Editing Guide

Welcome reader or editor. This is a page that is designed to provide you some tips for when you write or edit a page for the Prism SMP. It is recommended that you read this page to understand what the key pointers are about writing and editing pages.

Written: 9th September 2023

## General

The points listed below are for all pages, not some or others.

### Please use listed and known facts

The community is small, but errors are still errors! Ensure to double check facts. (For example: Kitsune865 is a known member of Rattus Religion. (This is backed up by the role in discord)).

### Story telling

We love you guys making your own stories, but try not to write them like a story.

E.g. FlopPop dazzled his enemies with his Lysol Can, spraying them with the mist.

Rather, as these are articles and are meant to be easy to read write:

FlopPop confused the enemy, spraying them with his Lysol Can.

Though it is boring, its easier to read. This however can be somewhat bent. If you feel as though the page reads better like an interview for example, by all means go ahead and write it as so. The page will be reviewed and checked regardless.

### Hyperlinks

What are hyperlinks? Prism SMP Wiki, these are hyperlinks! They are used to identify something in an article. Use them often enough to allow for you to seamlessly transfer pages, however you don't need them at every sentence. E.g. Orange is Orange due to his likeness to the colour Orange. This is cloggy. Try to use them maybe once a paragraph.

The same sentence would be: Orange is orange due to his likeness to the colour orange.

### Citations

Some of you beady members may use citations. Feel free to use them! But please ensure that the website that is used is official and safe for all audiences. An example may be a Twitch clip or Youtube clip. But avoid odd websites that may cause issues further down the line like: iamasuspiciouswebite.com

### Capitalisation

As usual English teaches us, capitalise the words that need capitalising. Names, Titles, Places. These all need capitals, however ThIs Is NoT NeCeSSAry, and ruins the look of the article.

### Date format

Please use the date format as either Month, Day, Year or Year Day Month, but clarify if necessary.

1st January, 2022
1st Jan 2022
01 01 22 - Rewrite as above or 1st January, 2022

### Grammar

Use correct grammar. A good flowing article is a good flowing read, ensure that punctuation is used as well as grammatically correct sentences.

## Members

The members may have their own story, they may not. Pink has established there is lore for example, but Orange might feel as though he does not have lore. Follow these points:

### Some Members have already organised Lore and characters

Don't rewrite someone's story because they have said something else. If the character doesn't like vegetables, but the member loves them, there is no need to edit the page to correct the 'Character canonically dislikes vegetables'.

### Some members may not want a wiki page written about them

The discord staff members will get pages as to showcase them, however not all members need or will get pages - unless written by themselves. If a member shows no interest in having a wiki page written about them, request for removal (if already made) or do not write the page. Only edit and write what is necessary.

### Skins

Adding member skins is easier than you would think. Simply using NameMC.com you are able to search any member's name and get past and present skins. Copy the image and add it to the page, giving it a title as necessary, and adding it to the existing or make a gallery. If you are stuck, simply place the image into the wiki, and the staff will edit it to make it fit the format.

### Member page format

Currently, the suggested format includes an infobox that states their affiliations, name and aliases. An image with their skin's head is also used. Following that, it goes

#### Skins:

If the member edits the dates, or adds details outside of this format, keep it but check it. There is no true format to follow things can go between. But make good use of Headers and subheadings to add good, necessary titles to your pages.

If you are struggling, feel free to copy and paste a pre-existing page and edit it as necessary.

## File uploads

When members upload files, please ensure to use a name that describes the file. E.g. KitsuneSkin5 or OrangeFace.

## New pages

New pages should be created when the content that should be written does not fit into the categories of pre-existing pages. If you aren't sure, search. Ensure to double check with yourself:

1. Is the content related to the Prism SMP and its members?
2. Is the content significant enough to have a page of its own?
3. Is there enough information for a page?
	1. Pages for Members or Communities may have small amounts of information at first, but those pages can have information added at any time.
4. Does the information I want to write help expand the wiki?
5. Would others want to contribute.

## FAQ

* Why are some pages locked?
	+ Some pages are locked to ensure that unnecessary changes are made to high-traffic or valuable pages. Similarly to why Kitsune doesn't hand out original copies of books at the library,
* How do I apply to be staff?
	+ First apply to be staff in the Prism SMP. If Kitsune, Flop, Orange or Rolo believe that you would be a good addition to the moderation team on the Wiki, we may consider adding you in the future.
* I want to learn about articles that aren't written yet. Where can I find this information out?
	+ Information that you are desperate to know can likely be found in the discord server, however sometimes you may need to do some poking and prodding. If the page is important enough, or something that requires a page, as staff to make a page and fill it in, if you yourself don't want to / don't have the experience required to do so.

## Attribution

This page was written by Kitsune865, using the Dream SMP wiki rules as an example, as they are a high-traffic wiki that have over 700 pages of well-written articles.

Edits done in the future will be listed here, as well as the dates and members who edited them.