GuildWiki:Frequently asked questions

This article chronicles questions that people frequently on the GuildWiki.

"What if my question is not answered here?"
If you're certain that the question you want to ask is not answered on this page then you can ask new questions at the contact an administrator page. If your question is specific to a certain article, please ask on that article's talk page by clicking the "discussion" tab at the top of that article, then the "+" tab at the top of the talk page.

"I found a bug in Guild Wars."
The GuildWiki is a Guild Wars fansite. We are not part of Guild Wars, and we are not run by ArenaNet, the people who created Guild Wars. If you have any in-game issues, we cannot help you. Please check the Guild Wars support site for assistance.

"How do I submit my own build?"
Please read through the links at the bottom of the builds article. They will explain how to create a new builds article and the build vetting process.

"How do I make a new article?"
Type the name of it in the address bar. For example, if you wanted a new article called "Foo", you would navigate to http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Foo. There will be a link named "start the Foo article" there.

"Someone vandalized (some article). Please fix it!"
You can fix inaccuracies of an article yourself using the "edit" tab at the top of the article. Alternatively, you can also post on the "talk" page for that article, via the "discussion" tab, to discuss things related to that article. If you later find someone reverted your change, please don't simply change it back again but leave a note about it on the article's talk page. Check to see if someone else already commented about it.

Fixing vandalism is more complex. You can always just use the talk page as just described to point out that someone vandalized the article, but to do it yourself, follow this procedure:


 * 1) Click the "history" tab at the top of an article.  This bring up a listing of the history of an article, containing an edit-by-edit list of all changes made.
 * 2) Click the date of a revision that does not contain the vandalism.
 * 3) Click on "edit" while viewing that version of the article.
 * 4) Fill in the edit summary with something that indicates that you're fixing vandalism, such as "reverting vandalism" or "rvv."
 * 5) Click save.

"What do all these brackets, apostrophes, equal signs, and colons mean when I'm editing an article or talk page?"
They're how text is formatted on a wiki. See the editing guide.