Memory Alpha is a collaborative project to create the most definitive, accurate, and accessible encyclopedia and reference for everything related to Star Trek. If you need some help browsing or editing a page on our site, one of the pages listed in the list below should be helpful.
About Memory Alpha[]
- Introduction, a general introduction for newcomers
- About, another general introduction about who we are, what we want, why we're here, and where we're going
- Policies and Guidelines, a rough overview of the basic rules that keep our community running smoothly
- Frequently Asked Questions, a collection of anticipated questions about our policies, practices, and goals
- Copyrights, an overview of Memory Alpha's copyright policy
- Recommended changes, a few changes to the default user preferences Memory Alpha recommends
Getting started[]
- How to log in
- How to edit a page
- How to start a page
- How to use wiki markup
- How to include images
- How to include tables
- How to use talk pages
- How to use headers
- How to create interwiki links
Features[]
- Setting your preferences
- MyTools
- Searching
- Recent changes
- Related changes
- Using the watchlist
- What links here
- Page history
- Tracking user contributions
- Edit summary
- Minor edits
- Uploading multimedia
- Using templates
- Using Lua
- How to use categories
- Special characters
- ISBN links
- Understanding namespaces
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Intrawiki shortcuts
Advanced features[]
- Category tree
- CSS and JS customization
- Database downloads
- DynamicPageLists
- Editing MediaWiki namespace text
- Image maps
- Input boxes
- Magic words
- Mathematical formulas
- Ogg handler
- Poems and lyrics
- Random selections
- RSS feeds
- Tabber
- Variables
Problem-solving[]
- How to resolve edit conflicts
- How to protect a page
- How to rename a page
- How to redirect a page
- How to revert a page
- How to delete a page
- How to set a site notice
- How to rename an account
- How to close an account
- Supported browsers
Information and resources for contributors[]
- Policies and Guidelines
- Manual of Style
- Guide to Layout
- How to write a great article
- Recommended changes
- Glossary
Getting in touch[]
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Requested articles, for those pages that are not yet written
- Contact information, for bug reports and other miscellaneous questions
- Ten Forward, a discussion forum to ask questions about Memory Alpha policies or wiki operation not answered here or in the FAQs
- Discussions, an outlet for general-purpose discussion about Star Trek
- Discord, a free app to chat about anything from Memory Alpha itself to series, movies, games, books, comics, and more