The Manual of Style is a resource specifying the guidelines or standards expected of certain pages on the wiki. It will also be a resource for how to use templates and the editor.
External Resources
When looking for resources to help style templates or wiki pages, it's more effective to refer to documentation labeled for MediaWiki as opposed to labeled for Fandom. While both Fandom and NBITTRPG Wiki are both built on MediaWiki, they do not share the exact same extensions or capabilities as one another.
- See this page for help on creating templates.
- If you are familiar with CSS, Javascript, and understand what functions are and aren't available between NBITTRPG Wiki and Fandom, you can use Fandom-related style guides, like here.
Writing Style
Most pages should be written in past tense. This is to avoid unintentional spoilers for those casually browsing the wiki. Future or present tense may be used for campaigns that have not happened yet.
It usually does not matter whether pages use American or British English, but direct quotes must be kept as they are.
Citations
Citations should primarily be used for surprising trivia or one-off jokes that need links to Discord messages. They can also be used to clarify certain choices made in wiki styling or organization.
The Cite template can be used in areas that might need a citation attributed to it. More information can be found on the Templates subpage.
Templates
To make a template, go to the URL and after the ".xyz/", type Template:[Template Name]. This will bring you to an entirely new page that you can then create a template on. See this page on MediaWiki for more general information on templates.
For information on other templates and how to use them, refer to this page.
Categories
Categories are a tagging system that allow certain page lists to exist and to organize information better. Please put tags in the plural, as that avoids confusion with templates. For example, Stub denotes the name of a template, while Stubs refer to the category.
When adding categories, you may use the "Advanced Options" tool in the visual editor or simply place something like [[Category:Category Name]] at the bottom of the page. It does not matter what order tags are added, as they're sorted alphabetically thanks to one of this wiki's extensions.
Please see this page for more information on how pages should be categorized.
Page Formatting
Because this is a repository of information regarding several campaigns and worlds, the first sentence of every page should denote what world, campaign, and/or AU the content below pertains to.
The formatting of pages should stay consistent for pages that are similar in content or type. For in-depth information on how to format pages, please see this page.