Birdhouse:Welcome

Welcome to the freak show. Here's how you can get started editing!

First, you need to request an account. You only need to fill out the username and email, everything else on the form is there by default and Owls doesn't care enough to change it. Once you request your account and xe approves it, you're all set!

Creating pages

In order to create a page, either click a link that doesn't have a page yet, or type your desired title in the search bar and it'll prompt you to make a new page. Then get writing! If the default editor looks a little broken, switch to the source editor instead.

Remember to link pages together— if you mention someone's character in another page, put it in a [[link]]! Even when there isn't an existing page for what you're linking to, if it seems important enough that it might warrant a page eventually, link it!

There are templates available for certain subjects. You don't have to use them, you can add to them, go wild. They're there for inspiration.

Copy & paste the blue text from a template into your new page:

• Template:Character
• Template:Location (Builds, areas, etc.)

If the page you're making is meta-related about the server or the wiki, create it in the "Birdhouse" namespace by prefixing the page name with "Birdhouse:" as seen in the modlist or character blogs.

Adding categories

To assign a page to a category, add [[Category:NAME]] to the end of the page, replacing "NAME" with the category. This helps the wiki stay organized and allows for things like seeing everyone's characters at once! You can add as many categories as you want to a page. If you type a category that doesn't exist yet, doing this will make a new one!

Here's some that you might want to add to a page:

• Category:Characters - for your tuoys
• Category:Locations - things in the world that aren't builds, like Spawn or Shitty Pillar
• Category:Builds - singular buildings that may or may not be part of a larger area, like Lou's Cafe
• Category:Events - shit that happens
• Category:Items - lore-relevant items, like Key Clock

Adding images

You can upload images on this page, or through the "upload file" link on the sidebar. There, you'll also find instructions on how to include them in pages.

When choosing the filename, try to keep it descriptive of what's in the image. Don't keep it as the default screenshot filename where it's just the date.

TVTropes

If you want to add TVTropes to something, you have to create a page in the "Tropes" namespace. All this means is that you type "Tropes:NAME" in the search bar, replacing "NAME" with the page's title. Eventually Owls will make a way to link pages automatically, but for now you can point to the tropes counterpart of a page with the link [[Tropes:NAME]]

Then use the Template:Tropes to fill out the page!