Malazan Wiki Policies |
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Manual of Style • Layout Guide |
Spoilers • Rules |
This is a work in progress. Please make changes as required or discuss ideas/proposals on the talk page.
Layout guide[]
Main article: Malazan Wiki:Layout Guide
Display those sections required for the article in the following order
- Title tag – Usually not required. Used to alter title (e.g. to italicise it).
- Maintenance templates - for example work in progress note
- Icon templates - for example spoiler safe icons
- Infobox – See Category:Infobox templates for examples.
- Opening quote – A simple quote about the subject of the article.
- Summary – A short introduction about 'page name'. Avoid blatant spoilers. See here for spoiler guidelines.
- Main article – Main body of information - sub-divided under book-headers
- History - Historical information about pagename
- Trivia – For supporting 'trivial' information for example background info from interview
- Speculations – For speculations which are well founded or widely publicised.
- Cover gallery – See Gardens of the Moon#Cover gallery for an example.
- Appearances – If you want to list publications where this person, item, place, etc has appeared or been mentioned. Not generally in use - for characters see DPs for appearance info
- Notes and references – Should have the
{{Reflist}}
template in it. - See also – For related articles that are not otherwise linked to in the article.
- External links – For linking to relevant information that is not on the wiki.
- Navigation box – See here for a list: Navigation templates.
- Category – See here for a list: Malazan Wiki:Category index
- Interwiki links – Such as links to the article in other languages.
Variable layout applies:
Additional layout info:
Maximum widths[]
Because of the limitations of the Oasis skin, there are constraints on how wide inserted items can be on various parts of the page.
Text[]
- Maximum widths of text, tables, divs, etc on a page is
650px
. After that it will start to overlap other parts of the page or, in the case of tables, a horizontal scroll bar will appear on the table.
Images general[]
- Maximum widths of individual images is
680px
as they can be slightly larger without creating a problem however, images of that size are used only in exceptional cases. For images on article pages that need to be large (e.g. diagrams) set a maximum width of450px
- The IOTW has a maximum height of
600px
- Slideshows on artist's pages are set to
600px
- Infobox images are automatically set a maximum width of
270px
Images within content pages[]
- Add the thumbnail code
thumb
to all images - In addition, for portrait images add a width code of
140px
Using only thumbnails will automatically set a maximum width of 250px
, which is ideal for landscape images, however, in some cases due to image properties, you may need to add an individual width code ?px
, to adjust to other images on the page. See editing history for Silchas Ruin for examples of standard thumbnails. Where there are only one image one or two images on a page, they may be set slightly larger but not exceeding 300px.
Writing style[]
Edits should be in your own words and apart from occasional quotes where appropriate, do NOT copy verbatim from the books or other sources.
Accurate[]
Our main aim is to accurately reflect the information given in the books. Edits need to be presented as factual and objectively as possible. For example, if the book is ambiguous about something the edit needs to also reflect this. Choose your words carefully - the phrase 'were able to do something' implies a lot of things which the phrase 'did something' does not.
On topic[]
Every sentence should have some direct connection to the topic of the article. For example if the topic is 'Darujhistan' then 'was the largest, most influential and last of the Free Cities on Genabackis' is on topic. Adding 'the other ones being X Y Z' would be going off on a unnecessary tangent as 'Free Cities' should be linked and that info would be found there.
Referenced[]
NEVER add information based just on memory. All edits should be made based on the editor having just read the relevant information in the book. Add a minimum of book and chapter reference to your edit - if unsure about formatting a ref, add the source in brackets.
- See Help:Referencing
Impartial[]
Do not use emotional language not contained in the writing. Avoid using expressions like 'luckily', 'sadly', 'unfortunately' etc. when they are your own evaluation of a situation. For example use 'a large battle' rather than 'the largest battle ever' unless it is a case of 'character X described the battle as the largest ever'. Rule of thumb - if it isn't in the book, don't make it up for the Wiki.
Spelling[]
Both authors of the Malazan world are Canadian therefore Canadian English will be used as the baseline language of this wiki.
Tense[]
Articles are generally written in past tense because there is no omnivalent present time in the Malazan world from the various readers' point of view. However, for real world articles, which include authors pages, as well as all book and chapter summaries, present tense is used. Within those book/chapter summaries, past perfect progressive is used where characters recollect events of another past (see NoK Chapter 1 for example). Other than that, we write like historians in the future of the Malazan world writing about its past.
