LyricWiki:Helpcenter
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To find the answer, click the fitting!
Our Helpcenter is a new page trying to bundle the links to all helppages in a similar way like our helppages overview, but it uses the click-the-fitting system to determine your specific problem and then redirects you to the page where the solution is found.
Click on the answer fitting best. The relevant section is always the one at the top border of the screen.
Step 1
You have got a problem or had an issue when using LyricWiki. What were you trying to do when the problem occurred?
Step 2
Contributing
So you were trying to contribute to LyricWiki. Does the problem concern contributing in general or is it connected to a specific pagetype?- I have got a problem with any kind of contributing in general
- My problem concerns a specific page or pagetype
Reading
So the problem occured when you wanted to use LyricWiki passively. What causes the problem?- I am trying to find a page containing something I need
- I am viewing a page, but it obviously contains a bug
Step 3
General
You have got a general question or problem concerning your contributions. What kind of contribution do you mean, or at which step does the problem occur?Specific
Okay, the question concerns a specific page or pagetype. What type of page is it?- An artist-, album- or songpage or any other contentpage
- A user-, talk-, project- or specialpage
- Templates
Find
You could not find a page. What is the reason?- I know what content the page should have, but I don't know its name
- I know the page's name, but the page doesn't show up
View
You were trying to view a page, when the problem occured. What was the problem?Step 4
Edit
- Why can't I edit a page?
- Why aren't my edits saved?
- Why have my edits been reverted?
- The page looks weird after I edited it, what went wrong?
- Why does the page I edited appear in a category I did not apply?
- How can I rename a page?
- Where can I delete a page?
- How should a page be formatted?
Save
- Why aren't my edits saved?
- Why is saving my edits blocked by the spam filter?
- How can I rename the page I just saved?
Move
- Why can't move pages?
- How can I move a protected page?
- How can I move a file?
Content
- How do I add a page?
- Is that page named correctly?
- What has to be on the page?
- Why is there some text even on new pages?
Noncontent
- What is that page for?
- How do I use that specialpage?
- Why does a page show up on that specialpage?
Template
- Plaintext or template?
- How do I find the fitting template?
- How are templates used in general?
- How do I use a specific template?
- Can I change something in a template?
Name
- What helppage do I need?
- Where can I find...?
- How would a page containing ... likely be named?
Search
- I created a page but I can't find it anymore, where is it?
- I can't find the artist/album/song, where is it?
- Is there another way to search for content than the searchbar?
Typo
- May I correct typos in any song?
- How should a page be formatted?
Bug
- The external links only open a search, is that correct?
- The external links are dead, what now?
- Why are some links red, and some others blue?
- The page looks weird, is the layout correct?
- Where can I report bugs?
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