Diablo Wiki:Community Portal - Revision history

Vipermagi: We don't have an undo button :< Undid previous edit; nonsense.

2009-06-26T12:18:08Z

We don't have an undo button :< Undid previous edit; nonsense.

Fzsearch: /* Community Portal */

2009-06-26T11:34:29Z

‎Community Portal

Leord at 17:11, 16 March 2009

2009-03-16T17:11:06Z

Leord: /* Skill Tree Revamp */

2009-03-16T17:10:36Z

‎Skill Tree Revamp

Leord at 17:10, 16 March 2009

2009-03-16T17:10:23Z

Leord at 15:14, 22 December 2008

2008-12-22T15:14:06Z

Leord at 15:08, 22 December 2008

2008-12-22T15:08:35Z

New page

This is the '''policies''' of {{WikiTitle}} that all contributing members are expected to follow. Most of these policies work exactly like other wikis.

==Articles==
When making new articles, check the current [[Help:Boilerplate|boilerplates]] to see how to structure the actual article.

===Standard Article Structure===
If there are no boilerplates available for your article, use this simple structure:
* '''Brief introduction (*)'''. 1-2 lines of text, starting with the name of the article, in '''bold text'''. Just make an extremely brief explanation of the article.
* '''Game information (**)'''. Add any information available on the topic for the actual game. Can be quite extensive, use subsections.
* '''Background/Lore (**)'''. Add the "Universe" perspective. Can be quite extensive, use subsections.
* '''Older games'''. Add info referring to older games in the series.
* '''Development'''. Add any other information relating to the development of this topic.
* '''Trivia'''. If there are any links to funny/Easter egg information, add here.
* '''Media'''. Add images, a wiki gallery and links to other media.
* '''Related Links'''. Add any links that are closely related to the topic.
* '''References (*)'''. List the sources used in the creation of the article.

* '''(*)''' = Very important.
* '''(**)''' = At least one of these.

===Long Articles===
If an article starts to become too long (if you get a warning when trying to save), you should consider moving out sections to separate articles. If you do so, keep a small section with a brief description of the topic left, either as its own section or as part of another heading. You should also make sure to link back to the original article, as they most likely will be related.

==Categories==
Make sure any [[article]] or [[category]] you create fits nicely into the [[Help:Structure|{{WikiTitle}} category structure]].

==Headlines==
Headlines are used as normal. The main headline look like this: "<nowiki>==</nowiki> Headline <nowiki>==</nowiki>", and all subheaders add one equal sign on each side to create a headline structure.

==Titles==
* Almost all titles in a wiki adhere to the general principle that all words are written with minor letters, and only use capitals in titles (example: [[media coverage]] versus [[High Heavens]]). {{WikiTitle}} itself transform the first letter of any title to a capital letter, which is unimportant for the naming. It's the equivalent of the first word of a sentence. This holds true with articles, boilerplates, categories and templates. If in doubt, check with other contributors.
* [[Disambiguation]]s (cases where two articles or two categories with the same name mean completely different things) use a space and a parenthesis with a clarification like this: [[Barbarian (Diablo II class)]] or this: [[:Category:Locations (lore)]]. The word in the parenthesis is always minor letters.
* [[Article]]s are almost exclusively used in singular ("Barbarian" instead of "Barbarians" etc). If it is at all possible to use singular form, do so.
* [[Category]] titles use a similar logic to articles, where a two-worded category title uses a minor letter for the second word like this: [[:Category:Art books]]. Categories are almost exclusively used in plural ("Category:Maps" instead of "Category:Map").

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	This is the Community Portal for {{WikiTitle}}, and is meant to inform the contributors of this page on the current comings and goings of the Wiki. For all news or actual game related discussions, please visit [http://www.diii.net Diii.Net]. As this D3 wiki is just getting off the ground, please excuse the mess, and pitch into help out wherever you can.		This is the Community Portal for {{WikiTitle}}, and is meant to inform the contributors of this page on the current comings and goings of the Wiki. For all news or actual game related discussions, please visit [http://www.diii.net Diii.Net]. As this D3 wiki is just getting off the ground, please excuse the mess, and pitch into help out wherever you can.

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−	==Community Portal==	+	==Community Portal== FzSearch-D3-Online-Welcome

	This is the Community Portal for {{WikiTitle}}, and is meant to inform the contributors of this page on the current comings and goings of the Wiki. For all news or actual game related discussions, please visit [http://www.diii.net Diii.Net]. As this D3 wiki is just getting off the ground, please excuse the mess, and pitch into help out wherever you can.		This is the Community Portal for {{WikiTitle}}, and is meant to inform the contributors of this page on the current comings and goings of the Wiki. For all news or actual game related discussions, please visit [http://www.diii.net Diii.Net]. As this D3 wiki is just getting off the ground, please excuse the mess, and pitch into help out wherever you can.

