Thank you for your interest in contributing to the mario64hacks wiki! Let's get started with some important points to take note of.
General[]
- We have a cheat sheet for those editing in source mode; feel free to stick it on your user page, or keep it handy for easy copy/pasting!
- We do not allow files with generic names to be uploaded. Please ensure that any uploaded files have been given a name that denotes which hack it is relevant to, to avoid confusion in the future.
- If a file is unused, it may be deleted to avoid digital clutter building up on the wiki. We do allow at least a week for it to be put to use, however.
- If an article or page has a long table of contents that is taking up a lot of room, you can use the BetterTOC template to put the table of contents into a collapsed element that will float wherever you put the template in. To see these in action, check out any one of these articles.
- If you feel like changing the colour of your text, guess what, we have a template to make that super easy for you! Here's how to use it:
{{Color|green|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet}}- Creates... Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
- Note that you don't need to name the colour, you can declare it in nearly any format, including hexadecimal, RGBA, and so on.
Formatting Text[]
- When typing, please Do Not Use Excessive Capitalisation Like This. It's very annoying to fix!
- The word "Star", when referring to the in-game object, should have a capital letter at the beginning. Don't forget about the Find and Replace function, which is case-sensitive and can make tasks like capitalising all instances of "star" in an article very easy.
- Try not to make text both bold and italic, especially if it's a link. This is because italicised bold text is very visually dominating, and can make it harder for some readers to absorb the information they're reading. Compare the three passages below; the first passage uses bold italicised text for its links. The second passage uses only bold text for its links, and the third passage only italicises its links. Take note of how each passage looks as a whole, how cohesive it seems, and how much each link disrupts the paragraph.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
- Whether or not you use bold or italicised is up to you, but personally, I encourage using bold text for the names of hacks. The names/usernames of individuals does not need to be emphasised text, but sometimes, it is important to make that distinction between what is the name of a hack, and what is the name of its creator, and in such instances, I recommend using bold for the hack name, and italics for the name of the creator.
- When writing the name of an Act or mission (such as Plunder In The Sunken Ship or Behind Chain Chomp's Gate), please put the names in italics, and capitalise all of the words, rather than just the important ones. There are two reasons for this; the first is that mission names are not always in English, with some hacks only being playable in German, Japanese, Spanish, and so on. Each language has its own grammatical rules regarding what can be considered an important-enough word to capitalise, so by applying a blanket rule to capitalise all words in an Act name, we can avoid any confusion arising from translation errors. The second reason is that, as quoted by a Toad in vanilla SM64, the mission names are also the names of each individual Star, and names for individuals tend to favour capitalisation of all words in the individual's name.
Formatting Images[]
- Unless an image has an individual context that it is being used for in an article, please put all images into a gallery.
- If you want to have a gallery formatted in that nice borderless, closely packed with bigger images style, switch to source editor and replace <gallery> with this:
<gallery widths="260" spacing="small" bordersize="none" captionposition="within">
- Note that the gallery syntax shown above can be copied and pasted from the source editor cheat sheet.
Cheat Sheet[]
<font size="5">YourText</font> <small>YourText</small> <big>YourText</big> <div style="font-family: Merriweather;">YourText</div> {{Collapse
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<center>YourText</center> {{Color|anycolor|YourText}}
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Basic hack infobox: {{Basic hack infobox|creator= |created= |stars= |download_link= |image= |console_compatible?= |levels= |secret_levels= }}
Area information: ==Areas==
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Better-looking gallery: <gallery widths="260" spacing="small" bordersize="none" captionposition="within"> File:Placeholder.png </gallery> Header paragraph for a gallery page: {{BetterTOC}}This is the gallery page for the hack '''[[PAGENAME]]'''. All media posted to this page should be relevant to that hack, and sorted by which in-game location it is relevant to. Media not pertaining to a specific in-game location should be placed under the [[PAGENAME/Gallery#Miscellaneous|Miscellaneous]] header.
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| Tidier table of contents: | {{BetterTOC}}
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| See also (up to 10 links): | {{Seealsomulti|link1|link2|link3}}
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| Template for an instant download link: | {{Dlwarn|LINK}}
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| Mission requiring the Wing Cap: | {{Wing-cap}}
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| Mission requiring the Metal Cap: | {{Metal-cap}}
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| Mission requiring the Vanish Cap: | {{Vanish-cap}}
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| Mission in which the player finds five Secrets: | {{5-secrets}}
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| Mission with a unique Star: | {{This-mission-only}}
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| Warn the player of the presence of Troll Stars: | {{Troll-star}}
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| Mission involving collecting red coins: | {{Red-coins}}
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