Editing Guidelines
| Important Find the bucket list at Editors: Bucket List to see work to be done. |
One of the goals of this wiki was to start over from a clean slate, as such, editors should follow these guidelines to ensure everything is in order:
- No inline css (style="......") unless absolutely necessary.
- No customizing the colors of tables, to make sure everything works with any future themeing.
- Keep images to a minimum, host space is limited:
- One set of Item Icons, following the style of World and Rise, for now (SVG Format).
- One set of weapon and armor renders for each: the entirety of 1st and 2nd generation and Frontier, Tri, P3rd, 3U, 4U, GU, World Iceborne and Rise Sunbreak.
- Only one render per monster unless the design changes drastically between generations (Rathalos, Diablos).
- Only one screenshot per Location (for now), unless the design changes drastically between generations.
- Monster Hunter Now-related pages should use World Iceborne renders and icons where possible.
- Any other spin-off game, such as Monster Hunter Online, Monster Hunter Explore, Felyne Diary or Monstie Drop are to be worked on once the core games have been fleshed out.
- Monster Hunter Frontier content must use official names when possible and clean, direct translations otherwise, do not marry the wiki to a single translation project.
File Nomenclatures
Following the same as the old wiki, files should be named in the following way:
[Game,Generation]-[Subject] [Render, Screenshot, Icon] [Number].[Extension]
- Game or Generation: Shorthand for each game (MH1, MHFU, MHP3), or broad generations (1stGen, 2ndGen, 3rdGen).
- Subject: Monster name, weapon class, locale name.
- Render, Screenshot or Icon: Depends on the image.
- Number: Starting from 000 (or 0000 in the case of Frontier).
- Extension: File extension.
Useful Templates
Notice and Warning
Each take one parameter, which is the message to convey.
Notice
| Notice This is the parameter. Notices are for letting other people know that an article is a work-in-progress or that it needs more information, for example. |
Warning
| Warning! Useful for spoiler warnings, content warnings, marking pages in severe need for a rewrite and such. |
Important
| Important A base for other types of notice, such as the one below. |
Translation
| Important Unofficial Translations This page contains unofficial translations of Japanese or Chinese names. |
Links
WeaponLink
Creates a link to a weapon with 2 parameters, a game acronym and the weapon's name. It should eventually be phased out with per-generation templates that can display an icon and rarity.
ItemLink
Creates a link to an item page with 2 parameters, a game acronym and the item's name. It should eventually be improved to accept 2 more parameters for an icon and its color.
Element
Creates a link to an element or ailment page with 3 parameters, a game acronym, the element's name and its value. It should eventually be improved to draw an icon.
Monster Pages
Monster pages will contain the following information:
Intro (The Velocidrome is a Bird Wyvern introduced in Monster Hunter.)
Description
In-game descriptions of the monster.
Equipment
Weapons and Armor paths commonly associated with that monster.
Game Data
Per-game information regarding the monster, such as breakables, variations, HP and status resitances.
Notes
Miscellaneous notes.
See Also
Related monsters.
Weapon Pages
Weapon pages will contain the following information:
Intro (The Iron Sword is a Great Sword introduced in Monster Hunter.)
Game Data
Expandable tables containing per-game data, including raw damage, upgrades, materials needed and such.
See Also
Monsters whose materials are used, other weapons of that category.
Location Pages
Intro (The Forest and Hills is a location introduced in Monster Hunter.)
Description
Detailed description of the locale, keep speculation to a minimum.
Game Data
Per-game lists of gatherable items, veggie elder trades and such.
See Also
Monsters associated with that locale, for example.
