User:Megatron1/Wikinfo

Our userbase ranges so far from the experienced users, influental users, and new users. This is an information guide for those new users. When we get new users, they are either used to wiking, new to wiki, or new to most interenet sites. Intended as a guide only, this will help you, the new user, understand what wiki is about, and what you do on it. I basically cover what the wiki does not. POLICY should answer most questions you have.

Introduction
If you want to make yourself known, edit something that requires editing. An edit button appears on every page and you're able to edit it most of the times. Avoid editing it if it says something about not editing it, such as how my Userpage tells you not to edit it. Any edit will work. I'll get into the qualities of said edits later. After an edit, you will normally recieve a welcome on your talk page, which will also be explained in detail later. If you want to respond to it, edit the page and write what you want to say to the user below their welcome. Make sure you sign using ~, as it is a rule on certain pages.

Edit quality
Edit quality in general refers to the quality of your edits. As said in the previous section, there are some things that you shouldn't bother to edit. For example, if the discussion is over 2+ weeks old, as indicated by a signature, do not respond to that. It is useless and will generally do nothing at all. If you want to make an edit, find mainspace articles, such as Meta Knight and dash, that require some kind of edit to make it better. You can also respond to any talk that's fairly young, which should generally expand to a week, or for some pages, many weeks. The pages that last many weeks are generally voting pages. You can also check this for recent activites. Avoid making multiple edits, as you can simply do everything in one edit.

Vandilism
Though edits are good, some users try to vandalise pages. They will replace a sentence with an inappropriate word, such as "HE SUCKS" or blanking a page. Avoid those edits. If you see vandalism, simply go to the page's history by clicking on history, which is next to edit. After that, you will find several things that say who edited the page and when. In general, the first one you see below "Compare Selected Revisions" is the vandalism. You then click undo. You will then see what you exactly did. Click save page if you did remove the vandilism as shown above. Sometimes, another user will get rid of the vandalism by themselves. You can see this by seeing if the first one you see below "Compare Selected Reviosions" says in it "Undid edit by " or "Reverted edit by ". However, some vandals might be undoing a undo and place the vandilism back. In general, trusted users that you see who make good edits should be trusted, as they will probaly undo the edit. However, you should still check it by clicking the prev option by that undo. You will see the differences between the edits. If it is vandilism, click undo again and save the page.

Talk pages
SmashWiki:User_Talk_Page_Guidelines explains it. IRC should be used if you decide to make the conversation get off topic.

Forums
SmashWiki:Forum_Rules explains it. This should not be focused on too much, as the mainspace is more important.

Trolling
When someone insults you, do not say "SHUT UP". That is considered trolling. Trolls are people who get angry over something that is said, not trolls as in the mythical kind. Even if they violate NPA, do not yell at them. If they troll you, don't follow suit. Respond in a calm fashion. You also shouldn't tell them that they'll be blocked or punished, as it makes the situation worse, and you wouldn't want to cause that, would you? If you do, then you should leave :p.

Your user page
Your user page is not your little private space on the interent. NOT explains it. You should not focus on this too much, as mainspace is more important.

Rollback and Adminis
ROLL and ADMIN cover them respectively. You can apply for both on their respective request pages. Make sure you are ready for either responisbility before you request either one.