A KoL Wiki:Established Standards

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This page contains all formally established standards for creating and editing wiki pages. For standards that are not listed here, see Proposed Standards. This page assumes a basic knowledge of wiki editing.

Headings

• Please, always use "h2" or "==" headings, or smaller sizes thereof.

=A large and obnoxious heading=

yields:

A large and obnoxious heading

Tables of Contents

• A page will automatically generate a table of contents if there are four or more headings.
• If you do not wish for your page to have a table of contents, insert the following near the top of your document:

__NOTOC__

• • Some pages, like correctly-templated item pages, do this automatically.
• If you have fewer than four headings, but wish to have a table of contents nevertheless, place the following where you wish for the table of contents to appear:

__TOC__

File names

• Changes in capitalization causes new pages to be created. Please capitalize items just as they are in the Kingdom when you look at your inventory or the mall. This is particularly noticeable when you note the difference between familiars. For example hovering sombrero is the larval item, and Hovering Sombrero is the familiar. Do NOT create a new page on an item because you mis-capitalized. It WILL be deleted.

• Do not end a page name with a period, even if the title should have a period (such as The Shore, Inc.) Pages named this way can't be linked to properly, and are difficult to edit, move, or delete. Just don't do it.

• When uploading KoL images, use the same filename for the image as is used in the kingdom. If you receive an error that the file already exists, then it already exists. Do not change the filename of yours. Jick does not repeat filenames, so if we keep his, we should not have any problems. It also makes it easier for everyone to use the same files. When editing a page with an image on it, be sure of what image is being used in the Kingdom. Chances are we already have it.

Categories

• Contemplated new Categories should be discussed in forums before being implemented. As a general rule of thumb, there should be a strong and meaningful relationship between the elements being categorized. Also, there should probably be at least, say, 10 members in the proposed new category.
• When making or editing a page for an item that falls into an obvious cateogory, be sure to put that page into the category. For instance, if you were editing Hell ramen, and found it uncategorized, you would put the following at the bottom of the page:

[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Food (By Fullness)|6, hell ramen]]

The former simply categorizes Hell ramen as a food. The latter categorizes it as a food of six fullness.

• For a complete list of categories, see Special:Categories.

Item Pages

Item images should be formatted as such, IN THE ORDER SHOWN HEREIN:

The basic item entry:

Headers

{{itemheader|image=lime.gif|item=lime}}

yields: Template:Itemheader

Descriptions

Item descriptions are to be typed out fully, in normal text, one line under the header:

Template:Itemheader This is a lime. Like a lemon, it's shaped like a lemon. Unlike a lemon, it's a lime.

Basic Item Information

Follow the Kingdom's template for bolding, capitalization, and punctuation closely.

(Cooking ingredient)<br />
(Cocktailcrafting ingredient)<br />
Type: '''food'''<br />
Selling Price: '''60 Meat'''.

yields:

Template:Itemheader This is a lime. Like a lemon, it's shaped like a lemon. Unlike a lemon, it's a lime.

(Cooking ingredient)
(Cocktailcrafting ingredient)
Type: food
Selling Price: 60 Meat.

Note: The rest of our lime example is hypothetical, and does not reflect the true nature of the lime.

Enchantment

{{enchantment|enchantment=Scurvy Resistance}}

yields:

Template:Itemheader This is a lime. Like a lemon, it's shaped like a lemon. Unlike a lemon, it's a lime.

(Cooking ingredient)
(Cocktailcrafting ingredient)
Type: food
Selling Price: 60 Meat.

Other information

We now move away from the copy of the Kingdom's item description. The following elements should be in the order described below:

Drop location

==Drop Location==
*[[The Misspelled Cemetary]]
*[[The Icy Peak]]

yields:

• The Misspelled Cemetary
• The Icy Peak

Drop locations should have bullets next to them, since an item may drop from multiple locations. They should also be links to the appropriate location page.

Recipes

==Recipe==
<table cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=1px>
<tr align=center>
<td>{{supertinker}}</td>
<td>[[flange]]</td>
<td>[[cog]]</td>
<td>[[spring]]</td>
<td colspan=2><br></td>
<td>[[flange]]</td>
<td>[[spring]]</td>
<td>[[sprocket]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center style="background-color: #EEEEEE">
<td style="background-color: #FFFFFF">{{supertinker}}</td>
<td colspan=3>[[clockwork thingamajig]]</td>
<td>[[spring]]</td>
<td>[[sprocket]]</td>
<td colspan=3>[[clockwork doohickey]]</td>
<td>[[cog]]</td>
<td>[[sprocket]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center style="background-color: #DDDDDD">
<td style="background-color: #FFFFFF">{{supertinker}}</td>
<td colspan=5>[[clockwork claws]]</td>
<td colspan=5>[[clockwork counterclockwise dome]]</td>
<td>[[clockwork key]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center style="background-color: #CCCCCC">
<td style="background-color: #FFFFFF">{{cook}}</td>
<td colspan=11>[[clockwork endoskeleton]]</td>
<td>[[grapefruit]]</td>
</tr>
<tr align=center style="background-color: #BBBBBB">
<td style="background-color: #FFFFFF">{{equals}}</td>
<td colspan=12>[[unwound clockwork grapefruit]]</td>
</tr>
</table>

