Help:How to contribute

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. This is the guiding principle behind this help article ;)

The wiki runs on MediaWiki, the same wiki software that powers Wikipedia and probably every other wiki you've come across on the internet. As a result, countless other people have written guides far better than we could ever hope to write about how to contribute to the wiki. So, no point in reinventing the wheel with this one!

Please try to keep in mind the specifics of how contribution will work here. None of the policies of Wikipedia or any other wiki applies here obviously, we have our own policy articles. We are not written from a neutral point of view, referencing guidelines are fairly relaxed and humour is encouraged in articles wherever possible for entertainment value to the reader. But as for syntax and the technicalities of editing, you can't get much better than what's already written.

Remember that if you're using templates such as {{templatenamehere}}, a lot of them will not work unless the template has been copied over to here. Bear that in mind if something doesn't work properly :)

Formatting

Using Wikitext

You can find all the information you've ever wanted on how to use Wikitext to write articles effectively at Wikipedia.

Wikipedia help article on how to format articles using Wikitext (very recommended)

Styling of articles

You can find a far, far better crafted Manual of Style at Wikipedia than we could ever have the time or enthusiasm to write. Here it is, in all of it's glory.

Definitely feel free to ignore anything that is more related to being an encyclopedia, we are not an encyclopedia, we are a vision improvement resource, first and foremost, full of funny jokes. You will find a lot of information about how to stylise articles in a cool way there though.

EndMyopia specifics

There is an apparent consensus at the time of writing that 'EndMyopia' should be the consistent capitalisation of how the name is referenced. Please refrain from using different capitalisations when referring to EndMyopia in articles.

Using talk pages

The following are the basics:

Reply under subject headers. Indent your messages in response. Sign off your posts with your signature of ~~~~ as standard. For example, a fictional conversation between two editors you might find on the Differentials talk page:

==Difference between diffs and normalised==
Hey guys, what should be the advice given about differentials? ~~~~
:Differentials should be 1-2 diopters below your normalised prescription. We should put this in the lead section of the article. ~~~~
::Oh great, many thanks! ~~~~

Will be rendered as (with the section two heading with ==Difference between diffs and normalised== removed):

Hey guys, what should be the advice given about differentials? -NottNott (talk) 13:58, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Differentials should be 1-2 diopters below your normalised prescription. We should put this in the lead section of the article. -NottNott (talk) 13:58, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Oh great, many thanks! -NottNott (talk) 13:58, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

As you can see, using talk pages is ridiculously easy. Just remember though: anything you can do, Wikipedia can do better Click here for Wikipedia's explanation about talk pages..

Signatures

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