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theLibrarian That all you got? from his own little world Since: Jul, 2009
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#1: Jun 1st 2016 at 12:01:25 PM

How do I make a new Works page? I've put up a blank one but whenever I try and edit it to write more of it I just get taken to a Trope Launch Page and I can't figure out how to make the site allow me to edit the page.

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#2: Jun 1st 2016 at 12:20:57 PM

It sounds like you're trying to do it in the Main/ namespace, which is going to get you booted over there.

See How to Create a Work's Page. And if this is your first one, you might want to start off in the handy Sandbox/ namespace instead of the proper namespace, so you have all the time in the world to work on it without any mistakes you make being live on the official wiki.

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theLibrarian That all you got? from his own little world Since: Jul, 2009
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#3: Jun 1st 2016 at 12:23:11 PM

Okay. What do I do afterward, to get it up on the wiki?

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#4: Jun 1st 2016 at 2:08:02 PM

Copy paste the contents from the Sandbox version into the proper namespace, then make sure the page is indexed correctly. After that, you probably want to check to see if examples for said work already exist on trope pages. If not, you'll want to add at least some of them; this is called crosswicking and is key to making the Wiki Magic happen.

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theLibrarian That all you got? from his own little world Since: Jul, 2009
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#5: Jun 1st 2016 at 4:34:24 PM

Proper namespace like how? I've written out a whole thing for the Sandbox version but what do I do now? Would it work if I put Video Game in the namespace instead of Main?

This is the page I'm working on, if it helps.

edited 1st Jun '16 4:36:38 PM by theLibrarian

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#6: Jun 1st 2016 at 6:09:49 PM

Yeah, it would be VideoGame/ShadowOfTheBeast2016. With that said, some issues:

First, you might want to consider spoiler markup for a couple of those examples (specifically, the ones about the ending choice). Second, the Press X to Not Die entry is actually an example of Action Commands, so you need to change that. Third, try adding a bit more context to Overdrawn at the Blood Bank.

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theLibrarian That all you got? from his own little world Since: Jul, 2009
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#7: Jun 1st 2016 at 6:17:15 PM

Alright.

Never mind, did it. Now, how do I delete the sandbox page and upload an image? I can do the Image Upload but it doesn't show up on the page.

edited 1st Jun '16 6:22:43 PM by theLibrarian

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#8: Jun 1st 2016 at 10:34:52 PM

The Cut List is for requesting page removal.

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#9: Jun 2nd 2016 at 3:18:08 AM

You need to add it in. Text-Formatting Rules has the rules. Hopefully you didn't forget the URL of the image after it was uploaded?

theLibrarian That all you got? from his own little world Since: Jul, 2009
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#10: Jun 2nd 2016 at 7:37:30 AM

No, I got the picture up now.

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