Help:Editing
TARDIS Index File is a Wiki, which means that anyone can easily edit any unprotected article and have those changes posted immediately to that page.
Editing a Wiki page is very easy. Simply click on the "edit" tab at the top of a Wiki page. This will bring you to a page with a text box containing the editable text of that page. If you just want to experiment, please do so in the sandbox, not here or any other pages. You should write a short edit summary in the small field above the edit-box. When you've finished, click '"Preview" to see how your changes will look. If you're happy with what you see, then press "Save" and your changes will be immediately applied to the article.
You can also click on the "Talk" tab to see the corresponding talk page, which contains discussions about about the editing of the page.
Tips on editing articles
Maintain the TARDIS Index File's point of view and present information from a neutral perspective.
- In-universe articles are always written from a past tense point of view.
- Real world articles are also written from a past tense point of view, with the exception of people who are still alive.
Citing sources
- See the Tardis Manual – Citation for more information.
Cite your sources so others can check and extend your work.
- In-universe article are narrative sources ie TV, audio, comic, webcast and short stories are placed after the work it is sourced from in brackets; for example: Susan listens to John Smith and the Common Men whilst waiting for Barbara and Ian. (TV: An Unearthly Child).
- Out-of-universe article sources should be cited via Footnotes, by placed <ref>&</ref> around the source and placing a ==Footnotes== and below this {{reflist}} which will create a list of the notes made throughout the article.
After major editing or creating a new page
Preview the page to see what your edit will look like when published.
After it is published use the bar at the bottom of the page under "My Tools" to check "What Links Here" to check the articles that already link to it, and make sure that they are all expecting the same meaning that you have supplied.
- Use the Search field to search TARDIS Index File for your topic title (and possible variants), to find articles that mention it, and make links from them if appropriate.
Edit summaries
- See our Edit summary page for more information.
Further information
- Canon policy
- Copyright tags
- Tardis Manual
- Point of view
- Vandalism policy
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- Protection policy
- Video policy
- What Tardis Wiki is not
- No personal attacks
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- Edit wars are good for absolutely nothing
- Spelling
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- Valid sources
- Manual of style
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- Changing policy
- Spelling we've agreed by discussion
- Image policies
- Desktop is definitive
- Outdated/When do local rules prevail?
- Infobox policies
- Editing policies
- Spoiler policies
- Merging policy
- Don't wikify your own material
- Guidelines for administrators
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- Outdated policies
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- We're Wikipedia's evil twin
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