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For support with the FlightGear flight simulator, see the user portal or browse the troubleshooting category.
Here are some help pages that might be useful when editing the wiki. Most of them are technical, regarding the use of the MediaWiki software itself; for a smoother introduction check the first three.
Reading
- Help:Main navigation elements – Navigation elements available on every wiki page
- Help:Tracking changes – Various ways to follow changes to the wiki and its pages
- Help:Namespaces – The various types of pages on the wiki
- Help:Glossary – Wiki terminology
Editing
- Help:Discussion pages – What discussion pages are and how to use them
- Help:Your first article – Where else would you start from?
- Help:Upload – A small guideline to image uploading
- Help:Maintenance – An overview of the maintenance work you can do in FlightGear wiki, and how.
Advanced editing
- Help:Formatting – A reference you'll keep open in a tab during your first edits.
- Help:Tables – They deserve a separate page from the above one.
- Help:Templates – These powerful tools can get complicated when you dig in.
- Help:Translate – Translation can be done by everyone!
- Help:Categories – explains how to handle them
- MediaWiki Help – Official help page from the MediaWiki project
Technical problems and requests
For requests or technical problems with the wiki/server, contact hellosimon at gmail com.