Help:Article Creation

Article Creation
Adding a new page (or article) to the wiki consists of a few steps:

1 Check the proposed Name

 * Make sure you've used the proper spelling and capitalization of the article name before creating it. This goes especially for creatures, NPC's and alike. These names should match the exact in-game name.
 * Make sure you haven't used an inappropriate name. Inappropriate named articles will be either renamed or removed depending o the contents of the article.

2 Use Article templates
To speed up the creation process and to promote uniformity on the wiki, we've made a set of templates to be used to create new pages. Completing that template will automatically insert your article into the appropriate Wiki-categories:
 * Creatures
 * Items
 * Item Sets
 * Regions
 * Towns
 * Dungeons
 * NPCs
 * Player Characters
 * Quests
 * Recipes
 * Skills
 * Proficiencies

Namespaces
The Outward wiki uses "namespaces" for the following:
 * Article name or Article Name - Places a page in the default namespace. This is the default for Wiki searches.
 * Item:Item Name - Places a page in the "Item" namespace. All item articles should use this prefix.
 * Quest:Quest Name - Places a page in the "Quest" namespace. All quest articles should use this prefix.
 * User:Username - Places a page in the "User" namespace. All user articles should use this prefix.

Wiki Preferences: You can exclude the additional page names from the search by either using the advanced search option or by changing your preferences when you log on.

Expert Techniques
To create an article one can also use the following tips:
 * Click on a red link in an existing page to begin the creation of that missing article.
 * Search for the wanted article name (including possible namespace) by typing into a search box. If the article does not exist the search result will contain a red link: Create the page "ArticleName" on this wiki!
 * Edit an existing page and make a link to the article page you want to create. For example, on a quest page, make a link out of a non-existing item, save and click the red link.