User:Kwopy/Sandbox6

Welcome to the Hypixel SkyBlock Wiki's editing guide, a guide covering all topics relating to edits, and hopefully you'll be able to edit - and edit well - once you've read it.

The Basics
To first start editing the Hypixel SkyBlock Wiki, you'll have to create a Fandom account if you don't already have one. You can do that by clicking the REGISTER button that appears in the top-right hand corner, on top of pages. Once you've created a Fandom account it's as easy as hitting the EDIT button and starting to write!

FAQ
Some pages are protected by staff members, to prevent people from editing a page. You can read more about it in the section. Usually, pages are either protected because they are at a risk of being vandalized or are staff-related.
 * It says the page is protected, and I can't edit. What do I do?

Edit conflicts happen when a user is editing a page and tries to save their edit, but another has been made whilst they were doing so. When this happens, the first edit that is published is saved, and an error will appear if you try to save yours after. Do not fear - your changes will appear in a box below the editing space, so scroll down, copy your changes, and paste them.
 * It says my edit couldn't be saved because another was published. What happened?

If you have been blocked, it is usually because the Abuse Filter has flagged your edit. If this is the case, an admin will review it and publish it, and subsequently unblock you. If you have vandalized pages, then it is unlikely you will be unblocked. During a block, you cannot edit. You can read more about blocks here or appeal a block here.
 * I have been blocked and cannot edit. Why?

Creating Pages
To create a page, you have two main options.
 * Go to Special:CreatePage
 * Search for the page you would like to create, hit return, and at the top of the search results, click on the highlighted part in the sentence

 | Creating a page unrelated to SkyBlock will instantly be deleted by staff. Repeated attempts at doing so will result in a block. To test edits, go to your sandbox page, which can be found at User:/Sandbox.

Page Protection
Page protection is when a moderator or admin protects a page so that only a certain group of people can edit it. This usually happens to high-risk pages, high-traffic pages, or when an edit war (when two or more people repeatedly editing the page with conflicting info and sometimes reverting one another's edits) takes place.

There are 3 types of protection, as can be seen below.

Edit Type
We recommend you do not edit on mobile, and instead edit on a larger screen, such as a tablet, laptop or desktop.

Visual edits may be easier for beginners but is only really useful for text edits, not edits regarding templates, tables or images.

Source edits show the source code of the page, and is much easier to edit any part of it. Although it may seem daunting at first, once you get used to it, it becomes much easier to work with. We recommend starting off by copy/pasting sections from other pages at first, to see what does what.

Images
Images are incredibly important - it's not just words that do it. Anyone can upload an image by going to Special:Upload or clicking on a broken file link. If you see a it means a file does not exist.

Please do not upload random images, and try to stick with the Hypixel SkyBlock. Images of personal accomplishements are discouraged. You can check out the image policy here.

If you want to call a file (add it to a page), use the following:. You can also define the size of the image by adding <#>px after the file suffix. A full example can be seen here: Divan's Alloy.png produces.

Templates
Templates bring pages to life. Any page you see is probably packed with templates - infoboxes, colours, history, etc. It is key to understand how these work to make pages standardized. Templates should always be added in source mode, as in visual editor it becomes too finicky and there is much less flexibility.

If you don't know how a template's input works, always check the template's documentation, which will display examples of the template in use, with the source code above, and also shows all possible parameters. Alternatively, find a page that has the template you would like to use, and copy/paste it onto the page you are working on.


 * Colours

Colours bring text to life. We offer a large range of colours, but some should only be used under certain conditions. Green should be used when referring to numbers of percentages, such as, times and. We discourage the over usage of colouring.


 * Infoboxes

The history template is added at the bottom of most pages to document the changes made to the feature over time in-game. It comes in several parts; the head, which starts the history template, followed by the header to refer to either SkyBlock Prototype or the Alpha Hypixel Server. History changes are added with. Finally, to close the history table, add at the bottom.
 * History


 * Dialogue

Dialogue is a template that recreates Minecraft text, with an indentation at the beginning. It is used for NPC speech. Minecraft colour codes (& succeded by a "code") are used to determine color and formatting.

Notifications are message boxes with pre-written text to alert the user to something, and are added at the top of a page.
 * Notifications