Guide to Metadata: Difference between revisions
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This is a guide for editing the wiki in it's current state. Things may have changed slightly, or greatly, by the time you're reading this. --[[User:Buffy2nd|Buffy2nd]] ([[User talk:Buffy2nd|talk]]) 09:38, 24 August 2014 (UTC) | <div style="float:left; margin: 0 15px 15px 0;">__TOC__</div>This is a guide for editing the wiki in it's current state. Things may have changed slightly, or greatly, by the time you're reading this. --[[User:Buffy2nd|Buffy2nd]] ([[User talk:Buffy2nd|talk]]) 09:38, 24 August 2014 (UTC) | ||
Metadata apparently means "data about data", I'm not sure if that applies for our example, but the premise is that we used pages prefixed with the "Data:" text, to store information about jobs, items, maybe even traitor objectives, and then use other templates to pull from there and display these anywhere and everywhere. As such, you can change one item's image or brute damage and it will apply the changes on all pages. | Metadata apparently means "data about data", I'm not sure if that applies for our example, but the premise is that we used pages prefixed with the "Data:" text, to store information about jobs, items, maybe even traitor objectives, and then use other templates to pull from there and display these anywhere and everywhere. As such, you can change one item's image or brute damage and it will apply the changes on all pages. | ||
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= Creating an item = | = Creating an item = | ||
First off we create the normal page of the item, like any other article, by either searching for the name and then pressing "Create the page ''item'' on this wiki" or changing the name of the current page to a non-existing page in the URL bar. This is the page that people will want to look at when looking up stuff about the item, so feel free to type here whatever you want. | First off we create the normal page of the item, like any other article, by either searching for the name and then pressing "Create the page ''item'' on this wiki" or changing the name of the current page to a non-existing page in the URL bar. This is the page that people will want to look at when looking up stuff about the item, so feel free to type here whatever you want. | ||
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Don't forget to add <nowiki>"[[Category:Items]]"</nowiki> to the bottom of the page. | Don't forget to add <nowiki>"[[Category:Items]]"</nowiki> to the bottom of the page. | ||
= TL;DR = | |||
As long as you know how to edit stuff you'll be perfectly fine. | |||
When you see a [v•e] menu, the "e" button will bring you directly to the metadata page where you can edit it. Just keep in mind that the line must follow this syntax: | |||
<nowiki>variable=Your content goes here|</nowiki> | |||
The "|" must be at the end of your content. When in doubt, either contact me or look at other metadata pages for examples... The geneticist has no guides listed but the Head of Security does? Take a look at how the HoS' metadata page works and use the same for the geneticist. | |||
== Cool shit == | == Cool shit == | ||