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Welcome to the GemStone Wiki! Formerly hosted independently at krakiipedia, the repository of the wiki contents was cloned near New Year's Day 2015 and is now officially hosted by Simutronics. Anyone who can log in to a GemStone account at play.net can also log in to gswiki. This article aims to introduce new-comers to GemStone and wiki-editing in general to gswiki.
How Do I Login?
Firstly, you need a subscription to play GemStone; if you don't have one, go sign up! After that, all you need to do is click the shiny 'Log in' in the upper right corner of your web browser pointed at the wiki. Simply enter your username and password, which hopefully you haven't left written on a slip of paper in your pants pocket for someone in your laundromat to find. It's common for wiki-engines (that'd be the program on the server doing all the heavy-lifting) to be CaSe-SeNsItIve to the user handle, so be sure you enter your user name correctly! Finally, keep in mind if you recently changed your password on play.net, you might need to wait just a little while for the new password to register with the wiki system.
How do I edit?
Although you can immediately begin editing, it might be best to brush up on the local customs first. Otherwise you might find yourself face-to-face with a grumpy old editor who'll blast all the mud off your edits and probably remind you to always keep your comments to a single paragraph and sign them with ~~~~ on a Discussion page. Always be sure to check a Discussion page before jumping right in to slaying a new article to see if they need help before attempting to unload all that wisdom you learned back on that turnip farm of yours. There might be long-standing disputes you'd rather avoid, or maybe there'll be some calls for help on specific areas. It's also a generally a good idea to check the History page of an article first to see the latest edit; someone might be busy doing a lot of cleanup work or adding content. Usually, if folks are doing that, they'll note in their edit summary to please wait for your edits. If you're hunting for articles to slay, go ahead and check out the Stubs; these are usually young articles you shouldn't find too difficult to expand and improve.