Difference between revisions of "Contents"

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Welcome to the help section, a centralised guide for using the Retro family of wikis; Sonic Retro, Sega Retro, NEC Retro and Retro CDN.

If you need some assistance in browsing or editing a page on one of our websites, the pages listed in the list below should be helpful. If you have just registered an account with us and are unsure how to help, it is highly recommended that you read these pages.

For more detailed help concerning the Mediawiki software, see mw:Help:Contents.

Overview

What is a wiki?
Tutorial: A general introduction for newcomers.
About: A general introduction about who we are, what we want, why we're here, and where we're going.
Frequently Asked Questions: A collection of anticipated questions about our policies, practices, and goals.
Copyrights: An overview of Retro's copyright policy.

Getting started

Features

Creating files

Problem solving

Editing guidelines

Wiki-specific

Sonic Retro

Hack Policy: A guide to Sonic Retro's perspective on Sonic hacks.

Sega Retro

Determining genre: How we decide the difference between "Action" and "Adventure".
Ratings: How Sega Retro attempts to convert different review systems into one universal format.
Regions of the world: How Sega, and by extension, Sega Retro, groups countries of the world into regions.

NEC Retro

Determining PC-9800 computers: How we decide the difference between a "PC-9801 F" and a "PC-9801 M".

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-The Retro family of wikis; [[sonic:Sonic Retro|Sonic Retro]], [[sega:Sega Retro|Sega Retro]], [[nec:NEC Retro|NEC Retro]] are collaborative projects to create the most definitive, accurate, and accessible encyclopedia and reference for everything related to ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', Sega, NEC video games. A fourth wiki Retro CDN (which you're viewing now) is a central repository for shared material.
+[[File:Information icon.svg|300px|right]]
+Welcome to the help section, a centralised guide for using the Retro family of wikis; [[sonic:Sonic Retro|Sonic Retro]], [[sega:Sega Retro|Sega Retro]], [[nec:NEC Retro|NEC Retro]] and [[Main Page|Retro CDN]].
-If you need some help browsing or editing a page on our site, one of the pages listed in the list below should be helpful.
+If you need some assistance in browsing or editing a page on one of our websites, the pages listed in the list below should be helpful. If you have just registered an account with us and are unsure how to help, it is highly recommended that you read these pages.
-For more detailed use of the Mediawiki software, see [[mw:Help:Contents]].
+For more detailed help concerning the Mediawiki software, see [[mw:Help:Contents]].
-== About the Retro family of wikis ==
+== Overview ==
+*[[Help:What is a wiki?|What is a wiki?]]
 * [[Retro CDN:Tutorial|Tutorial]]: A general introduction for newcomers.
-* [[Retro CDN:About]]: Another general introduction about who we are, what we want, why we're here, and where we're going.
+* [[Retro CDN:About|About]]: A general introduction about who we are, what we want, why we're here, and where we're going.
 * [[Retro CDN:FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]]: A collection of anticipated questions about our policies, practices, and goals.
-* [[Retro CDN:Copyrights|Copyrights]]: An overview of Sonic Retro's copyright policy.
+* [[Retro CDN:Copyrights|Copyrights]]: An overview of Retro's copyright policy.
 == Getting started ==
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 * [[Help:ISBN link|ISBN link]]s
 * [[Help:Namespace|Understanding namespaces]]
-* [[Help:Keyboard shortcuts|Keyboard shortcuts]]
+* [[Help:References|Referencing wiki content]]
-== Creating images ==
+== Creating files==
+* [[Retro CDN:Image tagging|Image tagging]]
 * [[Retro CDN:Screenshots|Screenshot creation guide]]
 * [[Retro CDN:Scanning|Physical scanning guide]]
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 ** [[Retro CDN:Scanning/Linux|GNOME scanning guide]]
 * [[Retro CDN:PNG Compression|PNG compression and optimization]]
+* [[Retro CDN:PDF magazines|PDF magazines]]
 == Problem solving ==
 * [[Help:Edit conflict|How to resolve edit conflicts]]
-* [[Help:Protect a page|How to protect a page]]
 * [[Help:Rename a page|How to rename a page]]
 * [[Help:Redirect|How to redirect a page]]
 * [[Help:Merge|How to merge two pages]]
 * [[Help:Revert a page|How to revert a page]]
-* [[Help:Delete a page|How to delete a page]]
+== Editing guidelines ==
+*[[Manual of style/Naming articles|Naming articles]]
+*[[Manual of style/Naming files|Naming files]]
+*[[Manual of style/Time and date|Time and date]]
+*[[Manual of style/Trivia sections|Trivia sections]]
+*[[Retro CDN:Country codes|Country codes]]
+*[[Retro CDN:Translations|Translations]]
+*[[Manual of style/Top tips|Top tips]]
 ==Wiki-specific==
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 * [[sonic:Sonic Retro:Hack Policy|Hack Policy]]: A guide to Sonic Retro's perspective on Sonic hacks.
+===Sega Retro===
+*[[sega:Sega Retro:Determining genre|Determining genre]]: How we decide the difference between "Action" and "Adventure".
+*[[sega:Sega Retro:Ratings|Ratings]]: How Sega Retro attempts to convert different review systems into one universal format.
+*[[sega:Sega Retro:Regions of the world|Regions of the world]]: How Sega, and by extension, Sega Retro, groups countries of the world into regions.
+===NEC Retro===
+*[[nec:NEC Retro:Determining PC-9800 computers|Determining PC-9800 computers]]: How we decide the difference between a "PC-9801 F" and a "PC-9801 M".
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