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World of Warcraft

Where do I get the game?

- Buy it from your nearest friendly games dealer, or from any online software / games store. WoWWiki is a site about the game, we're not affiliated with Blizzard Entertainment, the creators of WoW.

Where do I get addons?

- See UI FAQ/AddOns.

Contributing to WoWWiki

How can I contribute to WoWWiki?

- All users are encouraged to contribute to the constant improvement of WoWWiki's content. All you need to do is create an account. See How to edit a page a great editing starter, and please visit our policy and guideline pages for standards that have been developed by the WoWWiki community.

Dealing with vandalism on WoW Wiki

Is there any policy on what happens to users who vandalize this site (remove content for no good reason, put expletives, etc.)?

- We have list of known vandals. Wiki contributors add suspected vandals to it. The admins of this site monitor the list and revert vandalism as needed. Many wiki contributors also help clean vandalism from high-traffic pages before an admin shows up to do mass reverting.

So, what can't be posted? What's vandalism?

- In addition to the obvious spray painting, WoWWiki has a Do-Not-Post list. And even though a wiki is fairly free in its content, there are a few policies on how we want our pages to look; start at WoWWiki:Policies to learn more.

Ads on the left sidebar

Why are there ads on the left sidebar?

- See Wiki Google Ads.

Google Search

Why is there a Google search now?

- The previous wiki-based search was frequently broken, such that it worked less often than it was broken. See Wiki Google Ads.

Forums

Are there any forums somewhere for discussing stuff about the Wiki?

- No forums... but wikis can be used as discussion forum's just fine. Here, we talk about the wiki in general in the Village pump!

Use of images for abilities, spells, etc.

What's the wiki policy on linking to images (or storing images) for spells, abilities, etc, being as they may be copyrighted? Is that an issue, or has Blizzard given permission to fansites to use their images? -- Jat850 18:07, 21 Nov 2004 (EST)

- Blizzard allows all Blizzard graphics to be used for non-commercial purposes, such as fansites. -- AlexanderYoshi 18:11, 21 Nov 2004 (EST)

- See Category:WoW Icons for a list of icons stored locally on the wiki!

Making money appear

How do I make a money amount appear?

- Use {{gsc|1|2|3}} for gold, silver and copper. e.g. Template:Gsc For other examples, see the WoWWiki Templates List.

Wiki Templates

What's a Wiki template?

- A Wiki Template is a special page which can be included into other Wiki pages. The idea is that you only have to write the information once, but can reuse it in many places. They're also very useful for adding small images like Template:Alliance Quest and Template:Horde Quest. See Help:Template for help on using them

What Wiki templates are used on this site?

- An index is maintained manually at WoWWiki:Templates. Please create new templates as required and add them to the index.

- You can also navigate Category:Templates. --Mikk 04:16, 7 June 2006 (EDT)

Recent Changes

I am looking for the latest news or information about WoW or this Wiki.

- The recent changes page shows you a view of the latest edits on this Wiki. If you are looking for information about WoW updates, new or corrected information, this page is very helpful.

Finding Articles

Help! The search doesn't work! How can I find pages? Is there an Index?

- Yes, you can access the index at Special:Allpages.

(You can also use Google to search by prefacing your search with "site:wowwiki.com"; see this example: site:wowwiki.com Alchemy.

If you're looking for a specific article, and you know that it's in the general namespace (if it's not a category page, not an image, not a template, etc.) then you can find it by typing in the "go-to" bar (or, until that is fixed, the address bar) the following: Special:Allpages/Thunder, if you're looking for, say Thunderfury, but you're not certain if it's under that or  [Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker].

Copyright (or lack thereof)

Is all the text free? Ie, can we pinch it and stick it in Wikipedia? - Access 12:11, 9 Sep 2005 (EDT)

- Everything in wowwiki is free as in "free beer", according to its license, the GNU Free Documentation License. In short, you can do pretty much anything with it, except make it "un-free". As a matter of courtesy though, we would appreciate mentioning where texts originally came from if you're pinching entire pages. But we can't force you to :-) --Mikk 04:27, 7 June 2006 (EDT)

 

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