Cabal Wiki:Manual of Style

Below will be a list of standard ways to edit this wiki. This page is mainly to help the users who aren't sure of how to set up their page and would like to follow a set of rules to begin to understand how this wiki works. If there are any changes that are needed to be changed or suggestions, please feel free to reply to the templates themselves. If the links show up as red, please feel free to make the templates yourself.

Getting started
An article can contain:

If you would like to see a more detailed information on how to edit your article, see CabalWiki:Editing_help.
 * an object, such as weapons, crafting materials, and usable items.
 * a Non-Player Characters, either friendly or hostile.
 * a map area
 * a guide on how to do something, such as a quest or crafting

Unknown information
You will most likely come across an article that you don't know fully about. If that is the case, just go ahead and leave the unknown information out. It is better to have less information than inaccurate information. If there are numerical information that is automatically put in, such as the skill progression, leave an important note that the stats are inaccurate.

Format and style
This article covers information on proper style and formatting rules. For formatting of individual sections please see the links below. The following sections are brief summaries of some common formatting and styling issues.

General notes
If you think the article is too generic, then most likely it is. For example, a page called Skills. What you can do instead of piling everything into one page, split them into multiple pages. Such as Wizard Skills, and use the page Skills to give a brief information of the pages that are split within it.

Upper and lower case
When in doubt, use lower case. This includes in article headings, article titles, and category names. Someone else will make redirects to the proper name.

Linking
When linking to the current article you're on, the link will appear to be bold. When linking to another article, try not to continuously link to it again unless you're in a different section of the page.

Boxes
When designing new boxes, try to pick colors that differ as much as possible from those already in place, but are still light enough that you can read black text on top of it. Try to keep to the list of accepted X11 color names.

Article naming
When naming an article, just copy the name that is given in the game. However, when it comes to names from other versions of Cabal or a slang name for the article, just go ahead and make those as redirects.

Disambiguating article names
If you come across a page that has a similar name to another article. Put in what it is in front of it. For example: Quest:Aike for the NPC who already has the article name Aike. Be sure to put in the disambiguation tag. To know more information on how to use it, visit the template itself:Similar

Structure and organization
The following sections provides general guidelines on the structure and organization of an article.

Introductory text
When beginning, it's important to start with a topic. It's recommended to section your article for better organization.

Ordering
The order of different elements within a article help maintain consistency across articles of the same nature.
 * Professions: Warrior, Force Archer, Force Blader, Force Shielder, Blader, Wizard. (in the order they appear on the character creation screen)