FFXI:Editing Guide

Revision as of 11:43, 1 August 2006 by *>FFXI-Mierin (→‎Uploading Images)

Neutrality

Please remember when editing articles that this site is for factual information regarding the Final Fantasy XI universe and is intended to be used as a source database. Please do not populate the articles with opinions regarding your personal feelings about a topic. Ex: XX race stinks at XX job. If there are multiple points of view regarding a topic, and you feel that the content would be suitable for an article, please be sure to present both sides of the argument and give a neutral point of view on the topic. Ex: The pros and cons to meleeing RDMs.

Case

Also, please remember, when creating links, case matters. If you create a link in one instance where a letter is capitalized, and another where it is not, they will be two separate links. Please be consistent. Otherwise, we poor sysops need to go back and edit all the mislinks. ^^;

There are steps around this, though. Case only matters after the first word. For example "case" and "Case" will link to the same page, but "Case test" and "Case Test" will not. In these cases, it is probably a good idea to make both pages: "Case Test" and "Case test", and have one redirect to the other.

Uploading Images

Uploading images to the Wiki is allowed. When adding new pictures, please be sure to follow the Image Policy.

Please be aware that when taking screenshots from FFXI on a PS2 that extraneous EXIF data gets put into the header of the image. What this does, is prevents the Wiki from creating a thumbnail image, and causes thumbnails to look like a black box. To work around this, before uploading an image, open the image in any image editing software (Photoshop, Gimp, etc) and save the file with a new name. This will rewrite the EXIF data and allow the Wiki to show thumbnail images properly.

Missing Material

Can't find what you are looking for? Go to our Requests Page. Click the edit button at the top of the page and type in your request at the bottom the list in the edit box. Be sure to number your request by putting a "# " before your request so that we can differentiate each request. At some point in the future, another user will see your request and add the necessary content for you.

Moving Material

See Discussion of Redirects

Having reviewed Wikipedia's policy regarding the GFDL and Redirects, the Sysops of this site have tentatively agreed to use the following guidelines to ensure attribution of contributor's works on FFXIclopedia:

  1. The primary method for moving material should be by use of the Move function.
  2. When this is not possible, as in the case of Categories, the editor must:
    1. Place in the Discussion of the original article the following statement: "Please do not delete this redirect to preserve the history of its edits"
    2. Place in the Discussion of the new article the moved notice and the url of the original article using the following code:
  {{moved}}
  [http://wikisite.com/index.php/Original_Article Original Article History]
This article uses material from the "FFXI:Editing_Guide" article on FFXIclopedia and is licensed under the CC-BY-SA License.