Help:Getting Started

Welcome to the Star Citizen Wiki! We are glad to see that you're interested in helping out. Editing a wiki can be overwhelming at first with the number of pages that exist and the new writing language (wikicode) to learn, but it won't be long before improving and changing the wiki becomes second nature.

Quick Start
For the eager editor, this guide should show you a few of the steps to take before making your first edits.


 * 1) Get verified in Discord for elevated privileges from a new account. You can edit freely without being verified, but you cannot create pages.
 * 2) *The Discord channel is where we organize our page edits, ask for assistance, and discuss possible changes
 * 3) Explore the Help:Contents
 * 4) *Start with Help:Editing to brush up on wiki code or Help:Style guide to write pages in a similar style to everything else. Check out some of the Example Articles to see how the code all fits together
 * 5) Make your first edit!
 * 6) *Pages like Gameplay Mechanics always need more information from recent news posts or videos. Just be sure to make some references and links to official sources from Roberts Space Industries.
 * 7) *We suggest editing your Userpage (Be sure to get Verified first. See Step 1). You can put just about anything there. Try making a page like one of the Example articles or one of the Editors (As long as it's not Alistair3149)
 * 8) Check out the Issue list page to see what we're all working on.
 * 9) *Message one of the task leaders there on their talk page or on Discord to see what you can do.

Some suggestions for things to do
After you've familiarized yourself with basic editing on your userpage, it's time to make some important, world-changing edits!
 * Browse the Tasks page or the Issue List to see some general and maintenance tasks that need to be worked on
 * This includes things like filling out stub pages (Which are missing some content) or adding detail to important pages (like Gameplay Mechanics
 * Adopt a page! Pick a page and make it the best page on the wiki. Fill it in with official, referenced info, and a good number of interesting images.
 * Patrol the Recent Changes log to revert vandalism, help out other contributors, or suggest improvements

Single citation
Our primary template for referencing is RSI. It is used to link to primary sources on the Roberts Space Industries website. The source links will then be generated at the end of the page, or wherever  is placed (Usually in the References section at the end)


 * Usage:
 * Example: "The Carrack is an exploration ship"
 * Result: "The Carrack is an exploration ship"

For non-RSI references, simply use

Multiple Citations of the same reference
To cite the same reference/footnote multiple times, identify it using the Text or Name entry in previous references.
 * Example: "The Carrack is 180,000kg"
 * Result: "The Carrack is 180,000kg"