Editing Reference

This page is a resource and reference for users editing this wiki, and especially creating pages or uploading files.

## Image Standardization

* All filenames with spaces or hyphens in them should parse them as underscores.
* Chroma images should follow the filename template of *Color.png*. For example, File:Blue.png has the filename of *Blue.png*.
* Creature images should follow the filename template of *Creature\_Stage.png* if Baby or Juvenile, and *Creature\_Stage\_Color.png* if Adult. Examples:
	+ File:Knutte Baby.png -> *Knutte\_Baby.png*
	+ File:Knutte Juvenile.png -> *Knutte\_Juvenile.png*
	+ File:Knutte Adult Blue.png -> *Knutte\_Adult\_Blue.png'*
	+ Replace "Juvenile" or "Adult" with "Male" or "Female" if that stage is dimorphic.
* All item images should follow the filename template of *Item\_Name.png*.
* NPC images should just be named after the NPC and follow the template of *Name.png*.
	+ In the event of an NPC having multiple images, feel free to append words like "full" for fullbodies, "portrait" for headshots, etc.

## Creature Pages

* All creature pages should follow the example template set by Voidwalker if dimorphic, and Knutte if not.

## Delve Pages

* All delve pages should follow the example template set by Laboratory Depths.

## Sector Pages

* All Sector pages should follow the example template set by Forested Laboratory.

## NPC Pages

* All NPC pages should follow the example template set by Chanti Faust.

## Mechanical Pages

* Pages which describe the game's core mechanics and systems. There is no set template for these; organize them however makes sense.

## Templates

* All infoboxes should roughly follow the style and aesthetic of Template:Infobox Creature. Ask a wiki admin for help if you need it.
* All notice templates should follow the code of Template:Spoiler, replacing only the image and text.

### Individual Creature Template

* For resistances and weaknesses/attacks, follow the style of Template:Resist Knutte, Template:Weak Knutte, and Template:Attacks Knutte. Order weak/resist elements alphabetically. As for attacks, the stronger attack should be placed at the bottom, or sorted alphabetically if the damage of both attacks happen to be roughly the same.

### Individual Delve Template

* Place Template:Infobox Delving (or Template:Infobox SD Delving for sim delves) before the individual creature info Template: DD Aceranguis (or Template: SD RR Aceranguis) and sort alphabetically. Template: DD Boss if it is the Delve's boss.
	+ When creating individual encounter templates for new delve, abbreviate the delve name into two capital letters (if the abbreviation already exists, add another letter, lowercase, of the first name, like KrC (Kreekiki Crevice when Kyanite Corridor, KC, was introduced earlier).
	+ Follow the example of Template:LD\_Knutte for multiple of same species but different colors or conditions such as stats or traps.

## Categories

* All of a page's categories should be listed alphabetically at the bottom of the page.
	+ Template:WIP automatically adds *Category:WIP Pages* to a page it is placed on, and it will appear before the other categories.
* The following qualities of creatures should be categorized:
	+ Always add *Category:Creatures*.
	+ If the creature was released in the relevant time period, add *Category:Alpha Releases* or *Category:Beta Releases*.
		- Alpha is defined as the period of time where only Wymsical was registered on the site, before beta testing started. This was before December 31, 2019.
		- Beta is defined as the period of time in which the closed beta took place. This was between January 1, 2020 to February 13, 2021.
	+ Add any categories matching the Rarity, Sector, Grouping, Delves, Standard Variant, and if applicable, Hermaphroditic, relevant to the creature. Do not pluralize the category name (eg use *Category:Common* instead of *Category:Commons*).
	+ Add a category for the creature's artist.
	+ Add a category for the creatures attack elements (*Category:Neutral Attacks* for instance) and, if Elemental, the creature's element (*Category:Fire-Element Creatures*).
	+ Add a category if the creature was introduced through Limited Pickup (*Category:Limited Pickups*).
* NPC pages should have *Category:NPCs*. If they are members of the IA, they should have *Category:Intergalactic Alliance*. Categories for the general areas they can be found in should be included, such as *Category:Headquarters*. Include their artist category.
* Sector pages should have *Category:Sectors*, *Category:Locations*, and their Sector category.
	+ Subsector pages should match their parent Sector, replacing the foremost category with *Category:Subsectors*.
* Delve pages should have *Category:Delves*, and either *Category:Regular Delves* or *Category:Limited Run Delves* depending on its type. *Category:Locations* should be included, as well as a category for their Sector.
* Non-sector location pages should have *Category:Locations* and, if applicable, a category for their general area such as Headquarters.
* Mechanical pages should have *Category:Mechanics*.
* Pages relating to the wiki more than to Protochroma should have *Category:Meta*.
* Pages acting as a user reference or directory should have *Category:Reference*.
* All pages containing a template that can be called in another page (such as Template:Infobox Creature) should have *Category:Templates*.

## Notices

* Notices are templates; therefore, they can be added to a page with double curly brackets. Add notices to the start of the page, before content and infoboxes.
	+ Example: add Template:WIP with *{{WIP}}*.
* Add Template:WIP to pages that are incomplete.
* Add Template:Verify to pages that are missing some information or some need to be verified. Provide the reason in the reason parameter like so: {{Verify|reason=''Write reason here.''}}
* Use your judgement for Template:Spoiler. Because this is a wiki, most pages will spoil information, therefore it doesn't make sense to add to all pages. Add the template to pages with newly-released content, or which are likely to include said content, such as Creature List.