Welcome, Phoenix Rider/welcome!

Caped Mario holding a Cape Feather while he is mounted on Yoshi, from Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2.

Welcome to the Super Mario Wiki!, a collaborative knowledge-base dedicated to the complete Mario series. I am Phoenix Rider and we're glad to have you on board. If you have any questions, just post it on the FAQ talk page or ask an experienced member or one of the Sysops.

The following articles contain guidance and information about reading, authoring, and participating in the Super Mario Wiki community. If this is your first time visiting, consider reading our Introduction to help you start out.

Getting started

Specific Help

  • Article – Help creating, expanding, improving an article
  • Chat – Information on using the MarioWiki Chatroom
  • Color codes – Help translating colors to hexadecimal
  • Communication – How to handle and use talk pages
  • CSS – Help creating an unique monobook.css file for each user
  • Format – Help formatting text
  • Gallery – Help creating a picture gallery
  • Glossary – Help understanding terms used on the wiki
  • Icon – Help adding an icon
  • Image – Help putting an image on a page
  • License – Help selecting the license for uploaded media
  • Link – Help creating a link
  • List – Help creating a list
  • Media – Image, audio, and video information
  • Signature – Help creating a signature
  • Table – Help creating a table
  • Template – Help creating and using a template
  • User preferences – Help with your preferences
  • Userbox – Help creating a userbox
  • Vandalism – Help stopping a vandal
  • YouTube – Help embedding YouTube videos for your userpage only

Categories

You are welcome to browse through the following categories:

  • [[::Category:Help|Category:Help]]
  • [[::Category:MarioWiki policies|Category:MarioWiki policies]]
  • [[::Category:Writing guidelines|Category:Writing guidelines]]

External Resources

Things you can do

As you can see, we have a lot to offer you, but don't get alarmed and overwhelmed. At first, you may not want to try and take on too much at once. Be sure you can handle tasks you are given. A good way to start out is to hit the Random page link on the left and fixing any mistakes you may see. As you become familiar with the internal workings of this wiki, you can start to take on bigger projects. However, these are merely suggestions -- feel free to help however you would like!

Feel free to delete this message when you're done reading it. After all, your user space belongs to you. I hope this information is helpful, and that you'll have a great experience contributing to our knowledge-base and our community. If you have any questions, leave me a message on my talk page and I will try to help as best I can. I hope you enjoy your time here, and most importantly, have fun with it!

All the best,
Phoenix