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==Users==
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Did you know that you can help PidgiWiki? Regardless of your knowledge or financial situations, there are ways you can help PidgiWiki that benefit you!
<big>Scour the web and find the best quality video game artwork available!</big>
 
*Create categories for each character. You can see wanted categories [[Special:WantedCategories|here]].
 
**For Pokémon categories copy and paste this into the needed category:"<code><nowiki>The following are artwork of [[bp:{{subst:BASEPAGENAME}}|{{subst:BASEPAGENAME}}]].[[Category:Pokémon]]
 
</nowiki></code>"
 
**Don't recreate deleted pages without an admin's permission; they're probably gone for a reason.
 
**Correctly categorize files that have incorrect categories, i.e. if Pikachu artwork is categorized in the Bulbasaur category.
 
**Remove Flight categories from files if present. Flight is a deprecated categorization system, so delete any instances of it.
 
**If from Pokémon, add the generation the file originates from, i.e. <code><nowiki>[[Category:Generation IV]]</nowiki></code> for <code>Pachirisu</code>.
 
*Upload higher quality images of any currently uploaded images if possible.
 
*Somehow convert files in the [[Category:De-CMYK|De-CMYK]] category to RGB.
 
  
==Trainers==
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== Contributing ==
*Delete any unneeded pages.
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The core of PidgiWiki is contributing! Built on the same [[wp:wiki|wiki]] principle as Wikipedia (and even using the same software), PidgiWiki is community-driven. That mean you can upload, categorize, and move files, and even join in the discussion on PidgiWiki projects and policies, among others.
**Delete any [[Special:BrokenRedirects|broken]] or [[Special:DoubleRedirects|double]] redirects.
 
*Move files to correct name.
 
==Administrators==
 
*<big><big>Convert and upload images from the Dropbox folder.</big></big>
 
**(If you don't know what this is, or don't have access, contact [[User talk:immewnity|immewnity]].)
 
*Delete any [[Special:BrokenRedirects|broken]] or [[Special:DoubleRedirects|double]] redirects.
 
*Move files to correct name.
 
*Add [[Template:Src]] to the images from major sites and that were kindly donated.
 
  
==immewnity (the webmaster; just so you know what's going on in his head)==
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== Fundraising ==
*Transfer files from "server" computer, "old" computer, and the netbook.
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PidgiWiki has started a Patreon to help us cover server costs (and keep PidgiWiki ad-free), obtain artwork discs, and purchase additional assets. You can find the campaign at http://www.patreon.com/pidgiwiki . Every bit helps!
*"Revive" {{U|PidgiBot}}.
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== Selling ==
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We buy, thanks to the funds raised through our Patreon! If you're in possession of any press kits, artwork CDs, or in some cases even print materials that could help PidgiWiki, send a message to [[User talk:immewnity|immewnity]]. We might very well be searching for something you have!

Latest revision as of 00:55, 30 July 2020

Did you know that you can help PidgiWiki? Regardless of your knowledge or financial situations, there are ways you can help PidgiWiki that benefit you!

Contributing

The core of PidgiWiki is contributing! Built on the same wiki principle as Wikipedia (and even using the same software), PidgiWiki is community-driven. That mean you can upload, categorize, and move files, and even join in the discussion on PidgiWiki projects and policies, among others.

Fundraising

PidgiWiki has started a Patreon to help us cover server costs (and keep PidgiWiki ad-free), obtain artwork discs, and purchase additional assets. You can find the campaign at http://www.patreon.com/pidgiwiki . Every bit helps!

Selling

We buy, thanks to the funds raised through our Patreon! If you're in possession of any press kits, artwork CDs, or in some cases even print materials that could help PidgiWiki, send a message to immewnity. We might very well be searching for something you have!

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