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== Terminal Documents ==
== Terminal Documents and Audio Logs ==
Many of the terminals and their entries use underscores. Because [[mediawikiwiki:Manual:PAGENAMEE_encoding|MediaWiki URLs use underscores for spaces, spaces and underscores are conflated]] to spaces in titles. To remedy this remember to add <code><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article_title}}</nowiki></code> when creating ''Article title'' if there should be an underscore.
Many of the terminals and their entries use underscores. Because [[mediawikiwiki:Manual:PAGENAMEE_encoding|MediaWiki URLs use underscores for spaces, spaces and underscores are conflated]] to spaces in titles. To remedy this remember to add <code><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article_title}}</nowiki></code> when creating ''Article title'' if there should be an underscore.


The articles for these documents should use the <code><nowiki>[[Category:TTP1 Terminal Documents]]</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[Category:TTP1 Terminal Documents]]</nowiki></code> category.
Text files should use [[:Category:TTP1 Terminal Documents]] or [[:Category:TTP2 Terminal Documents]].


<blockquote>Example: [[Trevor_01]] begins with <code><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Trevor_01}}</nowiki></code>.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Example: [[Trevor_01]] begins with <code><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Trevor_01}}</nowiki></code> and ends with <code><nowiki>[[Category:TTP2 Terminal Documents]] [[Category:TTP2]]</nowiki></code>.</blockquote>





Revision as of 19:23, 16 November 2023

Below are writing conventions that should be consistent throughout the wiki.

The #writing-conventions channel on Discord is used to discuss existing and new conventions before they are added here.

Article titles

In general, article titles should not use parentheses unless required for disambiguation. One significant exception to this is the articles for New Humans, which should be formatted as Name (Number) when the serial number is known.

Example: Byron (7)


Screenshots

Use Photomode to remove HUD elements and Ultra settings. Use 4k resolution (3840 × 2160) if your display supports it. Otherwise use the highest 16:9 aspec ratio you can use. Convert PNG screenshots to JPEG before uploading.


Terminal Documents and Audio Logs

Many of the terminals and their entries use underscores. Because MediaWiki URLs use underscores for spaces, spaces and underscores are conflated to spaces in titles. To remedy this remember to add {{DISPLAYTITLE:Article_title}} when creating Article title if there should be an underscore.

Text files should use Category:TTP1 Terminal Documents or Category:TTP2 Terminal Documents.

Example: Trevor_01 begins with {{DISPLAYTITLE:Trevor_01}} and ends with [[Category:TTP2 Terminal Documents]] [[Category:TTP2]].


Collectibles

Every terminal document, audio log, and puzzle has its own article. However,

  • Lost Labs
  • Star Monuments
  • Ancient Human Artifacts

are described on their respective area pages and should 'not' have their own articles.

Pages such as Star and Ancient Human Artifact will include links to the relevant sections of the area pages.


Categories

In general, pages should list any super-categories that their categories belong to.

Example: 1k (1000) lists [[Category:New Human]] [[Category:TTP2 Characters]] [[Category:Characters]] [[Category:TTP2]].

There is no super-category for Terminal Documents because there is no desire to see a list of documents from both TTP1 and TTP2 together.