This was previously the official guide to enjoying and contributing to Everything2, but you should now refer instead to Everything2 Help.
- E2 FAQ: Introduction — What is Everything2?
The User Interface
- E2 FAQ: Home Nodes — Your Home Node
- E2 FAQ: Nodelets
- E2 FAQ: Chatterbox/Message Inbox
- E2 FAQ: Polls
The above four now redirect to the new e2nodes covering them. I plan to put a bunch more forwards into place, though I'm not sure yet whether it's worth covering the entire FAQ this way...
Writing for Publication on Everything2
- E2 FAQ: Read Me First: Getting Started on E2 — The "Read Me First" document for writers
- E2 Quick Start
- What writings are accepted on Everything2?
- How do I submit a writeup of my own?
- Using HTML
- E2 FAQ: Using Special HTML Characters — A detailed guide to using HTML on E2
- E2 FAQ: What should I node? — What kinds of topics are successful?
- E2 FAQ: What NOT to Do
- Pick titles carefully
- E2 FAQ: Capitalization in nodes
- E2 FAQ: Integrate your writeups
- E2 FAQ: Links — Hyperlinking
- E2 FAQ: How to cite your sources
- E2 FAQ: Copyrighted Material
- E2 FAQ: Noding public domain works
- E2 FAQ: Nodeshells (Empty nodes)
- E2 FAQ: Assimilating old writeups
- E2 FAQ: Languages (Using different languages)
- E2 FAQ: Back Up Your Work (Backing up your work)
- E2 FAQ: When is it okay to node about noding? (Noding about E2.)
Levels and Experience
- The Voting/Experience System
- E2 FAQ: Eggs, Tokens, E2 Gift Shop and Wheel of Surprise
- E2 FAQ: Why Don't I Have Votes Today?
- Honor Roll and You (Current Statistics)
Getting more help
- E2 FAQ: Mentoring — The Mentor System
- E2 FAQ: Usergroups
- E2 FAQ: "Censorship" and "Suggestions" — Quality of Writing
- Additional Reading
Writeup Deletion
- E2 FAQ: Klaproth — Why was my writeup deleted?
- E2 FAQ: Marked for Destruction
- E2 FAQ: Nuke Request Etiquette — Requesting deletion of a write-up
Special Node Topics
- E2 FAQ: Quests and Contests
- E2 FAQ: Gathering and Aftermath Nodes
- E2 FAQ: Webster 1913 (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
Further Reading
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 Everything2 Help)