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The ''Lexicanum'' is a free encyclopaedia containing information related to [[Warhammer 40,000]] and other game settings created by [[Games Workshop]] and its subsidiaries. The following articles provide information about using and contributing to the ''Lexicanum''.
 
The ''Lexicanum'' is a free encyclopaedia containing information related to [[Warhammer 40,000]] and other game settings created by [[Games Workshop]] and its subsidiaries. The following articles provide information about using and contributing to the ''Lexicanum''.
 
==Quick reference guide==
 
  
 
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*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:User buttons|User buttons]] - Overview of the user buttons in the top right of the page
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*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:User buttons|User buttons]] - Overview of the user buttons at the top right of the page
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:User page|User pages]] - How to use the user pages
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:User page|User pages]] - How to use the user pages
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Preferences|Preferences]] - How to use the preferences page
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Preferences|Preferences]] - How to use the preferences page
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**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Gallery of new files|Gallery of new images]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Gallery of new files|Gallery of new images]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Immaterium|The Immaterium]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Immaterium|The Immaterium]]
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Logs|Import log]]
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*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Import pages|Import pages]]
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**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Logs|Import log]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Page information|Technical information about a page]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Page information|Technical information about a page]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Interlexicanum|Interlexicanum]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Interlexicanum|Interlexicanum]]
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**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Pages with the most categories|List of pages with biggest number of categories]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Pages with the most categories|List of pages with biggest number of categories]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Most transcluded pages|List of most used templates]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Most transcluded pages|List of most used templates]]
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*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Login / create account|Login / create account]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Logs|Logs]]:
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Logs|Logs]]:
 
**''all public logs''
 
**''all public logs''
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===M===
 
===M===
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*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Mass delete|Mass delete]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Media reports and uploads|Media reports and uploads]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Media reports and uploads|Media reports and uploads]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Media statistics|Media statistics]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Media statistics|Media statistics]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Version|Mediawiki version]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Version|Mediawiki version]]
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Logs|Merge log]]
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*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Merge page histories|Merge page histories]]
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**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Logs|Merge log]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:MIME search|MIME search]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:MIME search|MIME search]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Watchlist|Monitoring changes to specific pages]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Watchlist|Monitoring changes to specific pages]]
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*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Navigation|Navigation]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Navigation|Navigation]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Behaviour guidelines|Netiquette]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Behaviour guidelines|Netiquette]]
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*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Mass delete|Nuke]]
  
 
===O===
 
===O===
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*Pages:
 
*Pages:
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Compare pages|Compare two different pages]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Compare pages|Compare two different pages]]
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Export pages|Export pages]]
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**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Export pages|Export pages]]
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**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Import pages|Import pages]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Page information|Page information]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Page information|Page information]]
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*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:View deleted pages|Find, view and restore deleted pages]]
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**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Mass delete|Mass deletion of pages]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Pages with the most categories|Pages that use most different categories]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Pages with the most categories|Pages that use most different categories]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Pages with the most revisions|Pages with most edits]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Pages with the most revisions|Pages with most edits]]
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**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Most linked-to pages|Most linked-to pages]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Most linked-to pages|Most linked-to pages]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Random page|Random page]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Random page|Random page]]
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*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Page history|Page history]]
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**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Merge page histories|Merge page histories]]
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*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Page tools|Page tools]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Logs|Patrol log]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Logs|Patrol log]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Printable version|PDF of a page]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Printable version|PDF of a page]]
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*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:See also|"Related products" section]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:See also|"Related products" section]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Deletion policy|Removal of content]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Deletion policy|Removal of content]]
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*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:View deleted pages|Restore deleted pages]]
 
*Revisions:
 
*Revisions:
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Revision ID|Revision ID]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Revision ID|Revision ID]]
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===U===
 
===U===
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*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:View deleted pages|Undelete pages]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Upload file|Upload an image or other file]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Upload file|Upload an image or other file]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Logs|Upload log]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Logs|Upload log]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Editor|"Normal" Users]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Editor|"Normal" Users]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:User name|User name]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:User name|User name]]
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Logs|User creation log]]
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*User account:
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**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Request account|Request account]]
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**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Log in|Log into account]]
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**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Create account|Create account]] (only for [[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Administrator|Administrators]] and [[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Bureaucrat|Bureaucrats]])
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**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Logs|User creation log]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Logs|User rights log]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Logs|User rights log]]
  
