PinataIsland.info:Style guide
This is a starting draft of a Style guide for the PinataIsland.info wiki. It contains conventions about formatting and layout for the articles.
At some point, it will probably have a bit more content up top, but for now, we'll use examples to address the various topics.
This Style guide does not cover general wiki markup help, which can be found at Help:Editing. To experiment with wiki markup, try the PinataIsland.info:Sandbox.
General tips
Use the Show preview button to preview your changes before saving them, to make sure that the appearance (wording, links, table rows, ...) is correct. Once you are done with any changes and everything appears correct, use the Save page to save your changes to the wiki.
Consistency
Please try to use similar capitalization and phrasing to the rest of the wiki when entering new information. If you're not sure how something should be entered, look at a related (e.g. another species or tree) page to see wording conventions.
Wording for flower, water flower, vegetable, bush, tree, and weed pages
Here are some example entries from the Buttercup page:
- Eating 1 buttercup seed helps meet the Mousemallow Romance requirements.
- Buttercups in the garden helps meet the Buzzlegum Appear, Visit, and Resident requirements.
- 12 buttercups in the garden helps meet the Moozipan Romance requirements.
- Eating 1 buttercup helps meet the Bunnycomb Romance requirements.
- Feeding a buttercup to a Buzzenge, Elephanilla, Syrupent, or White Flutterscotch changes its color to a yellow variant.
- Feeding a buttercup to a Sparrowmint causes it to evolve into a Candary.
Wording for species pages
Here are some example entries from the Parrybo page:
- You are a level 32 gardener or better.
- Have a bird of paradise plant in the garden.
- Have 1 banana tree in the garden.
- Has eaten 10 bananas.
- Has eaten 3 bird of paradise seeds.
- Has eaten 1 orchid seed.
- Is wearing an eyepatch.
- Have a Pirate Statue in the garden.
- Have a Parrybo house in the garden.
In general, link only the first mention of an item (as bird of paradise was done), and leave other nearby mentions of it unlinked. Again, if you're not sure of how something should be linked or worded, try "editing" a similar page in another browser tab or window, and copying the links or wording from there.
Examples
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Please sign and date any comments you add to a Talk (discussion) page: Viva Pinata is great! --FeralKitty 02:09, 13 November 2006 (EST)
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Viva Pinata is great! --~~~~ | ||
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Please separate your Talk page comments from another user's comments with two blank lines. This makes it easier to read separate people's comments: I like Bunnycombs! --FeralKitty 00:37, 13 November 2006 (EST)
But... Galagoogoos are best! --Spartan 00:44, 13 November 2006 (EST)
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I like [[Bunnycomb]]s! --~~~~ They're ok. --~~~~ But... [[Galagoogoo]]s are best! --~~~~ | ||
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Please capitalize species names. All other names (plants, trees, items, colors, etc.) should be lowercase: |
Your [[Moozipan]] is eating my [[Daisy|daisies]]. | ||
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Please use the following wording for variant information -- Feeding it a item changes its color to color. Example: Feeding it a turnip changes its color to purple.
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Feeding it a [[turnip]] changes its color to purple.<br/> Feeding it a [[Water Lily|water lily seed]] changes its color to red.<br/> Feeding it a [[watercress]] changes its color to green. | ||
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Please link related items (e.g. apples, apple seeds, and apple trees) to their common page: Buy 4 apples, 2 apple seeds, and 1 apple tree. Turn 1 apple into a toffee apple.
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Buy 4 [[Apple Tree|apples]], 2 [[Apple Tree|apple seeds]], and 1 [[apple tree]]. Turn 1 [[Apple Tree|apple]] into a [[Transformation|toffee apple]]. | ||
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Please link the first occurrence of a term in a section. Other nearby occurrences should not be linked: My Buzzlegums killed my Raisant. Are Buzzlegums and Raisants enemies? |
My [[Buzzlegum]]s killed my [[Raisant]]. Are Buzzlegums and Raisants enemies? | ||
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Please use the following article and category links as appropriate: Leafos suggested hiring a Watchling. Costolot's General Store sells seeds to grow:
I bought a fez for my Cinnamonkey. The Rashberry is a domestic pinata. Level 20 gardeners can tame a sour profitamole. Please ship me 1900 chocolate coins.
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[[Characters|Leafos]] suggested hiring a [[Helper|Watchling]]. [[General Store|Costolot's General Store]] sells seeds to grow: *[[:Category:Flower|Flowers]], *[[:Category:Water Flower|water flowers]], *[[:Category:Vegetable|vegetables]], *[[:Category:Bush|bushes]], *[[:Category:Tree|trees]], and even *[[:Category:Weed|weeds]]. I bought a [[Accessories|fez]] for my [[Cinnamonkey]]. The [[Rashberry]] is a [[:Category:Domestic|domestic]] pinata. [[Rank|Level 20 gardeners]] can tame a [[Profitamole|sour profitamole]]. Please [[Crate|ship]] me 1900 [[currency|chocolate coins]]. | ||
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Please preceed headings with two blank lines: Every garden has to start somewhere, and ... .
Requirements |
Every garden has to start somewhere, and ... . == Requirements == | ||
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Information about how to evolve *this* species into another species, should be placed under the variants table. For example, on the Sparrowmint page, you should see: Species variants
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== Species variants ==
{| border="1" class="pii_species_variants"
! '''Species [[variant]]s for the Sparrowmint'''
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*Feeding a Sparrowmint a [[Buttercup]] causes it to evolve into a [[Candary]]
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Information about how to create *this* species from another species, should be placed under the Requirements heading. For example, on the Candary page, you should see: RequirementsFeeding a Buttercup to a Sparrowmint will turn it into a Candary. |
== Requirements == Feeding a [[Buttercup]] to a [[Sparrowmint]] will turn it into a Candary.| |
