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Line 1: This page includes help and tips for editing wiki articles. {{Ambox\|type=content\|text='''If you get an error message while saving your edits, do not refresh the page.''' </br>Just press the back button in your browser and try again. Your changes will not be lost unless you refresh the page.}} == ~~Visual/source editor~~Editors == To edit an article, just click the '''Edit''' link in the top-right of the page. This will take you to the edit page where you can use one of two editors: * '''Visual Editor''' – The visual editor lets you type on the page and see how it will look when the page is published. This is converted to wiki text behind the scenes. Visual Editor is recommended if you aren’t familiar with editing wikis. Line 11: == Section titles == When creating new sections on a page, use sentence case for the title unless it is a proper noun. : ~~e.g.~~'''Example''': {{Color\|limegreen\|~~Article/section~~Section titles}} is correct, but {{Color\|red\|~~Article/~~Section Titles}} is not. ~~: Titles like {{color\|limegreen\|Moonlight Rendezvous}} or {{Color\|limegreen\|Freecam Mod}} are fine because they are proper nouns~~ == ~~Image guidelines~~Images == {{See also\|Help:Contributing/Rules and content policy#Image guidelines}} ~~When uploading images, please follow these guidelines:~~ * '''The preferred file type is PNG.''' Only upload JPEG images if the only available file is a JPEG and there is no alternative. Do not try and convert JPEG images to PNG. * '''For in-game screenshots, capture the screenshot at the native resolution.''' This can be done by setting your PCSX2 resolution to native and capturing the screenshot through PCSX2 directly. ** If you only have a screenshot that is non-native resolution and you are unable to take a new one, you can still upload it if it is a PNG. Just put {{Tlc\|Replace image\|Not native resolution}} in the image description and someone will eventually come along to replace it. * '''Use descriptive files names''', eg. {{color\|limegreen\|Sly 1 May proto debug menu.png}} instead of {{color\|red\|SCREENSHOT_202207050937.PNG}}. ~~=== How to upload images ===~~ To upload images (or any other kind of file), go to the page [[Special:Upload]] or click the ''Upload file'' link in the sidebar. From there you can select a file, give it a name and description. If you can improve the wiki by adding an image, please do so! When in doubt, an image will need to be replaced is better than no image if it will improve the article. == YouTube videos == To add a YouTube video to an article, switch to the source editor and insert the following: <pre><youtube width="600">y5LBIdvnAJM</youtube></pre> Replace <code>y5LBIdvnAJM</code> with the YouTube video ID, '''not''' the URL. The video ID will be in the URL immediately after the <code>?v=</code>. : '''Example''': if the URL is <code>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ</code>, the video ID is <code>dQw4w9WgXcQ</code> == Citing Sources ==