Linking[]
The first time a name, place, object etc. appears on a page which users might search for, it should be put in [ [ ] ] link brackets (no spaces), regardless of whether a page already exists for it. Each subsequent instance of that name, place etc. on that page will not be linked (infoboxes and navboxes are exceptions here). If the page does not yet exist, the linked term will be appear red in the text and will automatically be included in the 'wanted pages' category. Once the page has been created (whenever someone gets round to it), the brackets will automatically change colour to indicate that.
Very short articles[]
A subject may have only a single piece of information about it that can be sourced from a primary reference. In this case it can still have its own article. All named characters should have their own page.
Theme[]
Colours[]
Main title | Subsequent titles | Background |
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#611E03 | #8A3931 | #EDD9C5 |
Links in titles need to be made white. Here is an example of how to do it: [[Gardens of the Moon|<font color=white>Gardens of the Moon</font>]]
New theme[]
Colour area | Hex code | Notes |
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Primary highlight | #BA7041 | |
Secondary highlight | #7C7F83 | |
Background | #E5E6E6 | |
Parchment | #FFF9E6 | |
Links | #45A174 | |
Visited links | #804488 | |
External website links | #428EBD | |
Visited external website links | #3C57AA | |
Red-links (empty pages) | #BA0000 | |
Visited red-links | #A85858 | |
Border lines | #AAA | |
Spoiler notices | #D00 |
Standard abbreviations[]
Linking codes and written abbreviations[]
Full Title | Linking Codes |
Preferred Written Abbreviation |
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Gardens of the Moon | GM | GotM |
Deadhouse Gates | DG | DhG |
Memories of Ice | MI | MoI |
House of Chains | HC | HoC |
Midnight Tides | MT | MT |
The Bonehunters | BH | tBh |
Reaper's Gale | RG | RG |
Toll the Hounds | TH | TtH |
Dust of Dreams | DD | DoD |
The Crippled God | CG | tCG |
The Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen | CMBotF |
Full Title | Linking Codes |
Preferred Written Abbreviation |
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Night of Knives | NK | NoK |
Return of the Crimson Guard | RCG | RotCG |
Stonewielder | SW | SW |
Orb Sceptre Throne | OST | OST |
Blood and Bone | BB | BaB |
Assail | A | Assail |
Full Title | Linking Codes |
Preferred Written Abbreviation |
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Blood Follows | BF | BF |
The Healthy Dead | HD | tHD |
The Lees of Laughter's End | LLE | tLoLE |
Crack'd Pot Trail | CPT | CPT |
The Wurms of Blearmouth | WB | tWoB |
The Fiends of Nightmaria | FN | tFoN |
Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords | UDEO | |
Time's Cursed Cartwheel | TCC | ?? |
Untitled 9th B&KB novel | ?? | ?? |
Full Title | Linking Codes |
Preferred Written Abbreviation |
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Forge of Darkness | FD | FoD |
Fall of Light | FL | FoL |
Walk in Shadow | WS | WiS |
Using linking codes as written abbreviations is also acceptable (except for Assail). Using allcaps versions is also ok.
Edition abbreviations[]
Bantam[]
Edition Name | Preferred Abbreviation |
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Trade Paperback | UK TPB |
Mass-market Paperback | UK MMPB |
Hardcover | UK HC/HB |
Tor[]
Edition Name | Preferred Abbreviation |
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Trade Paperback | US TPB |
Mass-market Paperback | US MMPB |
Hardcover | US HC |
Science Fiction Book Club | US SFBC |
Subterranean Press[]
Edition Name | Preferred Abbreviation |
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Numbered edition | Sub Press No. |
Lettered edition | Sub Press Let. |
PS Publishing[]
Edition Name | Preferred Abbreviation |
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Trade Paperback | PSP TPB |
Mass-market Paperback | PSP MMPB |
Various Hardcover editions | PSP HC |
Night Shade Books[]
Edition Name | Preferred Abbreviation |
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Hardcover | NSB HC |
Transworld[]
Edition Name | Preferred Abbreviation |
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Bookclub Association | UK BCA |
Epub Edition | UK EP |