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 code that all templates should contain:

<noinclude><!--
PRIVATE
Categories --> <!--
Constants --> <!--
Content--> <!--
--></noinclude><!--

PUBLIC
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