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'''Team Fortress Wiki''', formerly and founded as '''TF2 Wiki''', was created by [[User:Nos|Nos]] in October 2007. Its goal is to provide ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' players with information that they will find useful to further their understanding of the game.

In June 2010, the wiki and its content was moved to a new server hosted by Valve and became the official Team Fortress Wiki, covering everything related to ''Team Fortress 2'' and its older siblings – ''[[Team Fortress Classic]]'' and ''[[Quake Team Fortress]]''. 

==== What is a wiki? ====
See Wikipedia's article on the definition of a "{{w|wiki}}".

:''A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include community websites, corporate intranets, knowledge management systems, and note services. The software can also be used for personal notetaking.''

== How to get started and where to find things ==
* Those links on the left under "Navigation" are the way to find your way around the site.
* First check out the [[Main Page]]. It tells you what's new and has useful links.
* Try the search box! It is quite useful, though you can always search within the wiki using Google. 
* If you are bored you can always check out [[Special:Random|a random page]]!

== How to edit ==
This is a wiki, a cooperative and informative website that ''anyone'' can edit to make it better.

To edit a page you have to first [{{fullurl:Special:Userlogin|returnto={{FULLPAGENAMEE}}}} sign in], or if you haven't created an account yet, [{{fullurl:Special:Userlogin|type=signup}} create one].

The Team Fortress Wiki, like Wikipedia, utilizes the wiki markup to format a page. For example, entering any text between two equal signs creates a title. Wikipedia has a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Cheatsheet|cheat sheet]] designed to help newcomers. You should also check out the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Tutorial|tutorial]] for the very basics.

We also have a [[Help:Style guide|Manual of Style]] which you should follow. It has guidelines on the way you should format pages.

=== Resources ===
;Wiki markup
* [[Help:Editing]]
* {{w|Wikipedia:Cheatsheet|Cheatsheet}} on Wikipedia
* Editing {{w|Wikipedia:Tutorial|tutorial}} on Wikipedia

;Translation
* [[Help:Language translation]]

;Other
* [[Help:Contents]]
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Help:Contents] on Meta-Wiki

== Where to get help ==
* [irc://irc.freenode.net/tfwiki #tfwiki] IRC channel ([[Team Fortress Wiki:IRC|how to connect]])
* [[Team Fortress Wiki:Discussion]] &ndash; our main discussion page

== Who are the people in charge? ==
This site is operated by volunteers from the ''Team Fortress 2'' community. Valve's direct involvement in the day-to-day running of the site is minimal, apart from a [[Team Fortress Wiki:Terms of Use|terms of use]] policy which all contributors must adhere to.

See [[Help:Group rights|Group rights]] for a complete list of users with elevated privileges.

== Site statistics == 
These are just a few pages listing facts and statistics about this site:

* [[Special:Mostrevisions|Most edited]]
* [[Special:Fewestrevisions|Least edited]]
* [[Special:Mostlinked|Most linked]]
* [[Special:Statistics|Or see even more here.]]

== Trivia ==
* The Team Fortress Wiki became an official Valve wiki on June 30, 2010 as part of the unofficial [[Valve Wiki Network]]. <ref>[http://www.tf2.com/post.php?id=4009 TF2 Official Blog- Listen!] </ref> 
* Formerly, entering the Konami Code (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, enter) on your keyboard anywhere on the wiki would trigger an Easter egg where a BLU Spy saps the wiki logo at the top of the sidebar to the left.
** This feature is currently broken.

== See also ==
* [[Team Fortress 2]]
* [[Team Fortress Classic]]
* [[Team Fortress Wiki:IRC|Team Fortress Wiki IRC]]
* [[Team_Fortress_Wiki:Wiki_Birthday|Team Fortress Wiki Birthday]]
* [[Wiki Cap]]

== Note ==
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