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Conventions

This is a collection of pages on conventions about organizing the wiki. These are subject to change, of course, and they're not absolutes - content can be organized other ways.

Conventions

General Conventions

This is a list of conventions about organizing the wiki. These are subject to change, of course, and they're not absolutes - content can be organized other ways.

Tagging

Most content should ideally be tagged. The emerging convention is for the tag to be a category, e.g. "author", and the tag value to be a specific instance of that category, e.g. "Alicorn". Authors, continuities, settings, and threads should be tagged with the authors involved. Everything can have multiple tags, including multiple tags from the same category.

Some tags have specific pages on them, listing conventions and some common values. These are also in the 'Conventions' chapter.

A list of all top-level tags currently being used is here, though note it doesn't currently give values used for those tags. (And of course some of these might be mis-tags or typos at any given moment.)

Important note: Tags applied to a continuity should be usually applied to the top-level book for the continuity, not its subpages, so that what comes up when people search the tag is the continuity name. We don't want the search results for relationship=het to be twelve different pages all named "Reference"!

Suggested tags include:

Author Shelf

The convention for Authors is for each Author to have their own book. An Author may or may not have category-less pages like 'About X'. Common Author chapters are templates, with instances as alts within that template. ('Minor Characters' should probably be its own chapter). Other suggested Author chapters and category-less pages:

Note that page content can be mirrored between pages (https://www.bookstackapp.com/docs/user/reusing-page-content/). Typically, things like "threads" and "settings" go on other shelves, but major examples could reasonably be mirrored (with the base example in the proper shelf).

Information about a template as a whole, such as history, clusters, and attractors, can go in a "About (Template)" page within the template's chapter. One can also add a short (2-3 items) list of good introductory reading material for that template, suitable for getting to know what the template is like.

Continuity Shelf

The convention for Continuities and threads is for each major Continuity to have its own book, with subcontinuities in chapters and notable threads as pages. Subcontinuities might also have a summary page, a notable characters page, a related reading page, etc. We have not figured out a set convention for notable Sandboxes yet. 

Settings Shelf

Generally, setting base pages should go over here, not in Author books, given that many settings have multiple authors involved. Fandom settings should get their own Book for the original fandom, with different takes (and common setting facts) in chapters. Settings or takes can be tagged with the involved authors.

It's suggested for minor original settings to go in the "Original Settings" book, possibly with chapters by author for simple solo settings (e.g. "Kappa's Settings (Chapter)") and a page for each setting. Individual original settings that are more complicated than a single page, but not as complicated as a full book, can also have their own chapters. Simple collaborative settings can go in a "Collaborative Settings" chapter if the authors wish.

Conventions

Tags: character-trait

This is a list of conventions specific to the character-trait tag, including a list of in-use or suggested values. These tags should ONLY be used when tagging templates or characters. This page is a WIP.

In general, if a template is tagged with a trait, then characters within that template do not need to be also tagged with the trait (for example, Bells are tagged as worldfixing, so Demon Cams don't need also be tagged as that).

When adding values, please also link the search for that specific value.

Values (personality)

Values (queer)

Values (uncategorized)

Conventions

Tags: genre

This is a list of conventions specific to the genre tag, including a list of in-use or suggested values. Most instance of genre should be attached to stories; see character-trait and setting-trait for categorization tags for characters and settings respectively. Many book genres like 'science fiction' are currently categorized as setting-traits.

When adding values, please also link the search for that specific value.

Values

Setting Interactions
Plot Styles
Other Genres
Conventions

Tags: relationship

This is a list of conventions specific to the relationship tag, including a list of in-use or suggested values. The value of a 'relationship' tag can be either a specific relationship or a 'relationship type' (e.g. 'femslash) that's notably present.

Note: whether a thread/ continuity/ etc is romance-centric or gen should be tagged under genre.

When adding values, please also link the search for that specific value.

 

Values by Relationship Type

Guidelines:

The values:

 

Values by Specific Relationship

Guidelines:

This list is WIP, though (by intent) not all relationships will be listed on it.

