Emmy The Robot Fandom Wiki:Creating a page: Difference between revisions

{{Help navigation}}This will be a large repository of information on how to go about creating a page for a character. If you think it looks unfun to read, imagine writing it. This is here for me to provide you the tools I didn't have. This will be concise and directed, MUCH more can be done, but this will get you started. It is intended as a crash course but each section will contain a link to more advanced features.

Before doing anything, if you intend to create a character page for a fan-created Nandroid (or "Fandroid"), please first go [[https://emmytherobot.wiki/wiki/Emmy_The_Robot_Fan_WikiEmmy_The_Robot_Fandom_Wiki:Layout_guide/Fandroid_list ''HERE''|here]] and follow the instructions for adding a fandroid to the [[List of fan Nandroids]], and then return here.

Before actuallyWhen creating a page for a character, location, or other subject, the Name of the page that defines its URL must first be determined. '''Pages about real people are not permitted on this wiki.''' If the above mentioned steps for adding a fandroid to the List of fandroids were followed, then you will already have the page Name value for its URL and can skip to the "Making the Page with the Determined Page Name" section. Otherwise, continue with these instructions.

<strong>Differentiator Names</strong> are to be used in the event of a vanilla Name conflict between two or more pages about completely separate characters, locations, or other subjects. The vanilla Name is always fistfirst given to whichever page concerns canon content, or if there if the conflict is between fanon pages, given to the older of the two conflicts. The remaining pages shall receive a "differentiator" Name, which shall be the vanilla Name with an identifying suffix tacked on. This suffix should, in order of preference, contain the name of the work the subject originates from, or the creator's name if there is no work, and be placed after an underscore and in parenthesis. For example, "Natalia" versus "Natalia_(Bulletz4Breakfeast)". Abbreviating longer story titles or creator names is not permitted for the Name used in the URL, but is acceptable when masking it to save visual space on a page at this time.

<strong>Now we shall create the actual page.</strong> Navigate to the page you'd like to create using the format: <code>https://emmytherobot.wiki/wiki/NAME</code>, where NAME is the subject of the article you are going to write about (iei.e. Emmy, Franny, Waverly, The_Mendenhalls), etc.. Spaces should be replaced with underscores (_). You may have to get creative if a page already exists under a certain name but isn't for the character you are wanting (ie Emmy is taken, but you could use Emmy_(MyStoryName)). Once you navigate to the nonexistent page, if it is blank, you will get a message stating so and an option to 'create this page'. Click it.

Above is a good starting blank page. To keep it simple, it is using a default '"infobox'" template and laid out like [[Emmy]]'s page, and so will look similar. It gives a few sections and shows in a general way how to add some interesting page features, like images, lists, and links to additional reading. Copy the text and paste it into your new blank page. The sections can be renamed to anything you think is relevant.

So the syntax is: external links are between a single set of brackets ([ ]), with the full link first, then a space, then the text you would like to see. External links will haveautomatically display an arrow symbol at the end, indicating you will leave the site by clicking it.<br>

"NOTOC" stands for '''NO''' '''T'''able '''O'''f '''C'''ontents. If you include <code><nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki></code> at the top of your page it will remove the 'Contents' box. If you have many different sections it may be helpful to delete <code><nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki></code> so that the page is more easily navigated.

| fullnamename = Character's full name. Will appear at the top of the infobox.

| caption = Caption under the image. Not required.

| job = What is their job? Could just be [[Nandroid]]

Images in the infobox are automatically scaled as close to 225x330 as possible, while retaining their aspect ratio. For best results, crop your image to that size/aspect ratio and save it in PNG format before uploading it. Once your images are uploaded you can add them to your page using the syntax <code><nowiki>[[File:Imagename.png|OPTIONS|Caption]]</nowiki></code>. Imagename.png should obviously be your images name. The following are just a few options available, always separated by a bar (|).

As you write your page, be sure to [[Emmy_The_Robot_Fan_WikiEmmy_The_Robot_Fandom_Wiki:Manual_of_style#Citations|cite sources]] for your information.