yields:

flange

cog

spring

flange

spring

sprocket

clockwork thingamajig

spring

sprocket

clockwork doohickey

cog

sprocket

clockwork claws

clockwork counterclockwise dome

clockwork key

clockwork endoskeleton

grapefruit

unwound clockwork grapefruit

To enter the nifty icons into a table, use these templates:
Basic Recipe Types

• : template:combine, {{combine}}
• : template:cook, {{cook}}
• : template:cocktail, {{cocktail}}
• : template:smith, {{smith}}
• : template:jewelry, {{jewelry}}

Special skills

• : template:pasta, {{pasta}}
• : template:sauce, {{sauce}}
• : template:advcocktail, {{advcocktail}}
• : template:armorcraft, {{armorcraft}}
• : template:supersmith, {{supersmith}}

Other

• template:supertinker, {{supertinker}}
• template:starcombo, {{starcombo}}
• template:pixel, {{pixel}}
• template:equals, {{equals}}

• Note that you only insert crafting icons within the table in cases where multiple crafting skills are being utililized WITHIN THE SAME ROW. If all combinations within a row use the same skill, placing the icon on the far left is sufficient.
• Also keep in mind that on an actual item page, the item itself will not be a link; rather, the bracketing will serve to bold the name of the item within the recipe table.

When Consumed/Used

For food and booze, use when consumed. For usable items, use when used.

==When Consumed==
{{Food|full=2|adv=2-5|mus=gain 5-15|mys=gain 5-15|mox=gain 5-15|text=You eat the lime. Limetastic!}}

yields:

==When Consumed==
{{Booze|drunk=3|adv=3|mus=gain no|mys=gain no|mox=gain no|text=You drink the lime. Limetastic!}}

yields:

==When Used==
*From inventory:
<center>
You use the lime, and it kicks your butt... from inside your stomach.
</center>
{{AcquireEffect|image=Beatenup.gif|effect=Beaten Up|duration=4}}
*In combat:
<center>You throw the lime at your opponent doing 83 Limetastic! damage.</center>

yields:

• From inventory:

You use the lime, and it kicks your butt... from inside your stomach.

You acquire an effect: Beaten Up (duration: 4 Adventures)

• In combat:

You throw the lime at your opponent doing 83 Limetastic! damage.

Some items may be used from multiple places. Therefore, even when an item only has one method of use, always specify where it's being used from by putting down a (noncentered) bullet and use location, followed by a colon. Then, center and copy down all text and effects of the use, as it appears in the Kingdom.

Uses

This section differs from the when used section. It is just a list of links to items that are created with the lime as an ingredient.

==Uses==
*[[Jarlsberg's key lime pie]]
*[[Boris's key lime pie]]
*[[Sneaky pete's key lime pie]]

yields:

• Jarlsberg's key lime pie
• Boris's key lime pie
• Sneaky pete's key lime pie

Always put a bullet, and always link the item.

Zapping

{{ZAP lime}}

yields:

Just include the item's zapping template, if applicable. It should already exist. If it doesn't, make it, rather than filling in the generic template.

References

==References==
*In the description of this item , "watch out Manitoba!" alludes to the 2010 movie
 [[Wikipedia:Lime|''Attack of the Limes!'']], in which a giant radioactive lime
 annihilates the whole Canadian province of [[Wikipedia:Manitoba|Manitoba]]

yields:

• In the description of this item , "watch out Manitoba!" alludes to the 2010 movie Attack of the Limes!, in which a giant radioactive lime annihilates the whole Canadian province of Manitoba.

Always start a referencce with a bullet, as more references may be added. Always explain your reference and add links for more information. An unexplained and unlinked reference is useless to anyone but the author. If a song lyric is referenced, include the lyric, a movie referenced, briefly describe the situation in the movie, etc. If a band/movie/album/game/book is mentioned in the reference link it up, preferably to Wikipedia. Also, it's good to mention where the reference is located on the page, such as the item description, message when consumed, attack message, etc. Write references in complete sentences, using proper capitalization! Do not always say "is a reference to " or "refers to", for it gets redundant. Feel free to mix it up using things like, "is from", "alludes to", "is an allusion to", "is a play on", or some other synonym. Italicize the names of movies, books, poems, albums, and video games. Some of these would be underlined, but web links get underlined, so it'd be moot. Song titles, lyics, and quotes should be enclosed in quotes. Song lyics and poem excerpts should have their lines seperated by /s, such as "The farmer in the dell / The farmer in the dell / Hi-ho, the derry-o / The farmer in the dell". If the selecion needs to be uncommonly long, it can be enclosed in <blockquote></blockquote>, but this should not be used often.

Notes

The notes section contains any information that doesn't fit into any of the above sections.

==Notes==
*This lime variant does not exist.

yields:

• This lime variant does not exist.