Glowfic Characters/ Templates
Canon Characters
Conventions

Tags: setting-trait

This page is WIP.

Currently, there aren't many setting-trait tags in use, but tags can be proposed.

 

Wiki Page Templates

Wiki Page Templates

About [Template]

Template Name/Link

 

Personality

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Origin

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Notable/ original/ central members

 

Name Attractors

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Attractors

 

Clusters [optional]

Description about how clusters happen

The clusters are:

 

Associated Characters

[Characters], by [Your Author Name]:
[Characters], by [Co-Author Name/Link]:
Others

 

Wiki Page Templates

[Character Name (Character Screenname)]

[suggested tags: category=character, author, character=(Character Name (Screenname)), circumstance alt, facecast, setting, template]

(related or characteristic quote)

 

(Character name [link to glowfic account]) is a glowfic character (in the [Template/link to constellation]; without a template) written by (author [link to constellation]). (Brief introduction. Suggested to include whether circumstance alt or original, plus appearance if notably different from icons)

(Character personality description)

(Template divergences description - what makes this character unique?)

 

Cluster: (cluster name)

Setting: (setting name/ notes [wiki link])

Other Names: (list of nicknames/ aliases with notes)

Facecast: (facecast)

Screenname Origin: (source of screenname)

 

Development History

(What thread/ story the character was made for, what inspired them, any precursor characters. How the character's portrayal has changed over time.)

 

Backstory

(description of backstory goes here, including notes on whether this varies between continuities)

 

Narrative Arcs

(if the character has any strong attractors for certain narrative arcs or themes, that can go here)

 

Powers and Abilities

(any capability the character has goes here, with notes on when these capabilities are gained in different continuities if wanted)

 

Relationships

(notable relationships to other characters go here)

 

Notable Appearances

(Threads/ continuities and non-thread fiction alike)

Wiki Page Templates

[Peal Name]

[Brief introduction]

[suggested tags: category=peal, author, template, setting, relationship]

 

Authors

[Author/link, Author/link, ...]

 

Notable Templates

[note: this is primarily intended for the major overarching templates, not for secondary or follower templates]

[Template name/ constellation link (wiki)]

[Template 2 name/ constellation link (wiki)]

 

Goals

[the peal's goals go here, including changes over time]

 

History

[how the peal formed, evolution of peal norms]

Notable Events

[depeals, massive projects]

 

Resources

[summary of resources available to the peal, as well as comparative challenges + enemy resources, and misc resources not listed below]

Shareable Magic and Technology

[Magic 1]

[Technology 1]

Interworld Travel

[notes about how travel has changed over time]

[Travel Method 1]

Resurrection

[resurrection methods go here]

Information Gathering

[information goes here]

Combat Power

[how much power the peal can realistically bring to bear goes here]

 

Meta Knowledge

[summary of the peal's awareness of meta or multiversal factors goes here, including 'organization of the multiverse.' are they aware of templates? clusters? narrative? do they know how universes relate to each other? if their multiverse has adjacency, do they know about it?]

 

Character List

[major and minor, organized by template]

 

Relationships

[major and minor, organized by templates involved]

 

 

Trivia

Wiki Page Templates

[Thread Title]

[Brief summary]

[Suggested tags: setting, author, template, character, relationship, plot, genre, category (Value: thread). Exact setting/ etc can go in Tag Value]

 

Thread

[Thread title/link]

 

Authors

[Author/link, Author/link...]

 

Thread Description

[Thread description from the Constellation]

 

Prerequisites

 

[This includes sequels, forks, outtakes, threads inspired by this one, etc.]

 

Setting/s

 

Character Appearances

 

Plot

[This will contain spoilers]

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Important Events (optional)

[Events important to character development or continuities this thread is in]

Index (optional)

[Mostly for very long threads; important events/ sections can be listed in order with links to the replies where this section starts]

 

Trivia

Wiki Wishlist

For features people would like the wiki to have, either in terms of easy ("please create this page") or more difficult ("please add this feature"/ "change this CSS")

Please sign your suggestions in case they need clarification.

Wishlist suggestions:

Wishlist suggestions considered completed: