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All (or almost all) articles should contain at least one category. Categories are added at the end of an article and usually refer to a group or classification for that article. For instance, the page "Zsarachnor" is in the "Vampires" category. There are in fact sub-categories as well (clicking on [[:Category:Vampires]] will bring you to that page, which lists articles in that category -- but you can see that even that page is in the "Creatures" category). | All (or almost all) articles should contain at least one category. Categories are added at the end of an article and usually refer to a group or classification for that article. For instance, the page "Zsarachnor" is in the "Vampires" category. There are in fact sub-categories as well (clicking on [[:Category:Vampires]] will bring you to that page, which lists articles in that category -- but you can see that even that page is in the "Creatures" category). | ||
'''Note:''' If an article belongs in a sub-category, there is no need to include it in the more generic category. For instance, "Uncharted Areas" is a sub-category of "Areas", so any article referring to an uncharted place need only include the specific category ("Uncharted Areas") and not the more generic one ("Areas"). | |||
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* Do not include OOC comments in the body of the page. If you need to share information or comments about an article, use the "Talk"/"Discussion" tab for that page. | * Do not include OOC comments in the body of the page. If you need to share information or comments about an article, use the "Talk"/"Discussion" tab for that page. | ||
* Use UK English to be consistent with in-game text - honour instead of honor, et colour instead of colour, et cetera. | * Use UK English to be consistent with in-game text - honour instead of honor, et colour instead of colour, et cetera. | ||
* When creating links, make sure you check the plurality of any existing topics. For instance, do not create an "Ur'Vampires" link if there's already an "Ur'Vampire" page. You can specify a link to the singular while maintaining a plural form in context using proper wiki markup. | |||
==Standardised Formatting== | ==Standardised Formatting== | ||
We are using the | We are using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style Wikipedia Manual of Style] for basic formatting guidelines. | ||
==Privileged Information== | ==Privileged Information== | ||
* The same rules go here as for the Forums. Please do not share quests, skills information, or anything that should reasonably stay private (i.e., | * The same rules go here as for the Forums. Please do not share quests, skills information, or anything that should reasonably stay private (i.e., House news posts, Order esoterica, et cetera). | ||
* Information that is related to quests should only be included when they are instrumental in describing an area or denizen, and of course, we should never include any information that you could not attain without actually completing part of a quest. For example, saying that Kasmarkin is a sunken city in the Mannaseh that can be raised is one thing; giving explicit instructions as to how to raise the city is another. | |||
* If information related to a quest must be included, be as vague as possible. | |||
==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>. | |||
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Also, when creating new pages, feel free to go back to older, related pages and create any links that may seem appropriate. | Also, when creating new pages, feel free to go back to older, related pages and create any links that may seem appropriate. | ||
==Adventurers of Note== | |||
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: | |||
* The person must be a ''major'' contributor in some '''verifiable''' historical event. | |||
** Verifiable means included in an event post or otherwise endorsed/approved by an immortal. Character backgrounds and made up fiction are ''not'' verifiable. | |||
** Simply participating in an event is not enough to warrant a separate article. However, being the catalyst to a major world event can be. (E.g. "opening the box that destroyed Hashan") | |||
* Becoming a guildmaster (or house master) is not enough to warrant an article, but being the ''first'' (founding) one probably is. | |||
* 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 first. | |||