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===To overhaul/ rewrite/ create/ fuse/ delete===
 
===To overhaul/ rewrite/ create/ fuse/ delete===
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*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Quarantine|Quarantine]]
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*writing guide: tenses
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*needed: specific template for files that were uploaded without a sufficient source
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*needed: template to replace broken sources as in offline webpages: [[:Template:Replace citation]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Internet Archive|Internet Archive]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Internet Archive|Internet Archive]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Bots|Bots]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Bots|Bots]]
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**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:User list|User list]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:User list|User list]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:User rights|User rights]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:User rights|User rights]]
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Redirecting special pages|Redirecting special pages]]:
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**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Differences|Differences]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:External links search|External links search]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Permanent link|Permanent link]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Random page|Random page]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Random page in category|Random page in category]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Random redirect|Random redirect]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Random root page|Random root page]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Redirect by file, user, page, revision, or log ID|Redirect by file, user, page, revision, or log ID]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:High use pages|High use pages]]:
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Most linked-to categories|Most linked-to categories]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Most linked-to files|Most linked-to files]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Most linked-to pages|Most linked-to pages]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Most transcluded pages|Most transcluded pages]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Pages with the most categories|Pages with the most categories]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Pages with the most interwikis|Pages with the most interwikis]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Pages with the most revisions|Pages with the most revisions]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Page tools|Page tools]]:
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Change content model of a page|Change content model of a page]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Compare pages|Compare pages]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Export pages|Export pages]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Import pages|Import pages]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Mass delete|Mass delete]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Merge page histories|Merge page histories]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:View deleted pages|View deleted pages]]
 
**[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:What links here|What links here]]
 
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Page history|Page history]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Page history|Page history]]
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Page tools|Page tools]]
 
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Special pages|Special pages]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Special pages|Special pages]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Main page|Main page]]
 
*[[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Main page|Main page]]
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*upper and lower case problem/capitalization - [[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Spelling and grammar]]
 
*upper and lower case problem/capitalization - [[Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Spelling and grammar]]
 
*where to include the thing about how names are sorted by their last names into categories?
 
*where to include the thing about how names are sorted by their last names into categories?
*Page move
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*Page move - don't forget to point out "Merge histories"
 
*Internet Archive
 
*Internet Archive
 
*Sources '''section'''
 
*Sources '''section'''
 
*Quotes section
 
*Quotes section
 
*Immaterium
 
*Immaterium
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*include explicit info that user accounts cannot be deleted due to restrictictions in Mediawiki, only inactivated by blocking
 
*elaborate on the difference between "lore" and product pages
 
*elaborate on the difference between "lore" and product pages
 
*[[Useful_Links]] and [[:Category:Websites_and_Forums]]
 
*[[Useful_Links]] and [[:Category:Websites_and_Forums]]
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*[[:Template:Delete]]
 
*[[:Template:Delete]]
 
*[[:Template:NoExtrapolation]]
 
*[[:Template:NoExtrapolation]]
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==Other things to do==
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*reorganization of Galactic map images by segmentae
  
 
[[Category:Lexicanum Help|Help]]
 
[[Category:Lexicanum Help|Help]]
 
[[de:Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Hilfe]]
 
[[de:Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Hilfe]]
 
[[fr:Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Aide]]
 
[[fr:Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum:Aide]]

Revision as of 12:29, 14 March 2021

The Lexicanum is a free encyclopaedia containing information related to Warhammer 40,000 and other game settings created by Games Workshop and its subsidiaries. The following articles provide information about using and contributing to the Lexicanum.

Practice and learn here: The Immaterium
Lexicanum Interface Article writing Images

Users

Alphabetical quick reference guide

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

To do

  • Alphabetical quick reference guide
  • Check and list special pages, attention to what pages are available to which user group

Other

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Please consider this before you edit this text!

To include somewhere

Overhauled:

To overhaul/ rewrite/ create/ fuse/ delete

Items to include somewhere

Items for SPECIAL attention

Checked templates to include

Templates to check/ overhaul

Other things to do

  • reorganization of Galactic map images by segmentae