Help:Printed Media Pages

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This is a help page describing how to properly edit Printed Media pages on this wiki, such as Monster Hunter World - Official Complete Works.

Prerequisites

The general help pages listed here: Help:Contents

Creating a New Page

  1. Navigate to https://mhwiki.xyz/wiki/RefData:Sandbox_Print_Page
  2. Select edit
  3. Copy the contents of the page, excluding the final line that includes "Do not include in the filled pages"
  4. Navigate to the large monster page that you wish to create
  5. Paste the contents from the sandbox page
  6. Edit according to the guidelines below

It can be helpful to view the markdown of an already existing monster page to use as a reference.

Editing an Existing Page

The following definitions and conventions have been established for the various fields on the page. Please follow them to keep all pages consistent, or reach out to Wiki staff if you believe they should be changed.

Most fields should be sufficiently described by the default info copied from the sandbox page, but some sections are described in more detail below.

PrintInfobox

This is the infobox that appears in the top right of the printed media pages. In general, Amazon can be a useful reference for the data included here.

English Title

Staff will create a page of approved English titles for known books soon and link it here to use as reference

Image

A category needs to be created for book cover images and linked here.

Initial Release

The official publication date of the first version of this book, regardless of its language, in Month Day, Year format.

Format

The format of the first version of this book. Common formats include...

  • Hardcover
  • Softcover
  • Mook

Contents

A nested bulleted list of the book's contents, in the order in which they appear in the book. If the book has sections/subsections that correspond to Wiki page topics, ideally this list gets to that level of granularity and its bulleted items can be page links.

May experiment with adding page numbers to the entries in this section.

Versions

A table enumerating all known versions of this book, listed in descending order from the newest release to the oldest.