Help:Editing Notes

Just a small collection of things to note if you're editing the wiki.

Page Notices

 * There's some specific templates to be used for putting up notices for pages that need specific edits or have particular issues.


 * If an article is missing a good amount of its information, add the Incomplete template to it in order to keep track of it.


 * For articles in need of further editing or are just really rough, use the Cleanup template to mark them.


 * It's pretty important to mark out of date sections with the Out Of Date template. This notice isn't for pages that are missing new lore that elaborates things, but rather in more extreme cases when the lore itself is no longer canon. It's very important to mark pages with these problems so they can be fixed as soon as someone gets an opportunity to edit it. When marking such articles, try to keep the notice confined to certain sections or paragraphs if possible, to make it clear which part of the article is out of date and what parts are still fine.

Editing Guidelines

 * If you don't know much about a concept or lore, please don't try to write or edit a page about it.


 * Similarly, if a lore concept is primarily created by someone else, ask about it first if you're creating or editing pages related to that thing.


 * It's better to prioritize making articles that have to do with your own concepts and/or characters.


 * When cleaning up and improving pages on the wiki, Out of Date articles should be prioritized and then those marked for Cleanup.


 * While you should try to at least write decently well, it's more important to get information down rather than maintaining consistency with the rest of the article or wiki. It's much easier to edit something you have words for already. So even if you're not very good at writing wikis, don't worry about it. Someone else can help you with that. If you're not confident, you can mark the page with the Cleanup template.

Infoboxes

 * There's definitely a way to implement infoboxes to the visual editor, but I haven't really been able to accomplish that. Therefore, as a temporary solution, see here. You'll have to go into source editing to add them, but they should work fine with the visual editor once they're there.

Maintaining Character Pages
Maintaining characters can be hard. Here's some tips.


 * Trying to keep events up to date is a contest that you'll probably not be able to win. Feel free to document if you want, but it is an unreasonable expectation to keep the series of events up to date completely.


 * If you are keeping a record, it's best only to include significant events.


 * It's best to focus on elements of the character that are mostly static and change gradually but not completely. I.e. Squirt's page documents the tools he has at his disposal, and The Librarian's page documents his backstory.