A KoL Wiki:Established Standards

The Hermit humbly requests that this page be rewritten or expanded. Needs new standards added as they are created.

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.

Note! This page is obsessed with limes. The examples given herein often do not reflect the true nature of the lime, but are expanded to show the full functionality of some standards.

Due to the examples listed on this page, headings herein are messy, so a wiki-generated table of contents is not suitable. For your convenience, the major sections of this page are:

• Headings
• Tables of Contents
• File names
• Categories
• Item Pages
• Location Pages
• Non-Combat Adventure Pages
• Combat Adventure Pages
• Effect Pages
• Skill Pages
• Familiar Pages

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.

• All categories that a page is placed in, should be grouped together at the bottom of the page.
• 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:

Recipe

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:toymaker, {{toymaker}}
• 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

==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.

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.

Once again, always use a bullet, as more information may be added.

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 reference 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. A reference is incomplete unless it explains how it is a reference.

See Also

This section contains any links within the wiki that relate directly to the item, but don't fall into one of the above categories.

==See Also==
*[[lime]]

yields:

• lime

As with almost every other section, use a bullet.

Location Pages

The following template is for pages outlining a specific location.

• These pages are to contain the location image, at the top, centered, and
• A brief description of the location.

They are then to include the following template copied for each applicable adventure:

{{Adventure|name=Sabre-toothed_lime|drops=[[lime]], [[Lime|totally different lime]]|meat=13-16|stat=2-3|image=biglime.gif}}

• The name variable is the name of the adventure, as it appears in bold at the top of your center pane when adventuring, or the name of the monster.
• The drops are a list of dropped items, seperated by commas.
  • If you gain multiple copies of an item, list the item multiple times.
• Meat is the meat gain
• Stat is the total substat gain.
  • Add up Muscle, Mysticality, and Moxie gains.
• Image is the picture associated with the adventure, uploaded to the wiki with the name the file uses in the Kingdom.

This yields:

---

Limetastic!
	Item Drops: lime, totally different lime Meat Drops: 83 Substat Gain: 27

Non-Combat Adventure Pages

Due to the highly variable nature of non-combat adventures, no wiki template exists for them. Please, therefore, adhere to the following guidelines:

• The name of the page should be the name of the adventure, as it appears at the top of the center pane in your browser.
• On the page, center the associated image at the top, and include the obligatory initial paragraph of text (un-centered) below that.
• If the adventure allows for choices, include a line (Wikicode: ----) after the initial description, and then:
  • Put the text of the choice, as it appears on the button in the Kingdom, centered, in bold, below the line.
  • Include any results of that choice below, formatted as they appear in the Kingdom.
  • Include another line before the next choice.
• If the adventure does not allow for choices, copy out the rest of the text in exactly the same format as is in the Kingdom.

Combat Adventure Pages

Header

Begin with the following template:

{{battletop|image=biglime.gif|a=a|name=Sabre-toothed lime|text=This room is guarded by a lime with nasty pointy teeth. Look on the bright side - if it bites you, at least you won't get scurvy.}}

• Image is the monster's image, uploaded to the wiki with the same filename as in the Kingdom.
• A is the monster's article - are you fighting a monster, an annoying monster?
• Name is the monster's name.
• Text is the monster's description, as it appears in the Kingdom.

Our above example would yield:

Attack Messages

• Center all messages.
  • If a monster hits you or tries to hit you in a body part, use the following syntax:

{{part}}

Which yields:

<ear>

• List successful attack messages first.
  • Follow these up with the following syntax:

'''<span style="color: red;">Eek! Oof! Ugh!</span>'''

Which yields:

Eek! Oof! Ugh!

You may replace the three exclamations with others of your choice from the Kingdom.

• If a monster misses, write that message down under the successful hit messages.

Spoils of War

• List the rewards in the order in which they appear in the Kingdom.
• Center the rewards
  • If you gain multiple copies of an item, list multiple copies of the item.
  • Link items to their wiki pages.
• Give the total substats gained from the fight, added up, instead of seperating them into Muscle, Mysticality, and Moxie.
  • Use the substat template for substats.

<center>
[[image:meat.gif|Meat]] You gain 160-240 Meat.

{{Acquire|1|image=lime.gif|item=lime|num=}}
{{Acquire|2|image=lime.gif|item=lime|num=4}}

You gain 18-21 {{substat}}
</center>

Yields:

You gain 160-240 Meat.

You acquire limes

You acquire 4 limes

You gain 18-21 <substat>

Effect Pages

Header

Use the following template:

{{effect|name=Scurvy Resistance|image=lime.gif|desc=Lime juice flows through your veins, making you so ridiculously powerful that scurvy withers in your very presence.|effect=*+100 Muscle
*+100 Mysticality}}

• Name is the name of the effect.
• Image is the image associated with that effect, uploaded to the wiki, with the same filename that it has in the Kingdom.
• Desc is the effect's description, as it appears in the popup in the Kingdom when you click the effect in your character pane.
• Effect is the actual, mechanical effect you experience.

