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Revision as of 03:30, 3 October 2015
| 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
Articles should have sections in this order if those sections are required for the article.
- Title tag Usually not required. Used to alter title (ie; to italicise it).
- Maintenance templates
- Infobox
Category:Infobox templates - Opening quote A simple quote about the subject of the article.
- Summary A summary of the information in the main article. Some articles may not be long enough to justify a main body section and thus only have a summary. Avoid blatant spoilers. See here for spoiler guidelines.
- Main article For character and book articles you may want to add sub-sections to the main body.
- Trivia For supporting information that could not normally go in a Malazan Wiki article.
- Cover gallery See Gardens of the Moon#Cover gallery for an example.
- Appearances A list of all the publications that where this person, item, place, etc has appeared or been mentioned.
- Notes and references Should have the
{{Reflist}}template in it. - See also For related articles that are not 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.
Please note that not all articles use every section.
Writing style
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. Exceptions are the Real World Articles, which include authors and the source material, and chronology articles as these are written in present tense no matter when an event occurred. Other than that, we write like historians in the future of the Malazan world writing about its past.
Linking
The general rule is that the first time linkable text appears on that page it should be linked to and on each subsequent instance it is unlinked (infoboxes and navboxes are exceptions here).
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 it's own article.
Standard abbreviations
Linking codes and written abbreviations
| Full Title | Linking Codes |
Preferred Written Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Untitled 6th B&KB novel | ?? | |
| Untitled 7th B&KB novel | ?? | |
| Untitled 8th B&KB novel | ?? | |
| Untitled 9th B&KB novel | ?? |
| Full Title | Linking Codes |
Preferred Written Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Forge of Darkness | FD | FoD |
| Fall of Light | FL | FoL |
| Walk in Shadow | WS | WiS |
| Full Title | Linking Codes |
|---|---|
| Untitled 1st book | ?? |
| Untitled 2nd book | ?? |
| Untitled 3rd book | ?? |
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 |
|---|---|
| Trade Paperback | UK TPB |
| Mass-market Paperback | UK MMPB |
| Hardcover | UK HC |
Tor
| Edition Name | Preferred Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Trade Paperback | US TPB |
| Mass-market Paperback | US MMPB |
| Hardcover | US HC |
| Science Fiction Book Club | US SFBC |
Subterranean Press
| Edition Name | Preferred Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Numbered edition | Sub Press No. |
| Lettered edition | Sub Press Let. |
PS Publishing
| Edition Name | Preferred Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Trade Paperback | US TPB |
| Mass-market Paperback | US MMPB |
| Various Hardcover editions | US HC |
Night Shade Books
| Edition Name | Preferred Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Trade Paperback | US TPB |
| Mass-market Paperback | US MMPB |
| Various Hardcover editions | US HC |
Transworld
| Edition Name | Preferred Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Bookclub Association | UK BCA |
Harper Voyager
Theme
Colours
| Main title | Subsequent titles | Background |
|---|---|---|
| #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>]]