Help:Getting started

Thank you for your interest in contributing to Project: Redcap.

Learning to Use the Wiki

You do not need to [Help:Registration|register] in order to contribute to Project: Redcap. Every page has an "Edit" link at the top and any user can click on that link to edit the page's text. Be sure to submit your changes when you are done!

First, we have a few (currently, very few) Help pages.

Project: Redcap uses the popular MediaWiki engine -- the same software that powers Wikipedia. So, if you know how to edit Wikipedia, you should be right at home on Project: Redcap.

Let's suppose you don't know how to edit Wikipedia. There is plenty of good tutorial information on the Web. In fact, most introductory material for MediaWiki is better than what the Project: Redcap maintainers could write themselves. So rather than do a poor job of re-writing documentation that other people have already written, we'll refer you to some starting sites:

• The MediaWiki Beginners' Wiki
• Wikipedia Help Contents including the Plain and Simple Guide
• Help:Basic formatting has some basic tips, including on how to place and label internal links (links to other pages, like Order of Hermes) and external links (like this one to the Atlas Games website).

If you are looking for something beyond the basics -- how to include an image, for example, or how to use templates -- then the quickest thing to do may be to Google (or use any other search engine) for keywords like "mediawiki image" or "mediawiki template."

Also, the Project: Redcap maintainers are very eager to get some help, any help, updating and maintaining this site. You can always contact us if you have made a basic effort to find documentation, but are still lost. We'll be happy to help!