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Below is a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) about Gemini Station Wiki or wikis in general. Not all questions can be included here, so feel free to ask any questions on this article's talk page by clicking here.

General FAQs

What is a wiki?

A wiki is a website that anyone can edit. To let yourself and others enjoy this site to the fullest, please research the facts before posting anything on one. Most wikis are open to the general public without the need to register any user account, but not for this wiki. For more information on wikis, check out Wikipedia's wiki article.

A wiki? For Gemini Station?

Yes. Everything on this site (or wiki) is entirely Gemini Station-related. We've got Attribute pages, Mission pages, general user guides, and much more. And the best thing about this wiki is that anyone can edit, including you!

How do I edit?

Help:Editing is a good place to start learning with the default editor. If you feel ready to dive into source mode, Wikipedia provides excellent documentation for Wiki markup; while this site is not Wikipedia, it shares the same markup software (MediaWiki). Anything that you'll need to know for basic editing is exactly the same here as it is on Wikipedia, so its guides will prove useful. If you still need help, don't hesitate to ask any experienced user.

What's with the differently colored links?

There are four different coloured links.

• Blue links are internal links. They link to other pages on the wiki.
• Purple links are visited links. If an internal link has been visited before, then it will become purple.
• Red links are pages that have not been created.
• Light blue links are external links They link to pages on sites outside the wiki.

What do the numbers mean in the recent changes?

Numbers can be seen in the recent changes after the time an edit was made. This number indicates the net change of bytes made by the edit on the article. In most cases, 1 character in the wikisource is equivalent to 1 byte, but certain characters (namely unicode) may be larger. If the number is red, then characters were removed. If the number is green, then characters were added. If the number is in bold, it means that the magnitude of the change was greater than 500 bytes, possibly indicating that it is a major revision to the article.

For example:

01:23

GeminiStation:Frequently asked questions (diff; hist) . . (+1,000) . . User (Talk | contribs)

would indicate 1,000 characters were added to this article by a user named User, whereas:

01:23

GeminiStation:Frequently asked questions (diff; hist) . . (-1,000) . . User (Talk | contribs)

would indicate 1,000 characters were removed from this article by a user named User.

Why do users have different colours?

In the recent changes, there are certain users with their usernames highlighted. The colours show the technical tools and abilities these users have. For a list of different access types, see Administrators.

• Bot accounts are used for automated edits and to perform various maintenance tasks. They can also be administrators.
• Registered users can edit pages, move pages and upload files. Registered editors older than 4 days can also edit semi-protected pages. Registered users might also be a part of the custodian usergroup or have access to the rollback tool.
• Red links indicate any of the above users who have not created a user page.
• IP addresses indicate an unregistered contributor.

Note: Not all browsers (i.e. Internet Explorer 6) may show the different coloured names. In such a case, all names will appear blue.

Who owns this site? Who is the site leader?

Noresist owns the servers that runs this site and is maintained/developed by Banri. For a full list of individuals who have helped to write any given page, click on the "history" button from the edit button drop down list.