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This is the page where I will try to lay out uniform guidelines for formatting the site and editing pages. '''Dingir''' is the usergroup that needs to be assigned to an account to allow it to generally modify the wiki. | This is the page where I will try to lay out uniform guidelines for formatting the site and editing pages. '''Dingir''' is the usergroup that needs to be assigned to an account to allow it to generally modify the wiki. The first thing to do if you're not sure how to format a page or page element is to look at the source of another page that does the thing you want or something similar. From here you can just tweak the source to fit the new page. This is a good way to add new species pages. ''[[Cubaris sp. "Nospecies"|''Cubaris sp.'' "Nospecies"]]'' is a template that exists for this purpose. Copying the source from an actual Wikipedia page often isn't compatible if it's not plain text, as Wikipedia relies on many custom plugins and templates that are not functional here. | ||
== | ==Text Formatting== | ||
MediaWiki text formatting is extensively outlined [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting here]. | |||
==General articles== | |||
<small>Ex:[[Regulation of Isopods in the United States]]</small> | |||
This a more of a free environment. These are pages and topic in no set subcategory, so the sections and subsections needed for a page like this will be fluid. Just use your best judgement based on the needs of the page. | |||
==Species Pages== | |||
<small>Ex:[[Parakermania longa]]</small> | |||
===Other Taxon Pages=== | |||
<small>Ex:[[Armadillidium]]</small> | |||
==Lists of Species== | |||
<small>Ex:[[List of Species in the Isopod Hobby]]</small> | |||
* The Latinate portion of the name should be italicized. If there is also a hobby identifier, it should be unitalicized and in quotes. | |||
* For described species, the EoL, GBIF, and iNat taxon IDs should be external hyperlinks that take you to the proper database. Usually you can find all three of these numbers on the GBIF taxon page. The IDs are also segments of the page URL if you're having trouble finding it on the page itself or don't want to scroll. | |||
* The page should be in alphabetical order. Latin abbreviations within species names like ''cf.'' and ''aff.'' are disregarded for sorting. | |||
==Userpages== | |||
===Keeplist=== | |||
Latest revision as of 19:49, 15 May 2023
This is the page where I will try to lay out uniform guidelines for formatting the site and editing pages. Dingir is the usergroup that needs to be assigned to an account to allow it to generally modify the wiki. The first thing to do if you're not sure how to format a page or page element is to look at the source of another page that does the thing you want or something similar. From here you can just tweak the source to fit the new page. This is a good way to add new species pages. Cubaris sp. "Nospecies" is a template that exists for this purpose. Copying the source from an actual Wikipedia page often isn't compatible if it's not plain text, as Wikipedia relies on many custom plugins and templates that are not functional here.
Text Formatting
MediaWiki text formatting is extensively outlined here.
General articles
Ex:Regulation of Isopods in the United States This a more of a free environment. These are pages and topic in no set subcategory, so the sections and subsections needed for a page like this will be fluid. Just use your best judgement based on the needs of the page.
Species Pages
Other Taxon Pages
Lists of Species
Ex:List of Species in the Isopod Hobby
- The Latinate portion of the name should be italicized. If there is also a hobby identifier, it should be unitalicized and in quotes.
- For described species, the EoL, GBIF, and iNat taxon IDs should be external hyperlinks that take you to the proper database. Usually you can find all three of these numbers on the GBIF taxon page. The IDs are also segments of the page URL if you're having trouble finding it on the page itself or don't want to scroll.
- The page should be in alphabetical order. Latin abbreviations within species names like cf. and aff. are disregarded for sorting.