civ14/Wiki/src/contributing.md

Contributing to the Wiki

This wiki is hosted and deployed on GitHub from the main Civ14 repository. To contribute, you will need to do it through there. Check below for guidance according to your skill level:

I am barely sentient

1. Access the Civ14 repository here. Create a GitHub account if you haven't already. Then, press the Fork button on the top right. this will create a copy of the game files on your account.

   

2. Go to your repositories, open Civ14, and open the Wiki folder. You will see a bunch of .md files. Edit them through GitHub. Use markdown.

   

3. When done, create a pull request on your repository to the Civ14 repository. You will figure this out.

   If this still sounds too complicated, you are probably not qualified enough to write a wiki article anyway.
   

I understand GitHub

1. Fork the Civ14 repository. Go on GitHub desktop and clone your fork into your computer.
2. Open the Wiki/ folder and edit the markdown files. Create new ones if needed. Do not forget to add them to the SUMMARY.md file under the right section!
3. You can run the included mdbook.exe in the command line to preview the changes locally. Run it as ./mdbook.exe build, then open book/index.html to view. You can run ./mdbook.exe watch to enable it to automatically update while you make changes.
4. Commit and pull request to the main repository.

Best Practices

• You can add your screenshots to the images folder and reference them on the md files. You can also directly use sprites from the game by using GitHub links like https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Civ13/Civ14/refs/heads/master/Resources/Textures/<someimage.png>.

• Avoid using HTML where possible.