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<center><span style="color:red"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:28px">'''Dezonus' Guide to UDWiki'''</span></span></span></center>

If you're reading this, you're probably new to the wiki, so welcome from Dezonus. I'll do my best to include all the basic stuff you'll need. '''This is a long read''', so use the contents to help you find stuff if you're looking for something in particular.

''Please note that this was written in 2010, so some info may be out of date, but likely a lot of it is still accurate...
This was also marked as under construction, but it's technically no longer under construction as there's nothing more that will be added.''

==Basic Wiki Codes==
===Signatures and Timestamps===
It's very important that you know how to do these. A signature and Timestamp help us know who wrote something and when, so we have a point of reference.

* If I type <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>, it will come up as a Signed Timetamp: {{User:Dezonus/sig}} 00:50, 17 October 2010 (BST)
* You really need to know that one, but if you want a shortcut, there's this button [[Image:button_sig.png]] on the top of the edit page that will sign for you if you want 
* If you dont want the timestamp for whatever reason and only want your sig, just type <nowiki>~~~</nowiki> which looks like this from me: {{User:Dezonus/sig}}
* If you only want the timestamp, then type <nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki> which looks like: 00:50, 17 October 2010 (BST)

My Signature is probably very different to yours, I'll cover how you change them later on...

===Bold & Italicized ===
Bold & Italicized text is done by use of apostrophes.
*''Italic Text is written'' <nowiki>''Like this''</nowiki>.
*'''Bold Text is written''' <nowiki>'''Like this'''</nowiki>.
*'''''Bold Italic Text is written''''' <nowiki>'''''Like this'''''</nowiki>.

===Links===
====Internal====
If you want to link to something within the wiki, you simply use the page name within 2 sets of square brackets.
*<nowiki>[[South Blythville]]</nowiki> comes up as [[South Blythville]]
*<nowiki>[[User:Dezonus/Storage]]</nowiki> comes up as [[User:Dezonus/Storage]]
*<nowiki>[[User_talk:Dezonus/thumbs]]</nowiki> comes up as [[User_talk:Dezonus/thumbs]]
*<nowiki>[[UDWiki:Administration/Bureaucrat Promotions]]</nowiki> comes up as [[UDWiki:Administration/Bureaucrat Promotions]]
*<nowiki>[[UDWiki_talk:Administration/Policy_Discussion]]</nowiki> comes up as [[UDWiki_talk:Administration/Policy_Discussion]]
*The page we're on now, if we put <nowiki>[[User:Dezonus/Wiki_Guide]]</nowiki>, it will come up as [[User:Dezonus/Wiki_Guide]]
*Linking a page that doesn't exist <nowiki>[[User:Dezonus/Non-existant]]</nowiki>, will come up like [[User:Dezonus/Non-existant]]
*<nowiki>Wikipedia also works, [[wikipedia:Urban_Dead]]</nowiki> will come up as [[wikipedia:Urban_Dead]]

Also, if you want to hyperlink your writing, simply put the page, a | , and then what you want it to say.
*<nowiki>[[Example page|Some clever text]]</nowiki> will come up as [[Example page|Some clever text]]

====External====
Linking to outside only uses one set of Square Brackets. '''You Must include http://'''
*<nowiki>[http://www.urbandead.com]</nowiki> will come up as [http://www.urbandead.com]
If you want to use it as a text link, you simply put a space after the link and then Write what you want it to say.
* <nowiki>[http://www.urbandead.com Urban Dead]</nowiki> will come up as [http://www.urbandead.com Urban Dead]

===Headings===
Headings are very important for page layout. They break the page up into sections, and on a bigger page like this one they help users to find what they're looking for. Headers are created by putting multiple = signs surounding text. The header level is determined by how many = signs there are, so a Level three heading is written <nowiki>===Like This===</nowiki>. As I dont want to ruin this page, [[User:Dezonus/Wiki_Guide/Headings|You can click here for a preview page for headings.]]

==Discussion Pages==
Every single page on the wiki, other than special pages, has a talk page. Some examples are: 
*[[User:Dezonus]] has the talk page [[User_talk:Dezonus]]
*[[Caiger Mall]] has the talk page [[Talk:Caiger Mall]]
Discussion pages are usually open for anyone to comment on the page the talk page is for. Remember to add your Signature and a timestamp to the end of each comment by typing <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>.

