Difference between revisions of "AchaeaWiki:Contributing Guidelines"

Articles entered into the Achaean Lore archives need to have a certain structure and format in order to ensure readability and consistency throughout. Plus, there are just certain ways of formatting the information such that it flows well within the online system used to present it. Furthermore, please ensure that you adhere to our [[:category:policy|policies]] at all times.

When choosing a name, do not include a colon (':') in the name. This is reserved for 'namespaces' a feature of the wiki system and used only in very special circumstances. Do not change pages that already have a namespace on them. For example, "Help:" and "AchaeaLore:" should not be removed or changed to a different namespace. At this time, please do not change any pages in the "Help:" namespace.

We are using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style Wikipedia Manual of Style] for basic formatting guidelines.

==Achaea specific considerations==

# In pages about Areas, individual places within the area should be bolded (unless they are linked).

# Other areas and all denizens should be linked, not bolded or italicised.

# Adventurers are not usually linked (see [[AchaeanLore:Contributing Guidelines#Adventurers of Note|Adventurers of Note]]).

# Some categories have special meaning. For instance, Areas, Villages, City-states, and Uncharted Areas all classify different types of places (with special in-game meanings). Make sure you are using the correct category.

# Locations should link via the entire proper name. For instance <nowiki>"[[Urubamba River]]" not "[[Urubamba]] River"</nowiki>.

New pages can be created in wiki-fashion by creating a link in an existing page/article or by simply trying to access that page in your browser directly. For example: <nowiki>"http://www.achaea.com/lore/My new article"</nowiki> should (in most modern browsers) take you to the correct place and you may edit from there. Take care, however when creating these 'orphaned' pages. Because they can be hard to find if an existing page does not link to them. And chances are, if the topic was important enough to have an article, it is mentioned in some related article(s).

Occasionally, the need will arise to link to and talk about adventurers who have contributed significantly to the world. This is a somewhat grey area, but we have a few rules of thumb to indicate when an adventurer warrants a page and when it doesn't:

 

* Being on the old HELP NOTABLES is not enough to warrant an article.

 

'''When in doubt, always err on the side of not creating an adventurer article.''' It is (and should be) a major achievement to be written into the pages of history and is not for everyone. If you're still unsure and think a person warrants a separate article, seek approval from one of the divine monitoring the wiki first.