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 The skills need to be made individual per page for a host of reasons, and we are currently looking in to making a skill boilerplate, better skill navigation, and skill listing.
-Further information on the:
+Further information on the:<br>
 '''[[DiabloWiki:Community Portal/Skill Tree Revamp|Skill Tree Revamp project page]]'''.
+<br>
 ===Information Gathering===
 An obvious task we must all try our best at. Finding out more about Diablo III and adding the content to the wiki. Important central articles to add information:

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 The skills need to be made individual per page for a host of reasons, and we are currently looking in to making a skill boilerplate, better skill navigation, and skill listing.
-Further information on the '''[[DiabloWiki:Community Portal/Skill Tree Revamp|Skill Tree Revamp project page]]'''.
+Further information on the:
 '''[[DiabloWiki:Community Portal/Skill Tree Revamp|Skill Tree Revamp project page]]'''.
 ===Information Gathering===

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	''If you know of any task that needs be done, edit here and add it. Don't remove anything unless you are [[Leord]], [[Flux]], [[Elly]] or [[Rush]]!''		''If you know of any task that needs be done, edit here and add it. Don't remove anything unless you are [[Leord]], [[Flux]], [[Elly]] or [[Rush]]!''
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		+	===Skill Tree Revamp===
		+	The skills need to be made individual per page for a host of reasons, and we are currently looking in to making a skill boilerplate, better skill navigation, and skill listing.
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		+	Further information on the '''[[DiabloWiki:Community Portal/Skill Tree Revamp\|Skill Tree Revamp project page]]'''.
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-This is the '''policies''' of {{WikiTitle}} that all contributing members are expected to follow. Most of these policies work exactly like other wikis.
+==Community Portal==
-==Articles==
+===How to create/edit articles===
-When making new articles, check the current [[Help:Boilerplate|boilerplates]] to see how to structure the actual article.
+''(Basic/Fast tutorial)''
-===Standard Article Structure===
+* Use categories! Each article '''Must''' be at least in one category.
-If there are no boilerplates available for your article, use this simple structure:
+** How to add category? Type on bottom of article something like this: '''<nowiki>[[Category:Quests]]</nowiki>'''
-* '''Brief introduction (*)'''. 1-2 lines of text, starting with the name of the article, in '''bold text'''. Just make an extremely brief explanation of the article.
+** If you dont know where your article become, put it in '''[[:Category:Categorization requests]]'''  and someone else will do it.
-* '''Game information (**)'''. Add any information available on the topic for the actual game. Can be quite extensive, use subsections.
+** If you put article in 2 or more categories, dont do it when one is another subcategory. For example, dont put articles to [[:Category:Melee weapons]] and [[:Category:Weapons]]
-* '''(*)''' = Very important.
+* Use button '''Show preview''' before you save changes.
-* '''(**)''' = At least one of these.
+* Enter short summary
-===Long Articles===
+==Current DiabloWiki Focus==
-If an article starts to become too long (if you get a warning when trying to save), you should consider moving out sections to separate articles. If you do so, keep a small section with a brief description of the topic left, either as its own section or as part of another heading. You should also make sure to link back to the original article, as they most likely will be related.
+'''Remember that the {{wl|[http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/DiabloWiki:Community_Portal Diablo 2 Wiki]}} also needs help.'''
-==Headlines==
+===Information Gathering===
-Headlines are used as normal. The main headline look like this: "<nowiki>==</nowiki> Headline <nowiki>==</nowiki>", and all subheaders add one equal sign on each side to create a headline structure.
+An obvious task we must all try our best at. Finding out more about Diablo III and adding the content to the wiki. Important central articles to add information:
-==Titles==
+* [[Lore]] - Dire need of lore additions.
-* Almost all titles in a wiki adhere to the general principle that all words are written with minor letters, and only use capitals in titles (example: [[media coverage]] versus [[High Heavens]]). {{WikiTitle}} itself transform the first letter of any title to a capital letter, which is unimportant for the naming. It's the equivalent of the first word of a sentence. This holds true with articles, boilerplates, categories and templates. If in doubt, check with other contributors.
+** [[:Category:Settlements]] - Listing, loring.
-* [[Disambiguation]]s (cases where two articles or two categories with the same name mean completely different things) use a space and a parenthesis with a clarification like this: [[Barbarian (Diablo II class)]] or this: [[:Category:Locations (lore)]]. The word in the parenthesis is always minor letters.
+** [[:Category:Factions]] - Listing, loring.
-* [[Article]]s are almost exclusively used in singular ("Barbarian" instead of "Barbarians" etc). If it is at all possible to use singular form, do so.
+** [[:Category:Artefacts]] - Listing, loring.
-* [[Category]] titles use a similar logic to articles, where a two-worded category title uses a minor letter for the second word like this: [[:Category:Art books]]. Categories are almost exclusively used in plural ("Category:Maps" instead of "Category:Map").
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