CMC Wiki Style Guidelines
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This page lists guidelines on how this Wiki will be designed.
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Stubs
Use {{stub}} to mark short, incomplete articles. They will make the page have the stub warning and put it into the Stub Category for another user to contribute towards.
Categories
To add a category, please use the following code: [[Category:Category name]]
The following categories should be used:
- CMC - Has to do with CMC
- CMCFB - Has to do with the upcoming CMCFB Project
- Card - Individual cards
- [type] - Common card types
Please make any additional categories that are necessary to keep the wiki neat. Be sure to use the singular form rather than the plural. Example: [[Category:Heroes]] should be [[Category:Hero]].
When linking to a category, it can be done by using [[:Category:CMC|CMC]].
Also, if a category has become obsolete: an empty category without description is not listed in the Special:Categories list.
And pages that have become obsolete can be marked with {{delete}} so an admin can clean it up for you!
Naming, Disambiguation and Redirects
Articles for cards should be named exactly as the card is named, including case, with the exception being cards for which there are multiple different versions.
Cards with multiple different versions in different expansions should be appended with an expansion shortname in parentheses.
- Example: AN-52 having two versions: AN-52 (Clash) and AN-52 (War)).
Cards with multiple different versions in the same expansion should be appended with an expansion shortname and another common identifier in parentheses
- Example: Ardam having two Clash of the Webcomics versions: Ardam (Clash-Sniper) and Ardam (Clash-Summoner)
Articles for topics other than cards should be kept to all lowercase for ease of searching, unless the topic in question is a proper noun. If the term is usually bracketed or accompanied by extra parameters, then the article should be created without these.
- Example: (Sneaking: Grey) should have an article named Sneaking.
Disambiguation #1
For cards of same name, the article title and entry in the disambiguation page should be Card Name (Set).
- An example is Shadehawk, which can refer to Prime, Clash, War, or the character from Antihero for Hire. Entries would then appear as Shadehawk (Prime), Shadehawk (Clash), etc.
- A second example is Dragon, which can refer to any of her cards, her character, or the monster type. Entries would then appear as Dragon (Clash), Dragon (AFH), Dragon (type).
Disambiguation #2
When more than one card in a given set shares a name, in which case Card Name (Set) should redirect to the Card Name disambiguation page, and the invidual cards should be referred to by Card Name (Set-Identifier).
An example is a search for Karn (clash), which would still redirect to the Karn disambiguation page, but have an entry of Karn (Clash-Normal) and Karn (Clash-Infinity).
When linking to a specific card, please check if there is a disambiguation page for that card name yet to determine the correct name at which to link.
Disambiguation #3
When an entry you wish to make on something has an already existing entry on a different subject, you can distinguish yours by adding some specification in parentheses.
For example [[:Category:Prince]] used to refer to all cards from the Principalities expansion, while:
Someone intended to categorise all cards of monster type Prince as well, and made a category for it named Category:RPrince. This is not an obvious choice, and if someone else would ever want to categorize a monster of type Prince, he would most likely store it somewhere else. The category page was moved to Category:Prince (type).
Disambiguation Exceptions
A special exception to this disambiguation are the NPC (Original). Since they are functionally identical, they would have only one entry in the NPC disambiguation page.
A similar exception deals with basic mana generators: Messengite Shrine, Neutral Charm, and Dark Obelisk. All share the same function, but are in different sets. These would not need a disambiguation page.
Disambiguation Style Template
A disambiguation page should end with the {{Disambig}} Template, which will include it in the Disambiguation category as well as provide the image/description common to disambiguation pages.
Users
Each user has its own Wiki page. If you wish to link to one, you can simply use [[:User:Username1|Username2]]. Here, Username1 is what the game has to look up, and Username2 is what you mean to display. For example, the link [[:User:MooNFisH|FisH]] links as FisH.
Card Types
Common card types should have their own category. Please link any references to a card type (for example, Slime), to the category and not the article named the type by using the following example:
[[:Category:Slime|Slime]] gives Slime - please note the single colon prefix. Not including it will include the current page in the category instead of linking to the category.
Card Pages
Please see existing card pages to familiarise yourself with the format before adding new articles for specific cards.
They should include a Card Stats, Card Details and Categories as a minimum. Sections should be in the following order:
- Flavour information (If available, and should be brief).
- Card Stats section, consisting of a GetCard2 template for the card.
- A section on associated cards (Created by, transforms into etc), consisting of tabulated links and GetCard templates for the cards.
- A Card Details section, consisting of the artist name (if not solely webrunner), and appropriate facts/details of the card.
- Categories for both the type(s) and Card (And CMC or CMCFB where appropriate)
GetCard2
A more elaborate version of the plain GetCard (shown below). It has the following flags:
| Flag | num | exp | rarity | buy | sell | prev | next | art |
| Purpose | Card number | Expansion number | Rarity | Purchase cost | Sell value | Link to previous card | Link to next card | Link to full size card art |
For example, using:
{{GetCard2|num=29|exp=0|rarity=71|buy=204|sell=40|prev=[[Meilar (Prime)|<< 28]]|next=[[Gemstone Golem|30 >>]]|art=golem}}
shows:
| Card number 29 | |||||
| << 28 | 30 >> | |||||
| ||||||
| Cardart | ||||||
All card pages should make use of the GetCard2 template for the cards the article relates to only. Associated cards (such as Gloop created by Slime Valley) should use the GetCard template.
GetCard
To show a card on an associated Wiki page (but not the main article for that card), use the GetCard template, the only parameter being the card number.
For example, using:
{{GetCard|161}}
It would appear as (without the border):
Tournaments
There is a template for tournament pages, Template:Tournament. Its flags are :
| Flag | name | pcf | thread | brackets | official | org | fee | fees | start | end | 1st | prize |
| Purpose | Tournament name | Past/Current/Future | Link to forum thread | Link to brackets | Yes/No | Your name | Entry fee | Total entry fees | Start date | End date | Winner | Prize |
| Default Value | None given | Not Entered | Not Entered | In Thread | T.B.A. | Not Entered | None | Not Entered | Not Entered | Not Entered | T.B.A. | Not Entered |
The page will automatically be categorised under Category:Tournament and [[:Category:{{{pcf}}} Tournament]].
Example of a fill-in:
{{Tournament|
|name=Wicked Tournament
|pcf=Past
|thread=url1
|brackets=url2
|official=No
|org=[[User:Shuryou Gospel|Shuryou Gospel]]
|1st=[[User:Weasel|weasel]]
|start=January 1st, 2006
|end=February 1st, 2006
|fee=100 points
|fees=3200 points
|prize=Eternal Glory
|}}
Will show:
| Tournament Name | Wicked Tournament |
| Past/Current/Future | Past |
| Forum Thread | url1 |
| Brackets | url2 |
| Official | No |
| Organiser | Shuryou Gospel |
| Entry Fee | 100 points |
| Total Entry Fees | 3200 points |
| Start Date | January 1st, 2006 |
| End Date | February 1st, 2006 |
| First Place | weasel |
| First Place Prizes | Eternal Glory |
This would also automatically list the page in the Tournament and Past Tournament categories.
However, do not forget to include below this a section ==Rules and Restrictions== and a section ==Participants List==, filled with the appropriate information! Otherwise the page won't be complete.
Style Violations
If you encounter a page that doesn't match the style guidelines and do not intend to clean it up yourself, please mark it with the {{Style}} Template, which will put it in a Category:Cleanup and include the message warning that the page needs to be cleaned up
