Astroneer Wiki:Style guide

This page serves as a general guide on editing the Astroneer wiki. Before beginning edits of the wiki, read through this page and try to follow it as best you can.

= Tips = In this section you will find tips geared toward helping editors both new and old.

General Tips

 * References to specific game objects and mechanics should always be capitalized.
 * The first occurrence in a text of references to specific game objects and mechanics with existing pages on the Wiki should always be hyperlinked to its respective pages. Subsequent references can be ignored, but if the text in question is very long and contains multiple sections, this rule may be re-applied to each consecutive section.
 * Follow the formatting in use for titles, sections, image galleries, etc. Consult similar pages' source code before starting a new one.
 * All pages should fit into a category tree. Again, consult similar pages for available categories and decide where best your page belongs.
 * Try to structure the content of your text into concise themes and distribute them through easy to read page sections, instead of dumping every detail about the subject into one huge description.
 * Illustrate pages with relevant images. A single example can be sufficient for most cases, while in other instances a gallery might be more appropriate. Be moderate with their use as they can have a big impact on page rendering times, but be generous whenever they can illuminate unique references to game objects or explanations of game mechanics. They should not replace verbal descriptions, but descriptions alone should not be presumed sufficient.
 * If you are about to make extensive modifications to an existing page, specially if you're unsure of every fact at your disposal, submitting a request for review to its original author (or as an open community request on its discussion page), is not only cordial, it ensures the page results in a better synergy of contributions. Authorship here is not to be construed as a measure of propriety, but as a measure of coherence and quality. Feuding over semantics is to be avoided, but efforts to coalesce different author's idiosyncrasies into a unified text and smoothing over the patchwork of multiple contributions is in every reader's best interest. Inviting collaboration is a better alternative to insulated editing.
 * If when modifying a page you change the name or terminology used in the page, be sure to check what pages link to that article and update them with the new terminology or name.
 * If adding un-confirmed content to a page (ex. a feature in a version of the game that's not fully released yet), make sure to define where the content exists in the game. If the feature is added to a released version, then it can be meshed with the rest of the article.

Notice templates
Whenever you encounter page issues that you cannot resolve promptly, you may refer those changes to other editors through the use of these tags:


 * Tag pages with if facts stated within it contradict your own game experience or seem outlandish in origin, but can't offer yourself conclusive evidence for it's claims. Pages tagged like this will show up in Category:Citation_needed. You can optionally open discussion on that page to elaborate on your thoughts and recruit volunteers for in-game testing.
 * Tag pages with when they are partially completed or in need of expansion. Pages tagged like this will show up in Category:Stubs.
 * Tag pages with if it's lacking in content, confusing, or badly formatted. Pages tagged like this will show up in Category:Cleanup.
 * Tag pages with as game development and official classifications introduce changes to game lore. Pages tagged like this will show up in Category:Pages to be moved for admin evaluation. If you're not sure a page should be moved, consider starting a discussion page to gather the thoughts of other community members.
 * Tag pages with if they prove redundant. Pages tagged like this will show up in Category:Pages to be merged for admin evaluation.
 * Tag pages with if they become obsolete or irrelevant. Pages tagged like this will show up in Category:Candidates for deletion for admin evaluation. If you're not sure a page should be deleted, consider starting a discussion page to gather the thoughts of other community members.
 * Tag image pages with if they need to be improved. Pages tagged like this will show up in Category:Images needing improvement.

Translating Pages

 * Before translating any pages on the Astroneer wiki, be sure to read through the official Gamepedia translation guidelines.

= Full Page Templates = Below is a list of full page templates that can be used in creating certain types of new pages. They can easily be copied over to a new page and filled in or generally followed according to the page type. When copying over, remove all and  tags, they are for demonstration only.

Resource Page Template
'Resource' is one of the resources in Astroneer

'Resource' can be found through (list of methods to obtain 'resource' in short paragraph form).

Uses
'Resource' is used in crafting the following: 'Resource' is used with the following:
 * 'Item 1'
 * '(ex.) Generator to produce power

Media
(Single picture of one unit/stack of 'resource')

(Picture(s) of deposit/natural occurrence of 'resource')