HammerWiki:Style and formatting
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This article covers information on proper style and formatting rules. For formatting of individual sections please see the links below.
HammerWiki is a project to document and organize the world of Warhammer Online as effectively as possible in the form of a wiki. Everyone is welcome to contribute! An important part of creating such an exhaustive source of information is ensuring that the content is delivered in a pleasing and consistent manner. In order to achieve this, the HammerWiki community should work together to produce some standards on the format of the wiki. As they currently stand these standards are not set in stone, but they are considered 'good policy' and are recommended guidelines. If you have any suggestions for improving the standards please discuss them on the talk page before implementing them.
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[edit] Getting started
Articles can generally describe
- any information on the game from a reputable source
- general game concepts
All are welcome to update the wiki. But before you write your article, it's best to double check that an article does not already exist on the subject. You can do so by making use of the search bar on the left. If you are unsure, make use of the discussion link that appears at the top of every article, allowing you to discuss that article.
If you click on a red link you will be prompted with the choice to start writing a new article on the subject. You can also start a new article by clicking on the "edit" link at the top of an article with no content. For an understanding of the wiki code necessary to format a page please read the HammerWiki:editing guide.
[edit] Unknown information
In some cases, you won't have all the information at hand. If this is the case, please do not fill in information with guesses or approximations. No information at all is better than inaccurate information! This is especially true for numerical details, but might not always apply to descriptions. If you can only remember an approximate description then in most cases this may suffice, but please use your discretion.
[edit] Format and style
The following sections are brief summaries of some common formatting and styling issues.
[edit] General notes
When working on an article, there are some points to consider. Try to think about whether this article topic is too generic. If the topic of the article you are working on is too generic then it is likely to grow extremely large. To avoid this try splitting the article up into its constituent parts. For example, an article on humans doesn't need to contain details of every human nation in the Warhammer world. Looking at the headings of sections in an article is a good indication of how the article can be split up.
[edit] Linking
When writing an article, linking to the current article from itself will embolden the text within the link. For example [[HammerWiki:Style and formatting]] in any other article will produce a link, but in this article it will appear bolded like this: HammerWiki:Style and formatting.
When making links to other articles, it's best to only link the first instance of a word for each section or portion of the article. So if you are talking about skills, then don't link to that page every time you repeat the word 'skills'. Only repeat the link in a different section that's considerably further down the page from the initial link. This also applies when making 'recursive' links, or links from the current article to the current article, as in the above example.
[edit] Upper and lower case
When in doubt, use lower case. This includes in article headings, article titles, and category names.
[edit] Colors and boxes
When designing new boxes, try to pick colors that are light enough that you can read black text on top of it. Try to keep to the list of accepted X11 color names.
[edit] Structure and organization
The following sections provides general guidelines on the structure and organization of an article.
[edit] Introductory text
Articles should not begin with a subsection containing general descriptions. Such introductory text should be in "section 0" of the article, that is, the top of the article before any section headings. Such text will be displayed at the top of an article, before the table of contents (if there is one). Articles should generally not begin with sections. The first mention of the article's title in the article should be emboldened, and should usually be near the beginning of the introductory paragraph, exceptions should be noted on the article's talk page if necessary.
[edit] Categorization
Category links should be placed at the end of an article. Since actual category links appear at the bottom of a page, it is more logical for the category links to be located at the bottom. Consult each of the separate guidelines pages for more guidelines regarding categorization. Having the category links at the top of an article has the side effect of causing unnecessary white spaces (i.e. blanks) when spaced incorrectly.
[edit] Ordering
The order of different elements within a article help maintain consistency across articles of the same nature.
- Armies: (Suggestion) Follow the order in which they were revealed. Dwarf, Greenskin, Empire, Chaos, High Elf, Dark Elf.
- Careers: (Suggestion) Ordered by race, in the archetype order that has generally been used most often. Tanker, Melee, Healer, Ranged
[edit] Other notes
- When archiving keep to Page_name/Archive_X, X being the number
