EverQuest 2 Wiki:Editor's FAQ

How do I edit a page?
It's quite easy. Simply click the "Edit this page" tab located at the top of the page or the other edit link across from headings on the right hand side of the page, and type away. See How to edit a page to learn about making links, using bold and italics, linking to images, and many other things...

How do I make links?
A link is just the name of the page surrounded by double square brackets ( and  ). It's also possible to make the link display text that is different from that of the link itself:
 * page name
 * page names -- suffix text will display as part of the link
 * display name -- the piped link: hide the page name and display something else (but use this sparingly, and never "click here"!)
 * page name (disambiguation) or Page, name -- the "pipe trick": the part in parentheses and the comma and words after it will not be displayed.

Note that you don't need to put underscores ("_"), to act as space separators like you see in links. Spaces will work fine. Also, if an apostrophe is used in a page title, it must be of the vertical typewriter variety, or the page may not link.

How do I rename a page?
Registered users with a little bit of editing history under their belts can move a page; this moves the page content and edit history to a new title, and creates a redirecting page at the old title. This method is better than just copying and pasting the content by hand, as it preserves the article's history, as required by our license. Use the "Move this page" link. Once you have moved a page, please click the "What links here" and fix the links to the old page (which will be labelled as a redirect in the "What links here" list).

Images and other media files cannot be renamed. You may save a copy of the file to your computer, rename it there, and then upload it with the new name. Fix any links to the old file to point to the new one, then tag the old file with an "images for speedy deletion" tag: copy the template   into the image's description page (filling in the new image name). This will add it to the category, and an admin will delete it for you.

How do I delete a page?
Please don't blank articles. Such changes will most likely get reverted soon afterwards, so they are pointless. To have a page deleted, type  , being sure to fill in the reason for the deletion request. This template code will be seen by an EQ2i Admin who will take a look at the page and delete it for you.

How long should the ideal article be?
In general, EQ2i doesn't require long pages because it serves as a reference site of information. Unlike other wiki sites, like Wikipedia, that vast majority of EQ2i artciles are very short and can be read at a quick glance.

So what about those rare times when more information is required? How long should the detailed EQ2i articles be? A good rule of thumb would be less than 5000 words, unless the subject really, really needs more.

How do I see what other users have changed in an article?
The MediaWiki software used at EQ2i can produce a list of all the changes between two versions of an article (either between two consecutive versions, or between an old and the current version), laid out in two-columns side by side with changes highlighted (here's an example. From the Recent Changes page you can click the "diff" link; from an article page itself click "Page history", then "cur" or "last" to see changes.

How can I put pictures on my pages?
If the picture is located on a server you control, you can refer to that image from your wiki page by simply including its URL, like this:

and it will be included. (Note it will only be linked, not displayed.) If instead you want to upload a picture to EQ2i.com, you can use special:upload as a logged-in user and once your image is uploaded, you can refer to it in your wiki pages as above, by including its file name :.

How can I delete uploaded items?
Only EQ2i Admins can delete uploads, but anyone can upload a new item with the same name, thereby replacing the old one. If you don't like the version of an image you uploaded, simply make a change to your image on your local computer and re-upload it with the same name to replace the old one.