Wolfire Wiki Editing Standards

Future location of the Wolfire Wiki Editing Standards

Templates

This Wiki makes extensive use of templates. Templates allow you to re-use Wiki code and allow for editing of many pages simultaneously.

This section will contain an comprehensive tutorial on templates, in the meantime here is the format that a template should be in:

<!--

PRIVATE // Only displayed on this page, not transcluded on pages that use this template
--><noinclude><!--
Categories -->{{CT | Templates}} ...<!--
Constants --> <!--
Content --> <!--
--></noinclude><!--

INCLUDED // Not displayed on this page, only transcluded on pages that use this template
--><includeonly><!--
Categories --> <!--
Constants --> <!--
Content --> <!--
--></includeonly>

PUBLIC // Displayed on this page, and transcluded on pages that use this template
Categories --> <!--
Constants--> <!--
Content --> <!--

Learning by Example

Any wiki using the standard wiki engine will allow you to see its source, and so it's easy to learn how to create an awesome wiki: all you have to do is look at their code

You can do that by either clicking "Edit"/"Edit this page" or "Source"/"View source".

Useful Examples

Note: These examples were not picked for any reason apart from being educational resources.

• Wikipedia The Behemoth that started it all. Examine their extensive code at your own risk.

• Wikia Not one wiki, but a vast collections of wikis hosted in one location.
• A variety of cool Wikia Wikis:
  • Bioshock Wiki
  • Harry Potter Wiki
  • Wow Wiki
  • Marvel Database Project
  • Wookie Wiki
  • Lyrics Wiki