Help:Contents

Welcome to the Marspedia help pages. Whether you are here to read, edit, or start new articles about Mars exploration and settlement, these guides will get you going. New here? Start with the Marspedia Tutorials.

Getting started

• Marspedia Tutorials — a guided, step-by-step introduction to Marspedia and how to contribute.
• Ways to contribute — the many ways you can help grow the wiki.
• Request an account — editing requires a free account, approved by a volunteer.

Editing

• Editing basics — the VisualEditor, wikitext, formatting, links, lists, and categories.
• Creating an article — how to start a new page from scratch.
• Using references — cite your sources with <ref> tags.
• Category hierarchy — the categories to tag your articles with.
• Sandbox — a safe place to practise editing.

About Marspedia

• About Marspedia — what Marspedia is, and how it differs from Wikipedia.
• Copyrights — licensing of Marspedia content.
• Deletion policy — how and when pages are removed.
• Privacy policy

Maintenance & technical

• Maintenance and setup — MediaWiki maintenance FAQ.
• Importing from Wikipedia — bringing content across without breaking the licence.
• Offsite links in the sidebar and external links in a new window — small how-tos for maintainers.