Wiki-editing (Guidelines, help, etc)
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 1:19 pm
This thread will be dedicated to discussing wiki editing. From now on players of Cantr can't always be sure that staff make updates to the wiki. The wiki is meant to be for players, by players, with input from staff where requested.
The goal is for every item in game to have a corresponding article in the wiki, using the same syntax and looks for conformity. The current recommended article layout is something like the following. I'm using silver fork, http://wiki.cantr.net/index.php/Silver%20fork, as an example, and everything after a # is a comment, only for this example.
#1 : The first thing in the article is the Interwiki template reference. In this case the line {{InterwikiLink:SilverFork}} will include http://wiki.cantr.net/index.php/Templat ... SilverFork into the article as it is viewed. (NOTE: The names for Interwiki-templates are without whitespace and every word capitalized). The template file looks like this:
#A includes the master template Interwiki, with all formatting and definitions of what the template should do. More about that in some later post. #B is the English article; Silver fork has to exactly match the article name. #C following the English original article are language code and article name for any (all!?) translated articles.
#2 : ST stands for Stacked Templates. Having this is very helpful when (as in this case) an article have multiple info-boxes. It will make them line up to the left of the article text.
#3 : Infobox:Manufacture is a template that is specialized for handling items that are manufactured in game. More about all possible parameters in a later post. I guess most of the ones in this example is rather self explanatory. Leaving a parameter without a value is ok, if you don't know it's value. It will cause the article to be included in the Incomplete category, where someone is likely to pick it up and fix it.
#4 : This is the end of the Infobox:Manufacture template. All templates begin with {{ and end with }}.
#5 : The Infobox:Holdable template is used for anything that can be carried by a character.
#6 : This is the end tags for both Infobox:Holdable and ST.
#7 : This is the main text of the article. As much as possible, any noun or category-reference and such should be linked with [[whatever]].
#8 : Usually in a wiki here goes various Category statements, to include this article in various categories. This is not needed now (in most cases), because our templates handle that for us.
The silver fork example above can be used as a reference for any article on a manufactured object. I will post examples for other types of articles soon.
Now I hope to see a whole lot of new faces on the wiki, making it a complete gaming guide to Cantr.
By the way, I and others, who are more experienced with editing the wiki will monitor all changes, so don't be afraid to try and maybe fail. If you do we will help you fix it and teach how to do it right the next time.
Please also remember that the wiki is OOC, so don't speak about it in character. And also don't post information about characters or locations or history of things that have happened in the game on the wiki. That information must be learned in game, or (again OOC'ly) in the webzine.
The goal is for every item in game to have a corresponding article in the wiki, using the same syntax and looks for conformity. The current recommended article layout is something like the following. I'm using silver fork, http://wiki.cantr.net/index.php/Silver%20fork, as an example, and everything after a # is a comment, only for this example.
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{{InterwikiLink:SilverFork}} #1
{{ST|stack={{Infobox:Manufacture #2 #3
| type = Semi-finished products
| skill =
| resources = 30 [[gram]]s of [[silver]]
| tools = {{hammer}}
| rot =
| userot =
| repair =
}} #4
{{Infobox:Holdable #5
| attack =
| skillweight =
| weight = 30
| visible = yes
}}}}#6
The [[silver fork]] is has no real use in game, except for being used in roleplay. #7
#8
#1 : The first thing in the article is the Interwiki template reference. In this case the line {{InterwikiLink:SilverFork}} will include http://wiki.cantr.net/index.php/Templat ... SilverFork into the article as it is viewed. (NOTE: The names for Interwiki-templates are without whitespace and every word capitalized). The template file looks like this:
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{{Interwiki #A
| en = Silver fork #B
| sv = Silvergaffel #C
}}
#A includes the master template Interwiki, with all formatting and definitions of what the template should do. More about that in some later post. #B is the English article; Silver fork has to exactly match the article name. #C following the English original article are language code and article name for any (all!?) translated articles.
#2 : ST stands for Stacked Templates. Having this is very helpful when (as in this case) an article have multiple info-boxes. It will make them line up to the left of the article text.
#3 : Infobox:Manufacture is a template that is specialized for handling items that are manufactured in game. More about all possible parameters in a later post. I guess most of the ones in this example is rather self explanatory. Leaving a parameter without a value is ok, if you don't know it's value. It will cause the article to be included in the Incomplete category, where someone is likely to pick it up and fix it.
#4 : This is the end of the Infobox:Manufacture template. All templates begin with {{ and end with }}.
#5 : The Infobox:Holdable template is used for anything that can be carried by a character.
#6 : This is the end tags for both Infobox:Holdable and ST.
#7 : This is the main text of the article. As much as possible, any noun or category-reference and such should be linked with [[whatever]].
#8 : Usually in a wiki here goes various Category statements, to include this article in various categories. This is not needed now (in most cases), because our templates handle that for us.
The silver fork example above can be used as a reference for any article on a manufactured object. I will post examples for other types of articles soon.
Now I hope to see a whole lot of new faces on the wiki, making it a complete gaming guide to Cantr.
By the way, I and others, who are more experienced with editing the wiki will monitor all changes, so don't be afraid to try and maybe fail. If you do we will help you fix it and teach how to do it right the next time.
Please also remember that the wiki is OOC, so don't speak about it in character. And also don't post information about characters or locations or history of things that have happened in the game on the wiki. That information must be learned in game, or (again OOC'ly) in the webzine.
Am I right, EchoMan?