Creation and Upkeep of a Character Page: Difference between revisions

Using the wiki, you can create a very rich and detailed '''character page''' with information about your character, an archive of sims, and much more. The tutorial below will teach you more about this.

As you may already be aware, you automatically have a user page when you register on the wiki. If you look to the top of the page you're on right now, you'll see a small list of links, the leftmost link being your username. Now, we need to create a distinction between the "User" or "Writer" and the "Character". There's only one of you, the user, while you can have many characters. As such, it's not very efficient to use your user page as your character page, because you may have more than one character. And creating more than one username is also not very efficient.  

So, use your user page to give information about ''you, the writer,'' or at the very least, to create a LIST of characters you write for, and then link to them from there. But you will want to actually create a specific page for each character.

Before you can create a character page, it's helpful to understand how to create a page, and how to name it properly. Please read the content at both of the links below:  

* [[Naming pages properly]]

Now that you have read about how to create and name pages correctly you can proceed with creating your own character page.

If you have changed ship, your old ship might have a category for former PCs (e.g. [[:Category:Independence-A Alumni]]). If so, add this to the bottom of your characters page at the same time as adding it to the PC's category for your new ship.

* [http://forums.starbase118.net/index.php?/topic/6793-displaying-your-ribbons-and-awards/ Displaying Your Ribbons and Awards]

* [http://wiki.starbase118.net/wiki/index.php?title=Template:Kalinav Example nav/sidebar box]

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Collapsing Using collapsible tables]

In most cases if after reading this you still require assistance you can usually ask either your Captain or 1st Officer. They should be able to either help you out or direct you to someone who can assist you.

Our '''Featured Bio Team''' reviews the best bios on the wiki and curates a list of the top examples. You can find lots of inspiration for your own bio by checking out their [[Featured Bio Contest#List of Featured Articles|List of Featured Bios]].