This is a shared user account under the control of the e2docs usergroup. This account is responsible for the Everything2 Help files.

Everything2 Help

• An Introduction to Everything2 — What is Everything2?

The User Interface

• Home Node — Your profile
• Nodelets
• Chatterbox
• Polls

Writing for Publication on Everything2

• E2 Quick Start
• What writings are accepted on Everything2?
• How do I submit a writeup of my own?
• Using HTML
  • Using Special HTML Characters

• What should I node? — What kinds of topics are successful?
• What NOT to do on Everything2
• Pick Titles Carefully
• Capitalization in Writeups
• Integrating your writeup with other writeups on Everything2
• The four basic types of internal links on Everything2 — Hyperlinking

• How to cite your sources on Everything2
• Everything2 Copyright FAQ and advice on Fair Use
• Adding Public Domain Materials to Everything2

• Uses for Empty Nodes or Nodeshells
• Assimilating old writeups
• Using languages other than English on Everything2
• Back up your work on Everything2
• When is it ok to node about noding?

Levels and Experience

• Voting/Experience System
• Eggs, Tokens, E2 Gift Shop and Wheel of Surprise
• Why don't I have votes today?
• Honor Roll and You (Current Statistics)

Getting more help

• Everything2 Mentor System
• Everything2 Usergroups
• "Censorship" and "Suggestions" — Quality of Writing
• Additional Reading
  • E2 Glossary
  • E2 FAQ: Online Community Dynamics

Writeup Deletion

• Deleted writeups — Why was my writeup deleted?
• Marked for Destruction
• How to request that your writeup be deleted

Special Node Topics

• Everything2 Quests and Contests
• Everything2 Gathering and Aftermath nodes
• The Webster1913 Dictionary on Everything2 (Public Domain Dictionary)

• E2 FAQ: How to Make an Episode Guide
• E2 FAQ: Prescription medications
• E2 FAQ: Recipes
• E2 FAQ: Diseases
• E2 FAQ: Video Games
• E2 FAQ: Writing a Biography

Development

• E2 FAQ: How come the site goes down so much?
• E2 FAQ: Source Code

Further Reading (not by Virgil)

Wise words from individual noders.

• The Newbie's Guide to Your Home Node by Rancid_Pickle
• E2 FAQ: Bookmarks / Personal Nodelet by /dev/joe
• E2 HTML tags : Quick Start by N-Wing
• E2 HTML — Guide to using HTML on E2 by themanwho
• HTML symbol reference by mcc and Accipiter
• Everything Style Guide by Wharfinger
• E2 Sarcasm FAQ — Sarcasm on E2 by donfreenut
• Honor Roll by Professor Pi
• E2 Bugs by JayBonci

(Adding information to the Everything FAQ)