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== General Format Standards ==
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Line spacers <tt><nowiki>----</nowiki></tt> should be used to separate lists of items.
  
All pages should have the following:
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When possible, long lists of items should be divided up using appropriate <tt><nowiki>== headers ==</nowiki></tt> and <tt><nowiki>=== subheaders ===</nowiki></tt>. The <tt><nowiki>= top header =</nowiki></tt> is very large and should probably not be used except at the head of a page, or the start of a category which subsumes several other categories.
  
# Links to the page's author, the parent page (if a subpage), and to any general wiki pages that lead to that page (e.g. [[Artifacts]], [[WikiContent]]).
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If you find that a category has become very long, you are encouraged to move it to its own <nowiki>/SubPage</nowiki>.
# Content broken up into hard-returned paragraphs.
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* Suggested Categorization Systems
# Spell-checked content, if necessary.
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** Hearthstones: by Aspect
 
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** Artifacts: By level, or by material
That's the important stuff.  Below is more specific advice and a general template.
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** Virtue Flaws: by Virtue
 
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=== More Specific Advice ===
 
 
 
Line spacers ("<tt><nowiki>----</nowiki></tt>") are often good for separating lists of items.
 
 
 
When possible, long lists of items can be divided up using appropriate headers ("<tt><nowiki>== header name here ==</nowiki></tt>") and subheaders ("<tt><nowiki>=== subheader name here ===</nowiki></tt>"). The top header ("<tt><nowiki>= header name here =</nowiki></tt>") is very large and inelegant, and should probably not be used except at the head of a page, or the start of a category which subsumes several other categories.
 
 
 
If you find that a category has become very long, you are encouraged to move it to its own subpage ("<tt><nowiki>/SubpageNameHere</nowiki></tt>").
 
 
 
Suggested categorization systems:
 
* Hearthstones: by level, or by Aspect
 
* Artifacts: by level, or by material
 
* Virtue Flaws: by Virtue
 
 
 
What follows is a template.  Again, it's not at all required; just an idea.  It starts after the line spacer, which is not part of it.
 
 
 
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== Page's Name Here ==
 
 
 
Brief (one paragraph or so) synopsis here.
 
 
 
* back to [author's [[UserPage]]].
 
* back to [general wiki page that links to it, if any].
 
 
 
=== Contents ===
 
 
 
If you put in anchors (see [[TextFormattingRules]]), list them here.
 
 
 
=== Longer Justification / Explanation ===
 
 
 
If necessary, go into the details of why you're making the page.
 
 
 
=== Flavour / History ===
 
 
 
If necessary, put all your flavour text and / or history and / or fiction or whatever here.
 
 
 
=== Mechanics / Statistics ===
 
 
 
If necessary, put mechanics or statistics here.
 
 
 
=== Comments ===
 
 
 
Leave a space so people can comment on your work.
 
 
 
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=== Comments on this General Template ===
 

Revision as of 10:26, 13 August 2003

Line spacers ---- should be used to separate lists of items.

When possible, long lists of items should be divided up using appropriate == headers == and === subheaders ===. The = top header = is very large and should probably not be used except at the head of a page, or the start of a category which subsumes several other categories.

If you find that a category has become very long, you are encouraged to move it to its own /SubPage.

  • Suggested Categorization Systems
    • Hearthstones: by Aspect
    • Artifacts: By level, or by material
    • Virtue Flaws: by Virtue

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