Vintage Story Wiki:Guidelines

Writing a wiki is hard! But it is easier when more people work together. This page outlines various guidelines to help collaboration. If you need access to edit, go to the #wiki-and-translations Discord channel

Protip: This is only a guideline, it is a living standard and may be changed as we grow as a community, and it's not strictly required. All rules can be broken and this is no exception.

Content page formats

Content pages should follow a general format so we can make sure the right info is on the page. Different topics have different formats, but each format isn't set in stone.

General

Content

Content should...

• not be redundant, if you need info on two pages, say, an item's page and it's source, put a link to the other page with a brief detail of the relevant info.
• be grouped on pages generally following the asset's variants, for example, all the plank types should be on one page because they don't really have much individual content.
• fit with American English spellings, 'color' over 'colour', and formattings, 'MM/DD/YY' not 'DD/MM/YY'.
• avoid referring to the reader directly, instead refer to a player.

Wikipedia's MOS is useful.

Titles

This applies to section titles as well as page titles. Titles should...

• have the first word capitalized and all following words lowercase, for example: 'Stationary basket' not 'Stationary Basket'.
• reflect the name of the item in the game's assets, for example: 'Ore blasting bomb' not 'Bomb'.

Infobox usage

Try to use infoboxes wherever possible. See Category:Infoboxes for a list of all infoboxes.

Items

The info needed about items is pretty standard. Be sure to include:

• How a player gets the item: Obtaining.
• What the player does with it: Usage.

Obtaining should detail the source:

• Crafting
  • Grid
  • Knapping
  • Barrel (Leather working, food preservation, other)
  • Clay forming
  • Smelting
  • Smithing
• Foraging, Gathering or Harvesting
• Mining
• Adventuring (encompasses ruins loot, mob drops, etc.)

Usage should detail any use the item has:

• Crafting
• Smelting
• Tool

Info that doesn't fall into one of these categories should be placed directly under the Usage heading before any other info. When an item like a chisel or hammer is used in a grid recipe it should go under the Tool category.

Technical

The wiki runs on MediaWiki 1.27.