Editing Guide

This page is a list of formatting options and editing tips & tricks.

## General Guidelines

### Language

Articles should be written in English language, preferably American English. Avoid other languages or slang terms unless they are part of the topic.

### Linking

* Terms that exist as articles or significant sections on articles must be linked to preferably at the first mention. Succeeding mentions need not be linked. Additionally, it is preferable to link at the first mention of every new section (i.e. if White Griffon Academy is mentioned in the character introduction and also appears in the Background section, link both first mentions). The same applies to character mentions.
* **Linking to Sections**: when making a link (**CTRL + k** shortcut or typing **[[** ), type in the page name, followed by "#" and the section name (also replace spaces in section names with an underscore). For example, to link to the Queen's Corps section on the Mage Association page, use: Mage Association#Queen's\_Corps. The format in **source editing** is:

```
[[Page name#Section_name|Display text]]

```

* i.e. [[Mage Association#Queen's\_Corps|Queen's Corps]]
	+ When there are duplicate section names on a page, you can link to the 2nd/3rd/etc instance by appending a number, for example [[Ogre#Stats\_2]] will link to the second "Stats" section on the Ogre page.

### Redirects

**Redirects** should be created for all situations in which a reader might search for an alternative term and expect to find the correct page (i.e. [[Lith]] should redirect to [[Lith Verhen]]). Redirect pages that lead to another redirect page should be avoided.

* To create a redirect, create a page with the alternative page name (e.g. [[Lith]]) and edit the source code to just be #redirect [[Page to redirect to]] (e.g. #redirect [[Lith Verhen]]).

* You can also create redirects for specific terms instead of linking to that specific section, in case the section is moved later on. For example, "Fusion Magic" can be made a separate redirect page to [[Awakening#Fusion\_Magic]]. This way, you can link to the "Fusion Magic" redirect page instead of having to enter [[Awakening#Fusion\_Magic]] every time. This is especially helpful for longer terms such as [[Griffon Kingdom Armed Forces]] and any sections within that page.

### References

* Do not forget to reference the chapter(s) where your information was taken.
* Sometimes, there is a lot of content from a single page. To avoid long blurbs of text, make it separate paragraphs. Then, copy/paste the reference to the end of each paragraph. The reference will appear in the list like so:

* If the source is from Legion (the author) on Discord, use "Legion on Discord" as the reference name (in place of Chapter XXX) and link it to the Discord message Legion sent.

### Reference Formatting

A long list of references can take up a lot of space. To condense them, use the References template (Insert > Template > References)

By default, it will insert a "References" header, create a box with a scrolling div below the header, and split the references into two columns (the latter is caused by the {{reflist|2}} template):

In the **Source Editor**, simply insert {{References}} at the bottom of the page.

The settings can be tweaked inside the template by clicking on it and selecting "Edit." Click "Add More Information" and the "Format" field. Add the following to the Format field for the following adjustments:

* Changing back to only 1 column --> <references />
* Changing to 3 columns: {{reflist|3}}

## Character Page Guidelines

### Infoboxes

* Whenever a field has more than 2 entries, use bullet points by putting a \* in front of each entry.
* Use [[ ]] around text to make it a page link. Use when possible, especially to other characters, organizations, etc. (i.e. [[Phloria Ernas]], [[Griffon Kingdom]])
* To add superscripts, add **<small><sup>''(Superscript text)''</sup></small>** after the text.

### References

If a character page's content is short enough that only one chapter is mentioned, you don't need a references section as long as you include the chapter the character was introduced in the character infobox.

### Tense

Use PRESENT tense except when describing a character that is deceased, or a character's past background. Any actions or events that transpire should also be in present tense

* *After the events of Othre, Lith **goes** on a date with Kamila before bringing her to meet his family. He **is** assigned to Maekosh city to investigate the warg attacks, and **encounters** Tezka, a warg-Abomination hybrid.*
* *During her childhood, Phloria **was** taught Tier 1-3 magic personally by her father Orion and **trained** to fight beasts.*
* *Headmaster Linjos **was** the Headmaster at White Griffon Academy and one of the Griffon Kingdom's strongest (fake) mages). During Balkor's attack on the academies, Linjos **teams** up with Archmage Rudd to kill Valors and defend the students.*

## Source Editing

**Source Editing** allows you to directly change the Wikitext or HTML code. It's more exact than the Visual Editor and there are some formatting options and templates that are available only through source editing.

When creating/editing a page, at the very top (above the hotbar with text formatting/insert link/etc.) is a dropdown menu to switch between the Visual Editor and Source Editing.