Tardis:Help

Welcome to the TARDIS Index File, the Doctor Who Wiki! We have have several help pages to help you with various tasks on this wiki. See also Wikia Help; many of the answers provided there are also applicable to this wiki site.

Getting started
The following are tutorials on some of the most basic aspects of editing articles of wiki editing in general:


 * How to log in
 * How to edit a page
 * How to start a new page

Going deeper
These tutorials examine some more advanced topics, with special emphasis on things specific to this particular wiki. All editors, regardless of their familiarity with wiki editing, are encouraged to read these articles.


 * How to use preloadable formats
 * How to use Wiki markup
 * How to use magic words
 * What's a namespace?
 * How to create and submit a background image

Policies, guidelines and information for contributors

 * Manual of Style
 * Layout guides

Information for contributors

 * What the TARDIS Index File is not
 * Point of view
 * Copyrights
 * Copyright tags
 * List of prefixes
 * Recent changes - List of edits made to this wiki.
 * Resources
 * Templates

Policies

 * Canon policy
 * Deletion policy
 * Disambiguation policy
 * Discussion policy
 * Editing policy
 * Image use policy
 * No personal attacks
 * Protection policy
 * Spoiler policy
 * Username policy
 * User page policy
 * User image policy
 * User rights
 * Vandalism policy and Blocking policy
 * Video policy
 * Plagiarism

Index lists

 * Publication Index List
 * Audio Index List
 * Broadcast and Video Index List

Spoiler free

 * Forum index
 * Reference Desk - Question-and-answer forum about narrative or behind-the-scenes elements. Our version of the Doctor Who Answers wiki.
 * Panopticon - Policy and procedure relating to the maintenance and development of the TARDIS Index File, the Doctor Who Wiki.
 * Discontinuity index - A collection of discussions specifically related to the discontinuous narrative elements in individual stories. Got a plot hole?  This is the place for you.

Spoilers allowed

 * The Howling - A place to freely discuss and speculate, without having to worry about the restrictions of our spoiler policy.

Getting involved

 * To Do Lists
 * Quote of the Week policy and Quote of the Week nominations
 * Current projects
 * Feature Article policy and Feature Article nominations