Help:Style guide

This page contains the basic information about the style the ArcheAge Wiki is using.

Currency
Within ArcheAge there are several currencies. To list those consistently a couple of templates are available.

Gold/Silver/Copper
Listing the most common currency is done with the template. The template supports two display modes: Short and long. The short display modes hides a coin if it uses 0 of it. Example: results in. If we set the "long" value to "yes" then results in. Using the long layout is strongly advised in sortable tables.

Vocation Badges
The Vocation Badges has a similar template but only has one display mode. It is used like: results in. Note: the B in badge must be capitalized, otherwise the template will not be found.

Gilda Stars
The Gilda Stars template is exactly the same as the Vocation Badge template. It is used like: results in. Note: the S in star must be capitalized, otherwise the template will not be found.

Items
This section will cover the most common usages of items within the wiki.

Amounts
To consistently display item amounts the   template has been made. Use that template to show drop amounts, reagent amounts, etc.

Item Page
Taking a screenshot of the item and posting it on the item page is not advised. The wiki has a "Data page" extension on which data-dumps of the game will be applied. These data pages are accessed by using the template. If the template is empty (or just lists it is better to create the data page for it and then still use the template.

A item data page starts with Data:Items/ and then the item name. If the Item ID is known the page must include the suffix _(item id here). For example an item with an unknown item id: Data:items/Stone_Pack and an item with known id Data:Items/Stone_Brick_(8343). Note that with all of the data pages they may be overwritten at any time by a recent data dump from the game by one of the wiki admins. The easiest way to learn how the Data:Items (which uses the template) is to go to edit mode of an existing item and look at how it is filled in.

Linking Items
Linking items can be done in two ways. The simple way is without an icon which just looks like item name. For example: Gilda Star results in Gilda Star. If you want an alternative name you can use text to be displayed so for example: Gilda Stars results in Gilda Stars.

The second form is with in icon. To display items with icons consistently the template has been made. The template has several options and to view those see Template:Item_icon. The basic usage is: results in. The item icon template also relies on the Item Data pages to obtain the image. See Item Page section for more information about the data pages.

Crafting
For crafting items the template. That template is also relying on the Item data pages. See Item Page section for more information about the data pages. For information about how to use the crafting infobox see Template:Craft infobox.