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This page is a general guide for editing this wiki. It's still a work in progress. If you have any questions or suggestions for this page, talk about it in the discord

== Goals ==

* We're currently focusing on fulfilling the core tasks of the wiki. Which is mostly miniatures and rule pages, as well cataloguing official releases and fanworks.
* We're not currently doing advice or guide type content (such as the old Tactics category), past experience has shown that this quickly gets outdated or inaccurate.
* The Quickplay Armies category is gone since it seems obsolete now that we have the community lists function on Army Forge.
* Lore content is mostly limited until we have a better idea as to how we want to organize it.
* Basically, before you make a new page, ask yourself if it properly fits in any of the existing categories. If not ask on the discord before proceeding.
* Look at [[Wiki ToDo List]] if you're looking for something to work on.

== Guidelines and tips ==

* Make sure to spell the names of the OPR games correctly including the colon. For example in "Grimdark Future: Star Quest", note the space between Star and Quest
* Do not share text from the Advanced Rulebook or other premium sources here. Descriptions of it is fine.
* All the pages from the old wiki are archived in a separate namespace. You can find the old pages by adding "old:" in front of the page title in the URL, for example: [[OLD:Beastmen Miniatures]]

== Rules ==

* The existing Rules, but feel free to suggest what else could be useful here.

== Miniatures Pages ==

* Use [[High Elves Miniatures]] as an example of how a minis page should look.
* When updating a minis page, it doesn't have to be perfect in one go. Just make sure the overall structure follows the following guidelines, details can be filled in later.
* Link to faction page on top. As well as links to the store pages of the most relevant GW/Mantic collections
* The main minis pages should only cover OPR, GW and Mantic (were relevant). Alternate Creators go on a separate page
** use "Creator" instead of "Manufacturer"
** If you make a page for an Alternate Creator, add a link to that page on the main minis page for that page in the appropriate Other Creators section
** Also add your Alternate Creator page to "Category:Alternate Grimdark Future Miniatures" or "Category:Alternate Age of Fantasy Miniatures". But not the main categories.
* Add an upgrade in parentheses if the minis represent a particular upgrade, for example: ''[https://miniset.net/sets/gw-99060210117 Alith Anar] (Shadow Master)''
** Leave this off if it's obvious from the minis name, for example: [https://www.warhammer.com/en-GB/shop/high-elf-realms-lord-on-dragon-2025?queryID=af05fface1b9f7bcfb56f0ecc5f7fd59 Lord on Dragon]
* Link to the unit's MMF page for OPR, store pages for GW and Mantic. 
* If something is out of print, link to [https://miniset.net/sets/onepagerules miniset.net] instead, and put the entry in italics to mark that. 
** Miniset's search function isn't great, easier to google the name of the unit and add "miniset" to the search query
** Not every OOP mini should be be added, only if it fills a particular niche that isn't otherwise represented. For example, see Alith Anar above
* Put Age of Sigmar and Old World/WHFB minis on separate columns (Same for Horus Heresy?)
* Use a notes column for clarifications
* Remove the "Factions-Links" template, if it's still there, as it's obsolete (keep the "GAME-Factions" template below it)

== Lore and Stories ==

* For now we want to constrain ourselves to cataloguing official lore releases, without going too much into detail for now.

== Misc ==

* This category is mostly to archive some stuff. Maybe it will be expanded.