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Wikia - creating communities
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[edit] Getting started
- I want to know about Wikia
- Find a Wikia to join in the full list of Wikia or by description
- A glossary of terms that may be unfamiliar
- Some common mistakes to avoid
- Setting your user preferences
- Test out any sort of editing experiment in the sandbox!
[edit] Editing
- Editing pages
- Creating a new page
- Uploading files
- Using images
- Linking to other wikis or other languages
- How to move (or rename) a page
- Reverting vandalism
- Using your watchlist
- Collaborative Videos
[edit] Policies and guidelines
- For a full listing, see Category:Policy.
[edit] Copyright, legal, and general site policies
- Terms of use
- Wikia copyrights
- Wikia disclaimers
- Image policies
- Prohibited content
- What Wikia is not
- Wikia creation policy
- Spelling and grammar guidelines
- Ownership of the wiki and its pages
- Assuming good faith about other users
[edit] Administrator-related policies
- Protected pages
- Deletion of pages
- Blocking users or IP addresses
[edit] Contacting other Wikians
- Report a problem
- Start a community discussion or ask a question at the community portal
- Join the Wikia IRC channel to chat (and see if your favorite Wikia has its own channel)
- Join the mailing lists for Wikia and for your favorite local communities
[edit] Bells and whistles
- Customizing the appearance of the site with a user stylesheet
- Using the live preview extension
- Using an external editor to edit Wikia