Wiki contribution guide
This is the guide for users who are new to editing wikis in general, and a style reference for all editors on the RetroMC wiki.
Additionally, please read the wiki rules before you create your account.
Creating your account
Head to Special:CreateAccount, and make an account with the same name you use in the Minecraft server.
This is for moderation purposes. If an account namesquats (uses a popular username), then it'll be blocked unless the user who created it or the MC username owner verifies it in in a ticket (#helpdesk). (Also, to log into your account, use Special:UserLogin.)
If you forgot your password, head to Special:PasswordReset. but it only works if you added an email address when you created your account.
If you didn't add an email address before you lost your password, open a ticket in the Discord guild under Login Trouble.
Page creation and making edits
[page name]"...".To edit an existing page, head to the page you want to edit, and select Edit somewhere in the top right corner.
For more info, reference these pages on MediaWiki:
- Starting a new page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page
- Links: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links
- Images: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images
- Formatting: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting
- Manual:CSS (If you wish to use CSS): https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:CSS
CSS can be utilized via <span style=""></span> and <div style=""></div> to enhance visual appeal.
On this very wiki, User:Noggisoggi can be used as an example to learn from.
Style guide
- A neutral PoV and usage of third person pronouns are preferred for most pages – however, an advisory/instructional PoV (giving instructions on what (not) to do, witty text, using words such as "You", "I", etc. outside of quotations) can be used inside of guides (like this very page) and userpages.
- Bold and italic text (see cheatsheet) can be used to emphasise text, though take care to not overuse them.
- Profanity usage should be avoided as much as possible unless they are a part of a username, sign, etc.
- Spellings derived from Commonwealth English, US English, and other variants are allowed and interchangable.
⚠️ Warning: Template:MCColor and the color parameter in CSS need to be invoked as-is, with the same spelling, so the Commonwealth spelling can't be used.
Some pages about towns and server internals are good inspirations for the writing style on this wiki.
You can also utilize templates, such as Template:User (for adding user heads next to usernames), Template:Infobox, Template:Infobox User (user pages only) and Template:Infobox Town (Town/village pages only).
Template:MCColor can be used to add color.
Wikipedia's policies and guidelines is also another good resource if you have the time, though they are loosely followed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines
Cheatsheet
| Format | Output | Notes |
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hmm<br>oh ok
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hmm oh ok |
'<br>' is the newline tag; you will use this a lot.
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The [[Dungeon]]'s 8th floor is full of horrors..
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The Dungeon's 8th floor is full of horrors.. | The text between the square brackets link to an already-existing page. |
'''bold'''
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bold | Used at the start of pages to highlight a name if applicable. It can be used to emphasize a statement; though its effectiveness will decrease if it's overused. |
''italics''
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italics | Used for quotations, new words, emphasis, etc. |
<code>/help</code>
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/help
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Use it for commands, values, etc. |
<nowiki>'''hmmm'''</nowiki>
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'''hmmm''' | Note the '<nowiki>' tags - it is used to disable additional wiki formatting in text enclosed inside the tags.
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{{MCColor|&f|/!\}}{{MCColor|&e|/!\}}{{MCColor|&c|/!\}}{{MCColor|&4|/!\}}</code>
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/!\/!\/!\/!\ | 2nd parameter is the color code/name; see Module:MCColor/data for the list. 3rd parameter is the text to be colored. |
{{user|Noggisoggi}} and {{user-nonwiki|Noggisoggi}} are good people.
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Disregarding the nonsensical example, both Template:User (links to userpage) and Template:User-nonwiki (without userpage) can be utilized to give pages a bit more detail. |
Press {{button|R}} to fly and go brrrr- oh wait, it's [[Ranks#Helper|staff only]]..
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Press R to fly and go brrrr- oh wait, it's staff only.. | You won't use Template:Button often – it's only used in the context of guides, where a button or a key is to be mentioned. |
<!-- hmmmmm -->
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Text between those tags are only displayed when viewing the page's source. |
If you're ready and want to learn some more formatting tricks and whatnot, peruse the advanced subpage of this guide.
Hopefully, with these guides, you should be able to contribute to the wiki with style! :^)