==Basic Helping==
There are a few jobs that anybody can do to help out, depending on where you are in game. They are updating [[#Job 1: Building Danger Reports|Building Danger Reports]], [[#Job 2: Necronet Scans|Necronet Scans]] and [[#Job 3: EMR reports|EMR Reports]]. Clicking on the job name will take you straight to it ;) 
===Job 1: Building Danger Reports===
On the top of almost all pages for buildings there is a box that looks like this:
{{User:DangerReport/Caiger Mall}}
If you're near (Or preferably inside) the building, and that danger report doesnt seem to match, the you should update it by pressing the Update Button and then pressing edit on top of the page. That should bring up a whole lot of text that looks like:

<pre>{{{{{template|BuildingStatus}}}
|building=Caiger Mall|xy=[19,27] – [20,28]
<!--Do not edit above this line! Please use a NPOV when updating the report.-->

|status=rebuilding
|comment=LUE departed, humans took control back
|user=[[User:Alex Row|Alex Row]] 10:02, 15 October 2010 (BST)

<!--Do not edit below this line!-->
}}
<noinclude>
{{UpdateDR|Mall}}

[[Category:Mall Danger Levels|Caiger Mall]]
[[Category:Chudleyton Danger Levels|Caiger Mall]]
[[Category:Darvall Heights Danger Levels|Caiger Mall]]
</noinclude></pre>

This may look scary, but really it's not. A lot of it you don't need to worry about, it has big lines saying "Do not edit above/below this line", so those bits you dont need to worry about. The only bit that you need will be:

<pre>|status=rebuilding
|comment=LUE departed, humans took control back
|user=[[User:Alex Row|Alex Row]] 10:02, 15 October 2010 (BST)</pre>

Look simpler? I hope it does. I'll explain what each bit is:

<pre>|status=rebuilding</pre>
Thats the building Status, which is important so survivors and Zombies can plan where they can go and/or attack. Remember to keep the status lowercase, otherwise it wont work properly. Here's a list of building Statuses {{NecrotechDangerLevels}}

<pre>|comment=LUE departed, humans took control back</pre>
This is for a short comment about the building status. It's recomended that you put The Barricade level (ie. Extremely Heavily Barricaded or EHB), If it's powered or not, how many Zeds inside, if the building is ruined etc, just important information. You may want to think twice before putting information about survivors on there...

<pre>|user=[[User:Alex Row|Alex Row]] 10:02, 15 October 2010 (BST)</pre>
When you update it, replace their sig and timestamp with your own by simply typing <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>

====Mobile Phone Mast Buildings====
In every suburb, there is one building with a mobile phone mast. Their Building status will have and extra line in it to accomodate for the Mobile Phone Mast. Here's an example Below:

<pre>|mast_status=active
|status=safe
|comment=EHB and lit.
|user=[[User:Neveh|Neveh]] 02:31, 9 October 2010 (BST)</pre>

To change the Mast status, simply follow the guide bellow:
{{Mobile-PhoneMastOperationLevels}}

===Job 2: Necronet Scans===
You will only be able to update these if you have a survivor with Necronet access who is inside a powered Necrotech building. If that's not you, there isn't much reason to read this part...

On the wiki page of a Necrotech building, you will find something that looks like this:

{{User:NTScan/The Daubeney Building}}

These are important in determining whether a suburb is safe or not. To update it, you will need to do a Necronet scan from that building, and then take a screenshot. You take screenshots by pressing the "Print Scrn" Button, see the image if you don't know which one that is:

[[Image:Print-screen-button.gif]]

Paste into an image program (Paint will do) and crop it so that you only see the scan. Don't save it just yet. Go back to the wiki page and click on the old scan to bring up its page. Whatever it's called, you need to match exactly when you save your scan (ie. the Necronet scan on this page MUST be named DaubeneyBuildingNecronet.png). Now Upload your scan over the old one. You should get a warning screen saying that the image exists, but you DO want to overwrite it so thats ok. Once thats done, go back to the buildings page, press the "Update" button on that scan, press edit on top of the page that loads, and then replace the old sig and timestamp with your own (remember, type <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>).

===Job 3: EMR reports===
To update External Military Radio Reports, you will need a radio receiver thats tuned into 25.96MHz. Periodically, The External Military (Which isn't controlled by players FYI) will broadcast status reports of suburbs. They look like this:
[[Image:EMR example.PNG]]

EMR Reports can be found on the suburb page of each suburb, and they are Vital to providing and accurate Suburb Danger level. When updating an EMR, click on the date to bring up the edit page. '''You will need to provide a copy of the report to the talk page''' (Basically to make sure you didnt make it up) {{:EMRP: Format and Meaning of Report Summaries}}