BA206">administrator</span>]] for a name change, if the request is reasonable it'll usually be granted. Obviously there are some usernames that are inappropriate. If you register under an inappropriate username, you may be asked to change it. Failure to comply may result in your account being banned, and you will be able to register under a different username.

Generally any reasonable request to change a name will be granted. You may request a name change more than once. However, we ask that you wait a period of time, perhaps a few months at least, before requesting another name change. Repeated requests for name changes may result in your request being denied. We ask you choose a name you're happy with that you can stick with for an extended time.

Basically anything within reason. Usernames with special, non-mapped characters like hearts or diamonds are strongly discouraged. Longer usernames are also discouraged. Usernames should not contain profanity, cannot contain any hate speech, and cannot direct a personal attack against any existing user. If there is a problem with your username, you will be asked to choose a new one. Usernames that are made to look the same as another users by using something such as a special character that looks similar to a standard Latin letter, like using the lowercase Greek letter alpha α in place of the lowercase latin letter a, are discouraged but not forbidden.  

You may add your own information to your page if you wish. You do so at your own risk. Zelda Dungeon Wiki accepts no responsibility for personal content users willingly place on their own pages. Posting personal information about other users without their consent is not permitted.

An edit preview is a temporary rendering of an edit, showing how the page would look so it can be proofread for errors before actually saving the page. It us utilized through the button that says ''show preview'' on the edit form. Use of edit previews is strongly encouraged as it cleans up page histories, reduces workload for patrollers and admins, and makes changes much easier to track. If you appear to not be using edit previews and are making multiple edits to the same page in a short period of time, you'll be asked to start using edit previews.

Patrolling is the act of reviewing an edit for quality and making sure that everything in it is correct and has proper spelling, grammar, and formatting. Anyone can check edits for this. However patrollers and administrators have the ability to mark edits as patrolled. This lets other staff know that someone on staff has already checked the edit for quality so they don't have to themselves. Users trusted to make very few mistakes and quickly correct ones they do make are sometimes given the autopatrol right which, as the name implies, automatically marks edits they make as patrolled. This right is usually given to all retired staff members.

Gadgets are scripts and stylesheets that change how the wiki looks or functions. They are accessible in the gadgets tab under [[Special:Preferences|my preferences]]. Some gadgets are enabled by default for all users, and in some cases even including anonymous viewers. And some for Any unwanted feature can be disabled on the preferences page. Some gadgets are restricted to higher ranked users and will not be available. Gadgets enabled by default for higher ranked users will be automatically enabled for lower ranked users when they increase in rank.

 

Currently, we are only looking for admins with an extensive knowledge in PHP, HTML, CSS and the MediaWiki software. If you feel that you can contribute in that way, please go to our Contact page and send our beloved leader an application. As for patrollers and content managers, we are constantly on the look out for members that are constantly making significant and useful edits to the Wiki. Please do not ask a current admin if you can be a patroller or content manager, as we decide on these users on our own.