Formatting Communities

The following are specific rules to follow if you are a content moderator, admin or bureaucrat creating, editing or formatting communities' pages around **The Immersive Communities Wiki**.

## Creating A Community

There are **8 main steps** to follow when creating a community. Those steps are mandatory and should be followed on all specific communities' pages at all times. The 8 steps are:

* Top Templates
* Introduction
* Infobox
* What To Discuss Headline
* Events & Creations Headline
* Trending Headline
* Bottom Template
* Categories

### Top Templates:

Every page should have two top templates, the "GeneralCommunityNotice" Template, which is a notice encouraging users to join the community and the "MainNotice2" Template, an important notice that will inform members of an event, change or important information. Those templates should be added at the very top of the communities' pages, above their infobox and their introduction.

The coding is **complex**, so every time you edit a page in "Classic Editor" mode, you'll have to go in "Source" mode and re-format the templates' coding. Remember to pay attention at the two spaces between the infobox and the second template. It should look exactly like this:

### Introduction:

The introduction is the opener to your community. It should be added at the left of the infobox, and right under the "Top Templates". The opener is a one-liner, as show in the examples below. Follow it to the exact detail and adapt it to suit your community.

* The**Pixar Community**is a specific community for all Pixar-related discussions.

* The**Doctor Who Universe Community**is a specific community for all Doctor Who Universe-related discussions.

* **The Walking Dead Community**is a specific community for all The Walking Dead-related discussions.

* The**Marvel Cinematic Universe Community**is a specific community for all MCU-related discussions.

### Infobox:

There are several boxes to fill in, in an infobox. Make sure to follow them like prescribed below:

* Title: Do not fill in anything in this section. It'll automatically get filled in with the page's name.
* Photo: Find the logo of the community's subject. The logo must be transparent, except if the background is also crucial to the logo, as seen with the "LEGO" example.
* Type: There are several different types of communities but the main ones are: (Movies, TV-Shows, Video-Games, Comics, Toys and Novels). Commonly, a community should be defined by three main types, although it can sometimes be reduced to one ot two. There cannot be more than three. The types should fit in on one line, so if you have three types, you may need to shorten "Video-Games" to "Games". Alternatively, if there's only one type, you can expand on it such as listing "Reality TV-Show" instead of simply listing "TV-Show". You should always list the types in order of importance (what defines better the subject). Note that the quantity of a type of media **DOES NOT**define a subject's importance. Star Wars may have 300+ comic book issues, but its primarily defined by its movies and games first.
* Notable Releases: Remember to only list **released** media. This part is very similar to what's written in the "What To Discuss" section except the latter also lists unreleased media. You should generally write in this section the subject's notable releases. Minor media such as MCU's guidebooks, Doctor Who's video-games and Pixar's TV-shows are not to be listed. Every word's first letter should be capitalized in this section, view the examples below for reference and follow it to the exact detail.
* Platforms: This should only be included if the community has released any video-games, even if those aren't notable releases. If its games have at some point been released on all main platforms, then write "ALL Platforms". If not, write the ones they've been included in, those can be: (iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Nintendo, Wii, GameCube, Playstation, Xbox and Apple TV). Write those in the exact order they're written above. Do not include specific platforms such as Xbox 360, Playstation 4 or Wii U.
* Original Run: Look at the examples below. For the first date, refer to the subject's beginnings, what was the first media it released or the officialisation of its creation. As for the second date, it'll most often be "Present". If the subject is terminated and does not have **any media** currently being released, write down the date the subject got terminated.
* Activity Level: If the community has just been created, write "Undetermined Yet". As it'll start gaining popularity, you'll have to replace this with a symbol (infoicon). The coding is: **[[File:Arrow1.png|30x30px]]** . If you write "Arrow1", it'll add in a green arrow, meaning there is great activity level on the community. If you write "Arrow2", it'll add in an orange arrow, meaning there is medium activity level on the community. If you write "Arrow3", it'll add in a red arrow, meaning there is few activity level on the community.
* Number Of Comments: If the community has just been created, write "Undetermined Yet". As it'll start gaining popularity, write the number of comments the community currently has. Do not write the exact number, but instead round it to the lesser number and add a "+" next to it. Refer to the examples below. If the community has 1235 comments, round it to 1200+. However, if it has 235 comments, round it to 230+. A great staff member should know how to round, the rule is, the larger the number, the broader you can round.
* Notable Events & Games: If there isn't any yet, write "None". If there is, keep writing "None" until directions on how to format those are instructed by a bureaucrat.
* Tournaments: If there isn't any yet, write "None". If there is one that's been announced or released, a bureaucrat will take care of it.

### What To Discuss Headline

This is the most important part of a page. It's where the users are informed of what they're able to talk about and what they aren't. First, add in the "What To Discuss" headline. Look at the example below as for what comes next:

The discussion should revolve around the [name of subject]-related media that's been announced or released since [date of release]. This includes its:

* 22 Movies
* 12 TV-shows
* 8 Video-games
* 33 Issues (comic books)
* 19 Guidebooks

...and other media (released & unreleased). Additional topics such as the cast, the production, the behind the scenes and other related topics are also acceptable.

There are many alternatives, exceptions and additions when it comes to this section. The **first intro line** commonly stays the same, except if the subject isn't media-related, or is wider than a franchise of movies, novels, games or a TV-show.
The **bullet points**are the longest part of creating a community. The information you write in here must be very accurate, as it involves thorough research. You may round certain numbers when they become too big (in the hundreds) and when the required research to find the exact numbers is too extensive. In here, in order of importance, you write all of the media that the subject has released or announced to be released. If the subject is very wide, include its 5-6 types of main media. Do not include "very minor" media such as an arcade game, a short story or a poem about the subject, etc.
The **last line**should stay like shown in the example above if movies or TV-shows are involved. Alternatives are offered as shown below:

* Video-Game: Additional topics such as the games' productions, its game developers and other related topics are also acceptable.
* Minecraft: Additional topics such as displaying creative builds, sharing survival strategies, discussing servers and other related topics are also acceptable.

A **bonus line**can also be added as a warning, if necessary. An example would be the following line in the MCU Community:

* Note that the discussion should avoid revolving around non-MCU topics, even if it's related to the Marvel company.

Pay attention to the capitalization in the first example above, as you'll want to recreate it to the exact detail.

### Events & Creations Headline

If the community has just been created, this headline will most often be filled with a one-liner, as shown below for reference. Follow to the exact detail those examples.

* There are currently no events or creations related to the Marvel Cinematic Universe Community.
* There are currently no events or creations related to the Mario Community.
* There are currently no events or creations related to The Walking Dead Community.

If events and creations have been posted, keep the one-liner until directions on how to format those are instructed by a bureaucrat.

### Trending Headline

If the community has just been created, write "Coming Soon". If it starts gaining popularity, keep writing "Coming Soon" until directions on how to format those are instructed by a bureaucrat.

### Bottom Template Headline

This template is mandatory for fluid navigation around the wiki and should be included at the bottom of every community page. This template is called the "Communities" template, do not forget to add it. Look down below for an example of how it looks like.

### Categories

Those are also crucial for navigation around the wiki as more and more communities get created. The first one **every** community should have is the:

* "Communities" category.

Then, categorize the community with its most defining type category. Those are: "Movies Communities", "TV-Shows Communities", "Video-Games Communities", "Comics Communities", "Toys Communities" and "Novels Communities".

Remember that although you commonly include three types in the infobox, the categories are reserved for media that the subject is **primarily recognized** with. This will most often only have **one defining category** and should never go beyond two.