User talk:Misdirected/Drafting

Hi folks!

[The official wiki](http://www.starbounder.org) has been documenting Starbound since before its first beta in 2013. We’ve been as excited as everyone else for 1.0, and now we've finally got what we've all been waiting for! Understandably, along with everyone’s excitement, there were some server issues this weekend, but it looks like things have smoothed themselves out since the Starbounder's [server hardware was updated](https://www.reddit.com/r/starbound/comments/4uddl7).

We want to help every player, new and old, get the most out of Starbound. Everyone experiences Starbound differently, and those experiences are what Starbounder needs to continue to grow as the best reference on the web. Our editors have been preparing for 1.0 as best we can, pulling information straight from the nightly files, but we need your in-game expertise.

Now the full game is out, contributing to the wiki is easier than ever – no nightly downloads, no unpacking necessary. But the idea of contributing to a wiki is intimidating to many, and most don’t know where to start. You may even be one of those who’ve seen something they wanted to add or change, but didn’t know where to start or didn’t want to ‘*mess things up*’. Well, you’re in luck! We have guides to help you.

* [Starbounder Crash Course](http://starbounder.org/Help:Wiki_Crash_Course)  - Quick overview of how the wiki is structured, what goes where, and where to find things.

* [Wiki Formatting Syntax](http://starbounder.org/Help:Editing_Syntax) – Fairly comprehensive guide on how to format your edits into something both valuable and beautiful.

We have a few other wiki-specific guides [that can be found here](http://starbounder.org/Projects:Guides#Wiki_Editing_Guides), but these first two will definitely set you off on the right foot.

So, now you understand how to effectively contribute to the wiki. But perhaps you don’t know where to start. There are a couple pages that could use some expert attention:

* [Guide on setting up multiplayer](http://starbounder.org/Guide:Setting_Up_Multiplayer) – this is one of the hardest hit pages on the wiki right now, and could some something of a makeover.

* [Completely new getting started guide](http://starbounder.org/Guide:Getting_Started/1.0) – the getting started guide linked from the main page is for a previous release of the game, not 1.0. I’ve outlined (in parenthesis) what should be in the overhauled guide, and I need editors to help fill it in. Personally, I’ve spent more time in the game’s files than in-game, so many of you will be better authorities than I.

I’ll be on [Starbounder’s IRC](http://starbounder.org/IRC) (get my attention with @Misdirected), TS (ts.starbounder.org:9516), and on the [Discord](http://discord.gg/Starbound) (down in the user’s list) today to answer questions and give any help I can. Don’t forget to post here too - you’re already here, might as well.