Help:Editing History, Service and Events/Stories

Ensure you have created an account and are logged in.

Select what you want to edit
Navigate to the page of the Ship you wish to edit by clicking Ships in the left hand bar underneath the WikiSwire logo, and then selecting the appropriate Ship.

Locate the relevant area you wish to edit, either History, Service or Events/Stories, and click the [edit] link located on the right end of the dividing line underneath the corresponding area.

Edit the details of the ship
You are taken to the edit page, where you can modify the text in the textbox (be careful not to delete the first line which contains the title of the section e.g ).

See the Style Guide for tips on how to format your text.

Preview your edit
Before saving your changes, you can preview the modification by clicking the Preview tab, which is the middle tab underneath the title of the page.

By clicking the Changes tab, you are able to see the changes you have made to the text (on the right hand side) compared with the current, unedited version (on the left).

Save your edit
Before saving the page, enter a short description of what you have done in the summary box for future reference for the page, and administrators.

Click Save page to save the edits.

Once you have edited these sections you may want to edit the infobox on the right hand side of the page.