Mappercraft Wiki:Contribution guide

''This is the official style guide for articles published on the Mappercraft Wiki. All articles should seek to abide by these conventions for the most part.''

Creating an article
There are two methods of adding articles to the Mappercraft Wiki:
 * One can create an article by pressing "Create article" at the left-hand side of the page on desktop. There, an article can be created easily by inputting the desired name and pressing "Submit."
 * Alternatively, one can type the name of the desired new article in the wiki's search box and press "Create new page" while in the results page.

Titles
A title of an article should reflect the most commonly used or recognized name of a given nation, event, or player. Using grammatical articles (i.e. 'the,' 'a,' or 'an') as the first word of a title should be avoided for brevity, unless it is an inseparable part of a name.

Organization
After the infobox (if there is one), an article should begin with an introduction that can be of variable length. A shorter article can get away with a concise description of the topic in one or a few paragraphs.

A lengthy article should be organized into multiple sections through means of headings and subheadings.

Linguistic conventions
All articles should be written in formal, standard English, with minimal grammatical and spelling errors. Even though most contributors prefer standard American English grammar and spelling conventions, no standard variety of English is generally preferred over the other.

Date formatting
For full dates, both the American convention (e.g. April 5th, 2021) and the international convention (e.g. 5 April 2021) are usable. For abbreviated dates, it is preferred if one uses MM/DD/YYYY or YYYY-MM-DD.

Time formatting
Both the 12-hour clock (e.g. 10:30 PM) and the 24-hour clock (e.g. 22:30) are passable.

Time zones
Dates and times are preferred to be based on Eastern Standard Time (EST). When an article uses dates and/or times not based on EST, it is necessary to label the time zone it is based on.

Templates
In order to add a template to an article via source editor, surround the name of one with two pairs of curly brackets (e.g. ).

Infoboxes
The Mappercraft Wiki has several infobox templates at its disposal, used for a majority of articles; the most commonly used ones are Country, Player, War, and Company. It is strongly recommended that an editor uses these templates for the respective types of articles. Make sure to always put the infobox at the top of the page, unless there exists another template there, such as Ported.

Ported pages
Many articles on the Mappercraft Wiki are ported from other wikis, which formerly were the main medium of documentation about the server. Ported articles should be edited minimally; the only case otherwise recommended is to fix incompatibility issues with templates that may occur in the porting process.

Integrity
All articles should contain accurate and relevant information about their respective topics.

Categories
All articles are recommended to be categorized for easier navigation across the wiki. One can add categories to an article by either appending a category page link (e.g.  at the end of it or by adding them afterward via the category links.