Welcome to the Scratch Wiki, StoneCascade!
We're glad to have you here! The Scratch Wiki is a large wiki which anyone, including you, can contribute to and edit. With 1,507 articles, 3,997 users, 54 active users, 357,330 edits and 4,292 files, the Scratch Wiki has been thriving since December 6, 2008.
Here's your first stop: the "Welcome!" tutorial.
For a quick summary of the tutorial, see the Cheatsheet.
Have any questions? Ask on the Community Portal.
We hope you'll make great edits!
bigpuppy talk ▪︎ contribs 21:59, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Welcome!
Welcome!
Hey there! Welcome to the English Scratch Wiki, StoneCascade. Congratulations on joining us! I'm bigpuppy. If you have any questions or would just like to chat, feel free to leave a comment on my talk page.
By the way, I've compiled a list of tips for New Wikians. To see them, click "Expand" on the right side of the box below.
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New Wikian Tips
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- Check out the help pages if you haven't yet. They explain a lot of stuff on the wiki.
- Use the sandbox to test out formatting and other stuff. The public sandbox gets cleared automatically every few hours by a bot. If you'd like your own sandbox that won't get cleared automatically, you can create one by going here.
- You reply to others by clicking the pencil icon in the top-right of the page, then clicking "edit." After that find the person you'd like to reply to, add the right number of :'s - the first person doesn't add any, the second person adds one, third adds two, fourth adds three, and so on. Then you type what you'd like to say and sign it with ~~~~. You click save page and there you go! Here is an example conversation for you that is fake:
- Hi everyone! There's a mistake in the "Scratch" section.
Example User 1 (talk | contribs)
- Oh...Yeah. One of the images needs to be changed.
Example User 2 (talk | contribs)
 I'll do it now!
Example User 3 (talk | contribs)
 Great!
Example User 1 (talk | contribs)
- Awesome!
Example User 2 (talk | contribs)
- Oh, there's also a spelling mistake in that same section. I'm fixing it now...
Example User 1 (talk | contribs)
- ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
 I'm done changing the image!
Example User 3 (talk | contribs)
- Great!
Example User 2 (talk | contribs)
- And here is the code for that example conversation:
- Hi everyone! There's a mistake in the "Scratch" section.<scratchsig>Example User 1</scratchsig>
- :Oh...Yeah. One of the images needs to be changed.<scratchsig>Example User 2</scratchsig>
- ::{{doing|I'll do it now!}}<scratchsig>Example User 3</scratchsig>
- :::{{cool|Great}}<scratchsig>Example User 1</scratchsig>
- ::::{{cool|Awesome}}<scratchsig>Example User 2</scratchsig>
- :::::Oh, there's also a spelling mistake in that same section. {{doing|I'm fixing it now...}}<scratchsig>Example User 1</scratchsig>
- {{outdent|:::::}}{{done|I'm done changing the image!}}
<scratchsig>Example User 3</scratchsig>
- :{{cool|Great}} {{e|:D}}<scratchsig>Example User 2</scratchsig>
- If you have any big questions about the wiki or suggestions (or something else relating to the wiki that you want a lot of people to see), you can post in the Community Portal. This is the official main talk page for our wiki. You can also reply to posts there.
- If you're looking for pages to edit, I recommend random page. You can find it on the navigation bar (to the left) of the wiki. You can also look in the category "Pages to Improve"; it has multiple sub-categories with pages that need to be changed.
- The box below where it says "summary" when you make an edit is for your edit summary. Put a short description of your edit here.
- Please check "This is a minor edit" if your edit is minor when making an edit — this means things like just changing capitalization, removing a space, or another small edit like that.
- If you have any more questions, feel free to ask! There's a list of Experienced Wikians (people that have been elected by the community to help lead it) here. There's a list of active users here. Of course, you can also ask me on my talk page or ask on the Community Portal.
- Good luck, and have fun editing here!
These tips were written by Bigpuppy and transcluded from this page. The original version was written for Dressygirl, but now they are quite different. Thanks to jvvg and Kenny2scratch for helping me touch it up. I originally wrote the indenting instructions for Ski-, but I've changed them a lot for these tips.
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Have fun on the Scratch Wiki, and good luck editing!
bigpuppy talk ▪︎ contribs 21:59, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Welcome to the Wiki!
Welcome to the Scratch Wiki, StoneCascade!
Congratulations on becoming a member of the Scratch Wiki! I'm KangaCoder, an Experienced Wikian. If you have any questions regarding the Wiki or want to just chat, feel free to leave a message on my talk page! The Scratch Wiki is a thriving community with 1,507 articles, and 3,997 awesome users who have helped make the wiki great. Have fun editing! If you have any questions, check out the cheatsheet or visit the Community Portal and say hi!
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New Wikian Tips!
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I just joined! Now what?
- Welcome to the Wiki! We're glad you're here! Here's some introductory places you should check out:
- Read the welcome guide.
- Read about editing guidelines.
- Have questions? Check out the FAQ.
So, I want to edit pages...
- Refer here for general editing help.
- Find a page you want to edit (or if you want to practice and test out editing, visit the community sandbox).
- Click the Pencil icon in the top right corner and select "Edit source".
- Add your edits!
- Click the "Show Preview" button. Make sure everything looks right!
- Add an edit summary (example: "I fixed grammar" or "I added a link to a reference").
- Click "Save".
- Congrats! You've edited your first page!
What if I want to create a page?
- First, make sure the page you want to create follows these rules. Otherwise, the page will be deleted!
- Next, make sure the page you want doesn't exist already. You can use the search bar at the top of the page to check.
- To create a page, click here.
- Remember to follow the rules!
How do I use talk pages?
- To post on a talk page, press the Pencil icon and then "New Topic". Type in the subject and message.
- Always remember to sign your post with 4 tildes (
~~~~)
- When replying to a talk page post, edit the section that has the message and then indent your post with a colon (
:). If someone already replied, use one more colon then they used. (See example conversation below)
How do I find pages to edit?
- Use random page
- Check out articles to expand
- Check out article with stubs
- Look at recent edits and see what you can add
Great! Now what?
- You can begin editing! Have fun!
- Questions? Ask in the Community Portal!
- We look forward to your great edits!
Thank you to leahcimto and bigpuppy for inspiring and providing code for this welcome template!
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KangaCoder ( talk • contribs • scratch ) 14:04, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
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