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How-Tos are the lightweight, user-oriented part of the [[MusicBrainz Documentation|MusicBrainz documentation]]. The pages' stress lies on tutorials and not exhausting exact documentations.
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This page gives a structured overview of existing and planned HowTo's. For a plain list, see the. HowTo's are the lightweight, user-orientated part of the [[MusicBrainz Documentation|MusicBrainzDocumentation]]. The pages' stress lies on tutorials and not exhausting exact documentations.


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If you want to create a new HowTo, please consider the following points:
* Use the [[How To Template|HowToTemplate]] for the layout of new pages.
* Titles of HowTo pages always start with "HowTo". The titles should not contain complicated [[MusicBrainz Terminology|MusicBrainzTerminology]] but be simple and orientated at what the users could look for. E.g. [[How To Make Relationships|HowToMakeRelationships]] rather than [[How To Advanced Relationships|HowToAdvancedRelationships]].
* Find a good place in the structured list below to link to your HowTo. Don't think about the technical background of it but where users would expect to find it.
* Remember: HowTo's should just be simple step by step instructions for how to do things, not document features! You can link to the documentations for further information though.
* For short questions we have the [[Frequently Asked Questions|FrequentlyAskedQuestions]], so HowTo's should be a bit longer than that. ;)

==Existing and Planned How To's==

* General:
** [[Beginners_Guide/How_To_Add_Information]]
** [[Beginners Guide|BeginnersGuide]] (in progress)

* Browsing
** [[How To Navigate The Site|HowToNavigateTheSite]]
** [[How To Search|HowToSearch]]
** [[How To Use Aliases|HowToUseAliases]]

* Editing
** [[How To Do Smart Editing|HowToDoSmartEditing]] (overview of the edit suite)
*** [[How To Use Guess Case|HowToUseGuessCase]]
** [[Destructive Edits|DestructiveEdits]]: How and When to make them (and How and When <em>not</em> to)
** [[How To Get Your Edits Accepted|HowToGetYourEditsAccepted]]
** [[Artist]]s
*** [[How To Merge Artists|HowToMergeArtists]]
*** [[How To Split Artists|HowToSplitArtists]]
** [[Release]]s
**** [[How To Properly Add Releases From Free DB|HowToProperlyAddReleasesFromFreeDB]]
**** [[How To Add Various Artist Releases|HowToAddVariousArtistReleases]]
*** [[How To Add Script And Language|HowToAddScriptAndLanguage]]
*** [[How To Add Release Info|HowToAddReleaseInfo]]
*** [[How To Change Cover Art|HowToChangeCoverArt]]

* Voting
** [[How To Find Edits|HowToFindEdits]]

* Picard
** [[How To Tag Files With Picard|HowToTagFilesWithPicard]]

* Wiki
** [[How To Use The Wiki|HowToUseTheWiki]]
** [[How To Write In The Wiki|HowToWriteInTheWiki]]
** [[How To Write A How To|HowToWriteAHowTo]]

* Contribute
** [[How To Contribute|HowToContribute]]
** [[How To Propose New Guidelines|HowToProposeNewGuidelines]]
** [[How To Write Feature Suggestions|HowToWriteFeatureSuggestions]]
** [[How To Contact Other Moderators|HowToContactOtherModerators]] ([[How To Contact Contributors|HowToContactContributors]]?) ''ew, please no :p''

* Development
** [[Replication How To|ReplicationHowTo]] (if someone knows about this and has a better name, feel free to rename the page)


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Latest revision as of 20:11, 19 October 2022