NeoDex:About

The NeoDex is an online encyclopaedia filled with articles about Neopets, the online virtual pet simulation game popular around the world. The NeoDex uses Wikipedia's MetaWiki software to empower any visitors with the ability to edit pages to help build comprehensive articles - everyone is an editor of the NeoDex..

Ever since the NeoDex's creation on August 17, 2005, it has aimed to become the most in-depth, comprehensive, and articulate repository of Neopets information on the Internet.

How can I help?

There are several ways you can help expand the NeoDex, the most basic of which is correcting spelling and grammar errors. But know there are no limits to what and how much you can edit (unless an article is protected). You are encouraged to be bold and add data in as large quantities as you can, collaborating with other users in our goal.

You do not need to fear accidentally damaging NeoDex when you add or improve information, as other users are always around to revise or to advise on errors. Reversion of editorial errors is easy to perform, both by regular editors and sysops should anything go wrong.

To learn more about wikicode - the syntax of coding used when editing articles to create bold or italic text, to insert images, etc - you may wish to read the MediaWiki User's Guide. Further information - about wikicode, wiki-related concepts, and the NeoDex - can be found in the NeoDex's Help section, that is always available from the menu.

To experiment with wikicode, try using the sandbox. If you are looking to find some articles marked as being in need of some improvement, you can visit the Under Construction category.

Are there rules to follow?

There are few formal regulations, but there are more unspoken rules of decency and etiquette which all users are expected to follow. As Neopets has a large children audience, use of obscene or defamatory language is prohibited. Vandalising an article - by removing large amounts of appropriate content or adding in excessive irrelevant gibberish - is also frowned upon, and hurts the community that works hard to create the articles contained here. Verbal assaults or libellous comments directed at editors or members of the community are strictly prohibited.

Content added to articles of the NeoDex should be relevant to the subject matter and to Neopets. Articles should try and maintain an authoritative, formal tone and neutral point of view.

If necessary, editors can be blocked from editing the NeoDex by sysops for extreme behaviour - such as repeated spamming or vandalism - should it be deemed necessary. Do not let this put you off contributing in a good manner, as sysops take into account whether an inappropriate act is likely to be caused accidentally.

For a quick understanding of some of these rules, read Wikipedia's Wikiquette section, which covers a lot of information on what is and isn't acceptable on a wiki. While some of the suggestions offered are relevant only to Wikipedia, many of them apply to any wiki and should be taken to heart.

Further Information

Further information about the current goals or happenings of the NeoDex can be found at the Community Portal. Talk pages (the 'discussion' link at the top of an ariticle) can be used for discussing improvements an article. Please remember to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~) on Talk pages.

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Thank you for visiting NeoDex. We hope you'll feel welcome here amongst fellow Neopians and editors, and look forward to joining us in our goal.

As of Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 18:40 (server time) there are 2,567 articles on the NeoDex.