Difference between revisions of "Help:Page/Region"

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{{AreaInfo
|name       = NameOftheArea
|theme      =
*Monsters: {{Monster_Icons|FAMILY}} {{Monster_Icons|FAMILY}} 
*Status: {{Status|NAME}} {{Status|NAME}} {{Status|NAME}}
|level      =
*[[File:Gate-ICONNAME.png|26px]] [[LEVEL NAME]]
*[[File:Gate-ICONNAME.png|26px]] [[LEVEL NAME]]
|soundtrack =
*SOUNDTRACK 
*SOUNDTRACK 
...
}}

==Description==
''DESCRIPTION''

==Notes==
InterestingThingsLikeHistory

===History===
Only include this section if there are many points of history in bullet format, otherwise, include that information at the top of the notes section (non bullet).

==Strategy==
Describe generalized loadout options and why.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:NAMEOFFILEProbablyNewsVisual.png|DescriptionOfFile
File:NAMEOFFILE.png|DescriptionOfFile
File:NAMEOFFILE.png|DescriptionOfFile
File:NAMEOFFILE.png|DescriptionOfFile
</gallery>

==See Also==
{{exploration see also}}

Templates

• Template:AreaInfo
• Template:Monster Icons
• Template:Status
• Template:exploration see also

Notes

• Use showhide=yes in the infobox above the "level" parameter for areas that have a very large number of levels.
• A list of official soundtracks is located on the Soundtrack page. Listen carefully, and pay attention to song looping. We don't usually include "mini" sessions such as the music that plays during important fights, this information is explicitly for the overall levels within the area.
• If the area has a description, it can be found by mousehovering over the gate map icon. This description usually applies to all levels within that area.

• Only mention monster and status themes if they are a major aspect of the level. Silkwings are everywhere, this doesn't mean we put the fiend icon in the status section of the infobox.

Geography "Subpages"

Geography subpages allow us to seamlessly link area and mission pages together. They have a unique format that can be "plugged" into pages as needed, and this visually separates them from other pages as well. They permit a massive amount of data to be displayed without distracting from the mission or area pages.

Include information modules and other oddities in the Notes section of an area page only if they show up in every level (as they do with Wolver Dens, etc.) Otherwise put this information in the appropriate geography subpage.

The naming convention of these "subpages" (which are not truly subpages because they don't use "/") is a bit tricky:

• Always favor arcade naming convention over mission floor naming convention. The arcade was there first for many areas and levels, and it is the most consistent with its naming convention. Many missions use special names for the same levels for story purposes. An explanation of more differences can be read here.
• To avoid potentially horrible disambiguation issues, the geography subpages are named "Area: Level" unless they are mission exclusive, then they are simply "Level." There might be a few oddities here and there to avoid disambiguation issues, where the pages are named "Mission/Level."

These seem to work at the moment. If editors in the future feel that a true subpage system is better (and not confusing to the casual user), then go for it. The ":" character in the name is not seen in-game, serving only to separate level name from area name on this wiki. Well, the normal Lichenous Lair has a colon, actually. Anyway, this doesn't cause namespace issues for the mainspace, and seems to read a lot better when linking to these places. This of course could be fixed with a switch in Template:Location so that the slash doesn't show up in the visual link if editors choose to use a slash for the Geography Subpage in the future.

See Also

• Forum Node 111949 - discussion about this format.