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Welcome to Coasterpedia! This website is a collaborative amusement ride encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
Editing
Getting started
- Looking to start editing? Read this guide on making a simple edit
- For style guidelines which apply to all articles, see the Manual of Style
The VisualEditor is designed to be easy to learn, so feel free to dive in! Don't worry about making a mistake, as it's easily reverted. Alternatively, read the Editing help pages. Experienced users will find using the source editor quicker most of the time. You can edit any page or just view the source code with the "Edit source" button.
Further tools
- How to use categories
- How to cite your sources
- Create an article
Images
- Most images on Coasterpedia are sorted and may be browsed at Category:Images
- For help on including images in articles, see VisualEditor help or Source code instructions
- To upload logos or photographs, including your own, use Special:UploadWizard
All images have to be uploaded to Coasterpedia before being incorporated into articles. They are stored in the "File" namespace, or in other words all image names begin with "File:".
User accounts
To get the most out of Coasterpedia, creating an account is recommended.
- Information on Customising your own user page
- Accounts can be renamed on request, at an administrator's discretion. Please get in touch to make a request.
- Information on skins
Further help
- How to move a page
- How to nominate a page for deletion
- Help creating disambiguation pages
MediaWiki, the software used by Coasterpedia, has help pages with information that will help when editing any wiki which uses the MediaWiki software. Alternatively, you can ask an administrator or join our Discord channel.