Naming Conventions
Naming Pages
Every time you create a link to a page that does not exist, you are naming that page. While contents of pages can be edited freely, once a page is named, that is the name it gets. Pages can be moved and admins can delete misspellings, but it is easier to give the page a correct name at the beginning.
Capitalization & Naming
Capitalization matters [[This Page]] is different from [[this page]] which is different from [[THIS page]]. Try to use EXACT name from in-game. Since capitalization matters, it is important to use the correct name of a dungeon, item, creature, etc as it is displaying in-game. If you create a page using the incorrect name, and someone else wants to link to that entry later, they may end up creating a duplicate entry.
Items with the Same Name
There are a few cases where multiple things in Asheron's Call have the same name. For example, there is both a Creature Class called Skeleton and an individual creature called Skeleton. We have created a hierarchy for determining which entry will get the unique, correct name, and which one will get a suffix added.
- 1. Creature Class
- 2. Item
- 3. Creature/NPC/Character
- 4. Dungeon
- 5. Text
- 6. Quest
When you come upon items with the same name, consult this list. Give the higher ranking item the correct name, and for the lower ranking one add (Type) with parentheses included. Examples would be Cow for the creature type and Cow (Creature) for the individual creature.
Disambiguation
Often you will come across two or more items that share the same name and are on the same naming tier as described above. When this happens, a disambiguation page is needed. Disambiguation pages are easy to create. Create a new entry using the proper name. On this page, list the multiple items with a suffix to distinguish them. Good suffixes to add would be the location where the entry is found or the quest the entry is from. Tag this page with Category:Disambiguation.
Example:
Instructions - The disambiguation page. The page text is as follows:
- See:
Naming Images
Like pages, the names of images are important and semi-permanent. Ideally when naming the images, name them as they are in game (with spaces). This allows them to be uniformly referenced, and it is easier to avoid duplicating image uploads. The wiki will automatically add underscores to replace the spaces, however when referencing the image, you can still use spaces. For example, "Image Small.jpg" will automatically be made into "Image_Small.jpg" by the wiki, but can still be referenced as "Image Small.jpg" in your pages.
- Live images - screenshots of creatures and NPCs in the game world or an item being wielded should be named: <Exact In-Game Name> Live.
- Examples:
- Drudge Skulker Live.jpg
- Sanamar Collector Live.jpg
- Sword of Lost Light Live.jpg
- Stat Panel/ID Panel images - these are to be uploaded and inserted in the talk page of the particular entry for future reference. These should be named: <Exact In-Game Name>.
- Examples:
- Drudge Skulker.jpg
- Sanamar Collector.jpg
- Sword of Lost Light.jpg
- Icons - Being icons, these are only going to be used for items. These should be named: <Exact In-Game Name> Icon.
- Example:
- Sword of Lost Light Icon.png