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Welcome to the Help desk! This is a place to ask questions about BNEwiki and get help with editing problems. We mostly answer questions from newcomers, but veterans are welcome too. Remember to check this page again (how about a bookmark?) to see whether there have been any replies. In addition, if you are a newcomer and feel like you will need an extended period of help, try posting at clueless newbies (don't take the title too seriously, after all, we were all once clueless newbies!). If you prefer to ask questions on a mailing list, please see the Help desk mailing list.
Archived questions are kept in the help desk archives.
How to ask a question
- First, see if your question has been answered already. Common questions such as how do I enter a new page and what is a Category are answered in BNEwiki:FAQ.
- Please give questions a meaningful title so you'll be more likely to get a meaningful answer.
- Be specific and clarify your question, describing specifically what you'd like answered.
- Please sign your question. If you have an account on BNEwiki, type
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- Please check back for updates occasionally. A complete answer may be developed over a period of days.
- To continue a question, edit your question section (by clicking the [edit] link on right side of its header line). Please do not start multiple sections about the same topic.
- Please remember that readers of all ages visit this page.
- Please avoid using all capital letters; not only do they make a question harder to read, but they are often interpreted as impolite or shouting.
- Questions will be answered by humans, not by a computer. This page is not a search engine.
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How to answer a question
- Please be thorough, providing as much of the answer as you are able.
- Be concise, not terse. Please write in a clear and easily understood manner. Keep your answer within the scope of the question as stated.
- Link to page on BNEwiki which may have further information relevant to the question.
- The Help desk is not a soapbox. If you wish to argue a particular viewpoint, please do so on an appropriate talk page.