Our example above would yield:

undefined effect name

Lime juice flows through your veins, making you so ridiculously powerful that scurvy withers in your very presence.

• +100 Muscle
• +100 Mysticality

Create metadataData:Established Standards
Effect ID not known!
Description ID not known!

refreshedit data

Obtained From

• List and wikilink the source of the effect.

==Obtained From==
*[[Lime]]

Yields:

• Lime

As always, bullet.

Other Information

If necessary, include a references, notes, and/or See Also section, which adheres to the same standards meticulously outlined in the item pages section of this guide.

Skill Pages

Heading

Use the following template:

{{skill|name=Limetasticality|source=Lime Trainer|class=[[lime|Limeface]]|level=42|description=Your deoxygenated blood has been replaced with lime juice. You're way more alert than usually.|effect=+100% [[Combat initiative]]|type=Buff|mpcost=19|price=83 Meat}}

• Name: What the skill is called.
• Source: Guild trainer? Gnomes? Starting skill?
• Class: Characer class (if applicable).
• Level: Level at which skill can be acquired (if applicable).
• Description: The official description of the skill, as found in the Kingdom.
• Effect: The actual effect, in terms of game mechanics, the player experiences.
• Type: Buff? Passive? Combat?
• MPCost: How many MP the skill uses (if applicable).
• Price: How much the skill costs to learn (if applicable).

The above example yields:

undefined skill name

Type: Buff
MP Cost: 19

Your deoxygenated blood has been replaced with lime juice. You're way more alert than usually.

+100% Combat Initiative

Create metadataData:Established Standards
Skill ID not known!

Source:	Lime Trainer
Price:	83 Meat
Class:	Limeface
Level:	42

This skill needs its in-game message specified via the "usemsg" parameter; see {{Skill}} for more details.

Try to wikilink anything you can.

Other

Notes, references, and See Also sections should be bulleted and formatted as overdescribed in the past billion lines or so of this page.

Familiar Pages

Heading

{{Familiar|name=Sabre-Toothed Lime|image=familiar5.gif|H1=Sharp and acidic|H2=Forget tequila and salt|H3=No bark but great bite.|function=Attacks enemies|hatchling=sabre-toothed lime cub|equipment=tiny shaker of salt|ArenaStrong=Ultimate Cage Match|ArenaWeak=Scavenger Hunt}}

• Name: The familiar's name, as it appears in the Kingdom.
  • Note: This is the name of the familiar in your terrarium, not the hatchling.
• Image: The familiar's image from the Kingdom, uploaded to the wiki in the same format.
• H1, H2, H3: The three lines of the haiku of the familiar's description, as it appears in the Kingdom.
  • Note: This is the familiar's description from clicking it in the terrarium, not the hatchling's item description.
• Function: What the familiar does, in terms of game mechanics.
• Hatchling: What item is used to acquire this familiar.
• Equipment: What familiar equipment is unique to this familiar?
• Arenastrong: In which area of the cake-shaped arena does the familiar excell?
• Arenaweak: In which area of the cake-shaped arena does the familiar fail?
  • Note: This is the one where the arena produces an actual message about how bad your familiar is.

Our above example would yield:

Create metadata
Familiar ID not known.

Unspecified Familiar Name
Sharp and acidic Forget tequila and salt No bark but great bite.

---

Ability: Attacks enemies

Throne/Bjorn: Unknown

Hatchling: sabre-toothed lime cub

Familiar-Specific Equipment: tiny shaker of salt

	Ultimate Cage Match	Scavenger Hunt	Obstacle Course	Hide and Seek

Mumming Trunk Abilities:

*Hover for details

Cannot breathe underwater

Combat Messages

Combat messages

• The heading is already provided for you from the template.
• Bullet all messages.
• First list normal combat messages, then with the Lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped, and so on with the Mr. Store equipment, in chronological order.
  • Use <name> and <him/her/it> in place of your familiar's name and the monster's pronoun, respectively.

*Regular message(s):
**<name> bites <him/her/it> for X damage.
**<name> attempts to bite <him/her/it>, but misses.

*With [[lucky Tam O'Shanter]] equipped:
:<name> finds your slain foe's wallet stuck between its vicious fangs.

*With [[miniature gravy-covered maypole]] equipped:
:<name> gnashes his sabre-teeth at the maypole. I guess that's the way limes dance.

*With [[wax lips]] equipped:
:<name> grins and almost loses his wax lips (they don't fit well over the sabre teeth, you see).

yields:

• Regular message(s):
  • <name> bites <him/her/it> for X damage.
  • <name> attempts to bite <him/her/it>, but misses.

• With lucky Tam O'Shanter equipped:

<name> finds your slain foe's wallet stuck between its vicious fangs.

• With miniature gravy-covered maypole equipped:

<name> gnashes his sabre-teeth at the maypole. I guess that's the way limes dance.

• With wax lips equipped:

<name> grins and almost loses his wax lips (they don't fit well over the sabre teeth, you see).

Other Information

I think we've already covered how to list References, Notes, and See Also.