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This is a Draft
Each article guideline is currently being drafted. Your input is highly valuable to establish wiki standards and overall article styling. After finalization and community consensus, this guide will become protected and only editable by Administrators.

The Article Guide contains the base layouts for common articles on the wiki. These are meant to be used as a starting point for editing. While we aim for consistency and standardization throughout the wiki, unique sections are allowed to best display information on a specific subject.
For example: Krsysl Wordsmith has a unique Written Books section.

For general wiki style guidelines see the Style Guide.

Character Articles[edit | edit source]

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{{Tabs
|maxwidth = 20
|tab1 = Info
|tab2 = Appearances
}}
{{Infobox_character
|name = 
|aliases =
|species = 
|gender = 
|status = {{status|Alive}}
|affiliation = 
|residence = 
|age= 
|first appearance = {{chl|1.00}}
}}
'''Character''' is...

== Appearance ==

== Personality ==

== Background ==

== Chronology ==
===<u>Volume 1</u>===

===<u>Volume 2</u>===

== Powers and Abilities ==

=== Classes/Levels ===
* [Class] Lv. ?

== Trivia ==

== Quotes ==

== References ==
{{Scroll Box
|height=200px
|content=<references />
}}
[[Category:Characters]]

Style and Content Guidelines[edit | edit source]

  • The top of a character's page contains key identifying information about the character such as their species, occupation, area of residence, and/or prominent groups they are a part of. This area should be brief and succinct, no more than 3-4 sentences.
    • A character's status, such as being alive or deceased, is not included as key identifying information. Living status should be stored in the infobox instead.
New Character Page

Create a character page
with the above preloaded layout.


Chapter Articles[edit | edit source]

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{{Infobox_episode
|title=Chapter 
|published=
|wordcount=
|link=
|previousChapter=
|nextChapter=
<!--|image=
|imagecaption=-->
}}

'''Chapter ___''' is the __th chapter of [[Volume _]].

==tl;dr==
{{TBA}}

==Synopsis==
{{TBA}}

==Characters==
( * = First Appearance)
{{TBA}}

[[Category:Chapters]]
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Preload Template Soon
A preloaded template will soon be created for quick and easy Chapter page creation, after the layout for Chapter Pages has been decided.

Location Articles[edit | edit source]

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'''Location''' is a location in the Wandering Inn.

==Overview==

==Geography==

==Chronology==

==Notable Known Characters==
*

==Trivia==

==References==

[[Category:Locations]]
New Location Page

Create a location page
with the above preloaded layout.


Group/Organization Articles[edit | edit source]

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'''Group''' is a group in the Wandering Inn.

==Overview==

==Background==

==Chronology==

==Strength==

==Members==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! style="text-align: center;" | <u>Name</u>
! style="text-align: center;" | <u>Race</u>
! style="text-align: center;" | <u>Position</u>
! style="text-align: center;" | <u>Status</u>
|- align="center"
| [[Person 1]]
| [[Race 1s|Race 1]]
| Position 1
| Status
|- align="center"
| [[Person 2]]
| [[Race 2s|Race 2]]
| Position 2
| Status
|}

==Trivia==

==References==

[[Category:Groups/Organisations]]

Artifact Articles[edit | edit source]

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The '''Artifact''' is an artifact owned by [[Character]]

==Appearance==

==Chronology==

==Enchantments==

==Owners==

===Current Owner===
*[[Character]]

==Trivia==

==References==

[[Category:Artifacts]]

Volume/eBook Articles[edit | edit source]

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{{Tabs
|maxwidth = 20
|tab1 = Info
|tab2 = tl;dr
}}
{{Infobox_book
|title = The Wandering Inn: {{Volume|Book}} {{x}}
|author = Pirateaba
|image = {{cover image}}
|imagecaption = [[Ebook]] {{x}} {{covering Part {{z}} of Volume {{y}}}}
|firstChapter = [[first chapter]]
|firstChapterDate = {{start date}}
|lastChapter = [[last chapter]]
|lastChapterDate = {{end date}}
|datePublished = Not Yet Published
|publisher = N/A
|wordCount = {{word count}}
|chapterCount = {{chapter count}}
|previous = [[{{Volume|Book}} {{x-1}}]]
|next = [[{{Volume|Book}} {{x+1}}]]
}}

The {{xth}} {{Volume|book}} of The Wandering Inn began on {{start date}} with [[first chapter]] {{as part of Volume {{y}}}} and ended on {{end date}} with [[last chapter]].

== Major Events ==

== Publications ==

== Chapter List ==

[[Category:Timeline]]
[[Category:{{Volumes|eBooks}}]]
New Volume or eBook Page

Create a Volume/eBook page
with the above preloaded layout.


Torenity
Migrated this over
Torenity | Posted on Dec 17, 2023 at 8:06 pm

I've brought this over to help set up a foundation of discussion in the TWI Wiki community to start standardizing our content. Feel free to add comments down below to start the discussion.

J0E
J0E | Posted on Jan 2, 2024 at 2:41 am | Last edited on Jan 2, 2024 at 2:48 am

My thoughts on the chapter pages:

With how long the chapters have gotten, the "Characters" sections are becoming quite bloated, especially when done thoroughly. Also, while every chapter page has a "Characters" and "Locations" section, others like "Items", "Food", "Creatures", "Groups/Organizations" and "Songs" are inconsistently applied. I personally do not see the need for them (though feel free to educate me on that), but if we do keep them, I propose moving the section for system stuff up, so that it is directly below the synopsis.

On that note, the system section needs a better name than "Statistics Obtained". Finding a good name is difficult though, since it needs to encompass Levels, Skills, Conditions, and Titles. Perhaps "System Announcements"? But that wouldn't include confirmations of Levels and Skills that were gained off-screen. If you can think of a good name, please share it.

We also need a standard for how to format that system information, as concisely as possible. Maybe adding placeholders to the template would be a good idea? You could easily delete them if they're not needed.

EDIT: I forgot, but the chapter pages are missing their wordcount. Is there a way to transfer those from the old wiki without destroying the changes that have already been made?

Torenity
Torenity | Posted on Jan 2, 2024 at 9:59 pm

I've fixed the wordcounts on the Chapter pages, they should be appearing as the Template propagates through each one.

I agree that the extra sections like items, food, creatures etc is a little too granular and requires a lot of work to keep up with, that we may not want to take on. Perhaps simply linking them respectively within the Summary section, as they come up organically in the chapter, would be a better way to go about it. Keeps the same information in some way, but without an extra section.

J0E
J0E | Posted on Jan 6, 2024 at 6:38 pm

Oh yeah, that sounds like a good idea!

Thanks for fixing the wordcounts by the way.

Torenity
Torenity | Posted on Jan 9, 2024 at 7:21 pm

Updated the Chapter layout to remove those granular sections!

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