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=Page Layout= |
=Page Layout= |
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Pages should start with a lead paragraph - a few sentences describing the scope of the page and giving an overview of its content. A relevant image is also strongly encouraged to help orient readers. Contributors should avoid making pages that are only stubs or placeholders. In-progress pages can be flagged with the <nowiki>{{WIP}}</nowiki> template. |
Pages should start with a lead paragraph - a few sentences describing the [[#Scope|scope]] of the page and giving an overview of its content. A relevant image is also strongly encouraged to help orient readers. Contributors should avoid making pages that are only stubs or placeholders. In-progress pages can be flagged with the <nowiki>{{WIP}}</nowiki> template. |
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===Page Names=== |
===Page Names=== |
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If the page name is an in-game item, always write it exactly as it appears in-game. This overrides any other rule. |
If the page name is an in-game item, always write it exactly as it appears in-game. This overrides any other rule. |
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* Never begin with A, An, or The, nor end with punctuation |
* Never begin with A, An, or The, nor end with punctuation |
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* Have all words capitalized except for connecting words like and, of, for, etc. |
* Have all words capitalized except for connecting words like and, of, for, etc. |
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* If multiple articles could occupy the page name, a |
* If multiple articles could occupy the page name, a disambiguation template should be used, and pages differentiated with suffixes of their mod or type. |
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** Example: Wrench (GregTech) and Wrench (BuildCraft). Too specific a scope for this wiki, but illustrate the point. |
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===Section Headers=== |
===Section Headers=== |
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Articles should be broken up into sections unless they are very short (1-2 paragraphs) |
Articles should be broken up into sections unless they are very short (1-2 paragraphs) |
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* Section headers should be capitalized similar to page names |
* Section headers should be capitalized similar to page names |
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* Item names in articles should be capitalized. (Item Conduit, not item conduit) |
* Item names in articles should be capitalized. (Item Conduit, not item conduit) |
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** Partial item names used as groups should also be capitalized. i.e. Assemblers or Drones/Princesses |
** Partial item names used as groups should also be capitalized. i.e. Assemblers or Drones/Princesses |
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Section Headers should be used to separate longer pages into relevant subtopics. Related subtopics should use progressively smaller Headings (Level 2 -> Level 3 -> Level 4 -> Level 5). Not all levels of headings need to be used or are even desirable on a given article. |
Section Headers should be used to separate longer pages into relevant subtopics. Related subtopics should use progressively smaller Headings (Level 2 -> Level 3 -> Level 4 -> Level 5). Not all levels of headings need to be used or are even desirable on a given article. |
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* Images are encouraged where relevant to the section |
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===Links=== |
===Links=== |
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** Long pages should use anchors <nowiki>[[#Section|text]]</nowiki> to reference other sections of the same page |
** Long pages should use anchors <nowiki>[[#Section|text]]</nowiki> to reference other sections of the same page |
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* A redirect <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Page_Name]]</nowiki> should be created if a page needs to be moved to a better namespace or has more than one likely link |
* A redirect <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Page_Name]]</nowiki> should be created if a page needs to be moved to a better namespace or has more than one likely link |
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**Example: [[NEI]] redirects to [[Not Enough Items]] |
**Example: [[NEI]] redirects to [[Not Enough Items]] |
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===Tables & Lists=== |
===Tables & Lists=== |
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** Resize or scale large images down if they are too large |
** Resize or scale large images down if they are too large |
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** If an image is complex or unclear at a glance, annotate it or use arrows/outlines to draw attention. (Example: [[:File:NEI_Interface.png]]) |
** If an image is complex or unclear at a glance, annotate it or use arrows/outlines to draw attention. (Example: [[:File:NEI_Interface.png]]) |
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** See [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images MediaWiki Help:Images] for formatting examples |
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===Video=== |
===Video=== |
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